The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-03-23
A PEST HOUSE.
1t Causes Mental Agitation
Among Aldermen.
Opposition to Fitting Up a Room for the
Board of Trade-Garbsge Con.
tract Renewed.

unable to look at matters with
the same mind, as they have
generally done, and the result was that
not much was accomplished and an ad !,
journed meeting was made necessary.
Aid. Taylor moved that the board of
public works be instructed to advertise
for bids for the construction of Pleas
ant street culvert, on two plans, one
calling for width of 33 feet and the
other for the full width. This was
carried.
Aid. Leonard reported that the health
committee had looked into the matter
of a location for the pest house and
found that an acre south of Highland
park, just outside Of the city limits, can
be purchased as location. The land
belongs to the Troendle farm and can
be bought for about 500.
The need of pest house was ques-
toned by Aid. Mayer, but other alder
men thought that use would be found
for one in case of an outbreak OF small
pox, as there would be no place to take
some of the patients to,
City Attorney Daley held that
pest house could not be maintained in
public park. The building designat-
ed for pest house is now situated on
Highland park.
City Engineer Thompson said that
the city owns half an acre on Glenwood
avenue, away from any house. 1t is
used to get gravel from, but there is
also room for house there,
Aid. Jordan moved that the building
on the park be not used as a pest house,
in other words to grant the petition of
residents in that vicinity, but the mo
ton was lost, four to two, only Aids.
Deebach and Jordan voting Eyes.
Aid Deebach, for the committee on
city property, said that it would cost
about s24o to repair the stairway in the
city hall building and to fix up the old
council room for the use of the board
of trade.
Aid. Jordan said that he was in favor
of fixing up the hallway, but was not
in favor of fixing up room for other
people If the board of trade wanted
the room, he was in favor of renting or
donating it, but let the board fix it. up
itself
Aid Taylor said that there are a
good many things that the room could
be used for. 1t was place where
small conventions could be held.
Aid. Mayer favored improving the
room. He did not think that the ex-
pense need be as great as the commit
tee had estimated He would not give
the board of trade the exclusive use of
the room, but let it be used by small
conventions.
The report was adopted, only Aid.
Jordan voting mo"
Aid. Meyer moved that the commit
tee be authorized to have the hallway
and room papered and calcimined, and
this was carried, Aid. Jordan voting
Esno"
Aid Leonard moved that last years
contract with A. L. Daily for gathering
garbage at S35 month, be renewed for
the coming year. He did not think
that any lower bid could be secured,
and thought that his motion would
save the expense of advertising for
bids. The motion was carried.
Aid. Taylor, for the committee on
sewers, recommended that R. E. Brown
be rebated the sewer assessment on one
lot, the city to have the use of his pri-
vate sewer A motion to carry this in
to effect was passed.
The committee on ordinances pre-
sented favorable report upon the
ordinance amending the sidewalk ordi-
nance. an outline of which has hereto
fore been published. The ordinance
passed its first reading, the rules were
suspended and it was given its second
reading. Aid. Meyer had stricken
from the ordinance clause which
change Engineer Thompson claimed
made it possible for wooden walks to
be built on Front street. A long dis
cussion followed, but the combined Of
forts of the aldermen, city engineer
and city attorney was unable to pro-
duce satisfactory ordinance, and it
was decided to hold an adjourned
meeting Monday night, as it was con
sidered desirable to get the ordinance
into effect as soon as possible, in order
to regulate the making of cement
walks. It:developed that the ordinance
had not been submitted to the city at
torney, who wanted time to look it
over.
The mayor remarked that with such
brains as the city attorney and city
engineer possess, they ought to be able
to draw up an ordinance in fifteen
minutes, and not make another meet
ing necessary.
City Attorney Daley: eff we were
such brainey men. we would be in New