The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-06-28
CITY COUNCIL.
THE ELECTRIC ORDINANCE RE.
PORTED UNFAVORABLY
Crushed Stone Discussed and the
Street Roller "JOShed'=-Eig
Public Drinking Fountains to be
Set up=- Sewer Assessments a
Knotty Problem Clark Street
Again.

seats when the adjourned meeting OF
the council was called to order Sat
urday night. Mayor Weaver pre-
sided.
Applications for liquor licenses
were received from Mic Welter and
Henry Dreher, and the date for a
hearing was set for July eth.
Aid. Andrews quoted the charter
that all liquor licenses should COM
mence May 1st and asked why the
charter was not being followed.
Mayor Weaver stated that the
present plan had been followed in the
past, but if the charter means any
thing it means what it says. The
matter was dropped until the city at
tOrney could be heard from.
A letter received by Aid. Himmel-
man from G. Donaldson, general man
ager of the d. and d. Electric Mfg.
Co., was read, stating that "a first
class arc light plant of 100 lights with
an automatic high speed engine OF
100 horse power, also all necessary
poles, lines and everything needed to
put the plant in first-class order can
be had for a sum from $4,000 to
$4,000"
The city recorder was directed to
furnish this letter to the board of
trade committee as an answer to its
inquiry.
The Western Wheeled Scraper Co.,
of Aurora, Ill. Offered the city stone
crusher for $3.50. 1t would add an
elevator for 800 extra, and screen
for $50, each net, f. o. b., Aurora, Ill.
Aid. Zimmerman stated that he
would prefer to have laboring men
break the stone, but if this could not
be done he would have the city pur-
chase crusher. If there is no work
for the road roller the council doesn't
need to accept it.
Mayor Weaver held that the city
had gone too far now not to accept
the roller.
Aid. Andrews favored letting labor
ing men break the stone if it only
costs little more He said that he
didn't want to hear any alderman use
the word ''if'' regarding working the
roller. We are going to use it, for
Mankato has worse streets that any
city of it's size, and the streets could
be put in fine sondition.
Aid. Bradley favored setting tramps
to work breaking stone.
Mayor Weaver stated that the
city has such an ordinance now.
Pres. Beatty said that stone
broken by crusher is more uniform
and better than that broken by
hand. A yard would have to be made
for the purpose away from the quar-
ries.
Aid. Bradley said that the city once
had crusher and sold it, and want
ed to know why that was done.
Pres. Beatty stated that he had
bought the crusher of the city and
sold it again cheap. The crushed
stone was not properly laid on the
streets, and the people got tired OF
buying it. He said that w. B. Craig
has crusher, and T. r. Coughlan has
just bought $1,000 crusher which
would soon arrive.
The ordinance committee reported
unfavorably upon the. Siemens-Halske
Electric Co. ordinance, and asked
more time on thetelephone ordinance
Aid. Andrews objected to the put
ting off of the telephone ordinance
from week to week. He would have
it decided one way or the other.
Chairman Zimmerman explained
that the committee wanted more
time because the members were I'm
decided about the ordinance.
A long discussion took place .upoI
the question of assessing propert.
where sewers are laid on cross streets
Some held that where corner lo
had been assessed on one side it wa
not right to make a second assess
ment. Others took different view
of the case. The discussion was caus
ed by the proposed Cherry stree
sewer, and many other corners in tn
city were cited in illustration. l
was held that people living on eros
streets next to alleys must hav
sewers and water, as they are requir
ed to by the board of health
Engineer Haynes stated that in ST
Paul the practice adopted by Man
kato is used, which is to assess TO
sewers wherever any benefit can
found.
Mr.. Haynes suggested that tn
necessity of painting the bridge ough
to be investigated.
81 Pres. Beatty again urged that tn
council provide some way whereof
the city's plumbing material be take
better care of. He presented tn
rules that were presented by hir
- three weeks before.
Aid. Bradley opposed the rule c
the B. p. w. making high plumber
license, and said that it was gag lay
which keeps out outsiders.