The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-03-11
Proposition to Lay Watermains to
Bunker Hill Fails.
Bath House Finds a Location on Blue
Earth River.
Daily Free Fress Made Official Paper
Of the City.
From Saturdays Daily.

sion last night, Mayor Taylor presiding
and all of the aldermen present. The
proposition of extending the water
mains to the residents on Bunker hill
was given a set back, owing to the
large expense, and will probably not re-
ceive favorable action at the hands of
the present council A motion directing
that the mains be laid failed to receive
a second. A liquar license was granted
for the opening of saloon on Jackson
street, against the practically unanimous
protest of the property owners. The
bath house was reported moved to con-
venient and safe location on the Blue
Earth river in Sibley park. The ten
dency to multiply the number of street
lights indefinitely was given a check.
The various claims for damages for per-
sonal injuries, presented to the city,
were unfavorably reported upon. The
Daily Free Press was made the official
paper of the city, for the publication
of legal notices, ETC., it being the low
est bidder.
The claim of Katie Schorn for $500
damages by reason of her falling on an
icy walk on North Broad street and
breaking her arm was read and placed
on file.
A petition was received, asking for
two arc lights on East Main street,
above the bluff. One is wanted at Dick
inson street, and the other half way be-
tween there and Fred Craver's store.
1t was referred to the committee on
lights TO report at the next meeting.
Bids for doing the printing for the
ensuing year were opened, as follows:
Free Press Printing Co., 65 cents per
inch for the first insertion and 35 cents
for the second and subsequent insertions.
Daily Review, IS cents and IS cents for
the same, respectively.
The contract was awarded to The
Free Press Printing company, it being
the lowest bidder, and a resolution was
adopted declaring The Mankato Daily
Free Press the official newspaper of
the city for the year beginning April
18th, 1904.
The committee on claims and ac-
accounts reported that it had examined
the places where parties had claimed
to have been injured, and saw no rea-
son for holding the city liable, and there
fore recommended that the claims for
damages of August Ables, Adolph Zeug-
ner, j. G. Mayer and Herman Krummel
be disallowed. The report was adopted.
Aid. Kleinschmidt brought up the mat
ter of grading Liberty street, and Engi-
neer Thompson said that the board of
public works had not been able to find
enough property to pay for doing the
work. President Porter said that it
would be very expensive, and the prop
erty owners might not want the grad
ing done if they knew how much they
would be assessed. The work will cost
S2,4OO. The board will try again to find
enough property to assess, although it
had stretched the assessment out to
cover everyone whom it thought could
possibly be benefited
The majority of the committee on Ii
cense reported favorably upon the APP
plication of j. p Dineen for liquor Ii
cense to conduct saloon on Jackson
street. This was adopted, and AID
Kleinschmidt moved that the license be
granted and the bond approved. This
was carried, four to two, Aids. Coy and
Mckinley voting no and the other al
dermen voting yes. The license commit
tee is composed of Aids. Coy, Roemer
and Jorgenson, and AID Coy did not
agree to the report of the balance of the
committee
The committee on waterworks re-
ing the water mains up Bunker hill
from the corner of Fifth and Warren
street. Aid Coy, who made the report,
moved that the board of public works be
instructed to purchase the necessary
six inch water pipe. This way of Sc
curing water was considered the cheap
est, he said.
Aid. Kleinschmidt said that since the
committee had met, he had heard that
several of the property owners propose
to enjoin the city from laying the
mains, as they do not want to pay the
frontage tax. He wanted the majority
of the property owners to petition for
the extension of the mains up the hill
before taking action.
Aid. Coy said that he thought that
there must be some mistake, as the peo-
pie living up the hillside want the water.
Aid, Mckinley said that he felt the
way AID Kleinschmidt does, in regard
to wanting petition. We would like to
see the property owners have water if
they want it.
There was no second to Aid. Coy's mo-
ton.
The committee on lights recommend
ed that an arc light be placed at the
corner of Van Brunt and Marshall
streets, but motion to order the lights
failed of a second
The committee on parks reported that