The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-05-13
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS.
Of the Board of County Commissioners
of Blue Earth County, MINI.

Of the Board of County Commissioners
of Blue Earth County, MINI.
Mankato, Mimi, Wednesday, May 4th,
1904: Board met at p m. pursuant
to adjournment, all members present.
Minutes of last session approved.
Bids for constructing piers of the
Ziegler Ford bridge were opened as fol-
lows: Kaiser & Dietl, 400, exclusive
of excavating. Will excavate at 80 cents
per yard, IS cents per yard below water,
use of sheeting or steam pump extra;
T. R. Coughlan, $l,207; Chris. S. Erick-
son, 81 $50; CarlstromBros., 81, 2S5. Ger
titled check for $4,000 accompanied each
bid
On motion of Commissioner Bruels the
contract for bridge piers at Ziegler's
Ford was awarded to Chris. S. Erickson
at his bid of $l,O5O Work to be, COM
pleted Aug. 4, 1904 and contractor to
give bond in the sum of 100000.
The commissioners filled the jury lists
as follows. All being residents of and
tax payers in Blue Earth county.
Grand-Le Ray, Wendell Mullereile;
Mcpherson, Orville Hale, Geo. B. Cald-
well; Mankato Twp, Nathan Bennett;
Decoria, VIM Weber; City of Mankato,
first ward, NJ. J. Sontag, second ward,
VIM. Harlin; third ward, Ed. Pfeffer;
fourth ward, Geo. R. Bradley, Chas. H.
Jones; fifth ward, Walter Daniels, d. l..
Clements; sixth ward, w. B. Keith;
South Bend, Richard Jones; Butternut
Valley, Evan Evans, Ben Tanley; Rapi-
dan, Fred Chamberlain; Garden City, R.
j. Julian, E. H. Hughes; Medo, VIM.
Ward; Danville, Ed. Hubmer; Beauford,
Henry Leiferman, ST.; Lyra, M. A, ,Bene-
dict.
Petit-Lime, John Born; jamestown,
VIM. Doran; LeRay, Irwin Wells, Mic
Fredericks, B. Robertson; Mcpherson,
Mathew Lynch, Herman Fitzlof; Man
kato Twp, j. H. Schweickert, Geo. .Kiffe;
Decoria, Aug. Thrun; City of Mankato-
first ward, John Wass; second ward,
Thos. Kehoe; third ward, w. R. Viii
liams, George Krost; fourth ward, j. r.
Beatty; sixth ward, VIM. Hobbs, An
drew Lindahl; South Bend, r. Burrill;
Judson, w. W. James; Butternut Valley,
Sam Helleckson; Lake Crystal, John
Mention; Rapidan, Chris Blume; Garden
City, S. j. Cookson; Vernon Center,
Milton Porter; Shelby, c. d. Cooper;
Mapleton, S. C. Brooks; Beauford, New
ton Greeley, Albert Birr; Sterling, Ern-
est Schilling, Joseph Latourell.
Commissioner Schultz moved q that
Commissioner Bruels be instructed to
make the necessary repairs on Kennedy
bridge. Motion carried.
Board adjourned until a. M, May 5,
1904.
Mankato, May 9Th, 1904. Board con-
vened according to adjournment. All
members present.
Application of W. L. Mcqueen for a
Correction of assessment of personal prop
erty in 1903 was on motion disapproyed.
On motion the publication of the For
est fire warning was directed to be done
by Amboy Herald. Tia.
Application of P. o. Hynie for cor
rection of assessment in 1908 because
of error was on motion approved. a.
Henry Schultz applied for an auction
GERS license having paid the legal fee
and given an acceptable bond On mo-
ton the application was approved and
license ordered issued. 1890
( The bond of C. S. Erickson With Paul
Iverson and John Nyquist as surities
for the construction of piers over the
Cobb river in section 81, Decoria was on
motion of Commissioner Bruels approx
ed y
Application of Katie Garrett for cor
rection of assessment on account, of err
ror was on motion approved. Meeting
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adjourned to p. m ,.t
Two O'Clock afternoon May 5th, 1904
Meeting was called to order by Chairman
Epson; all members present. a
+ Hearing on the petitions of P. flasher
and Herman Minse to be set ~.off from
school distict So to it. 70 resulted in a
motion to grant them, which was car
ried.
Whereas, The petition of j. P.yHash-
er legal voter,~ freeholder and resident
of school district No. sc in this county.
representing that he is the owner of the
lands hereinafter described, which rare
situate in said school district and adjoin