The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-09
BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
published in The Minneapolis jour
nal, June 8, 18O4.)
Minneapolis, Mimi,

:
nal, June 8, 1804.)
Minneapolis, Mimi,
Monday, June 6, 1904.
The Board Of County Commission
srs of Hennepin County met at the
Courthouse at 10 o'clock a. M, pursu-
ant to law. Members all present.
Minutes Of May meetings read and
approved.
Monthly reports Of the Clerk Of
District Court. Register Of Deeds,
Register Of Titles, County Auditor,
Overseer of Poor Farm, and Sheriff's
report of prisoners read and ordered
placed on file.
Communications from the County
Surveyor In regard to repairing bridge
No. and installing a telephone at the
ferry read and referred to Commit
tees on Roads and Bridges and Public
Grounds and Buildings respectively.
The County Auditor presented a re-
port Of the letting Of the contract for
constructing ditch No. 1 along Nine
Mile Creek to ST. Martin. Vessey g.
Davis, and that the total cost for con-
structing same would be $11,50O.
Alfred N. Pouliot made application
at Hamel, Town Of Medina, Hennepin
county. Hearing on same was set for
June 81, 1904, at 10 o'clock a. m.
Bonds Of Willie Greenwood on con-
tract No. 219 and Of Joseph Baker
on contract No. 221. received and re-
ferred to Committee on Ways and
Means.
Bids for furnishing steel vault fur
niture in Auditors office received as
follows:
New England Furniture & Carpet
Co., $2,038.
Miller-Davis Printing Co., $2,912.13.
Art Metal Construction Co., e$2,678.
All bids referred to the Committee
Of the Whole.
The following bids were received
for furnishing 1000 tons lump coal
for courthouse:
E. o. Fellows, Hook. lump, $3.50;
Yough. scrd. lump or Paramount
Youghiogheny or Fair, screened
lump, $4.75; Hooking, lump, $3.50;
screened Indiana lump, s3.75.
Pioneer Fuel Company-Hockine
screened lump or NPoca. mine ru1
edock coap $50 Pc ton; I M4ckine
screened lump, s3.9s; Poca, smoke
less, s4.23; Virden district, 1924 Gall.
rail coaD.
Holmes & MacCaughey Company
Pennsylvania lump, $3.50; Youghio
gheny lump, $4.7O; Paramount lump
$3.50; New Century, 81.
A. M. Malone & Co.-Plymo utl
Raymond screened lump, $4.4o; Hook
ing screened lump, $3.50.
New Kentucky Coal Company
Pittsburg A-inch, $4.15; Buck Hor1
lump, 1896.
Jones & Adams Company-Fair
mount lump, $4.44; Youghioghen.
| lump, $4.75.
Youghiogheny & Lehigh Coal Com
pany-Y oughiogheny or West Vir
ginia lump, $4.75; dock run, $4.45
Hooking lump, $3.50; dock run, $4.3o
st. Paul & Western Coal Compan,
dock run, $3.50.
| All bids referred to Committee OF
Public Grounds and Buildings.
The following bids were receives
on Contract No. 213, graveling Bas
Lake road in Corcoran:
/ J. G.. Oswald-Gravel from Smith
j. W. Ryan-Gravel from Smith
pit, SAC; from Molen's pit, TAG.
on Contract No. 224, graveling Ceda
Avenue road, in Bloomington an
Richfeld:
! st. Martin, Davis & vessey-Gray
from VanaNess pit, $1.91.
q. H. Dean-Gravel from Van Mes
pit, $1.347a.
! Joseph Gleason Gravel from Va
i Ness pit, $1.31.
| Peter Neuman-Gravel from Va
i Ness pit, $1.62.
Turnham & Talbert-Gravel frol
Van Ness pit, $1.28.
/ All bids referred to Committee o
Roads and Bridges.
4 The following bid was received o
Contract No. 225, dredging in Exec
sior Bay, Lake Minnetonka:
J.. r. johnson, soc per cubic yard.
\ Referred to Committee on Lax
on motion the board adjourned tt
o'clock p. m.
, AFTERNOON SESSION.
The board met at 8 o'clock p. r
pursuant to adjournment.
I Members all present.
Commissioner Smith from the con
mittee on Roads and Bridges pr
scented the following report:
, To the Honorable Board Of Count
: Commissioners:
. Gentlemen:-Your standing con
, mittee on Roads and Bridges to who
was referred the matter of commun
. cation from County Surveyor hay
$ given the same careful considerable
:. and beg leave to report as follows:
q That the County Surveyor be and
hereby directed to see that necessa1
repairs are made on Bridge No. ov'
the Minnesota river at Cedar avenl
crossing, said work. to be done und
!. his supervision.
Respectfully submitted. A. J. Snit
= M. w. Nash, Edw. Miller.
Commissioner Weingart offered Il
following resolution:
Resolved, That the report of Il
committee be accepted. Adopted.
Commissioner Nash, from the Con
!. mittee on Public Grounds and Built
ings, presented the following repor
To the Honorable Board Of Coun
Commissioners:
Gentlemen:-Your standing Con
mittee on Public Grounds and Bull,
: ings, to whom was referred the ma
ter Of bids on coal for Court Hous
: has given the same careful consider
4 lows:
{ That orders be given as follows:
Pioneer Fuel Co., 1000 tons
Hooking screened lump coal, at $4.'
per ton.
Northwestern Fuel Co., 100 tons
: screened Indiana lump, at 1915 p
!, ton.
: Fred e. Barney, Edw. Miller.
t Commissioner Weingart offered Il
following resolution:
Resolved, That the report Of II
: committee be accepted and the Aud
2 tor be directed to set aside the sum
: $4,000 from the Heat and Light CT
Hall fund, and the sum Of 1915 fro
: the Public Grounds and Buildfn
fund, for said purpose. Adopted.
Commissioners Smith, from the Cor
. rnittee on Roads and Bridges, preser
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