The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-05-22
new CHIEF OF POLICE
The Appointment Of John Donahue
Made and Confirmed.
Milwaukee Road Granted Permission
to Move Freight Depot.
II Will Open and Pave Street From
Hickory to Jackson.
Cherry Street to Be Curbed and Gut
tered for Two Blocks.

From Saturdays Daily.
The council put in a busy evening at
last nights regular meeting.
Mayor Taylor announced the appoint
ment of John Donahue chief of police
and Al Dickson health inspector and
they were approved.
Mr.. Donahue'e bond for $1,000, with
II. Zimmerman Jr and G. H. Hoerr as
smeties, was approved.
Bids for the steel file cases for the
city recorders vault were opened Only
one bid was received, being $66253 from
Geo. H. Barnard & Co. of ST. Paul, for
the north side of the vault. The matter
was referred ito the committee on city
property to report at the next meeting.
A petition was received from property
owners on Cherry street between Second
and Broad streets asking that the drive
way in that block be narrowed to thirty
feet to correspond with Broad street.
II was referred to the board of public
works to make the change.
A petition for a sidewalk on Hub
bell avenue was received and referred to
the street committee.
a petition was received, asking that
part of the new Bunker hill road in Sec
ton Is be vacated and another one laid
out. 1t is desired to change the road to
the ravine. The petition had sixty
signatures. 1t was referred to the
street committee and city engineer.
A communication was received from
the Mankato Citizens Telephone Com
pany protesting against the granting
of the petition to donate part of an alley
to John NJ. Broome. 1t was referred to
the street committee, which has the
Broome petition.
Hager & Harnish, at 625 South Front
street, were granted liquor license. A
temporary surety bond was approved
A claim from Blue Earth county for
Sl75 for election expenses was referred
to the city attorney to report upon later.
Street Improvements.
The street committee reported favor
ably upon the petition for the grading
OF Florence street, and the matter was
referred to the board of public works to
report an estimate of the cost, etc.
The board of public works was in
structed to put in culvert on the east
side of Bradley street across Grace
street and clean out the gutter, on
motion of Aid. Kleinschmidt This will
remedy the condition of affairs COM
planned of Monday night by c. L. Bene-
dict.
AID. Plymat moved that $50 be appro-
priated for the drainage and other i'm
Provement of Thompson street, to be
expended under the direction of AID
Mckinley and City Engineer Thomp-
son. 1t was carried.
The report of the chief of the fire de-
partment was presented, and the print
ing committee was directed to have 200
copies printed in pamphlet form.
a 60 C. p. light was ordered placed at
the corner of Woodland avenue and
Blue Earth street.
The committee on sewers reported that
it had agreed to settle the assessment
for sewers on Broad street from Rock
to Vine streets on the basis of receiving
$50 &C foot lot, or $3.50 in ALL The
city attorney was authorized to make
the settlement for $3.50.
AID. Kleinschmidt said that the storm
sewer should be extended from Broad to
Fourth streets on Mulberry and then
two blocks along Fourth street from
Mulberry to Walnut. This was neces-
sary in order to keep the mud off of
Broad street and prevent easements be-
ing flooded. 1t was referred to- the
street committee and city engineer.
Fire Limits Extended.
The committee on ordinances presented
an ordinance extending the fire limits
forty feet east from the alley between