The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-12

alderman would get along easier If he
didn't do anything. This is the third
council that 1 have been in. In the
previous councils, the aldermen
wouldn't come to the meetings of the
board of equalization, for various rea-
sons, and as only myself and one
or two others were present, we would
O. X. the assessors book without
much change. That would settle the
equalization business. This council
attempted to do something more, but
receives no thanks, and would better
let the work go undone. In regard to
Peterson g. Lilies block not being
assessed as high as adjoining property
in the block, I would say that the
board did not take UP business
property separately, but by blocks.
If adjoining property is higher, it is
because the assessor did not do his
duty. Neither Aid. Lille nor was
instrumental in this. If the valuation
is wrong, we are willing today to
rectify it and pay our share.
Aid. Bradley said that while the
council was on the subject, he did not
understand the method OF sprinkling
assessments. Property is assessed
five cents front foot, while the con-
tract is twenty and twenty-one cents
per hundred feet He would like to
have it explained.
Recorder Brown said that the total
cost was divided by the frontage
sprinkled, less the cross streets. On
Front street. the assessment was 6.o
cents per foot the entire season, and
about 5.5 cents on the back streets,
The bills were then taken up, ag-
gregating about $1,000, and were al
lowed, after long discussion on a
bill of $50 for repairing pipe at Q.
A. Richardson's, which the city had
guaranteed.
President Burgess said that during
a period of fifteen months some time
ago the city had guaranteed the house
connections, but had given up the
plan since. The bill was allowed.
The committee on ways and means
was authorized to borrow $1,000 tC
meet the bills.
Aid. Bradley moved that the $500
year paid for the support of the upper
hose cart be placed in the hands OF
the committee on fire department
and this was carried.
The following names for election
and ballot judges respectively were
. submitted by the various party com
mittees:
Republican,
First ward.-Hiram Shaw, Patricl
i Madigan.
, Second ward-Henry Vosbeck.
? Third wards. B. Wilson, L. N
: Holmes.
t Fourth ward = Harry Paddock
. Henry G.. APPEL.
Fifth ward-G. A. Lewis, W. A
Funk.
Sixth ward-J. G.. Fowler, w. II
Glenn.
Democratic
First ward-John Duane, Angus
/. Johnson.
r Second ward-Peter Krost, d. I
y Hayes.
J. Third ward-C. o. Daley, M. I
o Fallenstein.
e Fourth ward-A. M. circuit, M. F
!. Abbott.
. Fifth ward-A. G. Barney, Har
u Jorgenson.
e Sixth ward-Bruno Roemer, P. f
81 Jourden.
e Populist-
a First ward-Nathan Brooks, Cha
s. Felt.
It Second ward-H. }. Kuhn, Tho
# Strong.
lS Third ward-Henry Klugherz, L.
Fletcher.
"a Fourth ward-Barney Gerlich,
10 Anderson.
ne Fifth ward-A. M. Morrison, Il.
&c McCollom.
rd Sixth ward-J. s. Burwell, Blu
90 Covell.
ut Aid. Zimmerman said that OWL
ey to the new registry law, it had be'
thought best by the various col
as mittees to appoint ballot judges.
an Aid. Bradley said that he did n
he know that there was Populist part
IN Mayor Weaver read the law to she