The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-08-13
DEPOT TO BE MOVED.
rlilw aukee Road Asks Permission OF
the Council.
New Side Tracks to be Laid and Main
Track Moved.

The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
RailwayCo. is preparing to make some
important improvements in it's yard
in this city. 1t will move it's depot
as soon as permission can be received
from the council, and will run side
track back of the L. Patterson Mer-
camille Co.'S building and further
north. The main track will also be
moved little.
The necessary ordinances and reso-
buttons were introduced at the meet
ing of the council Saturday night.
The resolution is as follows:
Be it resolved by the common cOun-
Gil of the city of Mankato, Mimi.
that the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul railroad company be and is here
by authorized to change the location
of and to move it's passenger depot
within said city of Mankato, from it's
present location upon the southerly
side of the present main track of said
company, and upon Hickory street
produced TO a place southerly from
said location and being in the rear of
lot 5, block 6, City of Mankato, &C
cOrding to Bruner plat thereof, and
at the end of Hickory street.
Ordinance "a gives the g., M & St.
P. railway company authority to con-
struct, maintain and operate a spur
track commencing at a point 22O feet
from the southerly line OF Main street
on the track of said company as now
located, thence on curve of II de-
grees to the left to a point crossing
Walnut street to point on the west
erly side of the alley at the rear of
block No. 6, and Oh the southerly side
of Walnut street, thence across the
alley to a point AL feet southerly
from the northwest corner Of lot l,
block 6, City of Mankato, according
to .the Bruner plat. The road shall
properly plank the said spur track its
entire length and whenever the same
crosses any street, alley or other pub
lie ground now existing or which may
hereafter exist the said company shall
erect, maintain apd keep in proper
condition for public travel crossing
over said track and the entire width
of said street or other public ground.
The company is given authority by
ordinance 50 to change the location
of it's main track now crossing Jack
son street from the point IS feet
southerly and seven feet and one inch
westerly from the center line of Pike
street so that said track shall run in a
northerly course across Jackson street
crossing the same point one foot east
erly from said center of Pike street
on the northerly line of Jackson street
and to construct and build side
track from point $50 feet southerly
from said northerly from Jackson
street and feet l inch from the cen
ter line of Pike street so that it shall
cross the northerly line of Jackson
street at point thirteen feet easter
ly from said center of Pike street.
An ordinance to amend ordinance
I makes it unlawful for any engineer
or other person having in charge any
cars train of cars, locomotive or en-
CINE to run the same over or upor
Pike, Poplar and Front streets fastel
than six miles an hour. It shall b.
the duty Of every railway compan!
whose track or tracks shall cross Mair
or Rock streets to provide at sucl
crossings proper alarm bell signals O.
proper gates with competent persoI
to operate the same, or to station
fiagmen there.