The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-02-24
A BUSY SESSION.
The Council Settles the Warren Street
Culvert Matter in a Satisfac=
tory Manner.
The North Front Street Hill to Be Cut
DOwn=-COmpIaints against
the Board of Health.

tIS Vi
The council meeting last night was
presided over by Vice President Hub
bard, in the absence Of Mayor Willard.
All Of the aldermen except Aid. Fow-
Ter were present The minutes of the
previous meeting were read and ap-
proved.
A communication was received from
DR.. J. w. Andrews asking the coun-
Gil to instruct the Board OF Public
Works to ascertain what will be the
best and most durable material to
pave Second street with, between
Hickory and Byron streets, after
which it is expected that petition
for the paving will be presented. The
matter was referred to the Board.
A communication was received from
w. B. Craig stating that he desired to
purchase a stone crusher, which
would cost about $1,000, and that he
would like to have the city agree to
buy / 900 yards of crushed stone at 10
cents ward at the quarry or 81 per
yard delivered within one mile Of the
quarry. Referred to the committee
Of streets, alleys and grades.
( Another communication was re-
ceived from Mr.. Craig asking that
the city indicate what it will do on
Warren street so that he can haul
stone during the sleighing, as he de-
sired to put five teams on at once
This was temporarily laid over.
Aid. Peterson recommended that
Fred Begen's lot be not rented for a
site for hose house, and that lot 2,
block 20, be rented of W. Vahle for
S25 per year, for the purpose, it being
as good as Mr.. B9gen's lot. This was
ratified, and the matter of erecting a
hose house Ia by 20 feet, with a metal
roof and eight inch brick walls, was re-
ferred to the Board of Public Works.
Aid .Longini reported that he could
find no other location for hose
house on Fifth street except the stone
building south of the Catholic college,
which could be rented for it's taxes.
/ This was adopted and it was left with
the Board to put the building in good
condition.
WARREN STREET CULVERT.
The Warren street creek matter
was then taken up.
D. l.. Clements appeared and stated
that he had accepted the committee's
proposition to build one wall and the
city the other and the top, carrying
the creek under the sidewalk. If this
was not acceptable to the council, he
would desire the city to cover the por-
tion of the culvert in the
street, and he would take care of that
which crosses his lot. In this case he
would be left below the street, but he
would attend to all earthwork on his
property.
The city engineer presented two
plats of the proposed work and ex-
planned them. The cost of an open
culYert would be 81, 900, and box cul-
vert 81, 400, and an arch culvert 81, 495.
The length of the culvert in each case
would be 155 feet. 1t might be pos
sible that these figures could be cut
down $500. He considered the arch
culyert the best of the three, yet the
open culyert would he good job.
With the arch culvert supplement-
airy contract would have to be made
with Mr.. Craig.
Aid. Longini moved that the 1855
foot arch culvert be adopted.
Aid Peterson thought that it would
be the cheapest to build the culvert
the length of the block and across
Fourth street, as recommended by
Aid. Schlingerman at the last meet
ing, when it is taken into considera-
tion that culvert must soon be built
across Fourth street in any case. The
creek would always be an eyesore if
not covered up.
Mr.. Haynes stated that Aid.
Schlingerman's proposition would
cost about 81 300, while the other plan
would cost but $2,276.
The motion was then unanimously
carried.
Mr.. Craig stated that he was will
ing to strike out from his contract
that part relating to retaining wall.
City Attorney Young stated that if
the assessment on adjoining property
was increased, the changing of the
contract so as TO make it more costly
would relieve the persons assessed of
paying anything.
President Swan stated that there
was to be about $3.50 assessed for the
grading.
It was decided to leave the contract
as it is, and allow Mr. Craig to con-
struct one wall.
The Board of Public Works was
authorized to advertise at once for
bids for the additional masonry re-
Quired