The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-22
drews and Bradley being the only ones
to cast their votes in favor of it.
Committee Reports.

Committee Reports.
Aid. Bradley, from the printing
committee, reported that the Revie,l
was The lowest bidder on city printing,
and offered resolution that that paper
be the official paper of the city for one
year, and awarding it the printing.
The resolution was adopted without
opposition
Aid. Zimmerman gave notice that
at the next meeting the ordinance
committee would offer an ordinance
covering the matter of the Blue Earth
Valley Telephone Co. 1t was not
not satisfied with the ordinance in it's
present shape.
The committee on city property,
! through Aid. Adams, reported in ia
vor of granting the two petitions ex-
| GLIDING the herding of cattle in GER
tain districts of West Mankato, and
the report was adopted.
Aid. Bradley presented an ordinance
reducing the fire limits trifle, and it
| was referred to the ordinance COM
mittee.
The street committee reported IA
vorably upon improving North Front
street from Washington to Spring
streets, by riprapping to grade, finished
with sifted gravel, rolled, etc. This
was adopted.
The street committee reported I'm
favorably upon the petition for open
ing fifteen foot alley from the south
end of Cherry street to Glenwood
avenue, for the reason that the south
end of Cherry street cannot be used as
street now, and it would necessitate
| the condemnation of private property,
and in any case would in no way bene-
fit the public. This was adopted.
The majority of the street COM
mittee reported in favor of the grad
ing of Fourth street from Jackson to
| Lincoln streets, and minority
against it.
r. E. Brown asked to have the i'm
prOvement postponed one year until
the Omaha track has been removed.
d. L. Clements advocated the i'm
| provement, and said that it had been
agitated for ten years past.
AS Aid. Andrews had to go to Win
! dom, the matter was made the special
| order for the next meeting.
The street committee reported ad-
versely upon the paving of Jackson
| street from Front to Second, and
recommended that the street from
| Front to Third streets, and Second
from Cherry to Hickory, be macadam-
lied, rolled, surfaced with finely
crushed granite and finished with
screened gravel. The matter was re.
ferred to the board of public works.
-Four building permits were re-
ported.
The bond of S. W. Burgess as presi.
dent of the board of public works. fo1
81, 900, with D. L. Clements and L. A
Linder as suretieS, was accepted.
The bond and contract of Bowen &
| Thomas, with W. G. Hoerr and Henry
Hillesheim as sureties, were approved
The board of public works reported
in favor of riprapping the three blocks
on North Front street to grade, and
surfacing with crushed boulders and
coarse gravel for three inches on tor
the work to be done by day labor, and
to cost S4S4 per block, the whole cost
to be borne by the property owners.
Aid. Petersen said that the people
there opposed the plan on the ground
of expense They wanted crushed
! lime stone.
Engineer Haynes said that one
would cost S1.75 foot, and the other
| 96-centS
The report of the board was reject.
ed, and it then presented another re.
port, making the cost 1886, the only
change being the substitution OF
crushed limestone for granite. This
was adopted. The bills were taken
up and allowed. MesSrs. JOrgenson
and Howard were each allowed S25
instead OF $50 for years work as
health inspectors. The bills footed
up ST, 105.
The committee on ways and means
was instructed to renew note fol
$765 at the Mankato National bank
and one for $500 at the National Citi.
zens bank.
A recess of five minutes was taken
to look over the electric light matter
The council withdrew to the city
attorneys office and sent for the re.
representatives. of the electric light
companies present. Mr.. Pau said
that the city has not ST, 900 to buy
Mr.. DonadSon's plant with. Aid
I Himmelman said that the city could
put in an arc plant for $4,000. 1t
was decided to hold meeting Satur-
day night, at which Prof. Shepardson
! and Mr.. Donaldson shall be present,
when the plans shall be scaled down
! to come within the means at the
command of the council.
! President Burgess presented the
new water meter rates, as heretofore
published. Lawn sprinkling is from
600 to 500 p. M, the same as last
year. The regulations had been
changed so that meter rates should
] be collected quarterly instead of
monthly, and some other changes
were made. The report was laid over
until the next meeting.
On motion of Aid. Bradley, the
council decided to meet at 500 p. m.
! instead of 1880 p. m. during the sum-
mer months.
An adjournment was taken until
SATURDAY. at 700 %. m.