The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-10-21
The Council Votes to Have GuentherE
Creek Cleaned and Improved.


Creek Cleaned and Improved.
Regular council meeting Mon
day night was presided over by Mayo
Willard and all the aldermen wer'
present except Aid. Saulpaugh.
An application for liquor licenst
was received from Jno. j. Gould, 30
S. Front street, successor to Jno. u
Roche. Hearing was set for Nov. It'll
A petition was received asking thai
Guenther creek be cleaned and thai
the deposit of offal there be stopped
1t had 145 signatures.
Aid. Peterson stated that it wa
most necessary to have it cleaned, ah(
that contagious diseases had occurred
along there for two months, notwith
standing the denial of the health Off
GERS. He had been along the creek
and found it sinking by Sixth street.
and distractions below. Dead animals
are being thrown into it. The city
should take care of it, clean it out
smooth it and make it. so that it ca q
be flushed from the brewery. 1t is now
in worse condition than ever before.
He recommended that the street force
do this. He made motion to this
effect, and that the Board of Public
Works flush it once week.
Pres. Swan stated that the whole
trouble came from the brewery and
that it could not be remedied until
such drainage was stopped.
Aid. Peterson denied that sour beer
or brewery drainage had anything to
do with it.
Aid. Schlingerman favored the
cleaning and thought that the brew
cry was largely to blame.
Mayor Willard had heard that the
trouble was due to the brewery.
Aid. Longini was surprised to hear
that manure and dead chickens and
animals were deposited there. He
thought that something must be done.
City Attorney Young stated that the
city could do as Aid. Peterson propos-
ed, even if the creek bottom is private
property.
The motion was adopted.
A petition was received asking that
water mains be laid along n. Front
street from Main to Mulberry streets.
Referred to water committee.
A petition was received from the
street railway company asking that
ordinance Moss, regarding an electric
franchise, be amended reducing the
length of the franchise from 80 to 20
years, in order to comply with the
charter, and that the time for the
change of motive power be extended
until Sept. 1st, 1893. Referred to the
committee on ordinances, which re-
ported favorably upon the amend
ment. This passed it's first reading
and the rules were suspended and it
was finally adopted upon it's second
and third readings.
A notice of claim for damages from
defective sidewalks was received from
Anton Beach, as stated in last even
ing's FREE PRESS. Referred to the
committee on claims and accounts.
The Mankato Knitting Go. petition
ed for two city hydrants on it's pro-
perty as additional fire protection.
Referred to the water committee, to
report Immediately. A favorable re-
port was made. The committee was
directed to put one hydrant as it
deemed best.
THE WATER MATTER.
The special committee appointed to
investigate the water used by the big
mill made the following report:
TO the Common Council of the City Of
Mankato:-The undersigned, consti-
tuting committee appointed by the
mayor to investigate the amount of
water used at Hubbard Co.'S mill re-
port as follows:
We have found after careful investi-
CATION that theHubbard Mill company
have been using city water for three
years. That the hole in the valve
through which said company obtained
said water was first about three
eigh"ns OF an inch in size; but by the
action OF the water had increased in
size u fiVe-eighthS of all iuch at the
tune OF is removal. That the amount
Of wafer through hole flve-eighths
Ct an inch in size would be $4,000 gal
Ions in Il hours, which at regular
rates amounts to ST $50 per year, ffgur-
ing that The water was used 800 days
In year. $50
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