The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-06-24
Council Acts FavorabIy on a Request
That Thoroughfare Be Paved.
Ordinance Passed Making II Unlawful
to Throw Refuse in Creeks.
One Also Passed Providing for Pro.
lection of the BouIeyards.
Many Little Matters Receive the At.
tention of the City Dads.
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
Aldermen Kleinschmidt and Schroeder
were absent from last nights regular
meeting of the council. Although there
was a bare quorum present, great
deal of business was transacted.
DIR. j. w. Andrews appeared before
the council and said that in April the
board of trade had passed resolu-
tion asking the council to require the
railway companies to level off between
their tracks on Main street The COM
mittee had never brought this before
the council, which he now did. Two of
the roads have already done the level
ing, and he understood that the other
roads would do the same He also ask
ed that the bill of $40 or $l2 for shade
trees along the Cherry street side of the
Methodist church be withdrawn. The
church had paid for curbing and gutter
ing. He did not think that any tax
payer would care if the city donated the
trees. He also called the attention of
the council to the fact that the Omaha
road has not yet taken up its track on
North Fourth street, as it agreed to do,
but continues TO use it to dump rubbish.
he stated that year ago the Civic I'm
provement League had obtained prom
Uses from the telephone and telegraph
companies to paint their poles. They
have not yet done this, but should be re-
quired to- He asked that a cement
crossing be placed across the alley on
the south side of Cherry street be-
bween Front and Second, to take the
place of the present stone one. If the
city does this, the property owners will
keep the alley in good condition and will
soon pave it with brick.
Dr. Andrews then brought up the
matter of paving Cherry street. He re-
viewed the steps that were taken last
year. saying that compromise was
reached, whereby curbing and guttering
was to be put in last year, and paving
was to be done this year. The council
should be fair to the property owners
and order the paving from Pike to
Broad. 1t would please all to have an
asphalt pavement the width of the
Cherry street driveway between Second
and Broad, with brick cutters where the
driveway is wider. There are no widows
on the street, as was the case with
Broad street, but all of the property
owners are amply able to stand the
cost. He would like to have this i'm
provement included in the paving con-
tract. The M. E. church can stand
it the least, but will get the money
in some way.
Aid Coy said that he believed that all
of the recommendations made by DR..
Andrews should be carried out to the
letter. He moved that public necessity
requires that Cherry street be paved
with asphalt from Broad street to the
alley between Front and Pike streets,
and that the matter be referred to the
board of public works under order No.
l. The motion was unanimously carried.
The following liquor licenses were
granted, and the bonds approved:
Christ Polchow, No. ll9, S. Front
atrooI fronf roor, 6rof Aoor
John Hager, No. 200 N. Front street,
front room, first floor.
Kiffee & Jesse, No. l25 N. Front street,
front room first floor.
Leo j. Kilffe, No lit N. Front street,
front room, first floor.
s. F. NordgTen, No. 4l6 Front street,
front room, first floor.
Bequette & Ford. No. $40 S. Front
street, front room, first floor.
front room. first floor.
Phillip Leas. No. POS S. Front street,
front room, first floor.
Henry Veigel, No. 7Ol N. Front street,
front room, first floor.
Frank Mettler, No. 31l N. Front street,
front room, first floor.
F. G. Lang, No. 225 s. Front street,
front rsem, first floor.
William Conrad, 22l N. Front street,
front room, first floor.
Albert Lamm, No. $50 N. Front street,
front room, first floor.
Aid. Jorgensen moved that when Chris.
Poichow's license money is paid into
the city treasury it be placed.in a spec
ial fund to pay the city's share of the
Cherry street paving. This was carried.
A petition was received, asking that
the city vacate seven feet on each side
of Hubbell avenue, from West Front to
West Eighth street, SO as to reduce the
width of the street from 80 to Sc feet.