The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-01-27
Paving Matter Goes Over Until
Next Regular Meeting.
Judges Of Election and Polling
Places Are Selected.
Annual Reports Of Waterworks,
Library, Etc, Received.

rIoiu SATURDAY Odlly.
The council transacted considerable
business last evening, although action on
the two important matters, paving and
the extension of the sewer and water
mains to Tourtellotte hospital, was put
over until the next meeting. Mayor
| Taylor presided and all of the aldermen
were present.
| The loud and continuous blowing of
switch engine whistles on the Milwaukee
and Great Western road was brought up,
| and an effort will be made to have the
practice stopped. These piercing sounds
are daily nuisance, irritating the pub
| lie and soaring teams. The other two
roads have adopted more modern signal
methods.
H.. i. Schmitt appeared before the
council with statement of the reasons
why he considered the $500 bill of him.
self and w. E. Young for legal SER
vices for the charter commission as leg
al. He quoted the law, and said that
the services were worth much more than
this. They need not have given their
services to the commission without pay,
he said.
City Attorney Daley held to his po-
sition that the bill is not legal.
The matter of deducting the cost of
printing the charter in pamphlet form,
as was done at Winona, was talked over,
and Mr. Schmitt stated that nothing
less than the face of the bill, 1923, would
be accepted by him and Mr.. Young.
The matter was laid over until the
next meeting.
A petition was received, asking that
the width of the alley in West Mankato,
between the Musser and Irving proper
ties, be increased from eight to fifteen
feet. The matter was referred to the
street committee and city engineer.
c. E. Musser appeared in advocacy of
the petition.
| Storm Sewer Extension.
The board of public works reported in
regard to the building of storm sew
er on Fourth street from Washington
street to Elm street that the capacity of
the Washington street sewer is now less
than its tributaries, and that it deemed
| it inadvisable to make further addition
for carrying storm water. The board
suggested that the Vine street sewer if
made to care for the water from Rock
and Elm streets at Fourth street.
The matter was referred to the city
engineer to prepare profile.
Judges of Election.
The following judges of election were
appointed for the primary and general
city elections:
First Ward-H F. Straw, E. Koetting
and Fred Schultz.
Second Ward-Frank Skuse, III. F.
Leonard and j. Traub Jr.
Third Ward-George NJ. Phillips, NJ
L. Fallenstein and H. Klughertz
Fourth Ward-Peter Lloyd, Carl John
son and A. T. Wallace.
Fifth Ward-David Evans, j. F. Fow-
Ter and A. M. Morrison.
Sixth Ward-Calvin Smith, A. Lille
and A. A. Dickson.
The following polling places were
designated for the spring municipal cleo
tion
First Ward-Hose house in Dukes adj
dition.
Second Ward-60S North Front street.
Third Ward-Council room in city
hall
Fourth Ward-4lO South Front street
Fifth Ward-7O9 South Front street.
Sixth Ward-Hose house on Hubbell
avenue
c. H. Saulpaugh appeared and asked
that action on paving Front and jackson
streets be delyed until the next meet
ing He said that he was getting sigma
lures to his petition for asphalt paving
every day and he needed little more
time.
The council voted to grant the re-
quest
The committee on printing was given
power to act on bids for printing the an
nual report of the city engineer
Further time was granted the commit
tee on sewers to report on the petition
for extending the sewers and water
mains to Tourtellotta hnsnital