The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-11-07

| Saturday, October !. 18th, 1913
Board met at s a. m, pursuant to
adjournment, all members present.
Resolution was introduced by Comr
Compton, setting aside $4,000 as a
contingent fund for the county at
torney. On motion, same was
adopted.
AS only two other counties in
Minnesota are not receiving interest
on daily balances and the attention
o fthis board has been called thereto
by Assistant Public Examiner G. R.
Boostrom, motion was made and
carried that hereafter no bank will
be accepted as a county depository
unless interest is paid on daily bal
ances and time deposits.
On motion, bid of c. NJ. Masters
for installing electric lights at court
house for $23S 90 was accepted.
Commissioner Holman offered the
following resolution:
Whereas on account of exigen.
cies of construction, and local con-
ditions it has been found necessary
to make the following changes in
the construction of state rural high
way No. 1, to-wit:
From station 70 to 80 plus SO, 270
cubic yards of clay will be required
on account of sand encountered in
the cut, to be paid for at the rate
of ninety cents per cubic yard
Station ITS plus so to station $50
plus rs, 1,547 cubic feet of rip
rap to be placed to protect fill due
to change of alignment, to be done
by force account, and to be paid
for at cost plus ten per cent.
Change of alignment station ITS
plus 40, 25 to station 1873, resulting
in a change of quantities as follows:
Original cut, 1882 yards.
Revised quantities, $685. yards.
Reduction of original quantities.
2,O06.9 yards.
From station 1877 plus 60 to sta
ton 200 plus 20, and from station
POI plus 80 to station 2C5 plus 81 8,
hard pan has been encountered which
will require the slope of the cut
to be changed from l to / to ~ to 1.
This will reduce the contract quaint
ties in an amount to be determined
when the cuts are finished, and this
material is to be paid for at the
rate of forty cents per cubic yard
CT hard pan.
Now, Therefore, be it resolved by
the board of county commissioners
of Blue Earth county, Minnesota
that the contract heretofore entered
into from construction of said state
rural highway No. /, between Blue
Brogan be, and the same is hereby
modified to include and cover the
above mentioned notifications and
changes, on the condition that said
Thomas Brogan, said contractor. and
the said Fidelity & Deposit company
of Maryland, the surety on said bond,
file their written consent to each and
all of said changes and notifications,
with the county auditor Of said
Blue Earth county, Minnesota, within
ten days from this date"
On motion the same was adonted.
Monthly morbidity report from
state board of health was read and
ordered filed.
BY motion duly carried, the
board adjourned until p. M, No
vember IS, 1913.
(Seal.) A. NJ. SCHNEEBERGER, =
Chairman.
Attest:
C. L. Kennedy,
Clerk.
Official Proceedings of Board of
County Commissioners of Blue
Earth County, Minn.-SpeciaI Ses-
sion.
Mankato, Mimi, October 23rd, 1913.
Board met at p. m, pursuant to
notice legally given, all members
present. The object of the meeting
was the final hearing on county ditch
No. "a. Viewers, David E. Bowen,
VIM f. Polzin and August II. Gems
were present
An opportunity was given all pres
ent to express themselves for or
against the ditch. The viewers and
county attorney also explained GER
tain points.
On motion hearing was adjourned
iUntjIE 2" n M November 18th 1919
On motion. bid of Lundin Bros,
of $3.50 90 for IL inch corrugated
metal culvert 80 feet long with head
walls at both ends as station 129,
concrete floor feet by Is it. by 9inches
over. a 6 foot opening on stone piers,
now in at station 1853 plus 81, con-
crete floor on bridge at station 173
plus Is and an addition of 20 feet
corrugated metal pipe culvert on
west end of culvert at station 1876 plus
08 was accepted.
On motion; bid of Lundin4 Bros, of
$279. 90 for "a in. by rs it. concrete
culvert with head walls at station
1913 plus 40! addition of 8 fit. of
metal pipe 3 it. in diameter and
extension of head walls on culvert
at station 200 plus so, extension of
10 it. of "a in. metal pipe on east
end and head wall, 4 IT. by 4 TT. by
8 in. on culvert at station BOT plus
Is, IS in by 80 #. concrete tile
culvert at station 210 plus SO and