Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-25
THE CITY !. COUNCIL L.
Proceedings at the Annual Meeting Of
the New City council.-Resolu- s
ton in Regard to Walks,

the New City Council s
ton in Regard to Walks,
Library Building, -
Willmar, Mimi, April IL, 1906.
Annual meeting of the new City
Council. Present, Mayor Qyale, Alder
men Severinson, Christianson, Mel
son, Bergeson, Holt, Strand and
Holmberg, 8; absent, Alderman Olson.
On motion the City Clerk was in
structed to advertise for sealed bids
for street sprinkling from May to
Oct. IS, 1906, such bids to be opened
at the meeting of the Council April 30,
1906.
Sealed bids from J. M. Downs, o.
A. Ferring, Fletcher & Co. and W.
Il. Markhus for bonding the city Off
Gals were opened and read.
Metropolitan Surety Co., New York,
per thousand and the other officials
at 81. SO per thousand, being the low
est, was on motion accepted.
Alderman Bergeson offered the fol-
lowing resolution which was adopted
by the following vote: Ayes, 7; noes,
none.
RESOLUTION.
Resolved that all sidewalks hereinafter laid
or constructed in the city of Willmar, shall
be laid and constructed in accordance with
the following specifications and not other
wise unless expressly ordered by the city
councils
SPECIFICATIONS FOR ARTIFICIAL STONE SIDE
WALK.
1. By "artificial stone' herein specified is
meant composition Of Portland cement and
2. BY sand" is meant clean, sharp bank
sand tree from loan, and screened clear from
5. By "PortIand cement" is meant, Port
land cement of quality which shall pass the
following tests:
tensile strain Of four hundred (4OO) pounds
to one % square inch section. Meat bri-
qucttc % day in air and six (6) days in
Watcr.)
tensile strain of one hundred and twenty five
(125) pounds to one % square inch section,
three 90 parts sand to one ~ part cement
(Briquctte one % day in air and six co.
i. By natural cement" Is meant ma
tural hydraulic cement of quality which
shall pass the following test:
%. The cement shall stand a minimum
tensile strain of ninety 900 pounds to one
q SQUARE inch section: Meat b119uette one ne
water)
Cement is received on the work in unbroken
packages.
Cement in bags or packages not branded
with the name Of the maker will not be re-
ceived.
Samples for testing shall be furnished in
such manner and at such times as may be re-
CURED.
5. The contractor will be required to use
throughout the work material ana work
manship approved by the city street COM
missioner.
g. The contractor will be required to re-
port all distractions in the sidewalk-i G..
a. water-stop boxes above grade; 90 all
poles inside the sidewalk line; 81 all lamp
posts inside the sidewalk line; ~ all wooden
hydrant covers.
I. When the work is completed the
tractor will Immediately remove all surplus
material, whether old or new, and leave the
sidewalk, gutter and roadway free and I'M
obstructed.
.. The contractor will be required to keep
all work done by him in good condition and
repair for a term of five years from date of
acceptance, to the satisfaction of the city
street commissioner, and any portion of the
sidewalk that becomes defective by cracking,
ner, excepting the ordinary wear and tear,
will be removed and replaced with new work
by the contractor at his own expense:
.. The contractor shall report to the Office
Of the city street commissioner every. morn
ing, between the hours of I and ~ O'Clock
for the purpose of receiving orders from the
his contract and for accurate information OF
the location Of sidewalk, and the contractor
shall not begin work until so informed and
and must begin work within ii We 90 days
from the date OF such order and shall com
plete the work within ten 90 days. to the
The contractor shall notify the city street
commissioner before beginning work upon
the contractor for this purpose.
The decision of the city street commissioner
as to the manner in which the work shall be
executed, and the duality and material, shall
he n a
and be responsit: ..or the entire work until
IL. The contractor viii not be allowed to
make an assignment of any contract under
these specifications.
12 The contractor shall at all times eth
er be on the work himself or have a compe-
tent foreman there, who must have full pow:
ers, and to whom orders, instructions and
IS. Properly skilled workmen only shall
be employed on the work, and the contractor
shall dismiss any employee who may, in the
opinion of the city street commissioner, be
an improper IN amer.
All work while in progress must be pro
tected by the contractor against injury from
sun, rain, frost or any other cause.
The finished sidewalk must not be used un
til, in the opinion of the city street commits
sioncr it has set sufficiently to receive travel
il. The city street commissioner shall
have the power to condemn any material o.
work not in accordance with the speciica
lions, INSTRUCTORS anu OIueIS, anu any
terials or work condemned shall be at once
removed by the contractor and replaced al
his own expense.
In case the contractor shall neglect or re
fuse to remove replace any rejected ma
terial or work, they shall be removed and re
placed by the city street commissioner at thu
Contractors expense, and the cost OF any
such removal or replacement shall be de
Quoted from any money that may be due O.
may become due the contractor from tn
city.
"SIDEWALK"-TILE SIDEWALKS.
That part Of the street on which sidewall
is to be laid will be graded by the stree
commissioner to an elevation of four "a in
ches below the top Of the finished walk.