The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-05-26
Ordinance Asked for to Pre-.
serve Paved Surfaces.
Some Water Mains and Sew
ers Ordered Laid.
City Attorney Instructed to Col.
Iect Gas Co. Bond.


No matters of great Importance were
considered by the council last night.
A petition was received, asking that
an arc light be placed at the corner of
Third avenue and Brooks street, and
one at the corner of Harper street and
Seventh avenue. 1t was signed by a
number of residents of Mankato City,
Germania Park and Columbia Park ad-
ditions. Referred to the committee on
lights.
A large number of property owners
on Pleasant street asked to have that
street withdrawn from the sprinkling
district, as they claimed that the
street didn't need sprinkling. Contract
or Page consented, and the petition was
granted.
A petition was received, asking that a
crosswalk be built on the north side of
Elm street where it crosses Sixth. Tine
board of public works was instructed to
lay the walk.
A petition was received, asking that
the telephone poles be removed from the
east side of South Fifth street between
Walnut and Main streets and placed ,in
the alley in the rear of the block. The
property owners have seeded and graded
their boulevards and improved the
street and the poles are unsightly and
detract from the otherwise beautiful
appearance of tine street, the petition
said. 1t was referred to the street COM
mittee.
An old petition for two plank side
walk on the west side of HinckIey street
| from Main to McMahan streets and on
the north side of Mulberry street from
Hinckley street easterly three lots in
Hinckley's addition was brought up
again. Referred to the street commit
tee and city engineer.
Join Progress Movement.
A petition was received from several
of the Byron street property owners
asking that the street be graded and i'm
proved the present season substantially
as follows. Beginning at the intersec-
tion of Lincoln and Byron streets, i'm
prove the roadway on the hill to the
south as may seem best, making cut
of one foot at the north line of Clark
street; from this point make straight
grade to cut of one foot at north
line of Lewis street; and from this
point make straight grade to cut two
! feet deep at the south line of Shaubut
street. this line to continue to the
southeast corner of Prof. Brandrup's
property; that combined curb and
gutter of cement on both sides of the
street for the distance graded and inn
proved be put in, except in front of the
Wickersham property; and that the dis
lance between curling be thirty feet
The petition was referred to the
street committee and city engineer.
On recommendation of the street
committee, number of descriptions
were ordered taken from the list of
sidewalks condemned at the last meet
ing.
Want Excavations Trampled.
A largely signed petition was receiv-
ed, asking that the council pass an or
dinance or take other action to the end
that all excavations hereafter made in
the public streets be thoroughly filled
and the soil trampled down hard so as
to avoid dangerous breaks in the pave
ments, and holes and puddles, etc, in
other streets, and also to save large ex-
penditures for repairs and damages, as
well as to assure for the city good
name for good streets. The petition re-
cites that the practice now is to heap
up a part of the dirt excavated, max
ing dangerous obstruction, and the
balance carted away. In due time the
dirt settles into the hole and leaves a
disagreeable and dangerous trench where
the hump was before; all because the
earth was not trampled down and made
firm as the original soil, as done in
other cities. If the practice is con-
tinued with excavations recently made,
and to be made, on Front street, be-
fore paving and after, this extensively
paved street will soon again be rough,
dangerous and disreputable as hereto.
fore, greatly to the damage of tine
property owners and the city's good
name.