The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-11-27
FLOW FROM the BROAD
STREET WELL May DAMAGE
the NEARBY PROPERTY
That Is the Information Contained in Report Of
Board of Public Works to City Council;
Difficulty Encountered in Locating
Aperature; What's to BE Done?

from saturdays DAILY
The board of public works last night
presented the following businesslike re-
port to the council, and it was or.
dered filed:
Mankato, Nov. 20.-Dr. j. w. An
drews, Mayor, Mankato. Dear Sir: In
connection with the work of this de-
partment since the last regular meet:
ing of the, council, we beg permission
to report as follows:
Due to the cold weather we have
work has been done in connection
with sidewalks and curbs. The con-
tract for raising Vine street walks
between Front and Third was let to
the North Star Concrete company ~
twenty-five cents per lineal foot. How
ever, we did not deem it advisable to
proceed with the work under the wea-
Their conditions following your last
meeting therefore no work has been
done.
Glenwood Avenue Arch.
The repairing of the stone arch on
Glenwood Avenue has been completed.
This arch as reported by the council
at the time the work was ordered,
was in very bad condition and the
repairing was necessarily expensive.
The cost was as follows:
Labor ................. .Ploo.o4
Teams $40
Material .............. 9o.o'
Use of derrick .............. 90
Total .$2Ol II
Walnut Street.
On the surface of Walnut street,
where the grade had been previously
lowered, some gravel from the nor
NAL school gravel pits has been hauled.
As you have no doubt observed, the
lowering of the grade on this street
broke up the impervious surface that
had formed This, followed by the re-
cent rains caused the clay to become
very soft and sticky, making travel
quite difficulty. 1t was simply with
the view of facilitating present traffic
on this street that the gravel was
added.
The gravel mixing with the clay will
destroy it's adhesive properties and
allow the surface to pack. We feel
that you need have no serious appre-
hension of it all getting into the sew
erS.
The cost of doing this work was as
follows:
Labor .'................. pa. ~
Gravel NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 10 w
Total ..................... S3l II
We think, and believe anyone travel,
ing up this street before and after the
adding of the gravel will say the
same thing, that this $3l.27 has not
been entirely wasted and that you will
see much of it or the street year
from now. 1t is quite possible that
this gravel will cost the city nothing
in which case the cost is only $l627.
Front Street Slough.
The work on theN Front street slough
has been completed as ordered by your
council, and is now in fair condition
The work on this road was very much
hampered by various conditions, one of
the greatest obstacles being heavy and
almost continuous traffic. Much better
work could have been done if it had
been possible to vacate the street while
it was being repaired. The total
cost was as follows:
35l loads stone at $l0O ..... 1851 90
Ill loads filling at $.75........ S3 %
So yards crushed stone ........ Al. 40
95 loads gravel at $.25. % 10
465 hours labor at $.l75 ...... 81. 81
253 for teams at $35 ........ Si.31
Or l5.5 cents per square yard.
The high cost of teams and labor is
due to the fact that our own teams
hauled great deal of the material
for filling. hauling in all l56 loads
from Mr. Wizards hill The cost OF
hauling was 37.7 cents per load or
about q cents per yard.
Pleasant Street Fill.
The only bid received for the fill
90 PpntS