The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-01-23
Tho council proceedings follow:

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letter was received from ii. Z.
Whitehead saying that his eight acres
in the slough are not for sale. A letter
from 4 R. Pau Sr. said that his four
acres there are not for sale, but that ne
would sell them at $3.50 an acre, except
a half, acre on the bank,proVided that the
land could be recovered by him if the
lake proved failure, as he thought it
would. The letters were placed on file.
A letter jogging the council up about
q city scales was received from Jay Henry
Long of tn Merchants Protective assocl-
alton. The committee was touched up
for pigeon-holing the matter.
Aid. Eichstaedt stated that the COM
mittee had considered the matter several
times and had thought it an expensive
thing for the city, which has little
money. Winter is not good time to put
in scales and it recommended that the
matter be laid over until next summer.
1t would cost 500 to put in scales and
build an office for the weigher. The re-
port was adopted.
BIT. Monson appeared before the coun-
ell and asked that the city furnish hall
for the meeting of the state grocers' as
ISOLATION Feb. II to 10. There would be
400 grocers and merchants present from
outside of the city. The grocers of the
CITY are standing all other expenses. The
matter was referred to the committee on
city property to see what hall can be
obtained.
Aid. Leonard moved that the matter OF
opening up Jackson street be referred TO
the board of public works for an estimate
of the cost, to report at the next meet
ing. The motion was carried.
Aid. Taylor said that water pipe is
cheaper in winter than later in the sea-
son. and moved that the board OF public
works correspond with the houses hand
ling the pipe to ascertain the price. This
was carried.
AID Leonard reported for the commit
tee on lights, recommending that new
lights of 60 candle power be placed at
the corner of Marshall and Lewis streets,
Locke and Bradley, on Bunker hill near
Mr. Swenson's house, on Front street OPP
posite Neil Cooks lumber yard, at the
foot of Hickory street, on Pike between
the Milwaukee and Omaha depots, at the
corner of Hanover and Pearl streets,
Swiss and Rhine, Fifth and Franklin,
Sixth and Plum, Second street and Madi-
son avenue Second and Franklin streets,
Maxfeld street and Third avenue, and
Hubbell and West Second streets. The
lights were ordered placed.
The committee on lighting reported
that it had settled the December lighting
bill by deducting S25 from it. This was
approved.
The committe on ordinances introduced
a new auctioneer's license ordinance. The
fee is made a dollar day, licenses to be
granted for not to exceed one week at
time.
President Proter presented the annual
report of the water department of the
city, and it was adopted and placed on
fiIe
President Porter suggested for the
board of public works that the city
treasurer take $4,000 and pay that
amount of water bonds that are due May
LIST, 1908, if presented by March 1st.
These bonds foot up $4,000 and bear five
per cent interest. If no bonds are offer
ed, the city should lay aside $1,000 a
year, and invest it in certificates of de-
post, so as to draw three per cent in
terest. When the bonds come due, there
will be enough money to pay them off.
If the present council makes start,
;other councils will have to keep it up.
Aids. Deebach and Taylor thought the
suggestion very good one and that it
should be carried out. Aid. Taylor
moved that the city treasurer be in
structed to invest $4,000 of the deposit
in the banks in case none of the bond
holders are willing to dispose of their
bonds by march lst. This was carried.
Aid. Leonard moved that the police be
instructed to report all street lights out
each morning, and this was carried.
AID Heinze moved that the treasurer
be instructed to transfer 5000 from the
interest fund to the current fund and
$500 from the waterworks fund to the
road fund He said that the city was at
present sup against it," but that it was
hoped that there would soon be money to
reimburse the funds borrowed from. Two
saloons that were depended on for