The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-10-27
COUNCIL MEETING.
The City Dads Consider Several fiat.
tiers of More or Less Importance.

A liquor license application was re-
ceived from j. j. Gould, and Nov.
18th was set as the date for a hearing
A petition for cross walk at the
corner of Sixth and Walnut streets
was received.
ID. Carpenter asked for cross walk
at the corner of Sixth and Hickory
streets. Both petitions were referred
to the street committee.
Thirty petitioners asked that the
arc light be left at the corner of Fifth
and Plum streets.
Mr.. Pelton, owner of the Minneopa
House, asked that he be permitted to
lay six foot stone walk along Cherry
street, instead of ten foot plank
walk as required by the ordinance.
BY a unanimous vote the petition
was not granted.
Aid. Bashaw recommended that
Lafayette street be graded from
Front to the main St. Peter
road, and that Front street be filled
up eighteen inches at the crossing of
Vine street, and that $500 be appro-
priated to make the new Silver ravine
road twenty feet wider than it now
is, and the road to be graded straight
at the top of the hill.
The Lafayette street improvement
was first considered and it was referr-
ed to the Board of Public Works.
The N. Front street improvement
was taken up and motion was made
to refer the matter to the Board Of
Public Works. The vote was even,
the aldermen from the first three
wards voting no." and Mayor Weav-
er cast the deciding vote with them.
The city attorney stated that the
grades of Front and Vine streets must
be re-esta blished before any work is
done. He thought the engineer
should do it with care.
The advice of the city attorney was
disregarded and motion to proceed
with the work at once resulted in a
tie by the same vote as previously.
Mayor Weaver thought that the mat
ter was so small that'it could be laid
oyer, and needed the attorneys warn
in 2 and voted mo"
On motion of Aid. Peterson the
vote referring the matter to the Board
of Public Works was re-considered
and the matter was unanimously re-
ferred to the Board.
The Silver ravine road recommends
ton was taken up and Geo. w. Monks
stated that he intended to plat his
property there and if the city would
make the street fifty feet wide he
would make it siXty-siX feet wide. He
desired the improvements done this
fall. The matter was referred to the
Board of Public Works.
Aid Higgs reported that the treas
ury was empty and that the city is
behind on orders and that $1,000 of
coupons are due Nov. LIST which must
be attended to. The committee on
ways and means was instructed to
borrow $4,000 at the best rate of in
terest and best time possible.
The city attorney stated that the
city was liable to be sued, he had
had heard, on account of runaway
and man being injured. 1t was
claimed that the street car track was
not in good condition and had causedit
The matter was discussed and several
aldermen thought that the track was
not properly cared for either by the
city or the street car company.
The streetcommittee was instructed
, to confer with the street Car company
in regard to the protection of the
track.
Health officer Jacoby made a state.
ment regarding L. D. Saylor's bill as
city scavenger.
Mayor Weaver stated that he had
been to Chicago at his own expense
He had gone for his own benefit and
the city owes him nothing. The CON.
mittee would have report to make
later.
The bills were read and allowed.
J Aid. Peterson moved that the sewer
committee investigate the Guenthul
creek up to the brewery. He had
heard that several parties would pay
500 each to have the creek covered
The motion was carried.
1t was stated that the contractors
on the Presbyterian church and gov
eminent building do not properly
light the distractions in the street al
night. Mr.. Halstead stated that he
had put city lights where the con
tractors had failed to do so.
| Complaint was made as to the OBJ
structions in the street by the new
Presbyterian church. 1t was stated
that the president of the Board OF