The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-07-16
BOARD MAKES LEVY.
COUNTY BUDGET AMOUNTS TO
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
Proposals for Bridges in Medo and
Danville Were Received and Open
ed; Bids for Improving State
Roads; Coal and Fuel Also; Other
Matters Taken Up By the Com
missioners Today.
From Tuesdays Daily s.

From Tuesdays Daily
The county board today made the
tax levy for the coming year, as fol-
lows: Interest on court house bonds,
So, 900; sinking fund, $1,000; support
of poor, $4,000; county purposes,
S35 900; total, $4,000. An extra levy
of two mills on the dollar was levied
for road purposes.
Last year the levy was $45,500 and
two mills. Two years ago it was
S47. 500 and one and one-half mills.
1t was $4,000 once before. -rhe in
crease is not expected to meet the
cost of the murder trials.
Bids for constructing bridges in Medo
and Danville were opened yesterday,
as follows:
S. A. Rouse, except stringers and
railing, $66s and $597.
Twin City Bridge company, 1923
and $572.
Central States Bridge company, $742
and 1888.
Hennepin Bridge company, 1903 and
$525.
North Star Concrete company, $3.50
and $6l5, and the latter with concrete
floor, 500.
Minneapolis Bridge and Iron COM
pany, $945 and 1925.
1t was voted to accept the bid of
the Hennepin Bridge company for the
Danville job, and to accept the bid of
S. A. Rouse for the Medic work.
Bids for improving the state roads,
according to the plans and specifica-
tons of the county surveyor were
opened, as follows:
State road No. l, Eagle Lake road
John McManna, l8 cents per cubic
yard and $l6O for thing. c. S. Erick-
son, four culverts, $43l. Mr.. McNam-
ara secured the contract.
State road No. 2, Minneopa-C. S.
Erickson, earth work, 20 cents; loose
rock, % cents; solid rock, SO cents;
macadam, $l75; three culverts, SITS.
Awarded to Mr.. Erickson.
State road No. 3, Rapidan Mills
Z. s. Erickson, culverts, $3.50; S. A..
Rouse, job complete, 1884. John Rod
stall & Co., 1917 cents, 25 cents and
80 cents. The latter got the contract.
State road No. 6.-Butternut VAL
ley-Lake Crystal-North Star Concrete
company, tile drain, $3.50, eighteen
cents per cubic yard. All 20 foot
culverts, 500; 26 feet culverts, $lOO:
40 feet culverts, $l75. G. S. Erickson,
tile drain, 1925; 20 cents, 80 cents
and 80 cents; eight culverts. $3.50. The
contract for the Rapidan Mills hill
road was awarded to John Rotostal
q Co. at 1920 for the work and $3.50
| for the culvert
Cable Mills Hill roads. A. Rouse.
lSR cents; C. S. Erickson, II cents.
The contract was awarded to Mr..
Erickson.
1t was reported that ditch No. 9
was 1lled up where the bondsmen com
Pieted 1T last year, and Surveyor
Brooks estimated the cost of CLEANING
out at 500. The work was ordered
done.
Bids for furnishing 300 tons of coal
were opened as follows:
"ut'Iu Lumber Co., screened Hook
ing Valley, 1920; screened Whining.
ton, $4.45.
Lard Norton Yards, Hooking Val
icy, S5.9o; Wilmington, 1925.
hayes Lucas Lumber company. Hook.
ing Valley, sG.25; Wilmington. third
vein lump, $3.50.
Lampert Lumber company, Hooking
valley S6IO; Wilmington, $4.3O.
Bashaw, Wilmington, third vein.
$40; ). ILL.,, 6 inch lump, $4.45; Hook.
ing Valley, $500.
The contract for furnishing 200 toms
vi hooking Valley coal was awarded
TO the Laird Norton Yards, and that
lor furnishing 100 tons of WHINING.
ton to A. Bashaw.