The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-07-10
Costs $375, but Will Soon Save the
City 500 Year.
Waterworks Committee Favors Adop.
ton Of Meter System.
Board OF Public. Works Estimates Cost
of Grading Poplar Street So, 900.
From Mondays Daily.

Importance.
Vice President Plymat presided for /;
short time at the opening of the session
A petition was received, asking tha
Fairfield avenue be widened from 25 t.
80 feet. 1t was referred to the stree
committee.
Residents of Ann street from ThirC
to Fourth protested against the construc
ton of sidewalks in that block, and A
L. Wakefield spoke for the signers Of
the protest.
Aid. Mckinley said that he would be
perfectly willing to let the property own.
ers off for this year if they will put down
good cinder walk, as there is much
travel to the store. He desired delay
until he could investigate.
The matter was referred to Aid Nc
KinIey, to report at the next meeting.
A claim for $35 damages was received
from P. Ritter, who said that the food
ing of his basement and garden on West
Rock street had injured him to that ex-
tent. The matter was referred to Aid
Kleinschmidt to investigate.
The street committee recommended
that the width of the extension of Lib
erty street be established at fifty feet.
and this was adopted. The board of pub
lie works was instructed to prepare res
olution to carry this into effect.
The council voted to hold an adjourned
meeting next Friday night, to consider
the profile of Fifth street and other bust
ness.
The council refused to reconsider its
action condemning the sidewalks of
several gentlemen who did not wish to
build new walks this year.
The street committee was instructed
to investigate the condition of James
avenue and report at the next meeting,
on motion of Aid. Plymat, who said that
the street was in very bad condition.
Similar action was taken in regard to
the Bunker hill road fran Highland park
to the city limits, on motion of AID
Coy.
Aid. Plymat said that NJ. o. Sundt
wishes something done to protect him and
his neighbors on South Front street from
the overlooking of the gutter due to toe
small a storm sewer.
President Porter said that if there was
any way to stop businessmen from
throwing things into the gutter there
would be no trouble. The sewer is
large enough, but the opening at Warren
creek can be enlarged, if necessary.
The board of public works was in
structed to make the openings large
enough to carry off both water and gar
bage, on motion of Aid. Plymat.
The matter of repairing Franklin
street between Fourth and Fifth streets
was referred to the board of public
works.
Aid. Schroeder reported against the
vacation of the east end of Walnut
street, and the council voted to deny the
prayer of the petitioners.
Jas. c. Moore presented plat of the
Milwaukee railway yards and said that
his roads officials want the council tc
make them a proposition in regard tc
exchanging the right of way on Pike
street
Aids. Schroeder and Coy said that the
council should 90 slowly and look tbs
ground over carefully, to see that il
does not fall into some trap.
1t was voted that the council NEE
with the officials of the road and tall
the matter over, on motion of Aid. Klein
schmidt.
AID. Plymat urged that action be takei
at once, as the opportunity should b.
embraced.
Mayor Taylor eounseled caution an'
advised the council to look the groun'
ever. as it was desirable that nothin:
be done that will block out other roads.
AID. Schroeder did not think that
few DAYS delay would make any differ
ence.
Aid. Gov, for the committee on fire de
partment, recommended that a new bat
tery system be adopted for the fire alarr
system. 1t is the storage battery sys
tenn. and costs 1878. 1t can be paid fo
in installments over two years.
Chief Beach spoke in favor of tn
change. Minneapolis has the new sys
tenn with 700 cells and the cost of mair
tanning it is only $l5 year. In tn
city. with SO cells, the cost now is owe
800 a year. The storage battery sy'
fem is also in use in the east. 1t wi
paw for itself in three years in savlr
of expense 1t is always in working O
der, while our present system is not.
A proposition from the company W;
received, offering to put in 4o-cell ba
terry for 1915.
The committee on fire department WI
instructed to make the purchase on t
time basis provided it can make arrang
ments with the Mankato Gas and Ele
trio Light Co. to furnish the electricit
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