The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-03-17
WHERE CASH WENT
Review of Last Years Public
Work Is Given.
Annual Reports of Engineer and
Park Superintendent.
Question of Larger Water Sup
ply Is Brought Up,
Street Work involved Expendi-
ture of Over $4,000.

From Tuesdays Daily.
The annual report of City Engineer
Thompson and Park Superintendent
Blake for 1904 has been printed in pam
phlet form and makes fine volume of
forty pages, with several beautiful il
Illustrations of street and park scenes. 1t
is a credit to the city.
Sewers.
In the sewer line during the past year
the only new work was AS feet of
eight-inch sewer on Willard street from
Pleasant to Fulton and thence seventy
feet easterly on Fulton street, the cost
being $349, including connections.
The city also purchased from the Will
liam Bierbauer estate a 6-inch private
sewer extending on Rock street from
Broad street to Sixth street, for a con-
sideration of $500. Cost of sewer system
to date $73,73S.96. Number of permits
issued in 1904, 20. Total to date, COB.
A detailed account of all of the sew
ers is given.
WaterwOrks.
Under the head of waterworks, the
following is said:
Extensions for past year were 800
feet of six-inch distributing mains and
934 feet of siX-inch supply pipe. One
new nydrant was added to the system.
Cost of extension for the year, ST.
530.4S. Owing to insufficient supply
from the two city wells arrangements
were made with the Mankato Gas and
Electric Light company to use the sur
plus water from their well. Even with
this to draw from the supply is insult
ficient to work the pump to two-thirds
of its capacity. The question of a lar
ger supply is worthy of serious consid-
GRAFTON.
The adoption of the meter system
which went into effect November lst.
1904, it is believed, will materially re-
duce the amount of pumping.
The Crown meter was adopted as the
one to be used.
The financial report on the water
works system, prepared by President
Porter and recently published by The
Free Press, is given. A detailed account
of the water mains is also given, and
list of all water supplies on hand.
There are about sixteen miles of water
mains. On the last day of the year
there were ola water meters in use.
The following appears under the head
of sidewalks:
Sidewalks.
Cement walks laid, square feet, 49,
600; stone walk, 474; assessment for
walks ordered by city, $685.; walks
paid by the city street fund.- $l,7l003;
sidewalk filling, paid by street fund,
$l,2S3.S5; approximate total cost of all
walk, $l9,262; cost paid by city, fill
ing, $l,2S3S5 city walks, $l,S25.53, 10
per cent rebate on assessment, $S59.50;
total, $3,97l.SS; per cent paid by city
of total cost of walks, 81.
TIE amount of cement walks laid is
equivalent to 63-lOO miles of six
foot walk, the largest amount laid in
any one year. The quantities for 1901,
1902 and 1908 being respectively 3
66-lO0, 1900 and 37-lOO miles.
All cement used is tested for tensile
strength and all blocks inspected dur
ing manufacture.
Some difficulty has arisen by the ex
pansion, throwing walks out of line and
breaking curb at street corners. To
overcome this we have experimental
with an expansion joint of asphalt, from
one to four inches wide, placed at suit
able intervals, and from present indica-
tions it will work successfully. The as
phalt used was prepared especially for
a brick paving filler by the American
Asphaultum and Rubber company OF
Chicago.
The only wood walk laid was a