The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-09
A BUSY COUNCIL MEETING.
Opposition to the saulpaugh House Grad
ing-Water and Electric Light Mat
ters Put Over to a Special
Meeting.
Proposition to Recurb and Reguttei
Front Street--Columbia Park Ad-
dition--Surveyors Disagree
FavoritIsm In City Pur-
chases.

dition--Surveyors Disagree
FavoritIsm In City Pur-
chases.
The regular semi-monthly meeting of tn
council was held N onday might, withv ice-Pres
dent Jorgensen In the chair In the absence o
Mayor Pau. All of the aldermen. except Hi
lesheim, were present. The minutes OF tn
last two meetings were read and approved.
communication was received from tn
board of public works stating that IL had az
sessed the benefits and damages for the exten
Mankato, and recommending that the DANA
ges be paid at once, the total amount bein
$500. to Messrs. Tinkcom and LobdelL tn
amount was appropriated, and the city sattor
Another communication was received iron
the board recommending that the sidewalk II
paired at cost Of $50. The Improvement wa
authorized.
THE sAULPAUaH HOUSE GRADING.
The board OF public works recommended
that Main street, from Front street TO the rail
road track, be graded TO the full width Of 9
feet, and that the street In rear of the Saul
paugh house be graded TO the width Of 30 feet
the total cost being about q 900, TO be paid by
the city.
Mr.. Pitcher, chairman of the board, stated
ment with MIR. Saulpaugh, the agreement read
ing that the streets should be brought to grade
to the full width.
Aid. Henlein favored the grading, and said
that the city had agreed TO do 1t, that Mr.
Saulpaugh had done a great thing for the city
that the grading IL NOT done now will not be
done for 30 years, unless Mr.. Saulpaugh does
it, and that Mr.. Saulpaugh's taxes alone will
pay for the grading. He moved that the grad
Ing be done, and the dirt be taken from Agen.
cy hill under the direction OF the street com.
Mr.. Pitcher stated that the board of public
works had written to the officials of the MIL
waukee road asking them to remove the ware
house on Main street; he mad received assp u.
done, but II not done he would soon ask the
council to order 1t removed.
Aid. johnson stated that he thought that the
city had already spent enough on Mr.. Saul
paugh's alley, at least all it had agreed to.
In reply to question, the city engineer
stated that though he had not read the cen
tract lately he believed that the city had al
ready fulfiiled its contract, and he knew that
the last council so thought.
Aid. Pond wanted to see the contract first
before he voted to spend another $1,000 or 81,
200 on the streets.
Aid. Henlein explained that the bulk of the
grading must be done on Main street, especial
ly when the warehouse is removed. He chang
ed his motion SO that 1t was simply to adopt
the board of public works recommendation.
Aid. Harrington wanted the hole north OF
the hotel filled up by the grading OF Main
street. He said that even If the contract did
not call for 1t the grading should be done.
Aid. Pond moved an amendment that the
matter be laid over until the next meeting, sc
that the contract could be read. Aid. johnson
seconded this amendment. -
The city engineer stated 900 yards of dirt
would be required back of the hotel, and 3, 15l
yards on Main street. Aid. Henlein stated
that the grading back Of the hotel would in
that would be paid toward helping. Mr.. SAUL
paugh, the rest being regular and necessary
Aid. Ponds amendment was carried by the
fOliOvUfno Avaa-AI6S- Johnson I0rOQn-
son, Pond and Schroeder. Nays-Alds. Hen
lein, Harrington and Lamm.
The original vote was lost, to 3. The coun.
Gil got tangled up on point OF parliamentary
law, It not being apparent to most Of the al.
dermen that the original motion as amended
must be voted on. About thirty minutes were
lost In explaining one thought thas the orig
Aid. Schroeder moved that the council re-
consider its last vote. The chairman stated
that the motion was ITO reconsider the 0rigi.
nal motion as amended" This was carried
The report of the board of public works was
then laid over until the next meeting, Thurs.
day night.
COLUMBIA PARK.
