The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-09-05
STREET LIGHTING.
Council Looks Into "a New
System Of Lights.
Auctioneer's License Granted to S. S,
Leyy.-PoIling Places Were
Designated.

4ue COUNCIL at It's speclaI meetlns
Saturday night took up the matte
OF lighting the streets when the con
tract with the Mankato Gas and Elec
trio Light company expires tive
months hence. The following letter
from the American Development com
pany of Chicago, contractors for street
lighting, was read - III 7arErEv-g
st. Paul, Mimi, Aug. 80, 1909. Mr..
Henry +. Leonard, Chairman, City
Lighting Committee, Mankato, MINI.
Dear Sir: Having been informed
that your contract for street lighting
expires about Nov. 1st next, and that
the subject of street lighting is now
being considered, we would most re-
specially call your attention to our
system of gas and naphtha incandes-
cent lighting. .---...------
Our systems are adaptable for light
ing streets irrespective of gas mains
or electric lights. and can be used
anywhere, erected on short notice and
are in every way modern and up to
date street light. - =
Our lamps are very extensively used
IN all the largest American cities.
They furnish a light of from 60 to
1OO-candle- power each and are abso-
lutely reliable and efficient in any
climate and all seasons of the year.
We are now lighting 2, 500 gas lamps
in the city of st. Paul, about 5, 900
naphtha lamps in the city of Chicago,
all the parks in the city of Milwau-
kee, 1900 lamps in the city of Wash
ington, D. c., and many other places
We furnish the entire plant, free of
expense to the municipality, retaining
ownership of same, charging only for
light furnished at moderate COM
pensation, gagged entirely by the
number of lamps and the schedule
employed.
We use nothing but substantial and
ornamental iron posts and lanterns of
beautiful design as shown by enclosed
cut. Our vast facilities for manufac-
turing these lamps enables us to as
sumo contracts of any magnitude on
very short notice
We are fully aware of the fact that
your city is at present using nothing
but electric light, but should never
theless respectfully request an oppor-
tunity when the proper time presents
itself, of entering the field as a COM
petitor for the lighting Of your city,
feeling fully assured that we will be |
able to demonstrate in practical way
by an exhibit of our system upon your
streets, which we are willing to !
make, free of expense to your city |
that our system is all we claim for it
and Is in every way q practical and |
economical street light. -HE
Desiring to be advised when you are |,
ready to receive bids, and also request.
ing the opportunity to make an exhi-
bit as outlined above at an early date,
we remain, . ...- -
Very respectfully yours
AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT COM
PANY, ... .--.......
Robert Seeger, President.
Alderman Taylor thought that it
would be we'll to look into the matter
and correspond with the firm. |
The committee on lighting was in
structed to correspond with the COM
pany and secure prices and an exhibit
of the light on the streets.
License Granted.
Not a single merchant was present
at the meeting and the lobby was al
most deserted. A lengthy petition
asking that the council appeal the
auctioneer's license case had been
handed to the city recorder, but a
message from the Merchants Protec-
tive association directed him to turn
it over to the city attorney, who
should use his discretion about pre-
senting it. The attorney kept it in
his pocket. cha sT#E.#Zl II
Alderman Heinze brought the matter
up during the meeting, saying that
the district court had commanded the
council to grant the license. He moved
that license be granted to Samuel s.
Levy for two months from Sept. Sd,
upon the payment of $40 into the city
treasury. ...o. '......... s--"I'
Alderman Deebach said that he had
always opposed granting auctioneer
licenses to outside parties but the
Judge had required that the council
grant the license and there was moth
ing else to do, unless an appeal was
to be taken. ''We have judge" said
the alderman, ''who is down on the
~
council. He runs the city and there is
not much use of having council. 1t
had better quit and let him run the
city.
The motion was carried unanim-
ously.
The bills of costs, amounting to
about $50, was voted to be paid out of
the city treasury. Il
Election Arrangements.
The following were designated as
polling places for the coming primary
and general elections: ~
First ward, Dukes addition hose
house II
Second ward, sos North Front street.
Third ward, city hall.
Fourth ward, 42S South Front street
Fifth ward, sol South Front street.
Sixth ward, hose house, Hubbell's
addition. ttaG E Eggg
A resolution was adopted, appoint
ing the judges of election, as present
ed by the committees of the different
political parties. iH.i5
City Attorney Daley asked the
street committee to look into the mat
ter of locating the alley back of J. M.
Broome's property near Byron and
Fulton streets. The matter was re-
ferred to the committee.
The board of public works reported
favorably upon the petition for the