The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-07-03
Council Decides on Remote Location,
and Will Erect Building.
Place Selected May Be Better for
Good Than Poor Swimmers.
Liberty Street Extension, Pike Street
Improvement, Other Matters.
Star Chamber Session Held TO Talk
Over Lighting Question.
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
The council held another meeting last
night, the third in eight days. Most OF
the time was spent In talk, and not a
great deal was accomplished. This com-
eli is much more "chesty" than the last
two councils, and it takes several times
as long for it to transact the same
amount of business.
The bath house proposition came up
again, and Aid. Plymat's eloquence sue
ceeded in bringing the other aldermen
over to his way of thinking, as it has
done on other occasions. Though wish
ing a more central location and one not
SC dangerous to inexperienced swimmers
and little folks, the other five aldermen
finally surrendered their own views and
voted unanimously in favor of Aid.
Plymat's proposal to locate the house on
the Burmeister property, which is some
distance from the park as well as from
the center of the city, and, it is feared,
too far away to meet the popular de-
mand.
The council also took steps to improve
the condition of things on Pike street,
so far as travelling is concerned, and dis
cussed the advisability of narrowing the
extension of Liberty street so as to avoid
a jog at Front street. A large part of
the evening was devoted to star cham
Der session, at which the mayor and al
dermen were closeted with w. l Gray
an electric light works contractor and
the maker of the plans for municipal
plant adopted last winter. The report
ers were carefully excluded.
The liquor license applications of Fred
Leas, Frank Veigel, NJ. Mettler, j. w.
LOrentz, c. R. Gpth and NJ. G. Lamm
were received, and were granted and the
bonds approved, provided that the sa-
loonkeepers pay the expense of the spec
jal meeting. 1t will be noticed that those
recently convicted in the district court
applied in other peoples names.
Several bills were allowed, including
S45 for labor on a culvert.
AID. Plymat brought up the matter
of the railroad track ON Pike street
He said that he had talked with Road
master Hines about the matter. The
Milwaukee road is cutting into Pike
street with switches, and it is practically
ruined and always will be unless some
change is made. He suggested that the
main track be removed from the center of
the street and that the city give the road
the easterly twenty feet of the street
which would leave street sixty feet
wide The railroad companies own all
of the land east of the street where the
track is in the center of the street. He
moved that the mayor take the matter
uE Will tic see WuctHcI Tie
road will give up the eight feet in the
center of the street and take twenty feet
on the easterly side of the street. The
road could then put in as many switches
as it wished to. The motion was carried.
Width of Liberty Street.
Aid, Kleinschmidt said that he felt
that the Liberty street extension west
OF Front street should be made fifty feet
wide As there would be jog with a
sixty-six foot street it would look bad.
Thos A. Sherk said that he had no
objection to this, but that Louis Lille
would object seriously. Aid. Klein
schmidt said that the last council had
paid $I,l00 out of the city treasury to
get the land to open the ctreet. This was
not assessed against the property. If
any other part of the city wants street
the property owners have to pay. for it.
The council was extremely liberal to-
ward these people.
Aid. Mckinley said that he understood