The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-07-26
BIDS FOR THE PAVING
REJECTED BY COUNCIL
From Mondays Daily.

At the adjourned meeting of the
council this afternoon, all paving
bids were rejected, as being too
high. The bid for the laying Of the
water mains on Fourth street was
let to McLaurin & Northrop at their
bid of $1,000. Some complaint has
been made about the ruins of the
malt house, which burned recently,
and Commissioner Humiston will
take the matter up today or tomor-
row, and have them removed.
Bids for the proposed paving OF
several cross streets in the city, in
Guiding Mulberry and Plum streets
from Front to Broad streets, and
including all necessary excavations
and preparations for foundations,
according to plans and specifications
for same, We're opened at this
mornings meeting of the city coun-
ell
The bids, as opened, were as fol-
lows:
North Star Concrete company:
Vitrified brick pavement, $2.O5 per
square yard; three-inch creosoted
tamarack wood block, sixteen pound
treatment, $2.43 per square yard;
three and one-half inch tamarack
wood block, twenty pound treat
ment, So. Go; three inch Southern
long leaf yellow pine, sixteen pound
treatment, s2.5S per square yard;
three and one-half inch yellow pine,
twenty pound treatment, $2.78; Re-
setting curb, per lineal foot, twenty
cents; for cement cutters, according
to specifications, per lineal foot,
twenty cents.
Fielding & Shepley company, ST.
Paul: Vitrified brick, $2.07R per
square yard; three inch tamarack
block, sixteen pound treatment,
$245; three and one-half inch tama-
rack block, twenty pound treatment,
1886; three inch southern yellow
pine, sixteen pound treatment, $3.50;
three and One-half inch southern
pine, twenty pound treatment, $3.50;
resetting stone curb, per foot, eight
cen cents; concrete curb, fOrty-fiVe
cents per foot.
T. r. Coughlan company: Vitri-
fed brick, 81 10: three inch creo-
sote tamarack block, sixteen pound
treatment, $2.46; three and one-half
inch creosoted tamarack block,
1884; three inch southern pine, six
teen pound treatment, $2.61; three
nd hnlf nj.
twenty pound treatment, $3.50; re-
setting stone curb, twenty cents;
concrete curb, fifty cents.
1t was decided to adjourn until
two O'Clock this afternoon when the
bids will be considered.
Bids were also opened for the
waterworks extension on Fourth
street north of Elm. The bid of
McLaurin & Northrop was $4,000
and that of the MankatO Plumbing
and Heating company, $3,46O. The
matter of considering these bids was
also laid over until the afternoon
meeting.
Police Officer Resigned.
Officer Ole Andengaard handed
in his resignation this morning, as
follows:
Gentlemen: Please accept my res
ignation as patrolman and policeman
to take effect August l, next Due
my i'll health and business matters
requiring my attention, | feel in duty
bound to tender the same. | desire
also to express my thanks to you,
honorable sirs, and to the chief of
police and my brother officers for
the uniform kindness shown me dur
ing my service for the city; and it
is with considerable regret on my
part that | feel it necessary to with
draw from the police force"
The resignation was accepted and
A. o. Hovig Immediately appointed
by Mayor Taylor, which appointment
was conferred. Mr. Hovig was on
the police force in Mankato a short
time before and made good officer
Patrolman Andengaard has been on
the force nearly year and a half,
and during that time has faithfully
served the city. OF late, his health
pCCii impaired, anu He was IT,
quired to leave the force for several
weeks, but was finally able to re-
turn.
Several petitions were received at
the council meeting this morning
One was signed by sixteen property
owners adjacent to Mulberry and
Plum streets, declaring themselves
in favor of creosoted wood blocks
as pavement on the above named
streets. The petition was placed on
file.
Request Cement Sidewalk.
Another was signed by four prop
erty owners, and requested that the
council cause a six loot cement
walk, beginning at the northeast in
tersection of Swiss and Rhine street
thence east about seventy-five feet
being parallel with the east side OF
Dane street, thence running east to
Guenther street. This petition was
placed on file, and motion that the
city attorney prepare resolutions de
claring for the construction Of same
according to the plans, was carried
petition signed by a large mum
Der of property owners in Dukes
addition, was received, asking the