The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-03-13
Property Owners Agree to Pay $64O
Toward the Cost.
Move to Have Northwestern Telephone
Wires Put Under Ground.
City Charter Completed and Will
Be Distributed.
Council Transacts Little Business
Other Than Routine.

From Saturdays Daily.
The council meeting last night was
attended by all of the aldermen, Mayor
Petersen presiding.
Petitions were received asking that
sewers and water mains be laid on Van
Brunt street from Byron to Carroll
streets, and were referred to the commit
tees on sewers and waterworks respec,
lively.
A petition with ten signers asking that
60 candle power lights be placed at the
corner of Owatonna and West Second
streets and at the west end of Mound
avenue 1t was referred to the commit
tee on lights
A petition for sidewalk on Pleas
ant street across the slough was re-
ceived and referred to the street COM
mittee.
y was ltNGlNCu ilOtIt q
number of South Front street business
men and others, agreeing to pay certain
sums toward the extension and open
inc of Liberty street west to Cum
mings addition NJ A. Sherk & Son
headed the list with $3.50, Geo. W. Monks
and others offered 500, and the total
amount was S640.
Thos. A. Sherk stated that the list was
the work of but one day, and all ON the
list would pay,
The matter was referred to the COM
mittee on streets, the city engineer and
the city attorney to meet with the pro-
perty owners and see what can be done,
and what the cost of the improvement
will be:
j. n. Lang presented bill for $495
for IS pounds of live hogs 1t was re-
ferred to the committe on claims and ac-
counts.
The committee on city property re-
ported that j. A. Lewis & Son offered to
put steel ceiling on the first floor of
the central fire station for $l65, and F.
H. Neubel for $l625O. Joseph Mander-
field will paint it for $780, and Mr.. Blatz-
helm for $685.
The city recorder was instructed tt
obtain bids for doing the work.
The committee on printing reported
that the city charters have been printed.
City Claims Its Own. q
Mayor Petersen stated that there is
$500 of furniture, etc, belonging to the
city in Tourtelotte hospital, which the
city should move out at once and store
somewhere.
Health Officer Hielscher said that there
were so to 40 storm windows and doors
stored there, that the city had bought,
He had taken the best of the furniture to
the new quarantine hospital.
The committee on hospital was in
structed to move the furniture, etc..
forthwith.
The committee on water works report
ed favorably upon the petition for water
mains on Walnut street from Front to
Second streets. The matter was referred
to the board of public works to lay the
mains as early in the spring as possible.
Chief Bowen reported three arrests and
thirty dodgers during February.
City Attorney Daley reported that he
considered it proper for the council to
pay interest on the deferred payments
to contractors. He also reported in
favor of appealing from the action of the
county board gin disallowing some of
the smallpox bills. The report was APP
proved.
Telephone Wire Nuisance.
Aid Heinze said that about twenty
years ago the council granted the North
western Telephone Exchange company
franchise to>erect poles and string wires
in the streets. This company is now
preparing to make change in the man
ner of receiving messages. It's charter
allows the council, when such change
is made, to require that the poles be
taken down and wires placed under
ground.
The recorder read the franchise, which