The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-08-11
HEALTH OFFICER REPORT
Number Of Other Matters Were
Discussed BY Commissioners
This Morning
from Mondays Daily.

with the remodeling of that build
ing. All the bids were laid over at the
suggestion of Mayor Lamm. They
will be taken up a special meeting
of the council on Thursday morning
August 10, when also the bids on the
general contract and the painting
will be opened. The bids that were
opened this morning were as follows:
Kielland Engineering Company, St
PauEHeating plant, $1,929.
Krost & Harry, Mankato-Plumb
ing work, $3,53S; heating plant, ST.
OO5.
McLaurin & Northrup, Mankato--
Plumbing, $3,466 heating plant, ST.
292.
C. NJ. Masters, Mankato-Plumb-
ing 1925; heating plant $2,1S7.
Mankato Plumbing and Heating
Company Plumbing, $5,254; heat
ing, $1,915.
Ario Electric Construction Com
pany, Mankato-Electric wiring,
$50.
Electric Supply and Construction
Company, Frank Hurd, Mankato-
Electric wiring, $40.
Graeber Electric company, Man
kato-Bid not read, as there was no
check.
Stewart Iron Works, Cincinnati,
Ohio-Jail work, $2,663.
Pauly Jail Building Company, st.
Louis, Mo.-Jail work, $3.50.
Van Dorm Iron Works, Cleveland,
Ohio-Jail work, $4,SS1.
Diebold Safe and Lock Company,
ST. Paul-Jail work, 1926
Statement BY Health Officer.
DR.. A. F. Schmitt, city health Of
ficer, brought to the council two
copies of the report recently issued
by DR.. II. A. Whitaker of the state
board of health, on certain features
of the Mankato water supply. One
was for the city clerk and the other
for those in charge of the city water
contract work.
DR.. Schmitt called attention parti-
cularly to the report on the water
supply at Sibley park. While the
water was found free from contain
nation, the report stated that the
sanitary arrangements at the park
well were not satisfactory. The pit
was covered with planks. 1t should
be provided with a concrete cover,
and casing, the latter extending
four feet below the ground surface
Drainage should be established away
from the well in all directions.
The health officer stated that
there was now in the city but one
case of scarlet fever and there were
no cases of smallpox under quaran-
tine. Nor were there any cases of
infantile paralysis. He stated that he
appreciated the care with which the
city authorities had kept the streets
oiled. 1t was a great credit to this
city that it had thus far been entirely
free from infantile paralysis. The
garbage collection and the barn san
itatiOn regulations had probably had
much to do with keeping the city
healthy. The system of barn SANTA
ton had attracted the attention of
other cities, and officers of these
cities were inquiring about the sys-
tenn with view to getting it es-
tablished in their own communities.
He stated that he wished the oiling of
the streets might be continued to the
very limit. 1t costs money but it was
pOtICl Iudl DClHS ODllSeu W uSuI
fantile paralysis and other disease
DR.. Schmitt told of prescription
that had been announced by medi-
cal institute of New York for a pro-
phylaxis against infantile paralysis.
He was having copies of this recon-
mendation type written by his stem
ographer and they would be handed
to all the physicians in the city.
On motion of Councilman Eich-
staedt the report of the city health
officer was approved and placed on
file.
A motion was passed authorizing
Councilman ]. d. Humiston to pur-
chase another car load of oil for use
on the streets.
Councilman Bekke Present.
Councilman Bekke, who recently
suffered sunstroke at Minneapolis,
was again at the council meeting to-
day. Mr.. Bekke came back to Man
kato Saturday night. He still has to
be very careful, and ice applications
on his head are at times necessary.
A resolution was passed, again
engaging Mellis, Prize & Co., expert
accountants, of Minneapolis, to check
over the accounts and books of the
city for the fiscal year ending in 1917.
John McCalPs bid of $3.50 for the
laying of water mains on May street
from Fourth to Fifth was rejected as
being too high.
The bid of Lars Overn of st. Peter
for laying water mains on May street
from Second to Third and on Second
from May to Thompson at $1,66S was
accepted and the contract awarded
City Clerk Bates was directed to
advertise for bids for water mains on
May street from Fourth to Fifth and
on Fifth from May 100 feet north to
the north line of Lime street. The
bids will be opened on August 21.
A petition for water mains on
Fifth street from May to Lime was
placed on file.
A hearing took place on the con-
firmation of the assessment for the
sanitary, sewers on Byron and East