The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-11-08


was crowded when the adjourned
meeting of the,council was called to
order last night by Vice-President
Peterson, in the absence of Mayor
Weaver. Many prominent citizens
were present to witness the fate of
the Omaha right-of-way ordinance, in
Guiding members of the citizens COM
mittee. Gen. Manager E. w. Winter,
Supt. Spencer and Attorney Cray were
present to represent the railway COM
pany. The aldermen forgot their
resolution to meet at 1880 O'Clock, land
it was half an hour later when the
roll was called. All of the aldermen
were present.
After the minutes Of Saturday
nights session had been read and APP
proved, the council took up the Omaha
ordinance where it's consideration had
been left off at that meeting. This
was section four.
Aid. Zimmerman offered the follow
ing amendments: "That said pas
senger depot shall be located no
farther south than the north line Of
Main street, and the railroad company
shall furnish for inspection an eleva-
tion for said passenger depot"
This received no second, and a mo-
ton by Aid. Andrews to adopt the
section as read was carried, only Aid.
Himmelman voting no" The an
nouncement Of this vote was receiv-
ed with hearty applause and other eX-
pressions of pleasure by the lobby.
An amendment TO section five, pre-
sented by Aid. Himmelman, was
adopted, requiring the company to
construct and maintain convenient
crossings on. over, under ana across
alleys as well as streets, and that the
crossings shall be the full width of
the streets and alleys, when required
SO to do by the common council.
The Time Limit.
Aid Andrews offered an amendment
to section six, which would allow the
company limit of three years to have
it's new track laid and in use. He
said that probably trains would be
running over the new road within a
year, but in case of washouts, ETC., it
should have plenty of leeway. He
feared that if limited to two years,
the directors might reject the ordi-
nance.
Aid. Bradley thought that two
years to complete the new track and
one more TO remove the old track was
enough.
Mr.. Winter was called upon and said
that if no unforeseen difficulties oc-
Cured in the prosecution OF the work
the old track would be out of the way
long before that time. The eXpen-
diture of so much money for the i'm
provement or the property, without
adding mile to the length of The
road, requires the closest scrutiny of
the directors. Few can come here,
and they feel that nothing should oc-
cur which might put cloud On the
title. They will hesitate toauthor-
iZe the expenditure of so much money,
unless the time limit is sufficiently
liberal to insure the completion of the
work under any circumstances. The
management intends to press the
work with all haste, unless something
unforeseen occurs. He would advise
the placing of limit for completing
the new road at three years.
All of the aldermen voted "aye,"
but there arose a question whether
they had voted on two or three years,
and the vote was recOnSidered.
The three year proposition was then |
carried unanimously, and called forth |
more applause.
The amendment was as follows:
within the period of three years |
from and after the first day of May, |
A. ID. 1896, said railway company
shall have so far completed its line of
road over the. new route hereby au-
thorized from Main street in said city
and westerly to the souther-
ly and westerly termination of said |
new route, hereby authorized, as to
be able to operate it's through passen-
ger and freight trains thereon, and |
thereover provided, that all delays in
said work caused by high
water, wash outs, land slides, dam
age or delay by the elements, or other
cause beyond the reasonable control
Of said railway company, and all time
during which litigation or legal pro-
ceedings are pending against said rail-
way company involving it's right to
construct said new line, or acquire
property therefor, shall be deducted
from said period of three years, and
shall not be included in the period of
time herein provided for the compile
Jiun thereof as aforesaid"