The Mankato free press., 1904-12-23

| matters were Ine paving OF SureetS, Ine
submission of the new charter to a
vote of the people, and the providing of
an armory for Company H. The first
matter was not ripe for action, as the
petition of the property owners for
brick paving, the payments to be made
over period of ten years, has not yet
received quite the required number of
signatures, owing to some of the proper
ty owners being out of the city. The
council does not meet again until the
is the intention to start something at
that time The new charter was receiv-
ed from the charter commission, but no
action was taken, either toward hav-
ing it printed or toward submitting it
to vote of the people. The armory
matter was disposed of by the council
pledging the city to pay $4OO year for
the rent of an armory for Company H,
provided the company remains in exist
ence and maintains an armory
Mayor Taylor presided and all of the
aldermen were present, and business was
pushed along with commendable speed.
| III. L. Schmitt, secretary of the char
ter commission, presented the new char
ter to the council and asked the mayor
and council to submit it to the people
in such a way as to give it fair
chance He said that the commission
had taken a great deal of pains to make
the best possible charter it could, and
the only way to find out how it will
work is to give it a trial. If it needs
amendment it can be amended from time
to time. He asked that the charter be
submitted on a separate ballot at the
spring election or else at a special elec-
tion prior to the spring election.
Action on the matter was delayed
until another meeting.
Kelly Bros. were granted a liquor Ii
cense, and their bond was approved, with
A. G. Bierbauer and John Krost as sure
ties.
J. b. Ogle and twenty-five others peti-
toned for an electric light on Pleasant
street near Baker avenue, and it was
referred to the committee on lights.
| A request was received from Broad
and Lincoln street property owners, ask
ing that the payment be extended over
a term of ten years if the council de-
cides to pave those streets with brick or
asphalt. 1t was referred to the street
committee and city attorney.
j. H. Ray asked for and was granted
an extension of time for the presenta-
tion of the paving petitions for Front
and jackson streets, as some of the
property owners are out of the city and
he has not been able to see them.
The street committee recommended
that the city pay forty per cent of the
cost of matchmaking Rhine street. With
the extra amount already paid by the
city, the latter would be paying about
half. Aid. Kleinschmidt moved that the
board of public works be directed to
make the assessment in accordance with
this.
Aid. Jorgensen thought this too great
a proportion for the city to pay, and
spoke of the high taxes. He said the
street is a very nice one and could
stand the assessment When West Front
street was fixed the city paid only
$500 out of $1,000, according to Aid.
Roemer. He favored the city paying
thirty per cent.
| Aids. Mckinley, Kleinschmidt and
Schroeder supported the motion, saying
that the street is really country road
and the lots are not worth more than
$50. The city had paid all of the cost of
fixing the st. Peter road and most of
the cost of fixing the Glenwood avenue
road.
| The motion was carried unanimously.
| Aid. Coy moved that the central sta
ton firemen be paid twice month in
stead of once month, as heretofore,
and this was carried.
A resolution was presented by Aid.
Kleinschmidt, pledging the city to pay
$400 a year for ten years for rent of
an armory for Company H.
Capt. Day and Architect Gerlach pre-
sented plans of the armory building
which Chas. j. Macbeth proposes to
erect at the corner of Second and Hick-
ory streets, and a recess was taken to
examine them. The plans pleased the
aldermen
Capt. Day said that if this armory
proposition does not go through he was
out of it, and the. company would prob
ably be disbanded. He had a letter
from Col. Wright of the second regiment,
saying that this was the best proposition
in the state. The resolution was copied
after one adopted by the Austin coun-
cil
The resolution was amended so that