The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-07-19
MANKATo FREE PRESS
CITY COUNCIL.
The Board of Public
Works and Council
Committees Pre-.
sent Reports.
The Water Fund Over
Drawn, and no New
Well Will Be
Sunk.
The Telephone Ordl.'
nance Fails to Se.-
cure Its Second
Reading.

The adjourned meeting of the coun-
Gil Saturday night turned out TO De
an important one, and many matters
of general interest were considered
or disposed of.
All of the aldermen were present
and Mayor Weaver presided. Depu-
ty Recorder Fowler read the minutes
of the previous meeting.
The board oof public works recon-
mended the laying of $50 feet OF
four inch water mains on Hanover
street, the cost being estimated at
s12O. Pearl street would be supplied
from this.
The board also reported in favor
of an eight-inch sewer 400 feet long
on Hanover street, from Fifth to
Pearl, to cost S5OS, all of which can
be assessed upon the property bene-
fitted.
The board reported the bids on
the Cherry street sewer and the
awarded of the contract to Michael
Mahoney. A motion to approve the
contract was adopted after some dis
cussion.
Gen. Pope read the city recorders
report up to date, showing the re-
sources and liabilities of the treasury.
Hickory Street.
The Board of Public Works report
ed the bids received on the Hickory
street improvement, and the award
of the contract TO Jacob Effer, the
lowest bidder.
A petition from four or five pro-
perty owners was received asking
that the sidewelk grade at the alley
be loweredu nine inches, and that the
street be only curbed and guttered,
owing to the expense.
Aid. Zimmerman said that he
thought that the street roller had
been purchased especially to do this
work, and now they want to crawl
out from under the load.
Aid. Andrews said that the action
of these petitioners looked like boys
play, at this stage Of the aame.
;" Aeh III L. Inc name of common sense
does the city expect to have any i'm
provements, when the council is
treated in this manner? The same
thing was done with Pearl street. He
hoped that the council would not up
hold this boys play.
B. D. Pay said that the petition
for the street roller was not signed
by people who pay taxes, but by the
people who talk on street corners.
Some of the property owners on the
street have always been opposed to
the improvement. This is petition
from property owners who will have
to pay for it, and who will be damag-
ed. Some of the signers to the or
iginal petition did not have authority
to sign it or have changed their
minds. The raising of the grade
would leave the speakers barn too
low, and he would expect damages.
The original petition for the pur-
chase of a steam roller and the
curling and matchmaking of Hickory
street was read, containing the names
of most of the ,property owners, and
none of these being present to object.
On motion of Aid. Andrews, the
contract was approved, all voting
'aye," except Aids. Zimmerman and
Peterson, who voted ''no."
A large number of bills were al
lowed.
The committee on claims and ac-
counts reported favorably upon L. D.
Saylor's bill for S75 for gathering Stops
two years ago. The bill was allowed,
after some discussion.
Liquor licenses were granted to Mic
Welter, with John KoonZe and Joh1
A. Arnold as sureties; Callen & Karn
with e. @. Wickersham and P. Nc
Tighe as sureties; and Henry Himmel
man, with III. Weicking and L. Lam
pert as sureties.
Engineer Haynes said that tn,
builders ought to bepermitted to Civ
bonds good for the season instead O
on each contI g..
The cOunci u proceeded to can
vass the vote the recent bond cleo
tion. The result was found to be tn
same as has already appeared in tn
columns Of the FREE PRESS, excep
that the majority in favor of the ligh
bonds was 242.
Aid. Andrews moved that the frs
payment be made to the o. S. Kell
Co. for the steam roller and that tn