The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-10-14

Dcafd OF puOllc WORKS De instructed u
have the floor properly fixed up for an
armory.
Capt. Day said that he would want
exclusive use of the floor, according to
the state law, and would like the use
of room on the second floor for storage
of uniforms While the room would be
smaller than under other propositions, it
would be saving to the city.
The motion was carried. 1t was stat
ed that storage closets could be made in
the corners of the hall, without inter
fering with drill room.
Water For Hills.
Aid. Coy said that the efforts of the
park superintendent to get water in
Highland park have been unsuccessful.
Windmiller Bros. offer to guarantee to
put down well and get flow of water
at the first level. By putting a little
engine there the city will get sufficient
water to supply the residents of the
hills and leave some for the rest of the
city, besides. He moved that a con-
tract be entered into with Windmiller
Brothers to put down a WELL
Mayor Taylor asked whether there
was any limit to the cost He said that
well had been put down there once
that had cost a lot of money.
Park Superintendent Blake said that
Windmiller Brothers will guarantee a
good supply of water at $l.75 foot.
The depth will be about $50 feet. This
would mean $437, but he did not know
whether this included casing. The water
is expected to come to seventy feet be-
low the surface.
AID Coy said that Windmiller Bros
will put on big pump and pump for
a certain length of time as guaranty.
Mayor Taylor suggested that other
well diggers also be communicated
with, as the matter is apt to lead to a
good deal of expense.
Aid. Coy was opposed to further de-
lay, as he did not like to see the mat
ter put off as it has been. All that
this section has secured thus far in
the last year or two is a new side
walk.
Aid. Kleinschmidt favored further in
vestigation, to learn about the casing
how high well it is proposed to put
down, and whether the water is to come
200 feet from the surface. In the lat
ter case the well would not do anybody
much good, he thought.
The council voted to refer the matter
to the water works committee to make
a full investigation.
Driving Clubs Rights.
City Attorney Daley presented a res.
olutiOn, at the request of the Mankato
Driving club, giving the club the ex.
elusive right to use the track and
judges stand during the races one day
a week. Some other people have beer
cutting in and interfering with the
races. He thought that it was a rea.
sonable regulation of the use of the
track, and lawful.
The resolution was adopted unani
mously.
Park Superintendent Blake said that
the trouble was all caused by Charles
Seeley, who interfered with the races
and at the last races drove among the
horses. that were racing and tried tc
prevent certain ones from winning. The
resolution is all right, but need not be
enforced except in case of meanness by
somebody, he said.
Chief Donahue reported nineteen ar,
rests and fOrty-five dodgers during Sep
TENDER.
President Porter explained why moth
ing had been done toward opening Spring
street. The Standard Brewing com.
pany at first wanted 81 800, but finally
came down to $1,000 This and the
amount wanted by L. G. NJ. Fletcher
who owns some of the land, would make
sum greater than the property can be
assessed for. Under these circum-
stances, the city facing a lawsuit on
both sides, nothing had been done.
Aid. Mckinley moved that the city
pay $25s.l6 toward the expense of i'm.
proving Fifth street that has been as.
sessed upon st. Joseph's hospital, tax.
ing the money from the general fund.
Aid. Jorgensen said that the assess.
ments on some of the private property
would be a greater hardship than that
on the hospital. But aside from this
he was not satisfied with the right OF
the council to pay any part of any as.
sessment.
The motion was carried, only Aid. Jor.
gensen voting 'No."
Fifth Street Is Lucky.
AID. Kleinschmidt thought that the
bouleyards on Fifth street should be
leveled uniformly by the city and trees
planted, in order to make the street
as beautiful as possible, and made a mo-