The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-07-03

sive.
Vice President Andrews called the
adjourned meeting of the council tC
order Saturday night and presided in
Mayor Weaver absence. All of the
aldermen were present.
The special order was the consider
alton of applications for liquor licens-
es, and it was taken up at once.
The following liquor licenses were
granted and bonds approved, upon
the payment of 81, 900 each:
Leo. j. Kieffe, with Geo. p. Hoerr
and Geo. Kieffe as sureties.
Edward Cansandier, with Chas. j.
Macbeth and Lawrence Henlein as
Sureties.
John Trenhauser, with Joseph
Jacob Sontag, with M. J. Sontag
and j. P. KroSt as sureties.
John Hager, with Chas. Wagon and
Geo. II. Lang as sureties.
d. Oster, with Fred Kron and
Henry Guth as sureties.
Becquette & Ford, with A. II.
Kratsch and f. G. Heinze as sureties.
Anderson & Steinberg, with John
Klein and L. A. Under as Sureties.
John Leas, with G.. Lulsdorf and
Mic Weis as sureties.
John A. Nilsson, with John Errick-
son and John A. Arnold as sureties.
Aid. Adams, for the committee on
city property, reported in favor OF
erecting $3.50 hook and
ladder and election house on
North Fourth street, and said that
lot 10, block s, belonging to Chas.
Foster, can be leased for five years at
80 a year. A new hook and ladder
company has been organized in that
part of the city, and the old truck
has been turned over to it. A mo-
tion to approve the report was un-
animously carried.
Aid. Zimmerman presented BIZ
cycle ordinance and asked that it be
considered at the next meeting. 1t
was read and referred to the commit
tee on ordinances.
On motion of Aid. Lille, the rules
were suspended and the two tele.
phone ordinances passed to their Sec
Ond reading.
ordinance was read, some discussion
arose over the fact of it's granting a
fifteen year franchise for telephone
purposes, telegraph, district tele-
graph, automatic signal or other de-
vices. Mr.. Knight was present and
consented to have the ordinance So
worded that the franchise for the
other purposes shall depend upon the
performance of the first.
Aid. Zimmerman feared that in
some way the city would get the
worst Of it unless the franchise was
confined to telephone service, until
the company is ready to undertake
the other services.
Mr.. Knight said that the ordinance
did not give him any exclusive privi-
leges, but the same privileges could
be granted to any company at any
time. He did not ask for anything
exclusive, and saw no objection tic
granting the same privileges to all
telephone companies in the city.
Aids. Lille and Andrews could see
no objection to the ordinance as it
stood.
The ordinance granting franchise
to the Northwestern Telephone Elk
change Co. was looked up and found
to grant privileges for ''Other elec-
trio Devices" and therefore Aid.
Zimmerman withdrew his objections.
The ordinance then passed unani
mously without amendment.
The Blue Earth Valley Telephone
Co.'s ordinance was next taken up and
given it's second reading. The time
for completing the line was reduced
from twelve to six months, on motion
of Aid. Andrews The ordinance
passed unanimously.
A petition for certain sidewalks in
West Mankato was favOrably reported
nnln riy z hot
they be built was adopted.
The committee on ways and means
was directed to pay certain notes,
amounting to $4,000 and interest.
The council wanted to adjourn at
this point, but Aid. Bradley had q
little matter" to bring up, in the
shape of an alley assessment.
The board of public works reported
in favor of surfacing Front street
from Plum to Hickory streets at a
cost of SO cents per lineal foot on each
side, the street to be rip raped nearly
to grade and surfaced with
crushed boulders and three inches
of coarse gravel to be placed
on top. The work is to be done by
the days labor The property can be
assessed for the entire cost. The re-
port was passed, only Aid. Peterson
voting mo"
Aid. Bradley moved that the inn
provement of Front street from
Hickory to Liberty streets be referred
to the board of public works, anc
this was carried. The board present
ed report at once, the same as on the
other part of the street.
Aid. Lille thought that the street
commissioner could supervise theworE
as we'll as hiring an inspector at S2
day.
On motion of Aid. Bradley, the re