The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-04-03
PAVING CONTRACT
AWARDED wIDELL
From Monuay's balIy.

From Monuay's Daily.
Bids on the paving of Fourth
street from Warren to Spring and
Washington, Plum and Mulberr,
streets from Broad to Fifth, were
opened at the regular meeting Of
the city council this morning. After
hearing all who cared to speak on
the proposition. the council agreed
to meet again this afternoon at two
o'clock and further consider the bids
and possibly award the contract
The bids were as follows:
The widell company, Mankatc
Concrete. one-course construction
with steel reinforcement, SLIP pei
square yard; II steel reinforcement
is to be omitted, deduct 10 cents
per square yard; cement curb and
eighteen-inch gutter, per lineal foot
As cents; rclaying cement block
sidewalk per square foot, four cents
extra grading on Fourth street be
tween Cherry and Warren streets
about 1900 cubic yards, SO cents pei
cubic yard
NJ l.. Finn Paving company Sioux
City: Concrete. onecourse. steel
reinforcement, s1.27 per square yard
two-course $140: steel reinforce
ment omitted. deduct Is cents; ce-
ment curb and 1s-inch gutter, per
lineal foot, as cents; relaying ce'
ment block sidewalk per square foot
three cents: extra grading, 80 cents
per cubic yard.
Fielding and shepIey Bid.
Fielding & Shepley. 81. Paul: Con-
crete, on-course, steel reinforcement
S14s; twocourse s1.59; steel omit.
ted, deduct 10 cents; cement curb
and gutter per foot, SO cents; relay.
ing cement block sidewalk, per
square foot, seven cents; extra grad.
ing. 40 cents per cubic yard; AS.
phalt fnacadam, s1.26 and $1.27 per
square yard; asphalt and concrete
with squeeze coat, s1.76; without
squeegee coat, s1.67. a.h
North Star Concrete company OF
Mankato: Concrete, one-course, steel
reinforcement. per square yard $1.35;
two-course, S1.35: steel omitted, de.
duct IL cents; relaying cement
block sidewalk, six cents per square
foot; extra grading, 80 cents per
cubic yard; asphalt macadam, s1.15
per square yard; asphalt concrete
with squeegee coat, s1.70; without
coat, s1.64; tar macadam, s1.03.
T. r. Coughlan company Manka.
to: Cement curb and gutter, per
lineal foot, so cents; relaying side.
walk, five cents per square foot;
extra grading 45 cents per cubic
yard; asphalt macadam, 81 cents to
s1.17; tar macadam, IS cents.
General Contracting company,
Minneapolis: Cement curb and gut
ter, so cents per lineal foot; relay
ing cement sidewalk, IL cents per
square foot; extra grading, SO cents
per cubic yard; asphalt concrete.
squeegee coat, California asphalt,
s1.64 without cost, s1.59; Trinidad
Lake with coat STA; without coat,
$1.69. -,
Spoke For Pavement.
Agent McGowan OF Minneapolis Is,
representative OF the Universal
Portland Cement company, spoke of
the concrete pavements In Sioux
City, where, he said they had
proved a success under heavier traf-
ic than there was at Mankato. He
said the steel reinforcement helped
TO keep the concrete from cracking.
Mr.. Finn of the Sioux City Bid
ding company said the experiment
of using the longitudinal expansion
joint instead Of the steel reinforce.
ment had proven successful.
Arthur ]. Leahy vice president OF
the General' Construction company
OF Minneapolis, spoke for asphalt
concrete. saying that IL made an ex.
ceilent pavement. noiseless com
pared with the concrete and costing
but little more.
City Engineer Blomquist was asked
how Mankato's asphalt pavement,
twelve years old. had stood the wear
and tear. He said part OF Il was
good and part was very poor.
Robert w. Scherer, the dealer in
New Ulm stone, said Mankato had
stone OF its own that would do for
pavements, but he thought the New
Ulm stone was a good thing to
use for top dressings.
c. II. Cooper, freight agent OF the
Omaha, appeared to speak on the
proposition that was made some
time ago for the drying, curbing,
guttering and top-dressing OF Pike
street from Cherry street TO the
omaha-Northwestern union depot
He said his company had been will
ing 10 pay twothirds of the cost OF
the curbing and guttering.
City Attorney schaub said the
Milwaukee had refused to pay the
other third.
No action was taken on the mat
ter. The street is a veritable mud
hole In wet weather