The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-07-21

high, s4,640; holding $4,000 gallons,
80 feet high. $3.50, 100 feet high,
$4,000 no feet high, $4,1SO.
Minneapolis Steel and Machinery
company: Tank and tower, $4,000
gallons and 100 feet high, $4,545;
$4,000 gallons and 100 feet high,
$4,120.
Flint & Walling Manufacturing
company, Kendallville, Ind: Steel
tower 100 feet high and wooden
tank holding $62,9S6 gallons, $3,107.
The Kennicott company, Chicago
Heights, III: $4,000 gallon tank with
80 foot tower, $4,395, with 100 foot
tower, $4,696, with 10 foot tower,
$4,944; $4,000 gallon tank, with 80
foot tower, $4,046, with 100 foot tow
er. $4,2SS; with 10 foot tower, $4,-
$40.
The bids were referred to Com
missioner Henline and City Engi-
neer Blomquist, to hear the agents
and consider the propositions and
to report at an adjourned meeting
to be held at ten o'clock tomorrow
morning.
Bids for Curb and Gutter.
The following bids were opened
for putting in curb and gutter and
sidewalks where ordered and where
the property owners have not done
so:
r. r. Coughlan: Curb and gutter
without footing, SO cents per lineal
foot; with Pinch footings in gutter,
6S cents; for extra excavation or
fill. SIS cents per yard; excavating
rock, 81.
E. ID. Wilmot: Curb and gutter.
80 cents; for extra footing, 10 cents;
sidewalks, except Bunker hill, 10
cents per square foot; extra excavat-
ing or filling, so cents; Baker ave-
nue. and Pleasant and Center streets,
curb and gutter, 55 cents.
Johnson Bros: Curb and gutter on
Main street. so cents; extra footing,
ID cents; on Baker avenue 60 and
Is cents; on Willard street, SO and
Is cents; on Center street, SO and
Is cents.
G. E. Charland, North Mankato:
Walk on Bunker hill, II cents; eX-
ira fill or excavation, so cents.
Fowler &c Pay: Sidewalks, 10l
cents, except Is cents for Bunker
hill: curb and gutter, SO cents, ex-
cept Baker avenue, Pleasant and
Center streets, 80 cents; extra &C.
ment footing, Is cents; extra stone
footing, IS cents; extra excavation
or fill, so cents.
The bids were referred to Commits
sioner Humiston and City Engineer
meeting.
The Sanitary Sewer.
City Engineer Blomquist reported
that the work of constructing a san
itary sewer on Jackson street from
Broad easterly to the alley in block
10, and in the alley, by Joseph Land
kamer, has been completed accord.
ing to the plans and specifications,
in a neat and workmanlike manner.
There is 1892 due the contractor.
Mankato's many manufacturing
plants are operating every day to|
their fullest capacity. A visit tol
a number of them yesterday re-
vealed the fact that the wheels OIL
industry are whirling with theirl
usual rapidity. The office force OF
Fowler and Pay is working over
time in order to meet the demand
for patrons at home and abroad.
The paving contract in MankatO and
the many contracts elsewhere have
piled up the orders for the products
manufactured by this enterprsing
firm.
The International Harvester COM
pany is filling more orders for ma
chimes than it had right to expect
would be sent in, owing to the re-
ports of poor condition of the
crops, due to the drought. The fact
that orders for binders are now COM
ing in rapidly is an indication that
the wheat yield will be much larg-
er than the most optimistic person
had a right to expect.
The Eagle Manufacturing company
reports business good. This con-
Germ deals in farm implements and
supplies.
The MankatO Mills company is
deluged with orders and is antic-