The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-04-07
stone masonry, instead OF concrete,


with continuous pouring, $19,373;
with continuous pouring, 500 more !;
stone masonry, $1S,5T0
Widell Reinforced con-
crete without continuous pouring,
$19,250 with continuous pouring,
$3.50
7. R. Coughlan Comparisons
masonry, $16,757.
At the suggestion of Councilman
Humiston, these bids were all held
over to this afternoon
The councilman considered the
! bids rather high. When the Cough
Ian and Drake bids were read, Coun-
Gilman Eichstaedt wondered if The
bidders had not made mistake and
were bidding on the bridge.
Donations For Bridge.
A communication was received from
the Mankato Citizens Telephone com
pany offering to give $500 toward the
new bridge, provided the company
was given a perpetual right to use the
bridge, and the camel was smooth
enough through the bridge that it
would be unnecessary for the COM
'pany to use any special kind of con-
duit. 1t was stated in the commune
cation that it would cost the company
$1,000 to make use of the bridge, with
the necessary changes, and for $500
the company could lay such conduit
across the river that would render>the
use of the bridge by the company
for this purpose unnecessary.
The discussion brought out the
fact that the councilmen were disap-
pointed with the donation offered by
Sc Too nK rn-
marked that the Northwestern offered
$500 with fewer telephones on the
north side. The Consumers Power
company has offered $1,000 The whole
matter was deferred for further in
vestigation.
The council approved the bond of
Carl Born for the moving of the old
Meigher house into West Mankato.
Saloon licenses were granted to e.
J. Zimmerman for the Heinrich hotel
and to Louis H. Lille for GA South
Front street.
Chief of Police Klugherz reported
that during the month of March there
had been eighteen arrests and 21S
dodgers at the police station.
FaIIenstein First Assistant.
Ernest Fallenstein was unani-
mously elected first assistant fire
chief to succeed the late Ed Pfeiffer.
City Clerk Bates remarked that 1t
was time to determine whether the
council would continue to pay for
the street springling out of the gen.
eral fund, as had been done during
the past few years, or would assess
the cost against the property bene-
fitted. On motion by Councilman
Humiston, it was decided to con-
tinue to pay the cost out of the
general fund 1t was thought the as
sessment system was too laborious.
The salary of Albert Magin, street
foreman, was raised to 500 on the
motion Of Councilman Humiston.
This is a raise of So. Mr.. Magin
furnishes his own car or horse and
buggy.
Communications were read from
H. Rittenhouse, chief engineer of
the Omaha railroad and A. W.
Trenholm, general manager, stating
that they had investigated the prop
osition of placing a viaduct under
the railroad crossing at the Fourth
/ street entrance, to Sibley park, amt
they did not see how the plan could
be made to work. To cut so low un-
der the tracks would make deep
opening into which there would be
quite drainage Of water, and how
that water could be drained off was
problem that was hard to solve. 1t
would be impossible to drain that
viaduct into the river by the force
of gravity in times of high water.
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of the problem, but came to no con-
clusion, except that the matter would
be taken up later and investigated
more fully. 1t was thought that IL
would be well to have such viaduct
so people could go into and QUE OF
Sibley park to the car line, without
crossing the Omaha tracks.
Councilman Eichstaedt brought up
the matter of the purchase of the
lung motor that was recently shown
to the council by an agent. He
thought the city should have one. 1t
should be kept at the fire station.
1t would cost $135.
City Clerk Bates observed that
the fire department fund was run
ming pretty low. The matter was
uClC1ICu lOl IhC pICoCIll
Washing of Ice.
c.. w. Miller, the ice man, ap-
peared before the council to find out
just what the council wanted done
in the way of changing the place
where his ice is washed This is done
now on West Front street neal Will
ton. 1t has been proposed that new
Pipe be run over to the side of the
slough, so that the water will drain
into that, near the Milwaukee track
The matter was at length referred to
Councilman Bekke.
Plans and specifications were pre-
sented by City Engineer Blomquist
for the water extensions on Lewis
and Plum streets. These were ac-
cepted and City Clerk Bates
was instructed to advertise for bids
on the laying of water mains and
sewer here. These bids will be
opened two weeks from today.
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Plans for the Historical Fourth of
July pageant to be given under the
auspices Of the Daughters of the
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