The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-07-05
TWO MONTHS.
Street Railway Company Grant
ed an Extension,
The Ordinance Can be Revoked When.
ever 1t Appears That Work is not
to be Begun.

sion of the time within which it mus
commence active operations on its con
struction work. The ordinance al
finally framed was satisfac
tory to the council and to the board Of
trade committee, for it contained q
proviso that if work is not commenced,
or if it is apparent that it is not go.
ing to be commenced, or if good faith
is not shown, the council, which is .tc
be the judge, can revoke the ordinance
granting the franchise. The ordinance
was adopted without discussion or op-
position, after C. N. Andrews of the
board of trade committee had examin-
ed it.
City Recorder Williams read the or
dinance presented by the street railway
company. 1t was referred to the commit
tee on ordinances, after some discus
sion as to its parliamentary status.
A recess was taken and the commit
tee retired to consider the ordinance,
with A. E. Clark, representing the
company, and G. N. Andrews, of the
board of trade committee.
The committee reported favorably
upon the ordinance, and the report was
adopted.
| The rules were suspended and the
ordinance was given it's first and Sec
ond readings and was passed unani-
mously.
The essential portions of the ordin-
ance are as follows:
"Said persons or company, their sue
cessors and assigns, shall within two
months from and after July LIST, 1901,
commence the active construction of
such plant and railway system and
shall within six months from and af-
ter July LIST, 1901, have laid and in &C
tive operation not less than three miles
of railway, and within two years from
and after July LIST, 1901, shall have in
active operation not less than five miles
of railway within the corporate limits
of said city of Mankato.
Provided that if within said two
months, said city council shall become
satisfied that said persons or company
does not intend to commence active
operations on it's said railroad. or if
active operations are not commenced
within said two months and pursued
continuously thereafter in good faith.
then the city council may at any time
upon proof satisfactory to said COM
mon council, of such failure, canoe
and annul this ordinance and the Or
dinance No. 65. of which this ordin-
ance is an amendment, and entirely
abrogate the rights of all persons or
company Hereunder.
DR.. Andrews of the board of trade
committee was present and was salts
fed with the ordinance.
Other Business.
The council devoted the early part
of the evening to it's work as board
of review. The mayor and all of the
aldermen were present.
The application of James J. Gould
for liquor license was granted, and
his bond, with Gustav Blatterman and
Jacob Wagon as sureties, was ap-
proved.
Fred 81. Snyder was granted liquor
license for the Saulpaugh bar.
The bond of Anderson & Steenberg,
with John Klein and Severt Olson as
sureties, was granted.
A remonstrance signed by twenty six
First ward residents was received,
protesting against the removal of the
watering trough for the corner of
Franklin and Sixth streets to Dukes
addition.
Aid. Deebach moved that the coun-
Gil reconsider it former action order
ing the removal, but this received no
second.
Aids. Taylor, Leonard and Heinze
opposed the leaving of the trough
where it is, as there is no longer a
dead end there, and if the trough was
left there, it would establish a bad
precedent. No action was taken.
The board of public works reported
the bids on the Fulton and Record
street sewer, and the award of the con-
tract to Masters & McLauren, the
lowest bidders. The award was ap-
proved, and the bond for 81, 100, with
Rott. Lamm and S. B. Wilson as sure
ties, was approved.
Aid. Deebach reported that the tin
roof on the central fire station is full
of holes and leaks very badly. The
matter was referred to the committee
on city property to report at the next
meeting.
A resolution was adopted, providing
that the width of sidewalks on the
easterly side of Fifth street between
Hickory and Cherry streets shall be
eight feet. This is in front of the nor
NAL school grounds.
A resolution condemning few ad
ditional sidewalks was adopted.
City Recorder Williams said that
there is 81, 900 in the local improve
ment fund that could be used in pay
ing off floating Indebtedness, besides
81, 500 in the sinking fund that could
be used for the same purpose.
Aid. Leonard moved that notes to