The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-08
ACTION DELAYED.
Final Steps on Second Street
Improvement.
The Manner in Which Street Sprinkling
Was Done Last Year Causes
Discussion.

Iu6 COuuCll ulu uOU nave great
deal of business before it Friday night
and adjourned early. Mayor Currier
kept matters moving in a business
like manner. Aids. Meyer and Taylor
were absent.
An application for an auctioneer' S
license was received from E. G.
Griffith and was ref erred to the COM
mittee on licenses
A remonstrance signed by sixty per-
sons was received, protesting against
the locating of a pest house in the
McMahan property or in that vicinity.
1t was referred to the committee on
health.
James Hodson withdrew his appli-
cation for an auctioneer's license and
asked that the $50 which he had paid
the city treasurer for the license be
refunded. The conucil took no action,
considering it to be matter between
Mr.. Hodson and the city treasurer.
A liquor license was granted to
Hid cen & Olson and their bond with
John Nyquist and Herman knott as
sureties was approved.
A liquor license was granted to John
K Gilman and his bond with John j.
Miller and John Doe as sureties was
Aid. Leonard stated that the health
committee has no quarantine hospital
at present and would have to look
further, owing to the remonstrance
against the use of the McMahan house
The committee on taxes reported I'M
favorably upon the request of G. A.
Hultengren for the settlement of his
delinquent special assessments on lot,
that the usual course be fol-
lowed
The lighting committee had no re-
port to offer. Aid. Weed stated that
Aid. Meyer is investigating the mat
ter
Aid. Leonard reported that a bell
has not yet been placed at t he Third
avenue crossing by the G. &. N. W.
road. Gates have been placed at the
Rock and Elm street crossings. 1t was
decided to jog Supt Cantillion's
in regard to the matter in a
way.
Chief Bowen reported thirteen ar
rests and eleven dodgers during Janu-
airy.
The board of public works reported
the bids on the South Second street
improvement, and the award
of the contracts.
The awarding of the grading con-
tract to John Effer was approved, and
it was stated that the cost per lot
would be about $40. 30. There is to be
three inches of Indian lake gravel over
the same amount of river gravel Mr..
Effer's bond for $1,000 with Mic
P etersen and John Trenheuser as sure
ties was presented.
The award Of the contract for the
curbing and guttering to L. T. Jeffer-
son was approved, as was also the con-
tract with johnson & Asplund for
cement curbing.
Judge Porter stated that if any pro-
perty owner wants cement curbing he
must get the council to direct it at the
next meeting.
Aid Jordan thought that the curb
ng should be uniform and that the
council should decide at once what it
wants and settle it. Otherwise, some
people would want stone and others
cement and there would be mixup.
Aid. Weed said that the curbing
cannot be uniform as already some
have put in cement and some stone.
he favored cement but he
would not stand in the way of stone if
the people wanted that.
The bonds and approval of the con-
tracts were left until the next meeting.
The policeman bond of Eberhart
for $500 with D. I. Bowen
and Leo S. Lamm as sureties was ap-
proved.
Aid. Leonard reported that Geo. h.
Hoerr expects to sell the hay market
and that the city will have to get an
other one. The matter was referred to
the committee on markets.
Mayor Currier said that the council
had not paid off any notes recently and
would get out of practice, which
would not be well.
Recorder Williams said that there is
about 5000 or so in the sinking fund
and plenty of money in the current
fund that could be used for the pur
pose of paying notes.
Aid. Jordan favored waiting until
the last meeting of the present coun
Gil and suggested that it do as the for
mer council did, leave the treasury
empty.
The matter was laid over until the
next meeting.
The bills were read and allowed, in
Guiding street pay roll of ST.. The
lighting bill was as follows: City hall
gas $31. 30, central fire station gas
81. 40, public library electricity SO. %,
central fire station electricity 1913. "a,
street lighting 1858. 81, city hall vault
electri city. $3.50
Mayor Currier said that last year
great deal of complaint was made as to