The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-14

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| this was carried.
The bills were read and allowed.
| The board of public works presented
the sprinkling resolution for the COM
ing season, and it was laid over
until the next meeting The dis
tricts are the same as last year.
! The liquor license application of Os-
car Olson was granted and his bond
approved
The electric light at the corner of
Main and Division streets, put there
| by mistake, is to be at once moved
to the corner of Marsh and Division
streets
The special order was the Thomp-
sons creek culvert, at the council
meeting last night. All of the al
dermen were present and Mayor An
drews presided.
| Fred Day said that siXty-foot ad
dition should be built to the culvert
to make it as wide as the street.
| The cuvert will cost about $4,000.
1t was put as it is to save an old
elm tree. 1t will eventually be a
culvert with two stove pipe elbow
connections. The assessment will be
about SIS a lot. and will be so enor
nous that someone will have to sell out
The stone is checking, and is not a
| fair representation of Mankato stone,
and will not advertise Mankato stone
for culvert work.
City Engineer Haynes said that A.
n. Dukes has a plan to straighten
the creek the coming season. If he
does so, straight addition can be
made to the culvert, otherwise one
at an angle.
Benjamin Taylor appeared for Mr..
Dukes and again asked the council
| to pay a portion of the cost of the
culvert The city had paid the en-
| tire cost of the culverts over War
rem creek. However, as Thompson's
creek is on the outskirts, the prop
erty benefited was willing to pay part
of the cost. He thought that the
council should pay at least half of
| the cost
Had Used An Old Plan.
Mr. Haynes said that he had used
the plan that was used for the
Fifth street culvert over Warren
creek, which was built fifteen years
ago. There is a splendid foundation,
with good footing, we'll bonded, and
well backed. As to the arch, some
stones were found checked when the
| false work was taken out, and then
different kind of stone was OBJ
tained and the north two thirds of
| the arch is much better than the
south one third The job is a good
one as far as laying is concerned,
and the frosted stones are the only
bad thing The contractor gave
bond to protect the city for two
years, guaranteeing to replate any
part of the work that is necessary.
The bond is for $500, with A. Bashaw
as surety. Mr.. Haynes said that he
had had a number of cases of this
kind, and they were handled in this
way. Peter Carlstrom, the cOntrac-
tor is reliable, upright man. There
| is lust such bond on the brick pave
ment and on the Broad street pave
ment, on the Fourth street curb and
gutter, and on many other contracts.
He had intended to explain the mat
ter to the council long time ago,
but forgot it. He was sure that
any fair minded man or any body OF
men who would look into the mat
ter would be satisfied. He thought
that the cost should be assessed
| beyond the creek Mr.. Dukes has
plans that, if he was at liberty to
mention them, would make the coun-
ell feel that it wished that there
were more men like Mr.. Dukes here.
A thirty foot addition to the culvert
| will be asked for, and Mr.. Dukes
may pay the cost of it himself.
Doubted Validity of Bond.
City Attorney Schmitt, replying
to a question, said that he doubted
whether the bond was good unless
approved by the council
Mr.. Haynes said that it is dated
Dec. Is, and has been in his vault
ever since.
Aid. Atchison said that the cost
should all be assessed on the prop
erty north of the creek.
s. A. Anderson said that the cul-
vert was of no benefit to him, and he
did not want to be assessed.
Andrew Lundberg said that the
stone used was cracked and bad ana
the walls not properly backed.
Mr.. Haynes said that experts had
told him that by July the stones Will
i be seasoned and the cracks disappear
|although he hardly believed this.
| AID. Atchison moved that the board
of public works be requested to pro-
ceeded to levy the assessment, and
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