The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-11-25
CITY COUNCIL.
DR.. Warner Gives His Side of the Con
trOversy, butthe Council Refuses
to EXhOnerate Him.
Another Lively Set-tO Between Alder
man Saulpaugh and En-
gineer Haynes.

Aids. Hubbard and Fowler were ab
sent.
A reply from DR.. C. f. Warner tt
the charges made against him by DR.
Hielscher was read. 1t was referred
to the health committee.
A notice was received .from T. S.
Fowler and Mrs. A. Hill asking the
city to remove the box culvert at the
corner of Pearl and Hanover streets,
to avoid law suit, as it causes water
to run over their property. Referred
to the Board of Public Works with
power to act.
The health committee reported that
it had investigated the charges
against DR.. Warner. Aid. LOngini
had visited the Nicollet House and
found nothing to the charge. Aid.
Schlingerman looked into the case OF
John Bauer, and found that public
funeral had been held, and that as far
as Mrs Bauer knew no notice forbid
ding them to hold such a funeral had
been served. Aid. Peterson reported
that he had looked into the n. Fifth
street case and found that public
funeral had been held and that no no
tice had been given by the health Of
ticer.
Aid. Peterson moved that the re-
port be adopted, and said that he
thought the two doctors should shake
hands and drop the matter. The, re-
port was accepted and laid on the
table. An amendment by Aid. Saul
paugh to eXhonerate DR.. Warner
from the charges was lost.
Aid. Longini stated that he did not
believe that DR.. Warner was guilty.
The Board of Public Works reported
the bids on the Glenwood avenue and
Warren street work, and the award
ing of the contract to w. B. Craig. At
the request of Aid. Saulpaugh, the
specifications were read. Aid. Saul
paugh wanted the proportion Of GEM
ent and sand specified.
Mr.. Haynes stated that it was now
too late to put in the change, as the
contract had been let, and the whole
work would have to be done over
again. Mr.. Saulpaugh had been howl
ing all the fall on the Vine street
culVert, but it is setting hard and
strong.
Aid. Saulpaugh arose and stated
that the engineer has been swindling
the city on the Sixth street and other
work. The tax payers have been rob-
bed and are being robbed, "You,
Mr.. Haynes, have been hammered at
for year to put such things in your
specifications, but you don't do it.
You are thickheaded and notional,
and by God, won't vote for any such
contract as that. You Board of Pub
lie Works are not doing right, and l
for one won't stand it"
W. B. Craig stated that he bid upon
the specifications. He would mix his
mortar three to one or q to one, which
he considered good.
Aid Saulpaugh wanted it mixed
two to one. The motion to accept
the report was lost, Aid. Longini vot-
ing ''yes," and Aids. Saulpaugh, Pet
erSon and Schlingerman mo"
The following communication was
received from Aid. Hubbard:
TO the Honorable Mayor and Common
Council Of the City of Mankato:
GENTLEMEN:-FOr the purpose Of
settling the claim that the city
holds against me for water used during
the past three years, discoveries Of
which have recently been made, | will
make the following proposition, VIZ:
| will pay it $500 it cash on acceptance
of this proposition. In addition to
above | will hold myself in readiness
without pay for term of five years
to assist the city at any time if it's
pump or pumps should be disabled to
the full extent of my ability from a
Compound Duplex Knowles Pump we
have at our works, always in readiness
to work, and with minimum capaci-
ty Of $50 gallons per minute, and can
easily be worked to one thousand gal
Ions per minute, under pressure of
80 pounds TO the square inch. 1t is
not necessary to enter into detail to
explain to you that | am equipped
with large boiler capacity and two ar
tesian wells with supply which will
in all human probability be ample for
this pump for all time.
An acceptance of this letter will be
considered binding upon me, or if you
prefer, a contract can be made.
Yours very respectfully,
r. d. HUBBARD.
The committee stated that owing
to the smallneSs of the council it had
decided not to report until the next
meeting.
Aid. Schiingerman moved that the
proposition be not accepted, but with
out action the matter was laid over
until the next meeting
The treasurer's report for October
was received. The city recorder stat
ed that the treasury is overdrawr
$1,000 and that the bills before tn,
council amount to $500. The mat