The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-12-08

would then be no question about the
| matter. The board recommended tina
the city pay $500 from the waterworks
fund. The estimated cost of the i'm
provement was $4,000, and the city haG
,, made tax levy of $500 to aid in
this. Only $1,000 would be left to be
assessed upon the property, and there is
property enough to stand this. 1t was
recommended that no connections to the
curb be made.
The council thought that there ought
to be time limit placed on the contrac-
tor, and it was suggested that Aug. LIST
would be about right. Then the ques-
ton arose whether to allow work to be-
gin at once and the street to be torn
up all winter, for the city engineer
stated that no sewer pipe could be laid
until all danger of freezing is over in
the spring. Although labor can be
had more cheaply in the winter, the al
dermen thought that it would be better
to have the contractor wait unil spring
before beginning work. The mater was
finally laid over until the next meeting,
to get the views of the contractors.
Aid. Mahowald of the committee on
fire department said that the city is
paving $25 a year rent for the land
where the West Mankato hose house
stands, and he thought that it would be
good policy to buy a lot. One, % by
$50 feet. could be had in the same block
for 5000, from the Thomas o. Jones es.
tate. Another down the hill, can be
had for $3.50, and is so by $50 feet. The
matter was left to the committee with
power to act, after finding out what it
will cost to move the building and build
a stone foundation.
AID Hampl from the committee on
waterworks reported that Windmiller
Brothers have put their well down az
feet, being still in the 'niggerheads,"
and having gone down but seven inches
during the day.
Aid. Hampl said that there were COM
plants of children sliding on the side
walks, especially on the North Front
street HILL He wanted to know whether
there was not some way to stop this.
The city attorney replied that there is
an ordinance against it.
Aid. Atchison said that the only way
to stop the sliding is to sand the walks,
for otherwise policeman would have to
be stationed on every hill in the city.
AID Hampl asked the board of pub
lie works to see that the walks are
sanded.
The bills were allowed, including the
following: T. R. Coughlan company,
balance on Fifth street matchmaking
contract, Stalls; Fielding & Shepley,
balance on Front street paving contract,
$4,000; (these two bills have been paid
out of the special assessments Jacob
Effer, final estimate for improving Main
street between Fourth and Fifth streets.
S434s5; pay roll, $292.96; John P.
Theissen, painting and papering rooms
in city hail.. $2l6; P. H. McGraw,
plumbing in city hall, .6S,77; Gameweli
Fire Alarm Telegraph company, third
and final installment on the storage
battery plant, $l25.40.
The city engineer reported granting
the following building permits: S. Sic
berg, frame dwelling on Walnut street,
$500; w. ID. Willard, frame dwelling
on North Fifth street, $1,000; William
Thilgen, brick veneered dwelling, $3.50;
Irving Day, frame dwelling in West
Mankato, 81 200; J. j. Waddell, addition
IA by "a to his dwelling on Lincoln
street, $4,000; j. w. Johnson, brick
dwelling one and one-half stories, ST.
600.
All of the aldermen were present at
the meeting except Aid. Wilmot, and
Mayor Taylor presided.