The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-12-31
FULL UP TO THE AVERAGE.
Local improvements For the Year Now
Drawing to Close Foot up Over
1895, 900.
A VERY splendid Showing FOR A QUIET YEAR.
Many important Improvements Made anc
Residences Built.
IMPORTANT MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENTS MADE.

Nearly $3.50, 900 in one season for i'm
provements is not at all a bad showing,
especially when the universal feeling has
been that the year was rather of quiet
one for the city. There has been nc
building operations on large scale car
ried on this season, but the improve.
ments have spread out all over the city,
In the business portion of the city four
large business blocks have been erected,
these being the Patterson wholesale
grocery block, Rosenberger & Curriers'
candy factory, the Odd Fellows block
and the Nj. A. Sherk block. These are
all commodious business blocks and a
credit to the business interests of the
city.
The season has been notable for the
number of private residences erected,
and others built over and otherwise i'm.
proved And yet in spite of the large
number of new residences erected this
past season and the season previous,
there is lack of frst-class houses to
rent in Mankato. Good, comfortable
houses for small families always have
ready tenants, and pay good returns up
on capital invested.
During the past season the city has
made number of important improve
ments in the streets, and other improve
ments are in progress, which when com
pleted next season, will make good
start toward placing the streets of the
city in splendid shape.
Following is an itemized list of the
improvements of the city. There may
have been few overlooked, but so fal
as we have been able to learn the list il
complete:
Hubbard Milling Co, improve
ments to mill .............$ 4,00(
A Paegel, new bottling works. 1900
A Paegel, refrigerator and i'm
provements to residence. ..... 1,30(
Mankato Knitting Mills, improve
ment to machinery. ......... 5O(
Chas Willard, residence. 80. -. 1,30(
Frank Henlein, improvements to
Packing house. ........ ...... 5000
Meyer Bros, warehouse, barn and
improvements. ...:............ LOO
T R Coughlan, warehouse, resi-
dence and improvements. ... 2,40
9 Bell, residence. ............... 400
Joseph Margil, residence. 49,. .. 9O
Fowler & Pay. office. ........... 15
A Anderson, residence and barn ITO
Frank Siebert, residence and barn So
John c Noe, imp to residence. %
Home National bank, ! Meriden,
Conn, imp to stores ........ s.
Simon Ziegler, residence and barn 90
Julius Dahms, imp to residence 81
Ferdinand Kiffe, barn. ......... IS
Helen M Wiswell, imp to res... 40
VIM Bierbauer estate, bottling
works and imp to brewery. ... 500
VIM Bierbauer, residence. ...... 400
Mary E Tenny, residence .... so
w L Bradshaw, barn and imp to
mouse .......... .............. 20
Matthias Simon, imp to residence 90
Barney Gerlich, imp. ........... 7O
F Hinton, barn. ........... 10
Eli Klugherz, add to residence. LOO
Fred Beach, add to residence. =. 40
w Raymore, add to residence. =. 40
q Lewis, blacksmith shop. ... 15
M M Steele, residence and barn 2,6O
John c Wise, residence ...... 2,SO
John G Wise, imp to residence. so
A q Meyer, residence .......... $50
w M Farr, imp to residence. -. LOO
Louisa Mansfield, limp to res. -. 1,5O
Mic Thilgen, residence. ...... 1,5O
John Adams, imp's ......... go
John H Ray, imp to buildings. 1,5O
Ole Nielsen, residence. ....... go
A c Cook, barn ............ %
| 0 Grue, shop ............. 40
| Evans, res and barn. ... LOO
E MISSY, residence .......... LOO
N Hoglung, residence. ..... 10
w Ledden, residence. ..... 80
T Smith, store building. .. 100
A L Wheeler, imp ........ 40
Street imp, North Mankato. 80. 1,5O
A W Strickland, imp to store. so