The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-11-08
GARBAGE CANS DO WAIT FOR MAN;
COLLECTOR DEREL|CT IN HIS DUTY;
BUT CITY IS HEALTHY; NO DISEASES
WATER THAT SMELLS BAD.
Alderman Echsaed OF the Opinion That Commissioner Beand
Would Not Ouaf the Stuff; More Than One Hundred
Applications for Milk Licenses.

S3 ,2S0.60. The cost at SO cents would
have been SCOPES. The estimate was
$l,4ll, later revised to Sl,S0S. To make
the turn into Front street at Main
will cost $3.50 alone.
Mr. Wood said that the Knox com
pany was willing to send it's expert
and do the work, with the Field
ing & Shepley expert present, and the
cost would be about $4,000 Owing
to the Unexpectedly large cost of the
line and the tightness of money, some
of the company are in favor of stop.
ping work and throwing up the sponge,
and there is some danger of this being
done.
Paving Guaranty Involved.
Aid. Gary said that Fielding &
Shepley will not guarantee the street
for one day unless they get the Job
of putting the brick down. They
must know by Monday noon or they
will not do it at all. Their bonds
men threaten to withdraw. They would
not guarantee anybody's else work,
even if their own man came down to
oversee the work.
Mr.. Wood said that Fielding &
Shepley have the company in tight
box. The company has negotiated
with them to the limit. They are doing
business for the profit in it, and living
elsewhere will cost them more than it
would local people. He would not
say that it was a holdup, but it
was serious condition for the com
pany. The same tools, asphalt and
other articles used by Fielding &
Shepley can be bought, and just as
good workmen can be secured as they
employ.
Second Street Suggested.
Mayor Andrews said that some bust
ness men had suggested that the line
run on Second street from Washing
ton to Liberty street, instead of Front.
Mr.. Wood said that this would be
less expensive to the company, but
would be getting away from the bus
mess section, and if an interurban
comes it would be bad street to run
on, especially so near the postoffice.
Aid. AtchisOn said that unless Field
ing & Shepley put down the brick
the city loses its guarantee on the
pavement.
AID Eichstaedt said that Fielding &
Shepley seem to be working a holdup
game on the company. If the latter
puts up a bond, he was willing to
accept it rather than have the COM
pany put to an additional expense of
$4,000.
Question of Fact.
City Attorney Schmitt was asked
whether the guarantee was removed
from the portion of the pavement not
torn up, and he said that this was a
matter of fact that he could not de-
eide upon.
Aid. Eichstaedt questioned whether
Fielding & Shepley's bond was in
force yet, owing to the pavement hav
ing been torn up by plumbers and the
telephone company.
As Mayor Andrews was called out, a
recess was taken until he could re-
turn, and an agreement was arrived at
in the meantime.
Engineer Wood agreed to give a $l0,-
600 bond to guarantee the portion of
the pavement relaid.
Satisfactorily Adjusted.
Aid. Eichstaedt moved that the COM
pany furnish bond for $4,000 to
guarantee the pavement relaid, and the
entire, street if Fielding & Shepley's
bond on the balance is released, and
that the city hire an Inspector at the
eompany's expense. This was carried,
and was satisfactory to the street
car company.
AID. Atchison moved that Aid. Gary
go to the Twin Cities at once and
procure an inspector for the city, and
this was carried.
Aid. Atchison said that crosswalk
stone and cord rock are being hauled
to the street car barn lot. 1t will
cost the company II cents a square
foot for the crosswalk stone and So
a cord for cord rock, if used by the
car company.
Grading Is Expensive.
Aid. Gary said that the cost of fill
ing North Broad street to grade will
cost $40O Alex Bashaw is filling it
with broken stone at 80 or 35 cents
load. He objected to it if the city
was paying for it. There were other
places where the money could be used
to advantage. The car track ought not
to have been allowed to be raised
above a stone street, as it is waste
of money. When the street is paved,
the stone will have to be torn up and
carried away.
Engineer Haynes said that the street
profiles had been followed There is
but one block that requires filling to
bring it to grade with the rest of
the street.
Aid. Atchison thought that it would
cost 500 to bring the street to grade
from the Franklin school to the end
of Dukes addition. The charter for
bids an expense of more than 5000
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