The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-06-04
PAVING BIDS
OPENED BEFORE
THE COUNCIL
From Tuesdays Daily.

proposed paving on Front. Second.
Washington and Main streets. IL APP
peared that the Widell company was
the lowest ON all kinds of paving,
concrete, crcosotcd block and brick
However, action was deferred, i'm or
der that the bids might be studied
more i'm detail. The matter will be
taken up week from today. The
prinCipaI items were as follows:
WidcIl Company Reinforced con.
crete on South and North Front and
Main streets. s1.27 per square yard.
and ON Second and Washington
streets. $I24: tamarack creosotcd
blocks on Second and Washington,
S2.2S: brick on South and North Front
streets. s2.O5.
North star Concrete COmpany-Re-
inforCed concrete on all these streets.
sl.a5 per square yard: tamarack Gre
osotCd block. 50 %: brick. S2.i5.
Fielding G. Shcpley. ST. Paul-Tam
araCk CreusotCd blocks. OH South and
North Front streets. $2.3S. and ON
Second and Washington streets. S2.3I
brick on Second and Washington
streets. 1927.
Call For Material.
Several petitions wefc received re-
latinC tu this paving. One. signed by
otto Kammerer and fourteen others
askcd for Crcosoted blocks on Nc
Front from Washington tO Vine. An
other with the signatures Of Mrs. Rose
T.: Rr"hmcr and seven others asked
for reinforced concrete on Main street
from BROAD to Fifth. nr. !. A. Iicl-
srher and T. VI. Stein presented
petition for reinforced concrete ~
Washington street from Front To
Rroad Another petition. signed by
Thomas 4 ShCrk and twenty five
oth"rs. requested reinforced concrete
IN North Front street from Washing
ton Ia Vine. One more. signed by
Mr. ShCrk and twenty others. asked
for concrete ON South Front street
from Poplar To Marshall. All the pc
titions were placed ON file.
There was just one bid for the fur
nishing uf the lumber for the replank-
Ing and renewing nf the strinEers on
tho Main street bridge over the Min
nrsOia river This bid was presented
nv tho I.amport Lumber company.
There were many items. ranging from
500 50 per thousand feet for pine tn
So for white oak. This matter was
rfPrrcd tn the next meeting of III"
council in order To allow time to see
how much North MankatC would give
for the repairs that were To he made
on the bridge
Bids For Storm Sewer.
Bids were opened also on the prot
posed storm sewer on South Front
street These were as follows for No.
. viirificd clay nine: IosCDh Land.
kamcr. sI.61G: A. Blshaw. s1.577 %:
NClaurin G. NorthruD. Si.ISa: &. VI.
Nar:Prs. S212i: John Mccall. ST.
Cts. MIR. Rashaw was thus the low
est Tho matter WIS deferred to tho
newt meeting nf the council. which
will no held on Tuesday of next week.
II is said that one reason WHY all
ihcsC matters were postponed was the
fact that between this meeting and
tho next the mompntnus issue of
county option would 10 voted upon.
Members of the council have for some
time been disposed TO defer business.
rs far as IL could he done. until that
isrup was decided. and they could
govern themselves I'm accordance with
the results i'm directing the city's H.
nanCes
Six Saloon Licenses Granted
iCenses were granted to six sa.
Icons today. for the year beginning
tomorrow. on condition of the proper
bonds being filed. These six appli-
cants were G. Polchow & Son. 119
South Front street: Frank 7. Mettler.
III South Front street. T.. b. TrCskc"
II? South Front street: Huettl 3
Wagenhals. 31O South Front street:
Klaseus 4 Pollri. T0i North Front
street. and Marduardt & Schneider. 125
North Front street.
There have been some rumors TO
the effect that the Allen Carnival
company. which was recently denied
license Ia have show i'm Mankato.
would apply for license I'm North
Mankato. Mayor Meyer said IL they
used the old bridge. they would have
to be told that they did so nj their
own risk. Councilman Eichstaedt re-
marked that II would he taking bust
ness out Of the hands Of the street
car company Ia have the carnival
held over In North Mankato. and the
money would he taken out of Mnkato
just the same
Miscellaneous Business.
A license was granted to Donald
Mulch TO hold q shooting gallery on
Front street next TO the Diamond fecd
store.
Chief of Police KlugherZ reported
that during the month of May there
were twenty -one arrests and 100 lodg-
ers Mt the police station.
\ petition for storm sewer I'm the
alley in block nine back Of the Per-
rim garage was referred to Council.
man Bekke.
Tie assessments were confirmed
for tho new lighting system and for
the sanitary sewer of Lewis street
from Byron. eco feet east
ON motion by Councilman Baack the
purchase Of p new state automobile
directory for this year was ordered
This is for the use of the police.
Councilman Eichstaedt stated that
the cellars Of residents Of the neigh
borhood Of Fifth and Thompson street
were flooded. some as deep as three
and half feet. A sewer was needed
To carry of the water. The council
will look into the matter.
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Bethany College Concert.
On "Wednesday evening. June 9