New Ulm Post. [volume] (New-Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1864-1933, 1922-08-25
County Commissioners
Special Session.

0Dec1a Session.
The County Commissioners of Brown
County, Minnesota, met in special
session pursuant to agreement made at
their session held July 18, 1922, at
two o'clock p. M. on August II, 1922,
for the purpose of receiving sealed bids
according to published notice and to
IItranaact all such business as may de-.
ivolve upon them. RE-
/ The Board met at 2 O'Clock. ALI
members were present.
The following sealed bids were re-
ceiyed and opened for the reconstruc-
Ition of the Richartz Bridge:
illinois Steel Bridge Co.,
Minneapolis ......... .$lO,449.OO
independent Bridge Co.,
Minneapolis. I. ~. lO,,364.OO
Pullman Bros, New Ulm. 19,,450.00
After considering these bids it was
therefore, resolved to accept the bid
Of the Independent Bridge Co. foe
$1O,364. 100, the same being the lowesr
bid and enter contract with the SAINT
and the County Attorney was in
structed to prepare the necessary con-
tract with said firm, and the contractor
to furnish q, satisfactory bond to the
county in the amount, Of the contract.
The following sealed bids were re-
ceived and opened for the removing OF
the Old Iberia Bridge and marking the
steel accordingly
Illinois Steel Bridge Co.,
Minneapolis .$650.O0
Independent Bridge Co.,
Minneapolis .....:......... $500
Fred C. Koehne, Sleepy Eye :542.oo
After considering these bids it was,
therefore, resolved to accept the bid
of Fred C.. Koehne for $542.00, the
same being the lowest bid and enter
Into contract with the sanne and the
County Attorney was instructed to
prepare the necessary contract with
said party, the contractor to furnish a
satisfactory bond to the county in the
amount Of the contract.
For painting the Windhorn, Vogel,
Leavenworth, Golden and Polkow
Bridges the following bids were re-
ceived:
Ed. Hanson, Minneapolis -. .$1,990.0C
Fred C. Koehne, Sleepy Eye 1,794.0C
Ed. Erickson, Hanska ...... l,O5O.Ol
Arthur Meerfeld, New Ulm i. 1,325.0(
Independent Bridge Co., Min
neapolis l,89O.Ol
After considering these bids it was
therefore, resolved to accept the bid
of Ed. Erickson for $1,050.00, the
same being the lowest bid and enter
Into contract with the ann and the
ECounty Attorney was instructed to
prepare the necessary contract with
lsaid party. the contractor to furnish
a satisfactory bond to the county in
the amount of the contract.
A communication from tie Riverside
regarding Cecilia Schiffert of Sleepy
Eye, who is a tuberculosis patient at
the sanatarium and who claims to be
without means to pay for the treatment
and care was referred to Commissions
Palmer for investigation.
The County Auditor, who is a mem
Der of the purchasing committee re-
ported that said committee purchased
a Burroughs Adding Machine and the
report received the approval OF the
Board.
Commissioner Polkow reported that
Christ Mielke a pauper Of Springfield
was admitted to. the County Poor
Home and ordered boarded at the
county's expense.
A communication from the State
Highway Department relative to the
resolution Of the County Board re-
questing that the percentage of main
tenance be fixed at so per cent and
which amount was considered ex-
cessive by the department was con-
sidered but no action was taken.
The petition for the vacation Of a
certain highway running N the, Town
Line between the. Towns Of Home and
Milford signed by 81 free holders was
considered and the petition was laid
lover. ts 500 &*#
On motion it was resolved. that the
Board receive sealed bids on Monday,
September 10, 1922 at 2 o'clock, for a
heating plant to be installed ia tie
County Jail Building. Bidders to SUBJ
nit their own plans and specification s