The Mankato free press., 1900-02-23
COUNCIL MEETING.
An Uueventful Session Held
Friday Night.
A New Sidewalk Ordinance Presented
Another Proposition to Repair
the Wells.

The meeting of the council Friday
was rather brief one, and the matters
considered were devoid of any particu-
lar interest. Mayor Currier and all of
the aldermen were present. 4
A remonstrance against street
sprinkling on Fourth from Mulberry to
Jackson streets, signed by % out of 2s
property owners. was received, and
and was referred to the committee on
waterworks
The liquor license bond of John
Kollman, with John Miller and John
Pohl as sureties, was accepted and a
license ordered issued
The street committee reported ad
versely upon the petition to widen
Lewis street from Marshall to the
slough to 66 feet, and the report was
adopted. o ~ ..
AID Taylor said that people differ
in regard to repairing the old city
wells or building new one He re-
ferred to the different ways in which it
has been proposed to repair the old
wells The committe had not done
anything and desires further time.
F, A. Halstead suggested that a
twelve inch pipe be put down outside
of the present eight inch pipe, and a
shoulder put on. He thought that this
would stop the leak. He did not favor
putting pipe inside of the present
pipe. He would put down the pipe he
proposed so that the pumping Of the
water would not be interfered with
The city wells are furnishing as much
or more water that ever before.
The matter was left with the COM
mittee
An ordinance was introduced by
Aid. Meyer, amending the sidewalk or
dinance so as to require that all walks
on Front street between Vine
and Byron streets shall be twelve feet
wide, and that all walks on Front
street from Vine to Byron, on Second
from Byron to Vine, on Broad from
Liberty to Vine and all cross streets
between Front and Broad streets and
including Liberty street to Vine, shall
be constructed of natural stone or arti.
fetal cement stone or brick, laid accor-
ding to plans and specifications adopt
ed by the board of public works and
approved by the council. All curbing
is to be of the best quality of stone
from the blue ledge, or of artificial
cement stone and shall conform in all
respects to plans and specifications
adopted by the board of public works
and approved by the council. No side
walk or curbing shall be laid or con-
structed until the owner or agent of
the premises shall have obtained per-
NIT from the city engineer. ia
1t was referred to the committee on
city ordinances. 0i5
City Attorney Daley reported having
made settlement with 81. w. Brown
for $500, and that he had paid it into
the city treasury. The mayor thought
that record of it should be made on
the minutes. ~.
City Engineer Thompson thought
that public record should be made of
any settlement, to protect Mr.. Brown
from future litigation, as some future
council might demand the remaining
81, 3UO if no record of the settlement
was made.
Mr.. Fowler started to offer a sugges
tion, when Aid. Weed arose to a point
of order that outsiders should not be
heard. The point was ruled ais we'll
taken, although the gentlemen had
been heard as a matter Of courtesy.
City Attorney Daley said that he
did not like to have something forever
in the papers about this case.
Aid Weed said that complaints are
being made of some old coal sheds be-
longing to the Meagher estate, in the
rear of the building formerly occupied
by Rosenberger & Curriers' old stand.
The council has already condemned the
sheds.
Chief Bruels reported that he has
had one building torn down under the
councils resolution and progress is
being made in other directions.
The board of public works was au-
thorized to secure specifications for a
new box culvert on the extension of
Pleasant street across the slough, to-
gether with an estimate of the cost.
Aid. Deebach brought up the matter
of allowing Park Supt. Blake his S15
for extra work, which the city recorr
der had refused to pay. The recorder
had received for himself $15 for
extra work, he said. and Mr. Blake
should have been paid.
&, Recorder Williams said that he had
acted on the city attorneys advice in
not drawing Mr.. Blake's order.
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