The Mankato free press., 1912-09-20
CITY HAS SAVED MONEY
PUSHING A WATER CART
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
The city council this morning re-
| ceived the sprinkling assessment re-
| port from City Engineer Blomquist,
and it was such as to give satisfac-
tion to the officials, and no doubt
will prove good reading to the citi-
| zens generally. The cost of the
sprinkling the past year was $3,400,
as compared, with $4,000. the year be-
! FORE, making a saving of $500. In
spite of this, sprinkling was done on
Sundays as well as week days this
year, and awas not done -on Sundays
the year before, IL "a.
! The amount to be assessed for the
sprinkling, oiling, etc., on about the
same territory as i last year, was
slightly less, and the assessment a
little less per front foot. The assess
ment this year .fory sprinkling. is to
! be four cents a foot for the front
i.ofY lots, sand tive cents .agfoot on side
streets shat for soiling +: is to be AZ
]! cents 2foro frontage 8and 2.5 cents for
side Streets; andq that for flushing s
cents for frontage and cents for
side streets. Last year the sprink-
| ling cost Az and 2.1 respectively,
and the oiilng As and 2.5 respect
lively, and the flushing the same as
| this year.
The reason that the oiling cost
slightly more this year is that gravel
was sprinkled on over the oil each
time, which made a much better
| street and did away with much of
! the objection to oiling. This was
changed iIeoth cnat OF, ioiling. -
/ ,s9'chieride as AM Experiment. ,',
CaleiAm,ighlerid was. used on
Eulten street. ASIAN experiment, ,and
/ has, edo oulnsnl nlendidly,i and Com
missioner a. a.Hgmistaflafc &C commends 1T
! very highlEs & Henstated that. it. gave
splendid p satisfaction, stand cost, less
than oil watering. nj The assess
mentsfoE titois fmade the same, as, for
lfsprinkling with water.. 1t was found
fto be,1 easier toG4put,0p than oil
/ and does NOT. ,traek into the, houses
/ LII like oil Itkis likely that more Of
llt wWill cbe used next year This is
the material used by the cottagers
at Point Pleasant the past season,
where i; gave ;YeAy good results on
| a graveled wagon, ROAD. ~ 800
The hearing on the, sprinkiing as
s..sa sessment et was asatsfor two -, weeks
Mayor Taylor Isl baropgghht5 pghht up a mat,
ter that. has caused, complaint from
residents, around the; Silver. ravine.
| He. stated that two houses have re-!
Gently been placed on the ravine
road between Warren and Ramsey
streets, and have been bought by
Mr.. Graft, who had desired to have
sewer connection or build an out
house. There is no sewer there,
and he has built closet close to
the sidewalk, and complaints have
: already come in, the mayor said, be-
| fore it has been used.
Worst He Ever Saw.
! ut is the worst thing that / ever
saw" remarked Commissioner Hum
ist9n n 1T is p PLACED aged next to the side
/ .'And' it lis ne next to to a. the public
street.: Clipped in Commissioner
Henlihe, who. had, also evidently
/ looked. over the situation.
1T ought to be ordered right out,
| think Continued Mr.. Humiston.
Mayor Taylor explained that the
adjoining, property, part of which is
owned by the state normal school,
cannot be assessed for a sewer, and
the man had to take his chances
1t is, likely that. steps will be taken
to cause the removal of the closet
| There is a space between the cbm
pleted cement sidewalks at the top
OF the Windmiller hill, on the north
side, and Commissioner Humiston
was authorized to let contract to
! have the walks made continuous, on
motion of Commissioner Lamr
The assessment for the completed
walks was confirmed, no one appear.
/ ing to make an objection. This as.
sessment runs as far as Mrs.
Schroeder's store. The Improvement
is a noteworthy one, and one of the
| best of the season in that line.
No Bids For Coal.
! This was the meeting for opening
bids for furnishing the city with 12O
tons of soft coal for heating the city
hall and fire station, but tie dealers
had evidently overlooked the pub
lished advertisement, for no bids
were received. 1t was decided to
! postpone the opening of bids until
next Monday morning. Afterwards
one bidder appeared, bit did not
leave his bid, when informed of the
action taken. Commissioner Henline
! thought that the city would save
money by building coal bunkers and
/ getting it's coal in, in the summer
! Hector Coolaset of IWillmar, the
contractor who is pitting in the
! storm sewer on Mulberry street, be-
tween Second and SIXTH, sent word
that he would like SINE money. He
i had been paid $2OO,Iand City Engi-'
{ neer BlomQuist sail that he had
nearly finished his contract, which
amounts to $2,400.E Under the cir
! cumstances the council allowed him
an estimate of $1,p0.
! The park payroll of $226 for two
weeks, and the waerworks and sew
er payroll of $31l0. were allowed,
, but the street paylbll was not ready,
and it was decided to meet at three
o'clock this Afternoon to allow that.