The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-09-20
CITY COUNCIL.
THE WATER QUESTION
THOROUGHLY DISCUSSED.
Agency and Bunker Hill People
Have an Inning-Offer to Donate
$1,000 Toward a Water Supply
The Purchase of the Addition to the
Park Provided for - Many Conn
mittee Reports rlade and Various
Matters Pushed Along.

Vice-President Peterson presided
at the adjourned meeting OF the coun-
Gil Saturday night, in the absence OF
Mayor Weaver, and all of the alder
men were present except Aid. Him
melman.
Last springs petition for the extern
sion of Marsh street to Dane street
was brought up, and was referred to
the street committee.
The agreement of property owners
on Locke and Bradley streets to take
water if the mains are placed there
! was presented in connection with the
petition for mains. The petition was
referred to the committee on water
works..
An application fora liquor license
was received from Henry Robel, and
Oct. 5tf was the day set for the hear
ing.
The emonstrance against the petit
tion ing the council to discontinue
the d carrying of stone on Madison
avenue was read and referred to the
street committee.
A communication was received
from the Fire Department Relief
Association asking the council to
transfer the one per cent. money re-
ceived from the state for sick and
disabled fremen to the treasury of
the association. The matter was re-
ferred to the city attorney to inves-
tigate and report at the next regular
meeting. The amount involved is
about $500.
The committee on city property
recommended that the city hall be
heated by steam, and that the COM
mittee be given further time to look
into the plans presented. The report
was accepted.
The street committee asked fol
more time to report on the petition
for the further grading down of E.
Clark street, and this was granted.
The street committee reported
favorably upon the extension of S
Fifth street, provided that land be
donated to make the street at least
fifty feet wide, and that there shall
be no expense to the city. The re-
port was adopted.
roncparnanH
ed that strip of land us feet Ions
and Is feet wide be secured by pur
chase or condemnation to widen the
west end OF w. Front street by the
Blue Earth river bridge, and that the
city attorney be authorized to make
the purchase at figure satisfactory
to him and the board of public works
The report was adopted, after being
amended so that the city attorney
shall ascertain the cost and report
at the next meeting of the council.
The street committee, at it's re
quest, was given more time on the
4 Clark street petition OF Messrs. Will
| lard and Hall, and until the neX1
4 meeting on the Madison avenue petit
| tion.
The water committee reported in
favor Of supplying water mains tt
| Agency hill when there shall be suf
| ficient money in the water fund
This was accepted.
The majority Of the water com
mittee reported adversely upon the
petition for water mains on Cherry
street between Front and Second
streets. Aid. Andrews presented a
minority report in favor OF the petit
tion and moved that the minority re.
port be adopted.
Aid. Bradley opposed more mains
at present, and the anticipation of
the money in the funds. When the
council came into power there was
not dollar in the treasury and the
city was behind $50, 900. If it keeps
on as it has been doing, the city will
be as badly off next spring.
Aid Adams served notice that he
would never vote for more mains I'M
less every part of the city is served
alike. When mains are wanted on
the hills they are told that there is
no money in the treasury for the pur-
pose, but mains are laid elsewhere.
Aid. Andrews spoke of the need of
water on Agency hill and said that
he would go into his pocket for $50 to
aid in placing water there. He did
not think that all mains should be
cut off.
The motion was defeated.
The committee on water works re-
ferred the Rnnker hill well matter to