The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-02-24
CITY COUNCIL.
Alderman Boegen Sat Down 0n-He At
tempts to Explain, but with Indiffsr-
emit Success.
A Resolution Passes Forblddlng Al
dermen to do City Work.
The Sewer Matter Again Up--oth-
or Business.


A notice was received from r. ID.
hubbard 4 Co., stating that they had
Ittached the accounts, claims, ETC., of
he Gaslight Company and notifying the
,ity not TO pay any bills TO that company.
A numerously signed petition asking
hat that portion of Fourth street south
If jackson be graded, was received and
,eferred to the committee on streets, al
eys and grades.
The city recorder was instructed to
obtain patent for u portion of the old |
Irving park, which a note from Mr.. P.
K. Wiser stated was in the land office at
Tracy.
resolution was adopted appointing |
the following judges Of election for the
coming municipal election
First precinct, first ward-John Ma
howald, Ed. Cousandier, c. Correll.
Second precinct, first ward-George
Maxtield, August Anderson, Joseph
Second ward-JamesS Shoemaker, Gay
lord Lamb, Henry Guth.
Third ward-Geo. I. Barr, l.. l.. Da-
Wis, Geo. Crouch.
First precinct, fourth ward-C. H.
Holman, Gilbert Webster William Irv-I
ing.
Second precinct, fourth ward-Samuel
Winship, H. l.. McCollum, Hans Jorg-
enson.
The committee on ways and means re-
ported that S, 600 must be borrowed to
carry the city through TO the March set
Element, and that the note of the Citi
zens' National Bank must be renewed
until the sewer bonds can be sold. The
committee was authorized to borrow
whatever is needed, from 5000 TO $5,-
600.
The Mayor made report of his con-
ference with the Sioux City bondsmen,
the main features of which were pub
lished yesterday. He had received a
dispatch that they would be in the city
Wednesday, to meet the council and set
tie the matter. The matter was thor
oughly discussed, during which the
Mayor stated that even should the city
be out few hundred dollars. it would
be better than to have trouble over it.
A recess was taken, during which the
matter was talked over.
The Mayor stated that the Sioux City
bondsmen had offered to give 81 900 to
the city for a release from their bond.
He had told them that he had no au-
thority to accept, but would submit the
proposition to the council ON his return
He had since figured the matter out with
the aid of the sewer committee, and
found that the bondsmen might be re.
leased for 81 ,25O.
Aid. Patterson reported that the sew.
er committee was satisfied with the
proposition. ---------
On being called to order again The bills
were taken up and read.
A bill was presented by Aid. Boegsn
for Sal IS for work at the city well, from
Dec. 9th to 2Sth.
Aids. Boegen and Schiman had bill
in for work on the hose rack in the fire
department. room, from Jan. 18th to
lEeh 18th -s~s2 par day-a total OF $50.
Tho tnfar as "a for the rack, including
material, amounts TO $l2S.59. These
two bills were referred to the committee
on claims and accounts.
The sewer bill amounted to $31S. 40 for
labor, and STA for material.
The Mayor presented bill for $22. 10
for expenses to Sioux City
All of the bills that were audited were
allowed after some discussion.
A resolution was adopted authorizing
the Mayor and sewer committee to make
settlement with Williams & Hanlon's
bondsmen on the sewer matter, and to
report at a special meeting to be called
by the Mayor. e
Alderman Wood stated that there was
great dissatisfaction among the people
because certain work was being carried
on by aldermen. He offered a resolu-
ton forbidding any member of the
council from doing any city work by
contract or by the day for which any
compensation should be paid except
such as they rece1v as aldermen.
Aid. Boegen rose and made labored
argument in which he tried to show
that some of the other aldermen had
gotten at the city funds; and thought
that if they voted away large bills with
out making personal examination as
to their correctness they ought not to
examine too closely into his bills. Re-
ferring to the bridge work he said that
the city engineer had reported that the
replanking was necessary and that the
street committee had authorized him.
the speaker, to have it done. The "La-
boring Man" whose letter appeared in
Saturdays FREE PRESS was a "lying
man" and no one could do work for the
figures he gave. Mr.. Boegen said that
he worked not as an alderman but as a
laboring man and had hired Aid. Schi-
man to help him. The FREE PRESS had
referred to only two aldermen; why
hadn't it referred 10 the rest, who were
no winter than the two2 He went back
over the history of the city and spoke of
the jobs he had got hand at and
seemed sorry that he had not had a
piece of every bill that had been voted.
The charges against him were merely a
case of upper town against lower town.
He stated that the men working on the
bridge were laboring men and were
not gentlemen. He thought that
it was pity if an alderman could not
make more than 81 per month out of the
city. He closed by insinuating that the
sewer committee had made something
out of the city.
Aid. Patterson, of that committee,
stated that all of the bills incurred by |
that committee had been audited by |
Aid. Boegen and Engineer Lilly. He
thought that Aid. Boegen's course was
open to criticism. 1t was not the coun-
ills business to audit his bills. Not
only he but the whole council was being
criticised. He, for one, could not afford
% be criticised. He gave Aid. Boegep
'ome good advice, reminding him that
40 could make his living IN other ways
han off of the city. He favored the
resolution.
Aid. Schiman stated that he favored
md would vote for the resolution. He
lad lad no idea that what he had done
vas objectionable or he would never
AYE done it. He could and was willing
work for any one else ut the same