The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-08-12
time, but did not think it worth while
to bother with them.

time, DuC ulu Hoe lhihN ~ "ot'A "
to bother with them.
The bids were then opened, and were
as follows:
Western Construction company: Broad
and Lincoln streets-Asphalt pavement
Sl.97 per square yard, curb and gutter
65 cents per lineal foot, resetting stone
curb 25 cents, laying Is inch cement
gutter 81 cents, resetting curb and gut
ter 27 cents, inlets and CRATES 8 cents
per pound, storm sewer and catch basins
complete 5000. Front and Jackson
streets-Asphalt pavement 1921, brick
cutters 1920, new stone curb so cents,
resetting old curb % cents, cutting off
stone walks IL cents, cast iron catch
basins, covers and inlets $3.50, circular
cast iron covers $40. Trinidad Pitch lake
asphalt to be used Personal bonds were
furnished.
Mr.. Carpenter protested the bids on
the ground that the specifications had
not been complied with, that it is was
not known whether the sureties on the
bonds were freeholders, no samples of
brick had been furnished and no formula
for the asphalt was presented.
A. Jacks company: Broad and Lin
coin streets-Asphalt pavement So, curb
and gutter 20 cents, resetting stone curb
2S cents, laying cement gutter % cents,
resetting curb and gutter "a cents, in
lets and CRATES So, storm sewer $3.50.
Front and Jackson streets-Asphalt
pavement 1927, brick gutter 1928, new
stone curb sc cents, resetting and lin
ing old curb % cents, cutting off stone
walks 10 cents, catch basins, etc., 49,,
circular covers S.. No kinds of asphalt
specified, and no samples of brick sub
mitted. Aetna Indemnity company
bonds were presented. Mr.. Carpenter
protested these bids.
Barber Asphalt Paving company:
Front and jackson streets-Asphalt
pavement S2.19, brick cutters $2.l9, new
stone curb 10 cents, resetting old curb
SO cents, cutting off old walk Is cents,
catch basin, etc., $40, circular covers
$473. Broad and Lincoln streets-As
phalt pavement Sl.93, curb and gutter
GO, resetting stone curb % cents, laying
cement gutter 26 cents, resetting curb
and gutter 26 cents, inlets and CRATES
1925, storm sewer $6O354 Bonds fur
nished signed by the United States FL
deity and Guaranty company. The best
quality of Trinidad Pitch lake or Ber-
mudez lake asphalt was bid on, as well
as No. l depressed paving brick, manu-
featured by the Barber company.
Mccarthy Improvement company:
Broad and Lincoln streets-As-
phalt pavement $l.9o, curb and gutter
65 cents, resetting stone curb Is cents,
laying cement gutter 20 cents, resetting
curb and gutter 80 cents, inlets and
CRATES 8 cents per pound, storm sewer
and catch basins $6l0. Front and jack
son streets Asphalt pavement 50,
brick cutters sl.95h, new stone curb 60
cents, resetting old curb Is cents, cut
ting off stone walks Is cents, cast iron
catch basins, covers and inlets $40,
circular corners S.. The Acme brand of
California asphalt is to be used. Bond
furnished by the Aetna Indemnity COM
pany were presented, as was also the
formula for the asphalt. The brick is
to be No. l depressed burlington paw
ing brick made at Galesburg, III.
Mr.. Carpenter protested these bids,
also, on the ground that the specifca-
tions had not been compiled with, be-
cause the company was bidding on an
asphalt not Trinidad Pitch lake or equal
ly as good.
The board noted all of the protests
that had been made and adjourned with
out taxing further action.
Mr. Carpenter stated subsequently
that the only point for the board to con-
slider was whether it would be justified
in using the California asphalt when
the difference in price is so little. He
said that the Barber company has made
the reputation for asphalt paving that
it has, having laid it for twenty eight
years. The Mccarthy company has not
laid any paving. The Barber company
could have presented lower bid by
specifying the Acme brand of California
asphalt, as it can he bought by any
company, the same as Trinidad or Ber-
mudez asphalt, but it would not care to
lower the reputation of its work by put
ting in an inferior pavement and having
to keep patching it up every two or
three years. His company did not
change its bid because it considered it
as low asit could afford and do good work
1t will be noticed that bids on brick paw
ing are substantially the same as on
asphalt. The Mccarthy company, which
is brick paving company, bid but Az
cents yard more on asphalt than on
brick.
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