The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-10-11
NOTHING ACCOMPLISHED.
THE COUNCIL WASTES THE in
TALKING.
Clark Street Again Bone of Conten-
ton, and an Unsuccessful Effort
Made to Lower the Cut. 1t is
Made the Special Order for the
Next T1eeting-The Vote on the Lo-
cation of the City Market Tie.


Gil Monday, and Mayor Weaver pre-
sided.
A liquor license was granted to
John Kollmann. The bond, with Ed.
l. P. Staede and John Adams as sure
ties, was approved.
The propositions of John A. Will
lard, Henry Boegen and Geo. Hoerr
for the rental Of a hay market were
read, and Aid. Andrews moved that
Mr.. Wizards proposition be accepted
for three years.
A discussion as to the merits of the
different localities and propositions
ensued, and the motion received three
votes for and three votes against.
Mayor Weaver asked the city attor-
ney whether he had vote on the
question. Mr.. Pau decided that the
question on an apprOpria ton, and
that the mayor had no vote, it requir-
ing four to carry. The motion was
therefore lost.
hlo l. CLCiCOh luONCu UudU UllC
ter be referred to the committee on
markets, and this was carried by a
vote of four to two. Two of the COM
mitIee voted against Aid. Andrews
motion, and all three for Aid Peter
sons motion. 1t is therefore likely
that the market will go further down
town.
Aid. Peterson reported that he was
not quite ready to report on the pur-
chase of an addition to the Sibley
park.
Prof. U. .. Cox appeared and spoke
in favor of cutting down Clark street
at Prospect Heights to the twenty
two foot line. Unless this was done,
the property on the lower side would
be damaged by the fill. He advanced
everal reasons why the additional
ut is desirable. G. HI. Lindsey also
ook the same ground. He said that
if the petitioners knew that only a
fourteen foot cut was to be made, all
would have signed remonstrance
against it. w. S. Taylor also favored
the twenty-five foot cut.
Aid. Bradley said that the question
had come to be one between property
that is occupied and improved, and
property unimproved and which it is
not intended to improve with money.
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making the twenty-five foot cut. 1t
should not damage SO much good pro-
perty, for the sake of preserving a
pinnacle sticking up in the air with no
improvements on it. He moved to
reconsider the motion adopted Sat-
urday night whereby the petition
for the % foot cut was rejected.
Engineer Haynes said that if he
owned Prospect Heights he would try
to find somebody to give it to.
The motion was carried by vote of
four to two.
Aid. Peterson said that he saw that
the council had made mistake and
was damaging the property of the &C
tual residents. He wanted to take
another look at the street.
Aid. Andrews favored doing some
body some good on the street, and
favored bringing the cut down to the
% foot level.
Aid. Bradley moved that the mat
ter be referred to the street COM
mittee to investigate again.
Aid. Andrews said that as chair
man of that committee he would not
60 to the hill again as there was no
use in looking at the road every week
or two the rest of the year. The
committee understands how it is.
Aid. Bradley withdrew his motion
and moved that Clark street be cut
down to the twenty-five foot line.
The vote was tie, and Mayor Wea-
yer cast his vote to cut down the hill,
which he favored doing in some re-
marks.
Engineer Haynes asked how many
of the aldermen would reconsider
their votes at the next meeting.
On motion of Aid. Andrews, the
matter was referred to the board of
public works, by vote of four to Gwo.
Aid. Andrews said that before Dec.
1st, 81, $50 in notes and 1856 in interest
must be paid.
Aid. Andrews moved that the pro-
file of Clark street with the twenty
two foot cut be adopted. This was
defeated, receiving only three votes,
to three against.
1t was then ascertained that the
motion to cut the street down to the
twenty-five foot cut, made some time
previously by Aid. Bradley, was also
lost, not having received four votes.
Engineer Haynes said that nothing
could be done until the profile was
adopted.
Aid. Lille said that he would vote
"no" all night, as both sides ought to
have hearing
The matter was made special or
der for the next regular meeting, and