The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-11-15
MAPLETON.
rom the Enterprise:

From the Enterprise:
According to reports one of the
Younger boys was in town, Tuesday.
Ii SO he failed to register at the hotel
and kept pretty we'll out of sight.
The boys were out for time on
Hallowe' en- and while no serious dam
age was done, some property was de-
stroyed. No one objects to the boys
having good time, but there is line
between fun and destroying property.
One or two of the boys were caught
and had to rectify for mischief they
had wrought.
August Zimmerman, who traded his
shoe stock for Marshal county land
four months ago, returned home from
Warren, Saturday, more than pleased
with his investment. Mr.. thinner
man has some 20 acres ready for crop
and expects to break some sixty acres
more next spring. He reports land
values as rising rapidly and says that
the demand for land will be greater
than ever next spring.
Mr. E. l. P. Staede of Mankato was
in town Monday, on business and in
cidentally let people know that the
county seat town had taken on new
life, that the coming year promised a
large number of important improve
ments, including several substantial
structures on North Front street. Mr..
Staede is certainly loyal to his home
town in saying a good word for its
advancement, whenever opportunity
offers.
During the high wind on Sunday
morning, the residence of Mrs. Krugel
of Sterling township was burned to
the ground. The fire was caused by a
defective chimney and was under
good Roadway when discovered. The
house was a comfortable one of good
size and was occupied by VIM. Tin
gler and family and Mrs. Krugel. For
tunately help was at hand and nearly
everything was removed from the
burning structure, with the exception
of small amount of clothing. The
exciting event of the occasion was the
attempt of Grandma Krugel to rush
into the burning building to secure
500, which she supposed had been left
in the inside. A gentleman who had
been assisting in removing the goods,
caught the lady as she started to enter
the building and kept her from run
ming to certain death. Later the
money was discovered in some of the
goods which had been removed.
At the regular meeting of the
council on Monday evening the first
matter taken up was the opening of
the bids for the proposed sewer alon
Main and Second streets. The repre-
sentatives of several sewer construc-
tion firms were present in person. The
bids were as follows: John Mccall,
Mankato, $6, 904; James Kennedy,
Fargo, N. D., $1,000; A. l.. Jones &
Co., Canton, S. D., So, 027 E. l. P.
Staede, Mankato, So, 99S. In addition
to these, figures were submitted by
some of the bidders for house connec-
lions. The specifications call for the
construction of 800 feet of 6 inch pipe,
531 feet of inch pipe, 444 feet of 10
inch pipe, 1888 feet of 10 inch pipe, $50
feet of Is inch pipe, $50 feet of IS inch
pipe, 273 feet of 20 inch pipe and t.,
526 feet of "a inch pipe and 700 feet
of open ditch and retaining wall at
outlet, besides man-holes, catch
basins, etc. The figures are consider
able higher than the engineer esti-
mate, but some of this difference is &C
counted for in the fact that the engi-
neer's estimate omitted the pipe on one
block of the Main street sewer.