The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-06-26


with stone abutments and iron girders,
the whole work requiring nearly 300
| feet of stone wall, and costing about
5000. Since the stone would be got
ten in the city and the work done
here, he thought it was not fair to our
people to allow pile bridge to be put
in. City Engineer Haynes stated he
did not understand that the company
could be compelled to follow the pro-
file as filed in his office, and stated
that later profile had been received
by him providing for bridge con-
structed by means of piles instead OF
stone abutments. He also stated that
according to the first profile an open
| ing of twenty-five feet only would be
made, while under the last provided
an opening of twenty-seven feet would
be made for teams and an additional
passage way on each side for foot pas
sengers.
Aid. Zimmerman stated that the
engineer of Omaha had stated to him
that the difference in cost would
amount to ten or twelve thousand
dollars, and the alderman did not
think it right to defraud our work
ingmen out of that sum.
Aid. Petersen thought that the diff
ference in the opening of the two
plans might compensate for the re-
duced cost. The city recorder was
finally instructed to call the atten-
tion of the Omaha officials to the mat
ter aud ask them to meet with the
council next Monday night, to adjust
the matter.
About a year ago the council made
an appropriation of $4,000 for the Ii
brary, but as this was not available
until the coming July, the library
board borrowed the amount and asked
the council to pay the interest amount
ing to about 800 from the current
fund. On motion of Aid. Andrews
this interest was ordered paid.
The regular gist of bills were then
brought up, and all that had been O.
KID ordered paid. The total amount
of the bills was about So, 500. This in
Guided the Clark street sewer.
A recess of fifteen minutes was now
taken in order to allow some COM
mittee work, and upon the council
re-convening the ordinance to allow
the North Central Telephone company
to put in poles and string wires was
passed to its first reading. This with
the Blue Earth Telephone ordinance
will be brought up at the next meet
ing.
Aid. Petersen then had something
to say in regard to the health depart
ment. He said he understood that
the inspecting was being given to one
of the health board instead of the
regularly appointed health inspector,
and it was finally moved that no
health inspecting be done but by
Health Inspector Bradley, which was
passed.
Aid. Andrews moved that Jackson
street from Front to Third and Sec
ond streets from Liberty to Plum be
macadamized with crushed stone, sur
faced with broken granite and COW
cred with screeded gravel, and rolled
with the steam roller This motion
brought forth lengthy discussion.
A remonstrance was read signed by
a number of property owners on both
Second and Jackson streets. Aid.
Andrews in support Of his motion
said that il the council waited to put
in public Improvements until the
wealthy property owners would cease
demonstrating, it would never be done.
He also stated that practically all the
owners who would be assessed for this
work were eminently able to pay the
assessments, and named a number
whom he had seen who were anxious
for the work to be done. He wanted
w SCO Vic plCSCuU SGuCTdUlOu nave
some of the benefits of macadamized
streets, and hoped the city would do
do something in the matter. Aid.
Bradley did not think it would be
good business policy for the city to
undertake the work in it's present
financial condition, and especially
since there was no petition for the
work and remonstrance against do
ing it. He would not care to cast his
vote for the work without the sane
tion of some of the property owners.
i Aid. Petersen said he seconded the
motion to get it before the council
and get the general opinion. He
stated that the property owners in
lower town had to stand being assessed
for public improvement, and he saw
40 good reason why the owners in the