The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-09-06
CAN'T BUILD new CITY
HALL; FIX UP OLD ONE
From TUESDAYS Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily.
Not being able to build a new
city hall, because of lack of money
in the treasury, the city will at
least do as much as possible to
beautify the present city building,
and according to motion adopted
by the council this morning, Com
missioner Bangerter will be author
lied 10 make such repairs as he
thinks necessary. He approached
the subject by stating that the city
hall roof needed repainting, to pre-
vent so much rain water from leak
ing through to the court room. One
man had offered to do it for $50.
The front, it was decided, needed
repairs, and the ceiling was in want
of papering, while several other re-
pairs in the hall were mentioned,
so that Mr.. Bangerter will soon have
a crew of men making the place
look little more tidy.
A certificate of Indebtedness to
the amount of $3.50 was issued to
the j. B. Nielsen Construction COM
pany for their work on the sidewalk
on Guenther hill, while another GER
tificate of $425 was issued to Joseph
Landkamer for the Fifth street
sewer,
Assessment Motion Carried.
A motion to the effect that as
sessments be made of the benefits,
costs and expenses incurred in
sprinkling for the year of 1912, was
carried. This sprinkling includes
practically the same districts as
those of last year, with the excep-
ton of a few additions. The addi-
tional streets which have been in
cluded in the sprinkling districts
have been oiled.
A liquor license was granted to
street and the bond with the Fidel-
land, was approved.
This being the date set for the
opening of the bids on the North
Second street improvement, which
will consist of grading down the
hill and putting in sidewalks, six
bids were opened, with a variety
of figures, which showed some COM
petition. After the reading of the
bids, a motion that when the coun-
Gil adjourn, that body do so until
three o'clock this afternoon, was
carried.
The bid of George E. Charland
for extra filling necessary for side.
walk was sixty cents, and for new
cement sidewalk Per square foot,
eight cents, and for cement curb and
thirty-inch gutter, sixty cents per
square foot
Number of Bids Received.
Alexander Bashaw bid as follows:
For raising and relaying cement
block sidewalk to grade on two inch
cement base, including the necessary
filling under walk, three cents per
square foot.
No. 2. Filling boulevards to grade
from Vine street to Madison avenue,
using black loan for the last si1
inches of filling approximately 165
yards), $3.50.
No. 8. For cutting down drive
way forty-one feet wide to grade
approximately 300 yards), $425.
No. 4. For building retaining wall
for sidewalk across Madison avenue,
including necessary excavation. A.
Concrete per cubic yard measuring
in the finished wall, $425. B. Stone
masonry per cubic yard, measuring
in the finished wall, 1918
No. 5. For extra filling necessary
for sidewalk, Al cents.
No. 6. For extra filling on boule-
wards, north of Madison avenue with
black loan, fifty cents per cubic
yard.
No. Z. For iron pipe railing, two
IL inch pipe rails and ~ inch
post ten feet apart with wire netting
as per plans, per running foot, $50,
total.
E. D. Wilmot's bids were as fol
lows:
improvement No. 1, five cents;
No. 2, 800; No. 3, $3.50; No. 4
$175; No. 5, $3.50; No. 5, A, fol
new cement sidewalk, per square
foot. 10 cents; No. 6, $3.50; No. Z
$1.10.
Fowler e Pay handed in bids as
follows:
improvement No. 1, seven cents;
for surfacing, 6S cents per yard
cents; No. 5, A, for new cement
sidewalk, per square foot, 9 cents;
No. 5, B, for cement curb and
thirty-inch gutter per foot IS cents
No. 6, 80 cents; rock excavation
under curb, $40 per yard.
T. R. Coughlan company handed
in bids as follows:
Improvement No. 1, 61A cents
No. 2, $3.50; No. 8, $495; stone
dust, spread, 20 cents per yard; No