The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-10-18
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
Of the Board of County Commission
ers of Blue Earth County, Minn.,
Special Session

OF the Board OF County Commission.
ers of Blue Earth County, Minn.,
/ Special Session.
Mankato, Mimi, Tuesday, Septem
Der "a, 1912, 2 P. M.-Meeting OF
the board of county commissioners
which met as agreed at the last ses.
sion. All members were present
Commissioner Madigan presided.
| Minutes of the last session were
approved.
| A motion to reject all bids made
for the Decoria and st. Clair roads
was carried.
/ A motion was then made to pro.
coed with the work of opening the
! Decoria Swimming Station road by
days work, to hire r. Burrill to su,
perintend the work, he to engage
men and equipment and go until
stopped by orders of the board and
the engineer. Carried
The Ceresco township board ap.
peared and talked over the bridge
situation. Nothing definite was agreed
to but all appeared to be satisfied.
Moved to proceed with the improve
ment of the st. Clair road, state TO-
commencing at st. Clair and coming
this way. This to be done by days
work, John Mccall foreman, who
shall be paid 81, he to select his
own equipment. He is also to put
in the concrete culverts at $45 each
To go as far as possible this year
! Adjourned to 8 a. m, September
25th.
Mankato, Mimi, Wednesday, Sep
70, hnr. A NT
vened. All members were present
The committee appointed to view
the proposed change of road on c.
F. Ulrich's land in Lyra reported
! that while the road had been there
| travelled for anyway forty years, be.
cause of the necessity for new
bridge in case the road is not
changed, favorably to the petitioners
| Applications for correction of as
! sessments were made by A. G. Mey-
er, w. E. Thomas, John Larson. Elk
amined carefully and favorably re,
ported. as
On motion of Ole K Olson $500
paid toward cutting down the Frye
and Myers hill in Beauford.
A. G. Barney asked that a COM
mittee be named to examine the hill
on the northwest corner of section
/, 8, Lyra, as it ought to be cut down
A committee was named to visit
the hill at date to be decided upon
later. sse
An estimate of $1,S2293 was allow
ed c. S. Erickson payable to Mayer
Bros. on ditch No. %.
An estimate on the Mapleton town
ship concrete bridge, being the coun-
tvs half, was allowed Marsh Engi-
neering Co., $1,000.
Viewers for state road No. 7, be-
ing the Mankato and Good Thunder
road, to be built under the Elwell
law, were appointed: Hubert Bruels,
Mankato, Elliott Epson, Lake Crys-
tai, Nels Alderman, Mapleton.
Coal bids were as follows: 800
tons advertised. Bottsford Lumber
Co., city, Hooking Valley, $50;
Monks Lumber Co., city, Hooking or
Youiogheny, $5.45; dock screened
Sunday Creek Hooking, dock screen
ed Youiogheny, Pyrolite, $3.50; Vir-
ginia Split, $5.45. Contract awarded
to Monks Lumber Co. for one-half
Hooking, one-half Youiogheny
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Commissioner Schneeberger was
adopted, which corrected the record
of August q. 1912, showing the num-
Der of bonds issued to aggregate
6,4OO.
This resolution was sent to F.
William Kraft, lawyer, First Ma
tional bank building, Chicago.
On motion the following bills were
allowed:
Anderson, Andrew E., work on
state road No. s. ST.. 90
Anderson, c. NJ, procuring pri-
mary election supplies. 49,. 800
Baynes, Anthony, delivering pri-
mary election returns. .... $50
Bestman, ]. H., procuring pri-
mary election supplies. ... $50
Bowe, Martin j., delivering
primary election returns. -. 800
Brooks, W. F., work on audi
tors plat Observation-Disclosures. II .85
Brooks, W.. F., road work -. 25 90
Brooks, w. F., ditch work. Sc. 81
Brush, S. R., procuring primary
election supplies ........ 1.2O
Burrill, R., work on Pigeon
| hill road, state road No. IL 200. 90
Burrill, R., work on state
road No. IL. 1925. SIS
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