Mr. wasbburn appeared before the council
on behalf Of John 4. Willard, and presented !
plat of 80 acres in North Mankato adjoining
Germania Park, and known as the Freistaf
property, but plated as Columbia Park. Tht
plat was referred to the proper committee, and
FRONT STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
Another communication was received from
the board of public works recommending tina,
cutters and curblng similar to that recently
put in along block 16, be put In on Front street
from Rock to Vine streets. The board est.
mates the cost at &C cents running foot, the
work to be done by contract. and the cost to
be assessed against the property benefited
AS the council was unprepared to vote on this
at once, and desiring to hear first from the
property owners, the matter was.laid over un
i'll the next regular meeting, the board of pub
lie works in the meantime being instructed tC
ascertain what proportion of the property
AID. Henlein stated that there was not &
grade on Front street, and that a man recently
in laying his sidewalk would, by laying It &C
water would have run from the gutter into bis
cellar. He thought that one grade should be
established first.
SURVEYORS DISAGREE.
Mr.. A. M. Haynes asked that the surveyors
be given legal advice In regard to the quarter
az e ae Stated
ors of the city are in dispute in regard to many
of the lines in the city. He presented q plat to
show that 1t was all due to the dispute In re-
gard to the location of that corner. Its loca
ton as found by the speaker and by the city
engineer was SO feet apart. He said that the
matter was one for lawyer to decide, it being
merely one OF the weight OF evidence. Some
of the Nicollet county lines are also affected
The city engineer stated that there was nc
dispute, as he was sure that he knew where
the corner is. He also said that the lines have
been changed several times, and that all the
plats in the city are wrong. He wanted to see
a re-survey and a new made. but no changes
made in the old lines.
to changing the lines, which he thought Mr.
Lilly was doing
FIFTH STREET WATER MAINS.
The board of public works was authorized tc
have the six-inch water mains laid by days
labor on Fifth street, from Main to Jackson, in
order to supply the court house, Normal
about 40 cents foot.
AID. Pond favored having the work done by
contract, as 1t could be done cheaper.
hard for the board paying 81 80 day, to com
pete with contractors paying $1.l5 day.
Aid. Pond moved, that as the work should
be done at once, the board be authorized tt
have the pipe laid by the day'swork. The mo
ton was carried.
Mr. Pitcher stated that the pipe would ar
rive in day or two.
An application for a liquor license was re
ceived from Thos. Saulpaugh, and the recorder
was authorized to have 1t advertised.
The bond Of stephen Seeberg for liquor Ii
cense was received and accepted.
An estimate of 500 for the raising of the
smoke stack at the pumping station was
granted to @. G. Quinn.
The report of tine city treasurer for July was
The report of the chief of police showed II
arrests and dodgers during the month.
The city engineer reported that he had ord
cred carload of coal for the pump house
which won Id be here in a few days. He re
commended that 80 cords of mixed wood b.
bought OF Constable Robel, at S1.S0 per cord
appointed by the chair, with power to act. Tn,
chair appointed the committee on taxes a
such committee.
A number of bills were read.
COMPLAINT OF FAvoRITIsM.
Aid. POND suggested that the purchases b,
divided among the different firms OF the city
and that the city do not buy all the lumber O.
one firm and all the hardware of another.
The chair seconded the suggestion, and Gale,
attention to the fact that the most or all of tn
hardware used by the city is purchased o
Lamm Schroeder, and thought that If the
| got all the purchases they should furnish tn
materials at nearly wholesale rates.
Aid. Harrington stated that there was mucl
complaint at the purchases not being distri
buted among the various firms.
| Complaint was made that all the lights hav
not been lighted during the past month.
The bills were allowed, with the exception o
the lumber and hardware bills, which wer
| known where some of the lumber has gone TO
Aid. Henlein moved that T. Saulpaugh be al
lowed all the water he needs for one year TO
would require 81 gallons of water each tim
the elevator goes up or down.
| THE BOND QUESTION.
/ The chair called the attention of the council
/ to the proposition to vote on water and cleo
/ trio light bonds, and stated that many wante,
/ IL put over until another meeting. He sus
/ gested that II might be well TO appoint q com
mittee to wait on the Gas and Electric CON
pany and see what 1t is willing to do, for 4
i case this was not done 1t might be used as a
argument against the bonds.
Aid. Henlein wanted time and wanted a
/ exact statement of what the water fund is ov
| while he himself held it to be only q littl
/ over 81, COO. He moved that the matter b
referred to the ways and means committe
and city attorney and such assistance as ma
be needed to thoroughly investigate the exal
standing Of the different funds, what had bee
done during the past few years with the CIT