The Mankato free press., 1904-10-28

against next year. The city is apt to
be held up for months with the streets
torn up and perhaps the men unpaid.
The bonds were not furnished before be-
cause the bond company would not fur
nish the bonds at once.
Aid. Coy thought that the council
should go slow The contract, he thought,
was no good, but he would like to see
the company get the contract.
Aid. Mckinley was, in favor of adver-
tising for bids again, with all the bidders
having until spring to do the work.
Aid. Kleinschmidt said that the com
pany has not been fair with the city.
He thought that if new bids were secur-
ed lower one than the Mccarthy COM
pany's would be secured.
Mayor Taylor said that the council
and the board of public works had acted
in good faith, and the Mccarthy COM
pany failed to furnish the bonds until
it was too late to do anything, although
making promises right along.
Aid. Jorgensen advised the council to
act slowly. He would feel ashamed and
disgraced if the council took the action
proposed, and would feel like moving
out of the city.
Aids. Coy and Schroeder favored inves-
tigating the legality of the proposed ac-
tiOn for a few days.
Aid. Kleinschmidt said that he felt
that the council had right to do as
proposed, but if the council did not
feel like taking this step he thought
that the penalty clause should be enforc-
ed.
Aid. Jorgensen opposed this, also. He
thought that there was something wrong
Aid. Kleinschmidt said that there was
nothing wrong on his part, and he want
ed the alderman to understand it. The
specifications were weak in not requiring
that the bonds be furnished within GER
tain time. He withdrew his motion.
Aid. Mckinley moved that the matter
be laid over until the next meeting.
City Attorney Daley said that the
company has twenty days after the
contract is signed to begin work. If the
council delays action two weeks, the
company has twenty days from then.
The longer the council puts it off the
longer the company has. The suggestion
that the contract be made and if the
company does not begin work within
twenty days the council can 90 after
it.
Aid. Mckinley withdrew his motion,
and Aid. Kleinschmidt moved that the
company be asked to come to the city
at once to taiy the mater over. This
was carried.
Aid. Kleinschmidt moved that half of
the old round house on the city's prop
erty be leased to Fowler & Pay at $75
a year for a warehouse, the money to
be used in improving the block. This
was carried.
City Attorney Daley stated that he
had settled with Mr.. Erickson for his
dislocated hip, due to fall, for 5000,
with VIM. Russell for the injury to his
son at the park for $75, and with
Thomas Kehoe for a fall for $l5 The
report was accepted, and the amounts al
lowed.
The bills were allowed.
A liquor license was granted to Charles
R. Guth with H. Zimmerman, Jr. and
G. H. Hoerr as sureties, on the condi-
ton of his paying the regular 81 900 fee
into the city treasury.
The bill of Miss Lula Austin for
$l65.5S for service in typewriting the
new proposed charter, was laid aside
until further investigation may be had
in the matter.
A number of property owners were al
lowed on their own request to defer the
laying of their sidewalks until the first
of next May. n
The board of public works was in
structed to have plank walk laid in
front of the property of w. B. Jewson
on Bunker hill.