The council committee on sewers held a well-attended meeting yesterday afternoon and decided to recommend to the council the annulling of sixteen blocks of sewer in various portions of the city, principally the northeast section. The proper officers were authorized to execute a contract with C. J. Swanson for 1,000,000 sewer brick at $11 per 1,000, to be delivered by June 1, 1889. (The Saint Paul Daily Globe, Wednesday Morning, December 5, 1888, Volume X, Number 340, Page 3)
The city engineer reported two bids in answer to his advertisement for 1,000,000 sewer brick. One was from Swan Johnson, who wanted to furnish 100,000 at $11 per thousand, and one from C. J. Swanson, who wishes to put in 500,000 at the same price. (The Saint Paul Daily Globe, Saturday Morning, April 6, 1889, Volume XI, Number 96, Page 3)
The injunction restraining the Mississippi and Rum River Boom company from interfering with the wood which C. J. Swanson floats down to his brick yard was yesterday dissolved. (The Saint Paul Daily Globe, Sunday Morning, June 2, 1889, Volume XI, Number 153, Page 10)
On recommendation of the committee on sewers, the contracts for furnishing 4,000,000 sewer brick were awarded as follows: To C. J. Swanson & Co., 2,000,000 brick; to the Wisconsin Red Pressed Brick company, 1,000,000 brick; to G. W. Turnbull, 1,000,000. The price to be paid is $8 per thousand. (The Saint Paul Daily Globe, Saturday Morning, May 17, 1890, Volume XII, Number 137, Page 3)
The committee on sewers awarded a contract for 1,500,000 brick to C. J. Swanson for $7 per thousand. Other bidders were: Wisconsin Red Pressed Brick company, $7.23; John A. Berg, $7.25, and Hewson-Herzog company, $7.97. (The Saint Paul Daily Globe, Wednesday Morning, January 27, 1892, Volume XIV, Number 153, Page 3)
Contracts for Sewer Bricks. The council committee on sewers yesterday considered the bids for sewer brick submitted at last week’s council meeting. The committee will recommend that the contracts be awarded as follows: Wisconsin Red Pressed Brick company, 500,000 brick; C. J. Swanson, Minneapolis, 500,000; Mr. Greiner, Chaska, 1,000,000, all at the uniform price of $8 per 1,000. (The Saint Paul Daily Globe, Saturday Morning, July 16, 1892, Volume XIV, Number 27, Page 3)
The contracts awarded were as follows: Three hundred thousand slop sewer brick to C. J. Swanson, at $6.50 per 1,000. (The Saint Paul Daily Globe, Thursday Morning, March 28, 1895, Volume XVIII, Number 87, Page 3)
C. J. Swanson, the brick manufacturer, has built a church on his property near his plant in Fridley. He gives the people the use of the church for services. (The Minneapolis Journal, Thursday Evening, December 8, 1904, Page 15)
It is contended that there is even more need of a bridge at Camden Place than at Thirty-second avenue N, as the population is much greater on both sides of the river at the former place. There is a whole town at Camden Place and another across the river in connection with the Swanson brick and tile works. The city has two immense costly pumping stations, one on each side of the river, almost directly opposite each other, and still with no means of communication in the event of accident requiring that the station in reserve should be started at once. Moreover, the residents of the East Side, as well as the workmen at the brickyards and employees of the Northeast pumping station, are now compelled to go more than a mile to catch a streetcar, while just across the river is the Camden Place line. A determined effort will be made to obtain a bridge at this point before the year is done. (The Minneapolis Journal, Wednesday Evening, April 12, 1905, Page 10)
In another column, Mr. C. J. Swanson of Fridley, Anoka county, announces his candidacy for state senator from the 45th district on the republican ticket at the ensuing primary election. Mr. Swanson is an extensive brick-manufacturer and has a high standing among business men. (The Princeton Union, Thursday, August 9, 1906, Volume XXX, Number 35, Page 4)