The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-11-10
Looks as Though Franklin
School Will Get Water.
City Will Dig First Four Feet of
Trench and Donate ST 500.
Record of a Short Meeting Held
Last Night.

From Saturdays Daily.
The council meeting last evening was
short one. Aid. Schroeder was the
only one not there. There was very
little business that came up for transac-
tion, the most important item being
the matter of the extension of the sewer
to the Franklin school building.
The board of public works presented
of the sewer on North Broad street
from Vine to Franklin. The report con-
tinued: The board would recommend
that the sewer be laid i'm the same
ditch with the water pipe ordered laid
between Vine and Franklin streets. That
the city reserves the right to lay the
water mains in the same trench and
that as just proposition of the ex-
pense to be born by the waterworks that
the city eXcavate the trench four feet
deep and the necessary width, and that
the contract for the sewer shall be let
trench. That the estimated expense of
said sewer is $3.50. That with the ST.
500 levied to be applied as part pay
ment therefor real estate to be assess
ed therefor can be found benefited to
the extent of the balance of all the dam
ages, costs and expenses necessary to
he incurred thereby; and that said sewer
shall be constructed without house con-
nections."
The report was adopted and the mat
ter was referred back to the board under
order No. 2, on motion of Aid. Hampl.
Aid. Wilmot stated that Mr.. Miller,
the ice man, wants to make a ten or
twelve foot addition to his ice house
and moved that permission be granted.
This was carried, after some discussion.
Aid. Hampl stated that Windmiller
Bros. have not yet started work on the
new city well, but are still waiting for
the drill to come. The drill was sup
posed TO have been shipped two weeks
ago.
1t was decided to jog the contractors
up, as time is passing rapidly.
The report of the city treasurer was
presented 1t showed the receipts to
have been as follows during October:
Two saloon licenses, $4,000; fines and
fees, $l4S.5O; special assessments,
$7S5.69; twenty water meters sold, $24S;
water rent, $l,lll.30; total, $4,293.49.
The amount paid out was $5,936.30. The
balance on hand Nov. lst was l2,963.36.
About half of the funds are overdrawn,
but the November settlement will bring
in some money in a week or ten days.
The liquor license application of JOS
eph Stahl was granted, and his bond,
with J. f. Seidle and Zeb Zimmerman
as sureties, was approved.
Engineer Thompson reported that he
had granted building permits as follows:
c. Kleinschmidt, repairing fran dwell
ing, $500; DIR. J. S. Holbrook, frame
dwelling, $500
The bills were allowed, including the
following: Pay roll, $575.9l, of which
S377.S3 was for streets; wire for fire
alarm system, 1885; horse clipper and
extra knife for fire department, $l3.25.
Chas. Bishman & Bro. presented bill
for building the brick shed back of the
central fire station, $4,000, and one for
making the improvements in the city
nall, $207. %. The aldermen thought
the bills heavy and allowed $3.50. The
bills will be scrutinized closely.
Aid. Heinze said that the Mankato Gas
and Electric Light company feels that
when lights are ordered changed it
would be but reasonable to give it UNI
til the first of the following month to
make the change, instead of expecting it
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