The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-06-07
COUNCIL WILL BETTER
MOTHER HOUSE ROAD

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From Mondays Daily.
Bids for crawling of the road
from North Front street to the
Mother house, were opened this
morning and the arrangements will
be made shortly by the city council
to have this highway improved.
Jacob Effer's bid was accepted, his
figure being $575 for, graveling this
road and $555 for surfacing with
either stone dust or cinders. The
only other bidder was Alexander
Bashaw, whose figure was $500 for
graveling this road and 1896 for
surfacing with stone dust and $3.50
for surfacing with cinders. The
council voted to accept Effer's bid on
the graveling at $575.
Bids were also opened for the con-
struction of various sidewalks in
the city, but no action was taken on
these bids until this afternoon, as
it took some time to figure up just
who was the lowest bidder on each
piece of work.
Bids for Sidewalks.
George E. Charland's bid for a
three-foot sidewalk on Bunker hill
was for 10 cents per square foot and
so and so cents per cubic yard for
extra excavation and filling more
than one foot above or below grade.
For the sidewalk on Mulberry street,
he bid cents per square foot, with
8 and so cents for extra filling and
excavation. For a four-foot walk on
the Guenther hill road and six foot
walk on Rhine street, he wanted 10
cents per square foot. His bid for
a eight and ten inch, one to five
Portland cement and gravel concrete
retaining wall along the above work,
was 81 per cubic yard. and for extra
excavation and filling, 60 and 60
cents. .."
A. Bashaw bid cents per square
foot on the Guenther hill walk, and
wanted So per cubic yard for the re-
tanning wall. and As cent per cubic
yard for extra filling and excavation.
E. d. Wilmot's figure for the side
walk on Bunker hill was IL cents
per square foot, with 80 and so
cents for extra excavation, and 10
cents per square foot for a six foot
walk on Mulberry street, with SO and
80 cents for extra excavation. He
bid 10 cents for six foot walk on
Madison avenue, and for four
foot walk on Guenther hill and a
six foot sidewalk on Rhine street
For the retaining wall, his figure was
$685.. with SIS and so cents for extra
filling His figures for a six foot
sidewalk on Pike and Minnesota
street. was 10 cents per square foot.
j. 2. Nelson bid 10 cents for the
walk on Guenther hill and Rhine
street md $475 for the retaining
wall. Nth only Is cents per cubic
more than one foot above or below
grade. ...
The bid of Johnson Brothers for
the Bunker hill sidewalk was II
cent and so and SO cents for extra
filling. -. cents for the walk on Null.
berry street with so and so cents
for extra excavation, 10 cents for
the w"I,> on Madison avenue, Guen
Their hill and Rhine street, and $685.
for the retaining wall, and so and 40
cents for the extra eXcavatinn. Ii
was t"e1 moved that when the coun
Gil adjourn. it do so to meet at two
O'Clock this afternoon to consider
these bids. .
Grade of a Hill. ..s,'s.
Mrs. Edward Haedt and Mrs. S. K
Yeaple appeared with M. G. Willard
regarding the grade of the hill lead
ing to Willard parkway on Glenwood
avenue Mrs. Yeaple said that the
road was almost impossible and that
there was no curb or gutter there
80 that the rain washed out the
road, in such manner as to make
il next to impossible to travel over
it, and the business men of MankatC
refused on this account to make de
liveries there. Mrs. Haedt said tina
they charged fifty cents extra to de
liver coal or hay there.
Mr.. Willard had "a profile of this
roadway with him, and explained
now five houses on the hill, and it Is
very likely that others will buy
property there if good road is Sc
cured leading up to the hill. Or
motion of Commissioner Humiston
the council decided to go up to the
place in a body and view the situa
ton.
The report of Chief of Police Dona
hue to the effect that during thu
month, thirty-seven arrests had beer
made and twenty-seven persons Civ
en- lodging, was accepted.
1t was moved and carried that thu
city recorder advertise for bids fo
the construction of sewers on Nortl
Broad steet from Thompson to Vim
streets and short distance on FIT
street, the date for the opening o
the bids to be June IT,
= A motion was also carried, rescind
ing all actions to let the contract
for the laying of water pipes o.
Record street between Fulton an
Lewis street. These pipes will there
fore not be laid in the immediat
future, at least.
The sum of $46.20 was refunde
to C. l.. Oleson being one half o
the bill of $92.40 for assessment
for curb and gutter improvements i
Van Brunt's addition. Mr.. Oleso
had already put in a curb and quite
there when the city changed it tw
feet, and agreed to refund half of tn
bill.
Certificates of Indebtedness.
Commissioners Lamm moved tina
g.