The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-01-30
FOR SICK PEOPLE.
City Will Prepare a Quaran-
tine Station.
The Buildings on City Property Near
TourteIlotte Hospital to
Be Used.

The council held a special meeting
Saturday night to consider the matter
of quarantine hospital and any other
matters that might come up. The neces-
sity for some place where smallpox pa
tients may be taken and cared for has
long been felt, and several efforts have
been made to rent or buy buildings, but
the people in the neighborhood have al
ways objected so strongly that the pro-
ject had to be given up. While no out
break of smallpox threatens at present,
still it is the desire of the health officer
to be prepared for any emergency.
Mayor Petersen in calling the meeting
to order, said that the city is IN the
same boat that it has been in the past,
with no place to put contagious cases.
The health officer has been looking
around and has hit upon a practical So
luton of the question. Something
ought to be done, said the mayor.
Recorder Hodapp read the notice from
the Tourtellotte heirs, calling upon the
city to at once give up possession OF
Tourtellotte hospital.
Health Officer Hielscher said that the
one patient there will be out the middle
of this week. If any more cases occur,
there will be no place to take them. He
proposed that the city remodel the build
ings on the half block to the rear of
Tourtellotte hospital and use them as a
temporary or permanent quarantine hos
pital These buildings include a nice
house, barn and several other buildings.
Aid. Taylor enquired whether the city
owns the buildings.
Aid. Eichstaedt replied that the city
at least owns the ice house.
President Porter stated that the city
still owns the westerly half of the block
and the buildings thereon, only the east
erly half having been decided to the
Tourtellotte heirs.
Aid. Wilcox asked whether the build
ings We're large enough for quarantine
station.
Ernest Mahlke, the carpenter, stated
that he had taken measurements, and
the barn is l6 by 20, eight feet high; the
ice house is 20 by 20, twelve feet high;
and the buggy shed is l6 by "a. They
are good, substantial, frome buildings,
sheeted up with good drop siding, well
painted.
Aid. Heinze' said that there was little
time to act, and ne understood that tenn
porary quarantine quarters can be pre-
pared at little expense. He moved that
the health officer 60 ahead and have the
necessary improvement made.
Aid Deebach objected to the location,
as he said the people of his ward would
be up in arms at having the quarantine
hospital in that ward.
AID Heinze said that it was only in
tended to use the place temporarily.
The motion was carried, Aid. Deebach
voting "no."
Aid. Heinze brought up the matter of
teamsters' licenses being refunded.
City Attorney Daley said that he had
told the teamsters to put in bills to the
city council for the refunding of their
license money, as this was the under
standing with the council.
City Attorney Daley said that he had
prepared an ordinance replacing the scav-
enger's license ordinance, as it was not
enforced, only one man having taken out
license and he having received no bene-
fit.
The ordinance was referred to the
committee on ordinances.
Aid Heinze said that he hoped that
the committee would report favor
ably, as the ordinance was good one
Mr.. Daley said that the health Of
ficer did not care to have the ordinance
retained.
There being no further business, the
council adjourned.