The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-05-08
MAIN STREET HILL
BIDS FOR REP AIRS


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Bids were opened at the meeting
of the city council this morning on
the Improvement of the upper part
OF Main street Hill. Most OF the
bids did not cover the. whole job.
The council agreed, therefore, TO
to meet at three o'clock this after
noon and see what was the best
proposition that could be figured out
of the bids. The bids were as fol-
lows:
George r. Charland. North Man
kato. for cement curb and 30-lnch
gutter from Sixth street to Hinck.
ley street, 60 cents per lineal foot.
North Mankato Contracting COM
pany. for curb and gutter. SO cents
per lineal foot. $3.50 per band on.
round corners. 20 cents per yard for
excavation In curb and gutter line.
Fowler & Pay. cement curb and
gutter. Sixth TO Hinckley street, 62h
cents per lineal foot.
ID. c. Armstrong and Company,
Blue Earth, Mimi. storm sewer.
Sixth to fiinckley street on Main.
s951.50.
T. r. Coughlan company, grading
the street with a 30-foot driveway,
s1,7i9.i5; 25.foot driveway, s1.0O9.35:
storm sewer. s937.50; cement curb
and gutter. SO cents per iineal foot;
, surfaciBg roadway with hard lime
stone. filed with dust and gravel,
s1,lS0 II a 30 foot roadway. and
sl.105, II 25-foot; gravel for sarfac-
ing from Hannah to Charles street,
per cubic yard. s1.25. II driveway Is
TO be widened on north side, add
S2.45 for each cubic yard of extra
macadam.
s. X. Fowler. cement curb and
gutter. 6S cents per lineal foot; sur
facing roadway with hard limestone
ffiAcadam. filed with stone dust and
gravel, $3.50 for a 30-foot roadway
and $1,000 for 25-foot one. II
roadway is to be widened on north
side, add $3.50 for each cubic yard
of extra macadam.
a' Protest 10 Made.
j. l. Keene. owner of land abut.
ting the road back Of the Sibley park
mound. appeared to protest against
the shutting on OF this road, which
had been closed OF to dry.
George Atchison remarked that In
the deed conveying to the city an
easement over part of the part that
had been donated to make this road |
the city had been placed under the |
obligation Of maintaining the road. |
Mr.. Moore, however, was willing to
furnish gravel to be used on the |
road and TO donate some time In J
getting the road fixed up. -
The matter was left in the hands |
OF Mr.. Gerlich to see what could be
done to get the road fixed and |
placed In passable condition. Mr..
Gerlich remarked that he did not ]
think the city ought to pay for the !
gravel for fixing the road up.
A representative of the Life Saving
Device company ofChicago addressed
the council at some length on the
merits OF a new lung motor that he
had for sale. advocating its use by
the fire department for the restora-
ton OF persons overcome by smoke
The matter was referred to DR.. G.
c. Pratt, head Of the city department
of health. The price OF the appara-
tus is s125.
A request from the Illinois Oil
TO be allowed to have two
oil cars sidetracked at Liberty street
was referred TO the city engineer to
investigate and ascertain whether
there would be any danger TO neigh
boring buildings.
Carnival Company Wants License.
A representative OF the Parker
Carnival company presented a re-
quest for license TO show In Man
kato on May IS. 10 and 20, saying
that the company would have sixteen
cars, ten OF which would be in use
for the show paraphernaiia. He was
told that q license fee OF 81 per
car per day would be charged. max.
ing a total charge of SOS In all.
iic dshtu "uctucI tutb COutu nut Dc
cut down to SIS, but was informed
that the council could not do this
under the ordinance. which provided,
for a minimum charge OF SIS per
day, but insisted on charge OF 81
per car per day.
A petition was presented with the
signatures OF eleven property own
ers. among whom was the Bierbauer
Brewing company. for sanitary
sewer on North Sixth street from
creek to Elm street. 4
Councilman Lamm remarked that
the sewer ought to be put In and the
property was assessable. The mat
ter was left with Councilman Brad
ley to investigate and report.
This was the day for the opening
of bids on refreshment stand privi-f
leges at SIbley park and also for
opening OF bids on filling In what
was to be the Sibley park lagoon.
There were no bids on either prop.
osition. however. and these matters
were deferred for one week.