The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-16


fer three-inch block, sixteen
pound treatment and six-inch con-
crete base.
With crowded council chamber,
the city fathers this morning took
up several matters of importance, al
though not all were acted upon. When
the council convened, every seat in
the lobby was occupied, this being
the date set for the hearing on as
Sessments on various sewers being
built.
Joseph HampI wanted to know
whether the work on the sewer would
be left in its present bad condition,
on North Fifth street, and was as
sured by Mayor Taylor that the work
had not been accepted yet, nor COM
pleted, hence it would be repaired
properly before leaving it.
Vincent Meixner, living at the
corner of Fourth and Lafayette,
thought it unjust to assess him, as
his property did not face Fourth
care of later. w. E. Palmer said
he had gone to some expense to
have his private sewer connected
with the Bierbauer sewer, and did
not like the idea of being assessed
so much, when he could use his pri.
where there were gaps in the street
near his property in Waite and Roel-
efson's addition. Joseph Blissenbach
stated that his case was much like
that of Mr.. Palmer'S and said that
the Fifth street sewer was of no
told upon his inquiry that his prop
erty whether occupied or not would
be assessed. Louis Kuebler wanted
some allowance on his property in
the Fletcher and Willard addition,
because of previous assessments. So
much was to be taken up, reconsid-
cred and corrected in the statement'of
the assessments before these state
ments were published, that a motion
that when the council adjourn it
does so to meet again at three
o'clock this afternoon, was carried
unanimously, and hence no action
was taken on any of these problems.
Hardly any real objections were
registered against these sewers.
Paving Bids Received.
Two bids were received for paw
ing on Mulberry and Plum streets
from Front to Broad street. That Of
the North Star Concrete company
brick, $2.O5. per square foot; three
inch creosote blocks, sixteen pound
treatment, $2.37, with twenty pound
treatment add six cents; three and
One-half inch creosote, sixteen pound
treatment, $3.50, with twenty pound
treatment add ten cents; three inch
southern long leaf yellow pine, six
teen pound treatment, $2.45; with
twenty pound treatment $3.50. For
the above pavement on five inch Port
land cement concrete base instead of
six inch base, a deduction of two
cents per square yard was made.
For resetting stone curb, per lineal
foot, twenty cents; for resetting con-
crete curb and gutter, thirty-five
cents; for new cement combined
curb and eighteen inch gutter, fifty
cents per foot.
That of the Kettle River company
of Minneapolis was as follows: Three
inch creoSOte tamarack wood block
sixteen pound treatment, $2.45, for
twenty pound treatment, add fifteen
cents; three and one-half inch blocks
sixteen pound treatment, 1888, with
twenty pound treatment, add fifteen
cents; tree inch Southern long leaf
pine, sixteen pound treatment, $2.55,
and three and one-half inch treat
ment, $2.65. For the above pavement
on five inch Portland cement con-
crete base instead of six inch base,
a deduction of eight cents per square
foot was made. For resetting stone
curb, twenty-five cents per lineal
foot, for concrete curb and gutter,
forty cents; for new cement COM
bined curb and eighteen inch gutter,
fifty-twO cents per foot. 1t was de-
cided not to award the contract this
afternoon.
Request for Photos.
If the request of the st. Peter and
st. Paul society is carried out, the
faces of all members of the city
council will decorate a new book or
catalogue that the society is about
to publish. A request desiring pho
tos of the councimen for this book
was received.
August Blissenbach appeared be-
fore the council and suggested that
the sewer passing his place be con-
nected with the Mulberry street
sewer, because the city had abandon
ed the Sixth street storm sewer. He
was informed that the Mulberry
street sewer is hardly ample enough
to take care of the storm water it
now carries.
Mayor Taylor brought up the mat
ter of appointing a health officer
who would also do laboratory work
and act as physician for the deten-
ton hospital. DR.. Pratt had been
suggested and DR.. A. E. Sohmer, the
present health officer, thought it
good plan, to appoint someone to do
this work only, he to relinquish his