The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-11-13
Fewer Lights Wanted.

ready considered it, but hesitated on
the ground of expense.
Fewer Lights Wanted.
A communication was received from
the Business Mems association, urging
the council not to have more than one
hundred arc lights placed, on the ground
of expense. 1t was placed on file
A petition for grading an alley in
block 81 to Liberty street was referred
to the street committee.
c. NJ. Henderson presented a claim for
the loss of his horse by
drowning ON Mound avenue Sept. 18th.
1t was referred to the committee on
claims and accounts and the city attor-
ney.
Claims for damage by the flooding
of their easements Oct 9th were receiv-
ed from Walter Thackery for $50, and
Odjard & knott for $l,OS3. These, as
well as the $500 claim of Henry Geiseke
for damage from the flooding of his base
ment by the bursting of his sewer, were
placed on file.
The committee on claims and accounts
reported a deduction of $76.9S from the
two last monthly lighting bills of the
American Development company. These
bills are for $7297O and $754.O2.
The fire department committee report
ed that the repairs to the fire alarm sys-
tenn have been completed.
The board of public works was in
structed to have the walks on the Min
nesota river bridge temporarily repaired.
City Acquires Property.
City Attorney Daily said that the city
had acquired title to eleven lots through
neglect of the owners to pay special as
sessments, and on motion of AID Klein
schmidt the city treasurer was directed
to advertise for sale all lots that the
city has secured through unpaid assess
ments.
President Porter said that next spring
the driveway on the Minnesota river
bridge will have to be replanked.
Chief Donahue reported twenty ar
rests and twenty-seven dodgers during
October.
The board of public works was au-
thorized to lay stone crossing over an
alley on Baker avenue between West
Eighth street and West Ninth street.
Aid. Jorgenson asked whether the
council was not going to notify the Man
kato Gas and Electric Light company not
to put up as many lights as expected.
A recess was taken to talk the matter
over, after which Aid Kleinschmidt NOV
ed that the council meet with Supt.
Brown at 10 a. m. today. Aid. Jorgen-
son wanted to amend this by starting
with one hundred lights, owing to the
condition of the treasury. The mer-
chants, who are heavy tax payers, are
united, he said, in the demand that the
council be careful in its expenditures.
Aid. Kleinschmidt's motion was carried.
A building permit to the Standard
Lumber Co. for the erection of one
story addition, 6 by 26 feet, frame,
covered with sheet iron, was reported.
Treasury Goes Bump.
The bills were allowed, including a
total pay roll of $l,333.46. The bills
footed up to $7,6s6, which is more money
than there is in the treasury. Of this
sum, $3.50 is for local improvements,
and certificates of Indebtedness will be
issued. After the other bills have been
paid, there will remain but $500 in the
city treasury.
The city is still sup against it,, finan-
cially. Aside from few thousand dol
lars that will come in from the Novem-
Der settlement and liquor licenses, there
is nothing to run the city with until the