The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-04-22

a two plank walk up the Bierbauer
hill,
A resolution was adopted, establishing
the width of the roadway on North
Fourth street, from Lafayette to
Thompsons creek, at thirty feet.
Aid. Coy brought up the matter of
the city furnishing the police with he'll
mits, and the chief of police was au-
thorized to purchase the helmits, it be-
ing stated that this has been the GUS
tom.
The board of public works presented
favorable report upon the macadam-
| izing of Rhine street west 1907 feet, es
timating the expense at $l,255. If the
| city, pays one-fourth of the expense,
property can be found upon which to
| assess the balance. The matter was
| referred back to the board under or
| der No. 2.
City Engineer Thompson said that no
body is paying any attention to the
! new ordinance requiring that building
permits be taken out before any build
ing can be done in the city. He had
had to hunt up the persons who had tax
en- out permits. He asked whether the
matter could not be given into the
hands of someone else to enforce.
Aid. Kleinschmidt said that in other
cities they are strict about requiring
building permits, and he thought that
couple of arrests would cause the ordi-
nance to be observed.
The council voted to instruct the as
SCISSOR to enforce the ordinance.
The report of the chief of the fire de-
partment was read, accepted and plac-
ed on file
Recorder Told to Sign.
City Recorder Hodapp stated that he
had determined not to execute the con-
tract for the construction of the cul-
vert on Poplar street, as he felt that
another bid should have been considered
by the council, aside from those con-
sidered
Aids. Kleinschmidt and Coy said that
as long as the board of public works
had opened Alex Bashaw's bid they
should have considered it. If they did
not intend to consider the bid they
should not have opened it.
President Porter gave an account of
the opening of the bids, and said that
before opening Mr.. Bashaw's bid he had
told that gentleman that his bid would
not be considered, as he had brought it
in too late. It was opened as a matter
of curiosity with Mr.. Bashaw's knowl-
edge and consent. Mr.. Bashaw would
not deny this.
Aid. Kleinschmidt said that Mr.. Ba-
shaw did not expect to get the contract
and seems to be satisfied with the
award. He moved that the city recorder
be directed to sign the contract.
Aid. ,Jorgensen was in favor of getting
new bids, as he thought that the city
would save money by doing this. He
thought the bids pretty high anyway.
Aid. Mckinley said that bids should
be opened at the hour set, and not ac-
cept bids that come in all of the after
noon.
Engineer Thompson said that the esti-
mate was $3.50, whereas the bid of T., R.
Coughlan was $343 When the recorder
had notified him to come in and open
! bids, it was six minutes after two
o'clock.
The city recorder stated that he had
refused to sign the contract, for one
thing, because he considered the bids
too high, Mr. Bashaw's bid having been
SO much lower, and another party hav-
ing intended to bid 500 lower than the
contract but having forgotten the date.
The moion was carried, five to one,
Aid. Jorgenson voting no. The recorder
remarked that Judge Cray would have a
| chance to pass upon the matter.
Judge Porter Re-Appointed.
Mayor Taylor notified the council of
the re-appointment of Judge ]. E.
Porter as president of the board of pub
lie works for two years. The council
confirmed this, and President Porter
made few remarks appropriate to the
| occasion, and went after box of Ha-
vanas, which he soon produced.
Mayor Taylor said that he had been
notified that fire escape must be plac
ed on the city hall. He referred the mat
| ter to the committee on city property.
| The same committee was directed
to advertise for bids for placing a cell