The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-10-12

tentl0n hospital. lie DOCTOR was IN Ia
vor of selling the detention hospital.
Aid. Atchison moved that the build.
ing be. donated to the fair association
but AID. Heinze thought that this would
hardly do, and the motion was with.
drawn.
Aid. Hampl said that the city had
been offered $3.50 for the building
Mayor Taylor said that it was ne
cessary to have detention hospital, and
AID Atchison also spoke along this line.
The council voted to instruct the COM
mittee on city property to investigate
as to new location for the detention
hospital and whether patients can be
taken care of at St. Joseph's hospital
before the old building is sold.
The matter of the new well was dis
cussed. Aid. Heinze favoring pressing
the contractor faster. City Engineer
Thompson explained that the contractor
has blasted above the trimmer and be-
lieves that he will get it out. The con-
tractor is using new spoon drill with
good results.
AID Heinze said that the South Front
street property owners are very much
dissatisfied with the location of the il
Illuminating arches on Front street,
claiming that there are more north of
Main street than south of it. He was
almost III favor of taking the arches
down, because of the amount of dissat-
isfaction. The arches had been left to
advertise the city and not for the bene-
fit of individual merchants or others.
AID Mahowald said that if more were
put up. it would have to be in lower
town.
A difference of opinion arose as to the
number OF arches north or south of
Main street. 1t was finally established
that there are four pipe arches south
of Main street and three pipe and one
wire one north of Main street.
Aid. Mahowald moved that the arches
\
be reset one every other block, or else
taken down, and that the Electric Light
company be notified to do it at once.
Aid. Atchison said that the city owns
the arches, having paid the entire cost
1t was finally voted to refer the mat
ter to the lighting committee with pow
er to act.
Mayor Taylor said that the Knights
OF Columbus will run two special trains
to the city Sunday next and that the
people will remain until nine p. m. OIL
ten p. m., and suggested that the lights
in the arches he turned OH that night
The council voted to do this.
The hearing OH the petition for the
vacation of portions of streets where
the new site of the tub factory is lOcat-
ed was had and there being no Objec'
tions raised a resolution vacating the
portions of streets was adopted.
4 resolution was adopted, fixing the
width of the roadway on Fourth street
between jackson and Elm streets and
Lafayette and May streets at thirty
| feet.
City Attorney Daley presented al
amendment to section 2 of ordinance
No. so, relating to peddlers' licenses
providing that all applications for Ii.
censes should come before the council
which shall authorize the recorder to is
sue the licenses before he can is
sue them. The ordinance was referred
to the ordinance committee.
City Attorney Daley said that he hat
heard from the state auditor that the
state will loan the city money at fou
Der cent to refund the bonds that come
| due Jan. !.
The bills were taken up and allowed
including the following: L. R. Cough
Ian Co., curb and gutter, ETC., $4,62l.39
Fowler & Pay, same, $663.65; pay roll
$699.96; special police officers for thu
fair, $32; w. S. Mott & Co., 1000 fee
of cotton hose, $63O.5O.
City Engineer Thompson reported hav
ing granted building permit to ID. V
| Williams. to erect $1,000 dwelling