The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-12
Bids Acted on BY Board of
Education.
FIVE HUNDRED TONS FUEL
Many Matters of More or Less ImpOr
lance Acted on By the Direc-
tors at Meeting.
From Fridays Dali,

4 able business at its regular meeting
Wednesday night. President Hughes
and DR.. Snow were absent from the
city, and the meeting was presided over
by Vice President Beach.
A petition to the city council wa:
presented, asking that Fifth street be
tween Hickory and Warren be curbeC
and guttered and macadamiZed the same
as the part of the street north of Hick-
ory, and the board was requested to
} sign for the high school property. The
board took favorable action, on motion
of Mr. Davies, and instructed the vice
president and secretary to sign the pc
ttiOn.
Reports were received from the recent
inspection of the boilers in the high
school, Union and West Mankato build
ings, made by the inspector for the
Hartford Boiler Insurance and Inspec-
ton company of Hartford, Conn. All
three boilers were all right, except the
one at the high school, where the tubes
were reported somewhat pitted and the
front head corroded around the manhole,
caused by a leaky gasket. The reports
were accepted and placed on file.
A letter was received from Miss Mar
garet NJ. HaT of Sparta, Wis, stating
that she was pleased at the opportun-
ity to teach sewing to the girls of the
seventh grade of the West Mankato
school, of which she is principal, and
that she has had experience in teach
ing it. The principals of the other three
schools have already acquiesced in tbs
plan. ....-..
Bids for furnishing 500 tons of coal,
delivered at the various buildings, the
coming winter, as wanted, We're opened,
as follows: ....
] A. Bashaw-Southern Illinois Wilm-
ington or equally good coal, $3.50 per
| ton.
Laird Norton Yards-Wilmington coal,
1925 per ton, based on a freight rate
of $l.50.
Hayes Lucas Lumber Company-Wil-
mington third vein lump, 1925 per ton;
Superba egg or lump, $3.50 per ton. This
bid was for furnishing coal to the Pleas
ant Grove building only.
Lampert Lumber Company-Hanna
lump, 1915; Sherman lump, $40;
Spring Valley or Wilmington lump,
S4.25 per ton. Prices subject to rise or
decline in freight rates.
| 1t was stated by agents present that
the present freight rate is $3.50 per ton,
but that it is expected that it will be
reduced to Sl.35, in which case the price
of the coal will be fifteen cents ton
less than named in the bid.
| 1t was voted to award the contract
for supplying Wilmington coal at the
Franklin and Union buildings to the
Lampert Lumber company, at the high
school and West Mankato buildings to
the Laird Norton Yards, and at the
Pleasant Grove building to the Hayes
Lucas Lumber company, for $3.50 per
| ton. delivered in the bins at the various
| buildings, weighed, and weigh bills
turned in to the secretary, except that
for the West Mankato building railway
rates will govern.
! DR.. Holbrook, chairman of the COM
mittee on property and expense, report
ed that the cement walk on the West
Mankato school grounds had been con-
structed. An old cellar door had been
| found below the platform, that will
have to be walled up. The West Man
kato and Pleasant Grove seats had been
repaired, and new ones placed in the
seventh grade room at the Pleasant
Grove The closets in the high school
building had been repaired, but it had
been found that the water service pipe
leaks in the street. The roof needs re-
soldering in many places. The bids for
fixing up the additional manual train
ing room were too high and the con-
tract was not awarded. The lowest bid
for preparing the room was $3.50, and
for heating $SS. Two bids were received.
Mr.. Davies moved that the matter of
fixing up the room be referred to the
proper committee with power to act,
and this was carried.
DR.. Holbrook reported that F. HI. Neu-
BILE offers to put up galvanized iron
flag pole and ball, painted two coats,
over the high school building, for $26,
which seemed pretty high. The work of
repairing the high school floors would
begin today. 1t had been deemed best
not to cut doorway through the wall
between the closet and music room, as
it would weaken the wall.
Mrs. Smith moved that the matter of
having a new lead service water pipe
put in at the high school building be
REFERRED 10 tHe committee OH property
and expense with power to act, and this
was carried.
Architect Pass presented report on
the condition of the roof of the Union
building, saying that looking at it from
below there are at least hundred holes
through which one can look to the out
side, and one would think that it would
let rain through in torrents, yet at the
last heavy rain it leaked only in two
places. However, a heavy driving rain
would probably badly soak the build
ing. There have been constant leaks
through the cutters, so that the under
side of the cornice is rotted entirely
through, so that the birds are nesting in
the cornice in several places. He rec
commended that new roof be placed on
the building, of galvanized shingles. He
also recommended that the small gable
in the rear be taken off permanently.
The cornice work would be expensive,
and some other work must be done to
properly fix the roof.
Mrs. Smith asked what the expense
of "a galvanized single roof would be,
and Mr.. Pass replied that it would be
about 1910, but that it would be diff
cult to estimate the cost of the rest
of the work