The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-11-23

pances and the city attorney meet and
prepare an ordinance to provide for Ii
censing theatres, pool and billiard TIA.
bles, hacks and skating Kinks, and this
was carried. Slot machines would have
been included, except that City Attor-
rey Daley explained that they are UNI
lawful and cannot be legalized by is
suing licenses.
.Sprinkling Assessments.
Mr.. Gugisburg appeared before the
council on behalf of his fatherin law,
Fred Boegen, and said that the sprink-
equal and Just. Mr.. Boegen had kept
count and the street sprinkler had gone
over Fifth street just sixty-two times
during the season. He had figured that
the water cost 1921 tank. On Front
street /. takes several times as much
sprinkliag, We: the assessment is but
Si.l5 for Oh foot lot as compared with
S2.7l Il lot on Fifth street and nothing
on Rroad street.
President Porter said that Broad
street was sprinkled only when it was
verys dusty. and the cost was assessed.
There were very few complaints about
srrinkling service.
Mic Welter appeared before the council
and said that Fowler & Pay had taken
dirt from Spring street and filled up
, around their property and he was I'M
, able to enter his alley. The matter was
referred to the street committee.
Property Owners Dissatisfied.
w. D. Willard appeared before the
council and spoke of the grading of La
fayette street which he said was of no
benefit to the property. He presented a
profile to show that the contract had
been anything but performed. The
board of public works had confirmed the
assessments, but the directors do not
want to pay. NJ. B. Haynes profile
shows that there are no cutters and that
| the work is not more than half done.
| Mr. Willard asked the council to re-
| lieve the property owners of the assess
nent in some manner.
| Aid. Hampl said that he had heard a
! good deal of complaint about the street !;
and didn't think that the property own
ers ought to be assessed for what they
didn't get.
! President Porter said that City Engi-
neer Thompson was absent from the
city, but should have chance to pre-
sent his side of the case. He read the
objections of the property owners as
made to the board of public works when
the assessment was confirmed. The en-
| gineer had made a profile of the street
as it ought to be graded, but the prop
erty owners said that they could not
stand the assessment. The expense was
skinned down several times. in order to
meet the desires of the property owners,
until now the street is one that all are
ashamed of.
/ Mayor Taylor thought that it would
be dangerous for the council to take
action at present.
/ Mr. Willard suggested that the mat
ter be referred to the street committee.
, Aid. Atchison said that he did not see
how the matter was one to come be-
e. a.
| w. H. Gary said that several of the
aldermen had looked over the street and
knew what its condition is.
| Mr. Willard said, in answer to ques-
ton by City Attorney Daley, that the
property owners want the street put in
to shape, and then they would be will
ing to pay the assessment. The prop
! erty owners did not think that the
board of public works was disposed to
be fair about the matter, so they had
come before the council.
Aid. Atchison said that he could not
understand why the contract had been
accepted, with the street in the condi-
ton that it is.
| Aid. Hampl moved that the matter be
| referred to the street committee and
board of public works, to examine the
street and report at the next meeting,
and this was carried.
Wants Free Water.
A letter was received from Rev. Theo-
dore Hegemann, asking for free water
at the st. Peter and Paul's church and
school. 1t stated that the school has
600 scholars, and that this fact saves
the city $4,000 year in school taxes.
The school is charitable institution,
and other charitable institutions get
free water. This is customary in other
cities.
The matter was referred to the COM
nlittee on waterworks.
Aid Heinze said that the council
should 60 slow about granting such a
request, as there would be other re-
quests of like nature, and there would
be no end to it.
AID Mahowald said that FIR. Hege-
mann had seen him and had intended
the request for free water for all schools