The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-06-11
From Tuesdays Daily.

council this morning To the Widell
| Construction company. This includes
paving with creosoted blocks North
Front street from Washington TO Vine
and South Front street from Poplar
TO Marshall; and paving with concrete
dressed at the top with New Ulm
granite, Washington street from Front
to Third. Second street from Plum Ia
! Spring and Main street from Third
to Fifth.
The. Widell Construction company
was the lowest bidder on the CON
tract for all the paving as a whole.
| The North Star Concrete company
, was the lowest on the Main street job
! by itself. taking the street car track
work and the rest together. but Paul
! n. Radical. representing that COM
pany stated that II would not be worth
the company's while to get it's ma
chinery up on Main. street just for
that little job of two blocks there. So
the whole thing was awarded to the
Widell company.
Tsmarack TO Be Used.
Tamarack is the wood that is TO be
used in the paving on North and
South Front. There was no small
amount of hesitation for a time over
the question of choosing that or the
yellow. long leaf pine blocks Of the
southern states. The council sought
the advice of several OF those pres
ent Mr.. Shepley Of Fielding & Shep-
ley Of Minneapolis who bid unsuc-
cessfully on the job. not being the
lowest. advised that the tamarack
wood be chosen. He thought the vel
low pine was no better and Il would
cost great deal more. Mr. Larkin
Or the Republic CreOsOt company Of
Minneapolis. took the same view and
advised the cnnncil that the main
reason for the higher price of the vel
low pine was the necessity Of the
longer haul. Freight rates made the
yellow pine cost more here Mr. Rad
iChel was inclined To think that the
long leaf yellow pine blocks were
better. and he pointed out that many
more cities were using that than were
using the tamarack. even in this part
Of the country.
Could Save Money.
The price of the yellow pine was
50 "a per square yard and that of
tamarack was 81 g.. 2S per square ward.
nv the lowest bids. City Engineer
BlOmduist figured ont that the city by
taking the tamarack would save ST.
200 on the expense nf the paving and
Il was determined, TO use the tama-
rack.
There was some debate OH the ques-
ton or choosing between creOsoted
block and concrete on South Front
street G. r.. Wise was among those
who favored creosoted blocks. He
considered that the most durable
pavement. Hans p. JOrgenson was
among those who saw no reason for
naying the price OF the cresoted
blocks md thought that the concrete
would do we'll enough at little more
than half the price.
Will Purchase White Oak.
VI was decided to purchase white
oak from the Lampert Lumber com
pany for the replanking Of the bridge
over tho Minnesota river at Main
street. The Drice will be SI2 n thou.
sand. Fir will be purchased from the
same company at $50 thousaid feet.
10 was determined to go ahead and
reDIir the bridge without waiting To
see what can be gotten from North
Mankato To help in defraying the cost.
The contract for the construction of
the storm sewer on South Front street
from Byron street to Warren creek
and from Carroll street to the culyert
west OF willard street. was awarded
TO Joe I.andkamer ut $1.613.
Circus Is Coming.
Rarnum & Bailey were granted n
license to show a circus I'm Mankato
on July Is. An agent of the company
made n plea to have the license fee
reduced. but without success. This
fee is two dollars car for the eighty
cars, or s160.
The bond of Fowler e Pay I'm the
sum of $4,000 to save the city harm
less during the coming year in case
Of street accidents resulting from the
cnmpanv's work was approved. Coun-
Gilman Lack suggested that II would
be well to REQUIRE from the con-
tors higher bonds I'm the future. as n
bond in that sum might not be enough
in case Of verv serious personal in
jury or death. CITY Attorney Phillips
concurred in this view.
Mayor A. G.. Meyer at the meeting
of the city council this morning made
the statement that he was investigat-
ing into the report made to him that
n man who had been posted had been
admitted into a saloon and drank Ito
nor there. The mayor stated that
the sister of the posted man had
called on him at his Office on Satur-
day morning and told him of the af-
fair She wished to have the saloon
keeper notified that her brotEe- was
to he kept out OF the saloon. but she
did not wish to carry the matter any
farther.
The mayor went on To state that
after the matter had been given pub
licity, he wanted to make n further
investigation. This morning he called
to see the woman. but met her hus-
band. who gave the mayor to under
stand that the family did not wish
TO proceed with the matter any. far
ther. The husband gave the mayor
TO understand that she did not see
her brother drink any liquor in the
saloon.
The MAYOR stated to The Free Press
that he did not propose to have any
complaints of this kind come 10 him
without full Investigation and that
II he had positive evidence that the
saloonkeeper was violating the law.
he would take away his license. The
mayor also said In this Interview that
he told the woman on Saturday