The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-03-23
BETTER WALKS.
Council Adopts New Ordinance
and Specifications.
No More Wooden Walks to be Con.
structed in the Center
of the City.

Mayor Currier and all of the alder
men were present at the. adjourned
meeting of the council Monday night
Aid. Leonard reported that a house
two and half miles south of the city
hall, just outside of the city limits,
owned by the late o. P. Smith, can be
leased for use as pest house, but that
a five year lease must be secured. The
health committee was willing to pay
SO month rent. The house could be
used for the nurses and for cooking,
and the large barn, 16 by 40 feet, could
be fitted for patients. Some of the
aldermen thought the rent rather steep
for the accommodations, and one sug-
gested that the house was so far away
that patients would die before they
got there. Aid. Leonard stated that
no other house suitably located could
be found, and the city's gravel lot on
Glenwood avenue is too close to
dwellings.
On motion of Aid. Weed, the matter
was left with the committee on health
with power to act.
Aid. Taylor said that some of the
property owners want sewer on
Fulton street. 1t was stated that some
of the other property owners object.
The records were produced to see how
we'll the assessments are paid, and it
was shown that the Clark street sewer
was constructed at cost of 81 526, OF
which $500 is yet unpaid.
Aid. Meyer introduced new or.
dinance to take the place of the side
walk ordinance considered Friday
night. 1t covers the same points and
is vouched for as good by the city at
torney. 1t was given it's first and sec
ond readings and adopted without OPP
position. 1t does away with any more
new wooden sidewalks in the central
portion of the city.
On motion of Aid. Leonard, the
action of the council requiring the
house on Highland park to be vacated
on six hours notice, so as to be used as
q pest house, was reconsidered, and a
motion by AID Taylor that the house
be not used as pest house was carried.
The board of public works submitted
specifications to be followed in the
construction of all new cement,
wooden or stone walks in the city, and
they were adopted. Engineer Thomp-
son stated that the specifications for
cement walks had been largely made
from those in use in the twin cities.
those as to thickness being taken from
the st. Paul rules and those ais to the
length of the cement test from the
Minneapolis specifications. The man.
ner of making the walks was in &C
cordance with Nyholm & Carlson g
practice. The specifications for wooden
walksrequire one more stringer than
heretofore in all walks six feet wide or
wider. This would increase the cost of
a sixty-six foot walk only 81 80 for the
lumber, and the walk would be
stronger. The specifications for stone
walks differ from the present ones by
requiring that six foot walks be made
of stone the width of the walk and not
less than three feet wide. Specified
tions for cement curbing were also
adopted.
On motion of Aid. Leonard, the COM
1oittee on nrintinp was authorized to
secure bids for printing 100 copies of
the council rules.
After allowing few bills, the
council adjourned.