The Mankato free press., 1913-05-09

school, and the position of ianitor in
the Union school is still vacant
From Tuesdays Daily.
/ The county commissioners took &C.
ton this afternoon on the sugges.
tiona of the doctors who have been
urging the erection of a county tu-
bercuosis sanitarium, and appointed
DR.. A. F. Schmitt, chairman, Fred
kron, II. c. HctaIing, Paul kunkeI
and George w. Norman committee
to investigate the proposition. They
! will endeavor to ascertain the cost
of such an institution and to find
,out how many people in this county
would be benefited by it, ::
| w. ID. Willard, Rev. A.. f. Winter
and Drs. J. w. Andrews, C. G.. Pratt,
j. S. Holbrook, A. F. Schmitt, r. n.
Andrews and C. ]. Holman presented
! to the county commissioners again
this morning the matter of raising
money for the purpose of erecting a
l. u
wish to have the building erected in
| or near the city, and asked the coun-
ity to take advantage of the new law
allowing a one mill tax levy for this
purpose. This, it is thought, would
aggregate an ample sum, for building
the institution. No action was TAX
en- on the proposition although most
of the commissioners are agreed that
a tuberculosis hospital is very
necessary institution.
Bids were opened, for the bridge
and culvert work in Pleasant Mound
township, and the Hennepin Bridge
company was awarded the contract
/ for the building of bridge No. SIG
and for the repairs on the Dempsey
bridge. C. w. Cove was awarded
the contract for the bridge No S17,
and all bids on bridge No. 818 were
rejected. The bids on the bridge
were as follows: Hennepin Bridge
company for No. SIC, Sligo; No. SIT,
$1,0S9; No. S1S; $S45, and for the re.
pairs on Dempsey bridge, $780, The
Iowa Bridge company made a lump
bid on all the bridges of $3,500 C.
w. Cove offered to build No. SIG, for
$1,350; No. ST for 1884; No. S1S
for 1890 and to repair Dempsey
bridge for $464. The North Star
Concrete company made a bid of
$1,150 on No. SIG, $1,000 on No. SIT,
1925 on No. S13 and $500 on the
repairs on Dempsey bridge c. S.
Erickson offered to build No. SIG for
$E016, No. S17 for $1,154, No. S1S for
$675, and to repair Dempsey bridge
for $432.
George Atchison and others asked
for a county ditch in Judson town
ship, to be numbered 81. The hear
ing on the proposition was set for
June 5 at 4 p. m. The, petition ask
ing that the road from the Willow
Creek store. to join the county line
road of Watonwan county be desig-
mated as state road No. 25 was grant
ed. G. S. Erickson offered to put in
manhole and tile connections in ditch
No, 25 for $96.45, and his offer was
accepted. The road beginning at
the quarter line on the east line of
section Is, Lincoln township, to the
quarter line on the east line of sec
tion %, Ceresco township, was des-
ignated as state road No. 26. The
offer of the Great Western road to
transport fifty cars of crushed rock
to Greenland or intermediate points
free of charge for use on county
roads was accepted.
Bids on the steel furniture which
the commissioners decided to install
in the offices of the judge of pro-
bate and the clerk of court were re-
ceived as follows: Art Metal Con-
struction company, $1,735; Free
Press Printing company, 1880
Neither bid was accepted in full, but
the board decided to have installed
cases, l. 2, 3, and at cost of ST.
1914, the furniture to be bought from
the Art Metal Construction company.
+ Divorce is Granted.