The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-01-22

building permits to be taken out, not
merely for structures to be put up in the
fire limits, as heretofore, but outside of
the fire limits as well. Permits are to be
taken out for building, altering or re-
pairing any edifice large or small and the
city engineer is to report at each meet
ing of the council the number of permits
issued between that and the previous
meeting and all about these permits.
Failure to comply with the terms of this
ordinance is made punishable by a maxi
mum fine of $25 OF a maximum of fiji
teen days in the county Jail.
Helps the Bond Fund.
President Porter of the board of pub
lie works read out to the council the
water report that was published in last
nights Free Press, showing a fine sur
plus of more than $4,000 for the past
year besides all the benefits that the
city has enjoyed free. At the sugges-
ton of Mr.. Porter the sum of $4,000
was ordered taken out of the water
works fund and invested on deposit at
four per cent interest to redeem the
water bonds that will become due in the
year 1905 This makes $4,000 that have
been invested by the city in this way
for this purpose, the other $4,000 having
been put in year ago. Mr.. Porter said
that if the city would follow up this
plan each year, putting by $4,000 to
pay up the bonds in the year 1908, by
that time the bonds amounting to $780,
600 could all be redeemed from the earn
ings of the water works. Besides this
the city would save about thousand
dollars in interest. Then the water
works would be free from debt and the
city could let the people have the water
at lower rate.
Mayor Taylor announced the appoint
ment of A. M. Reilly as police officer,
to succeed the late James Kelly. The
appointment was confirmed.
A petition for light on Byron street
between Pleasant and Shaubut and for
the change in location of light in the
same neighborhood, so as to get it up
from the foliage and further into the
middle of the street, was referred to the
committee on lighting.
Aid. Schroeder presented a request for
a light on Fifth street in front of the
normal school, dangerous place in the
dark This matter, too, was referred to
the committee on lighting.
Park Superintendent Blake requested
that new sprinkling tank for the parks
be brought from Kleinschmidt Bros. The
old tank was so rotted out that it could
be patched no longer. The request was
granted and the matter left in the
hands of Mr.. Blake.
Aid. Jorgensen reported that numer-
Gus complaints had been heard with re-
gard to a dangerous cut-out in the side
walk on Liberty street opposite Sherk's
barn. When the ground was icy the
pedestrian was liable to fall and receive
serious injury. The matter was left to
the board of public works.
A desk that had been left by Judge
Shissler in the city hall and which was
greatly needed there, the council decided
to buy. A warrant for SIP to pay for
the same was ordered drawn in favor of
Mrs. Shissler.
Aid. Jorgensen remarked that the city
had been spending great deal of money
and it was necessary to economize wher-
ever possible. He wanted to know whe
ther too much money had not been spent
during the month of December in light
ing the central fire station. This had
cost about $22 while the expense of light
ing the city hall for the same month
came to only about SIC.
AID Kleinschmidt remarked that the
fire station must have light and that
no more had been spent here in his
opinion than was absolutely necessary.
The other aldermen appeared of pretty
much the same opinion.
AID Schroeder recommended the pay
ment of three certificates of Indebtedness
against the city, the first for 81 ,275 issu-
ed on account of sewer work by John
Mccall, the second for $34.90 on account
of sidewalk service by Fowler & Pay
and the third for $24 on account of
sidewalk constructed by the Mankato
Sidewalk company.
Among the other bills allowed were the
following: Pay rolls, streets, $S0.03;
water works repairs, $59.l2; total,
$l39.l5; Hooking Coal company, coal,
$45 so; Milwaukee Railway company,
$3.50; G. w. Monks, grading Poplar
street, 100000; Mankato Gas & Electric
Light company, $50 80; James Harper,
safe, $4,000.
QUITE A SAVING.