The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-03-09

burned as it is gathered up. Under
the other plan, only portion of the
garbage is collected, and wherever it
is fed to hogs it transfers the nuisance
to the locality where the hogs are. c.
DR.. Jacoby stated that fire is the
ultimate way that garbage will be dis
posed of. Some cities forbid the feed
ing of garbage to hogs. A crematOry
can be secured for Sc, ZOO to $4,000. He
had heard today that diseased horses
are being skinned and fed to hogs. and
the people in Mankato are eating that
kind of pork. In these crematories,
dead dogs, cats and horses can be de-
stroyed. A crematory is not expen-
sive to maintain, and the fuel requir-
ed is not nearly SO much as might be
expected.
Aid. Higgs moved that the health
officer procure the lowest figures at
which crematOry can be purchased,
and report to the council as soon as
possible. This was carried.
SEWER EXTENSIONS.
The Byron street sewer matter was
taken up andald. Fowler movetd that
the report OF the Board of Public
Works be taken from the table. This
provides for a sewer from Second to
Lewis street and to the Pleasant Grove
school. This was carried.
Aid Fowler moved that the Board
advertise for bids for this work. Aid.
Pitcher moved to amend SO as to in
clude Byron street to Shaubut. This
was carried, four to two. This was
found to be out of order, as the Board
had not reported on the addition. The
original motion was then carried, four
to two.
Aid. Bashaw moved that the Board
of Public Works advertise for bids for
North front street sewer.
w. B. Davies appeared for those who
oppose the sewer, and asked that the
work be put off one year, on account
of the hard times.
Aid. Peterson favored the improve
ment, showing the great Importance
of the sewer to the bOttling works,
malt house and egg, packing house.
Health officer Jaboby advocated the
sewer, and said that the board of
health would this year be obliged to
condemn the bOttling works as a pub
lie nuisance, together with two other
places near by.
The motion to advertise for bids
was unanimously carried.
Aid. Higgs moved that the Board of
Public Works advertise for bids for
the Fifth street sewer, and this was
unanimously carried.
Engineer Haynes brought up the
matter of connecting the brewery
with the sewer. The plan was to
build sewer down Sixth from Rock
to Elm, on Elm to Fifth, on Fifth to
Plum.
A. G. Bierbauer stated that he was
willing to pay 5000 besides his assess
ment along Sixth and Rock streets.
If sewer connection could not be had,
a cess pool would have to be made
Aid. Higgs moved that Mr. Bierbau-
er's proposition be accepted and the
matter be referred to the Board of
Public Works. This was carried unan-
imously.
Aid. Pitcher moved that the mat
ter of extending the sewer on Byron
street, from Lewis to Shaubut, be re-
ferred to the Board of Public Works.
This was done.
Aid. Pitcher moved that a box in
the Deposit Vault at $1S year be
rented, to hold the city's valuable pa
pers, the recorder only to have access
to the box. This was carried unani-
mously.
CIRCUS LICENSES.
Aid. Higgs thought that this city is
charging too little for circus licenses,
less than other cities of this size; some
money might be made out of circuses,
but if they did not come nothing
would be lost. AT his request, City
Attorney Young had drawn up an
amendment to the present ordinance.
The licenses are to be as follows: Shoas
SIS; circuses, 800 performance; side
shows, $40; concerts, $40; lectures,
ETC., SIS.
The ordinance was referred to the
ordinance committee.
The bills were allowed These in
included bill from Prof. Shepardson