The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-03-08
TO FILL A WANT.
Negotiations With Col. TOurtel.
Iotte's Heirs to be Opened.
The Council Seeks to Secure Quaran
tine Hospital .sHealth Matters at
Last Nights Meeting.

Mayor Currier presided and all OF
the aldermen were present at Friday
nights meeting of the council A good
deal of business. was transacted besides
that relating to the purchase of site
for the public library, an account OF
which appears in another column.
Health matters were considered at
some length, and move was started,
looking to acquiring the consent of the
heirs of the late Col. Tourtellotte to
use the hospital which he presented to
the city some years ago as quaran
tine hospital when SO needed The
terms of the bequest do not permit
this use of the property.
The matter came up when Mayor
Currier urged that detention hospi-
tai be provided. He considered this as
very important, now that there are
several cases of contagious disease in
the city.
Aid. Leonard of the health commit
tee said that the committee had been
endeavoring for two years to get a
building, but wherever it goes there is
opposition. The McMahaR house can
be secured and has already been fixed
up so that it is habitable.
Mayor Currier said that this house
has no sewerage which was very i'm
portant
Aid. Leonard asked where a house
with sewerage can be found, 800 feet
from any other house.
Aid Jordan thought that the Nc
Mahan house is all right. Health Off
Ger Holbrook asked him how he would
like to be taken there if he was sick.
Aid. Jordan replied that he would
rather be taken there than to Jail
This led to the airing of the manner
in which the Jail is being quaran-
tined. Aid. Jordan did not think the
quarantine there strict enough, and
spoke Of smallpox being scattered from
there.
DR.. Holbrook said that all is being
done that is allowed by law. 1t is not
permissible to quarantine the Jail
part, so the upstairs is quarantined
and the members of the sheriff S family
who are on the second floor are placed
on their honor to remain there.
After some further discussion Health
Officer Holbrook inquired why NOV e
could not be made to secure the con-
sent of the Tourtellotte heirs to the use
of the hospital for an quarantine hos
pitai
Aid. Taylor favored this, and Aid.
Meyer moved that the trustees CORES
pond with the heirs to this end
Mayor Currier favored using the
hospital for this purpose.
The motion was carried.
Aid. Taylor referred to the talk
about Tourtellotte hospital being closed
and said that one room in the hospital
is kept warm and a man sleeps there
to take care of the property in winter.
1t is almost impossible to heat the
building, the castings are so shrunken
that snow almost blows in. The city has
expended 81. 30 during the year of the
500 allowed. With the money allowed,
the building cannot be repaired, but
the Sisters expect to move back again
in the spring.
Mayor Currier said that he hoped
that something could be done to keep
this hospital open.
DIR. Holbrook called attention to the
garbage gathering, and the dump by
the Milwaukee depot, which he said
was in bad shape.
Aid. Taylor moved that the city re-
corder advertise for bids for garbage
gathering, to cover a period of seven
months from April 10Th to Nov. 10Th.
There were many complaints last year,
and he favored having it done better
this year. The motion was carried
Mayor Currier said that member
of the Ladies Relief society had called
his attention to the fact that forty
children are out of school because their
parents cannot afford to have them
vaccinated. He asked the city attor-
ney what he thought of the matter.
Mr.. Daley said that he did not think
that the city is authorized to spend
money for such purpose.
Aid. Jordan said that the children
ought to be in school, the expense of
vaccination would not be over $50, and
he would favor making the appropri-
alton if it can be done legally.
The mayor said that the county physi-
clan claims that it is not his duty to
vaccinate these children, as they are
not sick.
Other Business.
The judges of election were appoint
ed, as published yesterday the lists
furnished by the various city commit
tees being approved. The polling
places were also designated.
- B. c. Taylor appeared on behalf of
g. E. Griffith, who applied for an auc-
tioneer's license month ago. The
committee on licenses had done moth
ing, said Mr.. Taylor. their policy be-
ing to ignore the application. He
asked the council to act one way or