The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-06-16
OFF THEIR BEATS.
Two Scribes Stray Around Man
katO's Outskirts.
A Few Sights Observed on Their Jaunt
JOtted Down for the Benefit of the
Public.

afternoon to enjoy the beautiful
weather with the rest of the people who
ride in chaises." The drive first took
them up to the st Joseph hospital,
where Contractor Joe Schingle has the
brick work up one story. He expects
to have the roof on by the Fourth of
July and is pushing the work with a
large force of men. He is already figur-
ing on other contracts. Joe is pusher
when he has work on hand, and with
his brick yard in North Mankato is able
to bid down to bedrock.
Turning south, the ride went along
Fifth street, past the big buildings with
their well kept lawns. On Judge Sew
erance's Fifth street corner Contractor
johnson was found rolling the old o.
Brown residence along toward it's final
resting place on Glenwood avenue The
Judge is about to erect commodious
dwelling on the corner, to be occupied
by President g. H. Cooper, of the Nor
NAL school.
Turning down to Fourth street and
thence to Warren the pencil pushers
went over the work that the city has
just completed. 1t ought to have been
done under the original contract and
been assessed on the property, but the
halfway policy of the city in years
gone by has left its string of unfinished
work to be completed at public expense.
Street Inspector Anderson was found
here directing the work of large force
OF men, and the change made in the
street is remarkable. Mr. Anderson,
by the way, is the best street commits
sioner the city has ever had, and this is
not said out of any disrespect for former
commissioners. A fine new plank walk
runs from jackson to Warren streets on
the east side, and one is needed on the
west side.
A brief stop was made at the corner
of Fourth and Warren streets, where
the city editor of the Free Press is hav-
ing a lot graded down and leveled off
preparatory to erecting a dwelling
house. The fact that he is to build has
caused some curiosity to be expressed
as to what he wants of house and who
is to occupy it. He assures us, how
ever, that he is building simply as an
Investment and with no other designs,
He believes that there is demand in
Mankato for thoroughly modern houses.
well located and intends to help fill
that demand.
Turning up Warren street, the re-
porters passed Masters & MacLaurins
men at work putting in the'Fifth street
sewer Taking the road up past the
cemetery, the drive led through a
natural park. Central park in New
contains no finer scenery or better road
way than the so-called cemetery road,
and in case there should ever be any
danger of the slopes being denuded of
the trees now growing there the city
could well afford to purchase the side
hills in order to preserve the beauty of
the drive This should eventually be
made part of the park system of Man
kato. 1t is unfortunate that there was
not time to take the twin city visitors
up this road last Saturday.
At the head of the ravine, the horse
was turned back on the Agency road
and a drive taken through beautiful
East Mankato. The scribes agreed
that they would rather live in that
suburb than in any other part of
Mankato if it had transportation faci-
lities. A forty acre piece of wood
land was passed that is a veritable
park. An old resident informed the
strays that this is in litigation, and
said that Fred Kron had been DESTROYS
of purchasing it and putting up a num-
Der of residences. East Makato will
certainly become most popular resi-
dence district whenever good electric
car service is established.
Taking one of the enhancing, wind
ing drives down the bluffs, with a
panorama of the valley peeping
through the tree tops ahead, the horse
took his own course and in some unex-
plainable manner came to halt in
front Of the Bierbauer brewery. Here
Herman Bierbauer gave the scribes
cordial welcome and trip through the
brewery, where the process of beer max
ing is always in progress. The brewery
is always kept freshly painted and
whitewashed within, and not an often
sive odor was detected anywhere. It
takes from two to four months to make
beer, contrary to the general belief that
it can be turned out in very short
time. The brewery is now turning ont
fifty barrels day, and in order to do
this has 1000 barrels in process of man.
ufacture. Down in the stone cellars
where the temperature is kept at three
degrees above freezing are some inn.