The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-01-30

the benefits possible from organized
effort in development work. Meetings
will be held throughout southern
Minnesota to enlist farmers and
city folk In the work.
From Mondays Daily.
Specifications are to he prepared
by City Engineer Blomquist for the
paving OF seventeen blocks OF city
/ streets. as follows Fourth street
from Warren street TO Spring street,
and Washington. Plum, Mulberry,
and Main streets from Broad to
Fifth. A molten by City Council.
man Lack, instructing the city en-
ginee.' to prepare these specifications,
was passed at the regular city coun-
ell meeting this morning. The spec
ifications are to cover concrete. tar
macadam and asphalt macadam, in
order to get all possible competi.
| ton I'm the bids.
IS Concrete at Sioux City.
City Engineer Blomquist reported
| that at his recent visit to Sioux
City with Councilman Gerlich, he
found that the people of that town
had little use for any other kind
OF Pavement than concrete. The
| eldest concrete pavement In the city
had been laid FIVE years ago and
that was still in good condition
as were all the others. The Off
Gals showed the visitors over all
the pavements they had, the best
as well as the worst. The city
had planned to put in fifteen miles
more OF concrete paving this year.
The concrete pavemerts were put
on many steep grades, some ten to
eleven yer cent. Main street In
Nankato between Fourth and Fifth,
he estimated to be a nine per cent
grade. The concrete had a rough.
gritty surface. There were joints
Of felt and asphalt, which allowed
for the expansion and contraction
Of the asphalt. Mr.. BlomCuist said
the cost OF this pavement al Sioux
City was S1.04 to sl.22 per square
yard. The Price o. s1.Oi was really
too low. as the col tractor who took
a job at that figure was stuck"
Mr.. Blcmquist said such pavements
ought to be laid more cheaply In
Mankato than In Sioux City, as the
New Ulm stone. which would be
used, would not have to be hauled
nearly so fGr.
Trip TO kapieton Suggested.
Mr.. Lamm suggested that the COM
missioners take a trip to Mapleton
in the near future to look over the
concrete pavement there. Some of
the Mankato property owners might
be taken 10 look over that pave.
ment. Commissioner Bradley thought
this would be good idea.
Mr.. Blomquist presented plans
and specifications for grading. grav.
cling and boulevarding North Fourth
street from Elm to Lafayette and
; Madison avenue from Fifth to
Broad. These were accepted and
the time fer a hearing was set TO
be held at the meeting two weeks
from today.
Mr.. Blomquist said that one OF
the questions to be determined nj
that hearing would be the width of
the roadway on Madison avenue.
II the general rlan that had here.
tofore been followed en- Fourth and
other streets should be adhered to.
there would be a thirtyfoot road
way. leaving fifty feet for the boule.
wards and sidewalks on both sides.
The total cost CT the improvement
en- North Fourth street was reported
by the city engineer at s3,601. 25
and the cost OF that on Madison
avenue at sT26.50. The city's share
of both improvements will be about
s4O5.
Storm Sewer Specifications.
The city engineers specifications
were also accepted for storm sewers
on Vine street from Broad to Fourth
and on North Fourth from Vine 20
Lafayette. The city engineer les 4.
mated the cost of this Improvement
at s6,l35.90. with s1.G25 additional
for an extension on Fourth street
from Lafayette to Franklin. Bids
on this Improvement are 10 be ad.
vertised for and opened after two
weeks from today.
A molten by Commissioner Lack
was carried providing that bids he
advertised for TO furnish to the city
1000 feet of two-and- a .halr.inch fire
hose. These bids are to be opened
at the first meeting in March.
Then bond of T.. J. Zimmerman
guaranteeing the removal of the
frame structure that the council e
allowing him to build, for the
storage of castings from the City
motel. which is being torn down.
was presented and approved. The
bond is In the sum OF $4,000. with
III. Zimmerman and ]. II. Hartin
as sureties. The building Is TO be
torn down after eight months.
Mayor Meyer said T.. ]. Helm.
. bach, the deputy fire marshal, who
was reccntlys In the city, did no,
take kindly at all to the idea OF
the heart OF the city. out on being
informed that 1t was only a tenn
porary structure, seemed willing To
let IL stay there.