The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-05-11
CITY COUNCIL.
The Hospital to be Built on the Bunker
Hill Location.
Sidewalks to be Extended--More
Appointments Made--varlous
Matters Of Interest acted
Upon.

to be Extended--More
Appointments Made--various
Matters of Interest acted
Upon.
The regular bi-monthly meeting of the
council was held Monday night
in the council chamber. Mayor Pau
presided and roll-call showed all of the
alderman to be present except Alder
man Patterson. The minutes of the
special meeting were read
and approved.
A petition was received from COM
mittee of the fire department asking
that the city provide horses for the fire
Referred to the committee
on fire department with instructions to
report at the next meeting.
A petition was received from about
twenty citizens of Dukes addition ask
ing that Broad street be graded from
Fulton to May street. Referred to the
committee on streets, alleys and grades.
A petition was received from residents
on North Fourth street asking that a
sidewalk be constructed on a part of
that street. Referred to the same COM
mittee.
A petition was received from citizens
in Cummings addition asking that a
street be graded and opened between
Minnesota and Cherry streets. Mr..
Shissler appeared on behalf of the petit
TONERS and urged favorable action on
their request and showed why 1t should
be done. Referred to the same COM
mittee with the city engineer, to report
at the next meeting.
A plat of the old territorial road across
the slough (the Front street ,road) was
approved. 1t reduces the width from
100 to so feet.
A plat of the alley back of the propos-
ed new hotel on Willard & Barney's ex-
change, was adopted.
Bids for city printing for the ensuing
year were received and read. The bid
ders were j. C. Wise & Son, W. r.
Geddes, A. M. Morrison, Geo. Scherer
and ]. M. Broome. Referred to the
committee on printing.
A petition for the grading of Sixth
street from Hickory to Washington
streets, was received and referred to the
committee on streets.
Alderman Kron, from the committee
on streets, introduced long list of side
walks to be built, including the main
part of the city, and asked the council to
advertise the list and order the walks
built. The report was accepted. A
resolution to the effect was offered, but
the matter was here laid over until the
next meeting.
The committee OH fire department
recommended that the iire warden re-
ceive $75 per year from April list.
Adopted.
Alderman Zimmerman, from the COM
mlttee on parks, offered a resolution in
structing the committee to enclose the
various city parks, to have them survey
ed, and to plant trees around the Sibley
mound property.
The committee on fire department
recommended that the fire limits be ex-
tended from Rock to Byron streets,
from Second to the c. & N. w. railroad
track to Popular street, up the latter to
250 feet from the center of Front street,
thence to Byron, thence to Second
street.
Alderman Jorgensen called attention
to the ordinance prohibiting anyone
from depositing offal in the alleys and
thought that 1t should be enforced.
The hospital matter was brought up
and Alderman Schroeder stated that the
Sisters of Charity of Cleveland, Ohio,
whom ie was proposed should have
charge of the hospital, would not ac-
cept if the building was placed in
its present location. He favored selling
the proposed location and buying an.
other. Aid. Hillisheim stated that five
lots could be purchased for 5000 IN a
better location. Aid. Dougherty favored
the proposed location for many reasons
He stated that the committee had never
been called together. Aid. Pitcher
stated that he knew of no better place
for a hospital than the proposed one on
Bunker Hill. Aid. Pond thought that
if any extra money was to be expended
it should be put into the building rather
than into a new location. The matter
was dropped and the present location
will stand.
Aid. Pitcher introduced the sewer or.
dinance, there being some question as to
the legality of the action on it at the pre-
ceding special meeting. 1t passed its
first reading and being put on its second
reading and final passage was unani.
mously adopted.
On the recommendation of the city
engineer it was ordered that the Street
Car company be requested to stop travel
below Washington street, until the
sewer connections have been put in.
Chas. Mailman, representing a dele.
CATION of West Manufactures who were
present, asked the council to order q
sidewalk built on Front street west OF
the slough, as far as LIE Sueur street
Referred to the committee on streets
alleys and grades.
The committee on city property was
instructed to repair and fix up the room
in rear of the council chamber for q
MAYORS Office and judges private room
A few bills were read and allowed, in.
GLIDING a final estimate of 1882 to j.
Mahowald for street grading.
Mayor Pau announced the reappoint.
ment ofthe whole police force with two
exceptions. Gus. Renstrom succeeds
VIM. Jones as night police and the posi-
ton filed by Bart Martin is not yet act
ed upon.
The appointment of Fred Kroeger,
Geo. Corp and Chas. Mailman as health
inspectors was announced.
The council then adjourned.
Offensive breath vanishes with the use
of DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
A WASHINGTON special says Senator
Sherman is not going to trust Foraker or
anv other Ohio man tn nreaant hia name