St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-05

of the art of teaching. The building stands
upon natural terrace overlooking the city
and the valley of the Minnesota. 1t is built
of Mankato brick, trimmed with Mankato
stone, and is neat and imposing structure.
It has capacity for about 800 pupils, and
has an enrolment at present OF $50.
| CATHOLIC COLLEGE.
The Catholic college under the manage
ment of the Rev Father Schnitzler is in q
fourishing condition, being nearly full and
having capacity of about 400 students. 1t
has an English as well as a German course,
and like all institutions of its class its system
OF instruction is most thorough one. 1t is
located upon the same natural terrace as the
Normal school building near the Catholic
church, and presents grand and very i'm
| posing appearance.
| CITY SCHOOLS.
| The city schools of Mankato are organized
under special charter which provides for
president and board of education composed
| OF two members from each of the four wards
of the city. There are three school buildings
known as the "Union,'' pheasant Grove"
the case in a growing city like
Mankato, the present accommodations
are entirely too small and new building to
be located in west Mankato, where there are
at present over two hundred children en-
rolled, is soon to be built, preparations hay
ing been made to secure the necessary site.
] The schools are under the management Of
| pa1ty of
| superintendent, assisted by corps of TWEEN
ty teachers. The schools are well graded and
the Franklin school has high school depart
ment with four years. course, from which
pupils are fitted for the Sophmore year at the
State University. The present enrolment
| at this department, which is under the i'm
mediate charge of Superintendent Gorrie is
| sixty-two, while the total enrolment of the
| city for the past year has been l, AS. Mankato
| having the Normal must, of course, have
a superior system of city schools to be appre-
| ciated, and it is source of qualification to
| the citizens that the standard has been raised
| so high as to command the admiration OF
the best educators, who have examined them,
| and it is not too much to say that they will
compare favorably with any in the state. The
primary grades are reduced to the half day
plan, which has been found to work most
admirably.
The high school department has very fine
and well selected library of 1,50O volumes,
and labratory of chemical and philosophical
apparatus with which the students are taught
to make personal experiments. The old
| da6
in the city schools and historical readers sub
stituted, and all advanced ideas are adopted
as soon as demonstrated beneficial.
BANKS.
Mankato has two national and one private
bank. The First National organized in Au-
gust 1868, with cash capital of 900,
and is differed as follows: j. A. Willard,
president; Stephen Lamm, vice president;
George H. Clark, cashier. The Citizens Ma
tional bank was established July, 1872, and
John F. Meagher is president; Daniel Buck,
| vice president; W. G. Hoerr, cashier. The
| cash capital is 500
CITY BANK.
This bank is private banking institution,
| owned by Messrs. Lewis, Shaubut & Barr. 1t
is the Oldest banking institution in south
western Minnesota, having been established
in 1866. Mr.. Geo. T. Barr is cashier or
manager, and the large private wealth of the
owners is all the guarantee the depositors
wish. The two national banks are also
owned by men of very large capital and mer-
| camille responsibilities.
GAS LIGHT co.
This institution made its appearance in
| Mankato last summer, and put in very sub
stantial and permanent works, calculated to
| supply city Of from fifteen to twenty thou
sand people. They at present supply 10 street
| lights, 125 business houses; all public build
ings, including the Catholic church and col
| lege, city hall and county buildings,
and many private residences. The company
| feel we'll satisfied with their success and find
| their future prospects very encouraging. The
present season larger number of street
lamps ought to be provided, and as the city
grows their business must grow with it. The
! company is under the management of O. c.
McCurdy, Esq.
WATER WORKS.
| The city is supplied for hre purposes and
| private use from plant located in the en-
CINE room Of the Mankato or big Touring
mill, acting upon the Holly principle of di-
rect pressure. The supply is drawn from the
Minnesota river, through twelve inch sue
ton pripe, through an immense force
| pump capable of discharging2 300, 900 gallons
every twenty-four hours. The engine which
operates the pump is supplied with steam
from the boilers of the mill and the pump
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
| The fire department of Mankato is volun
| teer organization, consisting Of two hose COM
panies and one hook and ladder company OF
twenty members each. The organization
contains only active members and is one
of the most efficient in the state. Each hose
company has two carts and the department
has three stations, the central one where the
hook-and- ladder truck and two hose carts are
stationed being at the City Hall, while upper
| and lower town have each a hose cart at their
several stations. There are nearly three
and Third streets with thirty
dydrants or fire plugs attached
The department find no dfficultyin throwing
stream over the Normal school building or
Catholic college, and when promptly sum
moned will drown any ordinary or possible
blaze on short order. They have 1900 feet
of hose, and the entire department is under
the best OF discipline. It's. differed as fol-
lows: B. D. Pay, chief engineer; j. A.
Samborn, first assistant engineers
John Switzer, second assistant engineer.
BOARD OF TRADE.
The Mankato board of trade was organized
on September 16. 1868. It's fossilized re-
mains were discovered by citizens com