The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-12-03

Final Payment Not Until the Job
Has Been Accepted
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From no.days Daily.
% Il am not In favor of giving your
company another cent until your way
uf-light has been tested by our own
expert and IL found TO have the & 6
amperes that the contract calls for"
laid Mayor 4. G Meyer at this morn
ing's meeting OF the city council. to
u. :. lIanley, representing the Sterl
ing Electric company of Minneapolis.
You have fooled Us and dallied along
all summer and Il is a disgrace"
You have not been fooled any more
than we have" said Mr.. Hanley. THE
General Electric company disappoint-
ed us
Mr.. Hanley went on to say that the
Candlepower was about eighty-five
per cent of what II ought to be. be-
cause the General Electric company
had not furnished proper regulators.
Pc lated that this defect would be
rrn."Iiod. and then the job would be
,urlpl"tc and ready for acceptance.
Sveaking OF tests of the cable made
nv Mr. Jackson. the city's hired ex-
pert. Mr.. Hanley said he would not
stand for any more such tests. He
aa'd the system acted like Leyden
iar. which accumulated the voltage.
until IL was up TO $4,000. and then a
portion of the cable. where Il was
weakest. gave way. II was demon
STRAIT on OF the strength OF the rest
Mr. Hanley declared that he did not
see why the city should hold back
all the rest of the money
City Attorney Phillips read q por
nF hn Nrb inh "a
the city would make payments from
month TO month on portions OF the
Job that had been accepted. but might
retain fifteen per cent of the whole
price. until the whole was accepted.
and after that two per cent for one
year.
Mr.. Hanley said his company had
one expert In. the city making tests
last week and another would be here
today.
Pump Is Accepted.
After Il lengthy discussion. the coun-
Gil passed a resolution accepting from
the Consumers Power company the
new pump. motor and other equip
ment for the pumping OF the city
water by electricity. This equipment
has already been installed at the
pumping station. The pump is larger
than the original contract provided.
but IL Is thought that a larger will be
desirable. because the city Is grow
ing and more and more water will be
needed One question that seemed to
trouble some of the Councilmen was
whether the motor. q lO0-horse- power
machine. would be sufficient to operate
at larger pump. r. T.. Brown. man
that larger pump. X. Il. Brown. man.
pany. read a letter. from the General
Electric company. advising that no
larger motor be installed. as the motor
was made TO carry an overload of
- per cent. However. he told the
cOuncilmen. that II IL should be found
necessary TO have a motor of larger
horse power. he would see that his
company made the change for the city
without any profit for the company.
The city's acceptance t. conditioned
on the privilege of delaying for four
months the buying OF the current and
getting the water pumped by electricity
The reason for this is that the city
Is having another we'll constructed,
and il Is desired to have plenty Of
water on hand 10 give the motor a
good fair test.
VIII Mail the Plans.
Mayor Meyer remarked that he saw
Ren Gallagher. the civil engineer, who
he's been engaged by the city and viii
lage Commercial clubs TO prepare plans
for the filing in of the river. so as TO
make more room for the Omaha rail-
road yards, west of the passenger sta
ton. This interview took place Fri
day at St. Peter. where MIR. Gallagher
now lives. The latter said he had his
plans completed and would mail them
TO the state highway commission for
the approval of that body.
Henry Robel. Sr. stated that con-
ference between the joint committee
RI the two Commercial clubs would be
held at four o'clock this afternoon at
the Elks' club with any who wished
10 be heard on the matter OF the i'm
provements that were contemplated at
that place. He said Mr. Gallagher
would be there. Mr. Robel spoke at
some length. condemning the idea OF
having n roadway topped with creo-
sote blocks on the bridge. He said
such a surface would be too slippery
in wet weather.
The council authorized the mayor
and city clerk to close with the Fowler
G. PAY. the contract allowing the COM
pany to quarry stone out of Franklin
street between Broad and Second. II
the uuarrying goes below the Craze.
the firm is to fill up to the grade. The
firm is also to provide suitable guards
to prevent accidents. 4 bond in the
sum of 81. 600 will be given.