The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-06-16
WideIi Company Given Job BY
The City Council
PRICE IS PUT AT s528
Number Other Matters We're
Considered at Meeting This
Morning
from Mondays Daily.


from Liberty to Vine and the alley
between Fourth and Fifth streets
from Cherry to Hickory was awarded
this morning by the city council to
the Widell company, that company
being the lowest bidder
Sam K Fowler bid $557 on the
whole job; The North Star Concrete
company, $546; Johnson Brothers,
$3.50 on all except the alley between
Fourth and Fifth; the Widell COM
pany, 1928 on the whole job, and
John Mccall, 1892 on the whole job.
The Widell company will use granite
surface, not Mankato stone.
Called For the Police.
Carl IngwalsOn on behalf of the
Widell company appeared before the
council to ask for the aid of the pol
ice in keeping the crowds away from
the place where wOrkmen are en-
gagged in putting in the new bridge
over the Minnesota river. He said the
crowd paid little attention to the
company's superintendent, and there
seemed to be great danger that some
body would get hurt.
Mayor Lamm said a policeman had
been there part of the time. He had
proposed to the Northwestern and
Omaha companies that each of them
pay third of the cost of a Spe
cial policeman to stay at that place
all of the time. He had received no
answer.
Mr. Ingwalson spoke of the derail-
ment of freight car yesterday, with
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loaded down with autos and other
vehicle. He said the old bridge was
not as safe as it used to be, yet the
people were using it more recklessly
than they used to.
I After some further discussion,
Mayor Lamm stated that he would
look after the matter.
Wants Double Car Track.
E. N Thyse, superintendent of the
street car company, appeared to re-
quest permission to place double
track in place of single track in
the block of South Front street be-
tween Byron and Carol streets, con-
Meeting the two tracks with switches
i at each end of the block, thus MAX
ing it possible for cars to pass each
other in that block. Mr.. Thyse stated
that if the park car, going south,
could pass the hill car, going north,
at that place, instead of at Cherry
street as now the hill car would make
the trip in fifteen minutes around it's
loop, instead of eighteen minutes as
now. A delay of three minutes would
be saved.
Councilman Eichstaedt suggested
that it was not well to have too many
switches on Front street, and he
thought it would be well to have the
car line double tracked as far south
as Carroll street. Mr.. Thyse thought
this would be an unwarranted ex-
pense on the company. After some
discussion, the matter wasdeferred.
New Plat Approved.
The council approved a new plat,
presented by Dickinson & Gillespie,
for strip of ground to be known as
Residence park. south of Moreland
avenue, between lie Sueur and Tile
streets.
Councilman Eichstaed reported
that Mrs. Frank Fairchild had sent
three coyotes to the menagerie at
Sibley park, and that she had some
prairie dogs to send. A vote of thanks
was extended to Mrs. Fairchild.
The councilman approved writ
ten agreement between the city and
Theodore Williams for the widening
out of the upper end. of James ave-
nue., where it connects with Byron
street. This is the portion of James
avenue that turns to the west to
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forty three foot street, with a twen-
ty-six- foot roadway. Mr.. Williams
has given strip of land, varying
from thirty to sixteen feet in width.
The city is to make the necessary
excavation and carry away the earth
and to stand half the expense of a
curb and gutter. The hillside is to
have a slope of forty-five degrees.
Day For Hearings.
This was the day for hearing on
sanitary sewer on Madison avenue
from Broad street 235 feet east.
Councilman Lack remarked that
Tony Randig had informed him that
he objected However the council de-
cided to order an advertisement for
bids.
The council also order that bids be
secured on the grading and gravel
ing of the alleys in blocks and Is,
Van Brunt's addition.
Apetition was received for an ex-
tension on water mains from West
Eighth street to Hazel and Moreland
by way of LIE Sueur street. This was
signed by A. D. Fletcher and about
twenty others. Consideration was
postponed.
Plans and specifications were pre-
lsented by City Engineer Bloomquist
for the proposed water and sewer ex-
tensions on Thompson street from
Fourth to Fifth and on Fifth to
Thompsons creek. These were ad-
adopted and the hearing set for two
weeks from today.
Anderson & Wilson's bond for the
new building that is to be erected
back of the St. Paul house was &C
copied.
Saloon License Transferred.
The transfer of the R-Cade saloon
|licence from D. w. Davis to w. c..
lEberhart, who comes from Ida Grove
Iowa, was accepted. At the sugges-
ton of Councilman Lack, the grant
ing of the license was conditioned on