The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-10-05
MANKATo FREE PRESS.
"THOSE DAr1AGE SUITS"

The FREE PRESS, as a dispenser OF
news, made mention a day or two ago
of certain suits having been brought
against the Bierbauer brewery for
damages, resulting from the unwhole-
some odor arising from Guenther
creek, caused from the drainage OF the
brewery, and in giving publicity to
this fact volunteered the belief that
the parties were entitled to damages
from some source for the sickness and
death which is believed to have re-
suited from the contaminated air and
polluted creek. Our neighbor, the
Reuae,v, lacking in enterprise, failed to
inform itself of the bringing OF these
suits, and now, to get the facts before
it's readers, and in an evident desire
to do so without exposing its usual
hardness in publishing important
matters until it had appeared in the
FREE PRESS, pursueS its accustomed
tactics of charging this paper with
desire to tear down an important in
dustry by embarrassing the business
interests of the brewery.
The goggles of the Recieoc are moth
ing if not green, and its petty jealousy
toward the FREE PRESS over its strong
lead among the people OF Mankato
causes it to see things which do not eX-
ist. OF course every body knows with
out telling that the seven and half
years existence of the DAILY FREE
PRESS has been directed to the up
building and maintenance OF Mankato
and her business interests. . 1t has re-
peatedly advocated the necessity for
sewer to the brewery. 1t has shown
time and again the great menance to
life and health existing in the vicinity
of the brewery from lack of proper
sewerage. 1t has at every opportuni-
ty. shown that Mr.. Bierbauer stood
ready TO pay his full share of the as
seSsments toward the cost Of such
sewer andrhis willingness to donate
handsomely in addition thereto. Ii
has urged the council to act,
and act Immediately. The council
hasacted and acted repeatedly but to
no effect.
The three principal propositions be-
fore the city for the construction of
a sewer that would relieve the
brewery have been as follows:
FIRsT-The Fifth street sewer to be
continued from Plum to Elm street, a
distance of three blocks, thence on
Elm to Sixth street, and along Sixth
to Rock, one block. This point is
only $50 feet from the brewery on
Rock street. The brewery agrees to
construct this $50 feet at it's own ex-
pense, pay it's assessment on four lots
on Sixth street, and give the city a
bonus of 5000. Bids on this sewer
were received and rejected.
SECOND-The Fourth street sewer
to be continued from Washington to
Rock streets, up Rock street to the
brewery, two blocks and $50 feet. The
brewery offers to put in the $50 feet
and also one block of the Rock street
sewer. The Omaha road agrees to
pay $500 to the city, and the Linseed
Oil mill agrees to spay an assessment
on one full block on one side.
THIRD-The Broad street sewer to
be continued from Washington to
Rock streets, thence up Rock to the
brewery. Under this proposition,
now before the council, no provision
is made for the Rock street sewer.
which will be more in the nature of
private sewer. The brewery offers to
put in the $50 feet to the Sixth
street, and to pay $3.50 toward the
private sewer to Broad, a distance of
three blocks. One of those blocks
could be assessed against the property
adjoining, leaving two blocks, or go