The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-07-08
Bills Amounting to Over $500 For
Street Work For Two Weeks
Causes the rlayor to Sound An
other Note of Warning-.-Young
Mems Investment Co. Must
Rebuild or Remove Its Brick
and Iron Piles From the Street.

Claims for damage by overflow OF
cutters were received from Rosen-
berger & Curryer for s41.60, June 9th
and 10th, and Mrs. Barbara Kieffer,
1926, June Sth. Referred to.the claims
committee.
The matter Of repairing certain
sidewalks was referred to the street
committee.
Aid. Peterson asked the committee
to look after the matter of the shell
stone walks about the city, which had
once before been referred to.
DISPUTED CLAIM.
Aid. Bradley, for the street commit
tee, reported in favor of allowing Pol
chow & Aamold their claim of 800
for damage caused to their barber
shop under D. L. Clements & Sons
grocery store by the overlooking of
the gutter, caused by dirt from the
water mains excavation blocking up
the gutter.
Engineer Thompson reported that
the water ran under the sidewalk and
not over it.
President Porter asked whether the
committee had examined any wit
nesses. He and Ed. Jones had seen
the overlooking. All of the water ran
under the walk. No water ran into
the back room, aud in the front room
the trap was raised and the water ran
out as soon as it covered the surface
of the floor.
Aid. Bradley asked until the next
meeting to consider the matter
| further.
DANGEROUS STACKS.
Chief Phillips said that two of the
property owners have complied with
the order to tear down their old build
ings, and three or four have not.
Some people put up buildings under
permits calling for vaneered buildings,
but do not brick them up. 1t should
be the duty of the city engineer to
see that people comply with their
permits. The old Willard building
near Poplar street should be con.
demued. Mr.. Willard had claimed
that it was isolated" and not dan.
gerous.
Aid. Bradley believed that the
council should take action. There is
building on VauBrunt street owned
by Geo. Fletcher that shonld be torn
down, as it is only used by tramps.
Mr.. Phillips said that there are
some old buildings back of the savings
bank that need looking after.
Aid. Bradley moved that the Will.
lard building, the one on VanBrunt
street, and two back of the savings
bank be condemned and ordered taken
down within thirty days. The mo-
tion was carried.
A permit for the extension of Mic
Weis' store was reported, to have sol.
i'd brick walls.
Aid Bradley said that the wall was
not as thick as required by the ordi.
nance, and moved that the permit be
not approved, and work ordered
stopped until a twelve instead of an
eight inch wall is constructed. The
motion was lost, three noes and two
ayes.
REPORTS OF OFFICERS.
The report of Chief Wagon for June
showed II arrests and "a dodgers.
The reports of lights out showed
fourteen hours of arc lights out.
The reports of the city treasurer
and city recorder were read.
The following liquor licenses were
ordered granted, and bonds approved:
John Trenheuser, with Joseph Sal
fer and Frank Henline as sureties.
Hagen & Sanger. with Geo. Randig
and Henry Schultz as sureties.
Ed. Cousandier, with FrediWesthoff
and John Ulman as sureties.
N. Kleinschmidt, with Conrad
Kleinschmidt and Anthony Klages as
SuretleS.
John Hager, with Chas. Wagon and
John Nyquist as sureties.
D. Oster, with Henry Guth and W.
Ulman as suretie5.
Leo j. Kieffe, with Geo. Kieffe and
Geo. P. Hoerr as sureties.
A TIMELY ACTION.
Aid. Bradley said that there was
much complaint of the piles of brick
and iron about the Young Mems corn
er, and that several accidents have
almost happened to teams there.
Aid. Fritz stated that the stock
holders of the Investment company
e'yet undecided as to the kind of
building, if any, they will erect, and