The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-03-14
PROTEST
First Warders Do Not Want
Pest House.
Police Station Will be RemodeIed---A
$4,000 Claim Put ln---0ther
Business.

Inc city council held an unusually
important and busy session last night.
The lobby was filled with spectators,
most of whom were interested in the
Broad street paving matter or the
lighting problem. The action on these
two matters is given elsewhere in this
issue.
A petition signed by fifteen persons
was received, asking that Dukes
second addition be placed within the
district where the herding of cattle is
prohibited.
1t was referred to the committee on
ordinances to report at the next meet
ing.
Forty petitioners asked for an arc
light at the corner of Madison avenue
and Fifth street. The light was Or
dered placed there, to supersede an in
candescent.
A claim for So, 900 damages was re-
ceived from Anthony B. Murphy, who
said that he had slipped on an icy
walk in front of the Exile building on
Jackson street on Feb. 4th and broken
his arm. 1t was referred to the COM
mittee on claims and accounts.
The Laird Norton Co. asked that
the Milwaukee road be granted per-
mission to extend a sidetrack along
Pike street to the new location of the
lumber company. A. R. Pau Jr.,
appeared for the road and presented
an ordinance granting the request.
The matter was referred to the street
committee and city engineer.
A protest was received from people
living in the neighborhood of Tour
tellotte hospital against that building
being used as quarantine hospital,
and asking that the patients be remov-
ed to some other locality. 1t was
signed by some 200 persons.
81. L. Schmitt appeared for the
signers and said that they have enough
nuisances already in the packing
house, gas works, animal cemetery
and sheep sheds, without a pest house.
There was no saver, making the
place unfit even for ordinary hospital
, purposes. Germs are apt to be spread
from Stops thrown out.
The mayor called on the health
officer for statement, and DR.. Hiel-
scher said that he had taken the build
ing when the small pox broke out as
, !, it was the most available place. He
had tried for three years to have the
council get building for the purpose,
I but neither the health committee nor
health board had been able to get
such place. There is no danger to
the adjacent residents The Infection
can only be carried three to five feet,
whereas the nearest house is half
blockaway. No one but himself en-
tiers or leaves the building. The sun
light and air kill the germs in the
Stops that are thrown out. Any other
place would be satisfactory to him.
Mayor Petersen said that the only
s way left to do would be to buy
farm and place a pest house in the
center of it, The emergency was only
temporary, however. The matter was
. referred to the committee on health.
> Official notice was received from the
J. clerk of the district court of the con-
s viction of Louis Lille and Alex Peter
son of keeping open on the Sabbath
day. 1t was placed on file. This will
prevent them from taking out licenses
9 in their own name next year.
o The following bids on remodeling
q the police station according to plans
prepared by Architect Gerlach were
q received: R. Hughes, 1929; Bishman
% & Carlson, 1910; John Dahlen, $1SS.
The bids were referred to the COM
l. mittee on city property with power to
u act.
es The street committee reported
d favorably upon the grading of Spring
1. street from Willow to the alley, and
r the alley to the knitting mill, the
l. work to be done by the mill company
n without expense to the city. This
3, was adopted, the work to be done un-
N der the direction of the city engineer.
3, The committee on fire department
es reported favorably upon the petition
'e for extending the fire limits to in
If cIude the mill district. This was
l. adopted, and an ordinance to carry it
n into effect was passed under suspen-
IS sion of rules.
:. The water works committee report
D ed in favor of extending the water.
rt mains on Sixth street from Main tc
|. Washington. The report was adopted.
le Chief Bowen reported ten arrests and
le forty seven dodgers during February
Is A number of lights were reported
&c out during February.
l, A cross walk was ordered put in al
D. the corner of Fifth and Lafayette
IS streets.
Of Complaint was made of the muddy
q. condition of Fourth street crosswalks,
and Engineer Thompson promised tc
~ have them cleaned.
l. The bills were allowed, including
street payroll of 1851, water works
repairs $37. SO, and parks $20.25.