The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-02-24


would make very little showing On
the hill, owing to its being solid stone.
He thought that the hill needed grad
ing.
Aid. Schlingerman favored doing
the work at once.
Aid. Longini stated that he had op-
posed 5000 appropriation, but he
would highly favor appropriating $500.
Pres. Swan stated that he thought
that if $500 was spent on width Of
forty feet it would do a good job.
Mr.. Haynes stated that the cost of
cutting the street down the full width
would be S2,400.
Aid. Hubbard suggested that the
stone taken out would be of value and
could be disposed Of.
Thos. Coughlan stated that the
upper stone is worthless. but that the
lower layer is valuable.
Aid. Hubbard stated that he felt to
put $500 in the work would be money
thrown away, He would prefer to
wait until 81 500 or $4,000 could be
spent and a good job done. If the
council unanimously favored it, how
ever, he would not oppose it.
The motion was carried.
The petition presented last fall for
a sewer along Fifth street was
taken up from the table, where it was
laid at the time.
A DEFICIT PAID.
Gen. E. NJ. Pope appeared before
the council as a member of commit
tee from Wilkin Post, and stated that
1923 had been raised by the Post
toward paying for the monumental
fountain, while the cost had been
S1,O5S. There is still unpaid 1926, and
Sl65 more will be needed. He asked
that the council appropriate S4OO.
Wilkin Post has spent $1,000 for the
park ground, and the city $1,000.
Aid. Schlingerman stated that al
though there was no old soldier pres
ent in the council, it would not be
right to 60 back on the old soldiers.
He moved that S400 be appropriated
from the park fund for the purpose, to
be expended by the Board of Public
Works. This was carried unanimous
ly.
FIFTH STREET SEWER.
The Fifth street sewer matter was
then taken up, and the petition was
read. 1t asks for sewer from jack
son street along Fifth to Plum, along
Plum to Fourth, along Fourth to
Washington, and along Washington
to the end of the present sewer.
Mr.. Swan stated that the city will
have to pay about $4,000, above the
assessments. 1t is almost public
necessity on account of the schools.
The matter was referred to the
Board of Public Works to investigate.
WILL STIR UP THE BOARD.
Aid. Longini stated that he had
heard much complaint from parties
who had been required to remove cess
pools, while their neighbors were not
required to do so. AS spring is ap-
preaching, and cholera is coming, the
matter should be stirred up.
Mr.. Young stated that it was in the
hands of the Board of Health to con-
denim cesspools. 1t is the Mayors
duty to stir the Board up.
Aid. Peterson moved that the Board
be asked to make a full report of what
it has done, to be made by the next
meeting. Carried.
The city engineer stated that the
city needs oak plank.
The recorder was authorized to ad-
vertise for $1,000 feet of oak plank for
city purposes.
The city attorney stated that the
commercial square, back of Mich Pet
erson's new store, was dedicated to
public purposes, and that the city
could not sell it, as anyone could en-
join the city for so doing.
A number of bills were allowed.
An assessment against Fred Fuller
of 5000 cents was ordered paid by the
city, for the use of his ground for a
hose house. The fire committee was
authorized with the city attorney to
to draw up contract with Mr.. Fuller
for the future.
City Attorney Young, in explaining
the work of making the new general
charter, said that the new charter
would pre- badly be for the benefit sole
ly of the larger cities, and too cumb-
ersome for the smaller cities. If the
bill should prove to be Objectionable,
a committee Of citizens should go up
and lobby in the legislature to get
the desirable changes made.
'rhe council adjourned.