The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-10-26
PASS ONE LONE ORDINANCE.
Several Matters Are Brought Up But
No Action Is Taken on Any Is
One Of Them
From Saturdays Daily.

my the peddlerS license ordnance, IT'S
requested by the merchants.
rhc petition asking that Second street
between Walnut and Cherry streets be
paved with brick was presented and was
referred to the street committee.
AID. HeinZe asked whether auction
GERS licenses are transferable. City Al
,ori.ee Daily replied that they are not.
Nd. Heinze said that Henry +. Hance
has the third auctioneer since the first
one took ont license. Mr.. Hance had
claimed that he only wanted to close
ont the remaiIler of his stock. but it
appears that he is getting in ease after
case of goods. This is not fair to the
other merchants. AID. IIampl said that
ne had spoken to Mr. Hance about the
matter and the latter had said that he
had placed the orders for the new goods
before the auction began.
The lighting committee reported UNI
fayorably upon making any change in
The position of the arches on Front
street
AID. lampl reported that Contractor
Windmilcr has not yet gotten the rim
MGR out of the new city well and has
ncr made any preceptible progress, al
though very cheerful are the outlook.
He asked whether ANYTHING could be
done. City Attorney Daily did not
hot - LII 10 do,
thing at present. hut let him work away.
The ordinance relating to peddlers' Ii
ceEses was given its first reading. The
rules were suspended and it was given
It's second reading and passed. 1t amands
the present ordinance by making 1T
necessary that ali licenses be authorized
by the council before being granted The
fees are left unchanged.
There was Il discussion as to the eff
feet of the ordinance on widows and
crippled persons living in Mankato who
make living by selling things from
door to door. 1t was stated thai it was
not the intention to enforce the ordi-
rance cannot exempt them, while re-
qniring outsiders TO pay licenses, as that
would be unconstitutional.
City Attorney Daily brought up the
matter of having Il city employee bury
ing dead animals. He said that resi-
dents would have to be given an oppor-
IN ha, b,ir
animals. If they did not do it within
Il certain time, the ordinance could pro-
vide that they could be arrested if they
made trouble about the city men bury
ing the animals.
NJ. G. Willard said that his tenant
on land near the city burying ground
complains that very poor work is being
done or the ground, and the stencil is
intolcrable. Some of The aldermen
thought the mans complaint exagger-
ated.
Aid. Heinze asked who gives permits
sion to people to stretch banners across
the streets. City Attorney Daily said
that no one but the council has the
right to give it. Aid. Heinze said that
ii every candidate strung a banner across
the street it would look bad. To allow
one business man to do it and not Others
is an injustice. There had been com
plants about triangle sale banner by
other merchants, who did not care ia
appear before the council CITY Attor-
mes Daily thought that The banners
would come Town after IL time and the
matter resolve itself satisfactorily. The
reason that the TOland banner had been
ordered down year ago was because
OF complaint before the council.
W. W. Smith appeared and asked that
something be done toward opening an
alley that he was interested i'm, i'm the
east part of the city.
The bills were allowed, including the
following large ones: MankatO Side
walk company, $35l71; Fowler & Pay
$395.2S; city pay roll, S663.44, includ-
ing $4S4.l9 for streets and $ll075 for
parks; William Page, first estimate on
1906 sprinkling contract; Coughlin & Co.,
$3.50. City Engineer Thompson report
ed having granted building permits to
Anna NJ. Willard to erect three frame
dwellings in block ), Rand.,ll's addition.
TO cost $500, $1,000 and 81 200, and to NJ.
Niltgen for 4 brick vanecred barn with
in the fire limits.
VI. G.. Willard said that the city has
not graded one of the road in Willard
parkway as per the contract with the
city. He desires a good grade on the
road that leads to the land that he
intends to plat, south of the parkway.
Aid. 1ieinze thought Mr.. Willard en-
titled to have the work done that he
had asked for.
The council decided to Go the work
asked for; as it is provided for in the
city's contract with Mr. Willard.
Aid. IIanpl asked whether anything
mere had been heard from the Omaha