The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-07-13
Generous Offer Is Accepted
BY the Council.
ALL BOYS OF CITY INCLUDED
Aldermen Take Up the Matter OF
Sewer Extension, Other Subjects
Discussed Last Evening.
From Saturdays Daily.


| inc place for the young boys of the city
was solved at the meeting of the city
council last night and hereafter there
will be no excuse for young lads seek
| inc the dangerous and muddy currents
of the treacherous Minnesota river as a
| place for swimming. The Y NJ. c. A.
made generous proposition, which was
promptly accepted, and will 90 into eff
feet next Monday. The splendid baths
and swimming pool of the association
| are to be thrown open three forenoons
and one afternoon a week during the
three summer months for all boys in
the city, in return for the free use of
| water by the association, which at most
| is estimated at $50 year. Watchers
| are constantly on hand to prevent acct
dents. and nothing of the kind has hap
pened thus far. Mothers can feel per-
fectly safe to have their boys in the Y.
| NJ. C. A. building, where the Youngsters
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| will have a fine place to swim and be I'M
der good influences. This plan MAY be
| the means of improving good many
of the BOYS, whose lives are now on the
downward path.
Secretary Gran of the Y. NJ. c. A. APP
| peared before the council and said that
| the directors of the association had for
wears had it on their minds that some
public bathing place ought to be provid-
ed so as to stop the annual drownings in
the river. The association offers to
throw open the swimming pool and
| baths in the new Y. M. c. A. building
Monday, "Wednesday and Friday morn
| ings and Wednesday afternoons during
June, July and August, to all boys in
the city under seventeen years of age.
| There has never been the semblance of
| an accident there. A watch is constant
| w kept. In return for this offer, the as
| ISOLATION asks for free water the year
around. The ASSOCIATION was on the free
| rate last year, and half rate this year.
Aid. Atchson said that he believed
the offer a good thing. If lives can be
saved for paltry $l0O or $l20, he felt
that the offer ought to be accepted.
DR.. F. L. Schmaus said that indoor
| bathing does not take the place of out
of door bathing. The little lake on the
slough is fine place, and could be
made suitable. There ought to be a
public place in lower town, but it will
| not do to have it in the channel OF
the river. The river gets muddy after
rains and is not a good place. If a place
was selected, it should be located out
of the channel. The proposition of the
Y. NJ. c. A. was a good one, he thought
| Aid. AtchisOn said that the city has
spent 500 to $500 during the last five
years trying to find a safe place. The
pond on the slough has mud banks and
| it would be very expensive to get it into
| condition. The city would be fulfilling
its moral responsibility by accepting the
Y. NJ. c. A. proposition.
Aid. Hampl thought that two-thirds of
the boys would still swim in the river
as he did not think that good many of
| the boys would 90 to the Y. NJ c. A.
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in swimming, as the rules provide, al
though it would be a good thing for
them.
AID Atchson thought that if the
mothers told the boys to go there they
would do so.
AID Heinze asked why one day could
not be set apart for girls, but Mr.. Gran
replied that this would be impossible
for it would shut off the regular mem
bers from the use of the baths on that
day.
On motion of Aid. Atchison, the coun-
ell voted to accept the proposition. 1t
will 90 into effect Monday morning.
DR.. f. L. Schmaus presented his ordi-
nance for the protection and care of
boulevards and planting of trees. City
Attorney Daley thought that it went
too far in some respects, but was good
in the main. 1t was left with the com
mittee on ordinances and city attorney.
Scarcity of Water.
AID Hampl stated that Well Con-
| tractor Windmilef' is down 365 feet, is
in the first flow, and is getting eighty to
ninety gallons minute. The flow is
not as great as was hoped for.
President Porter said that Engineer
Koke is of the opinion that the well
should be put down to the second flow,
as there is not enough water now.
Mayor Taylor said that there is a scar
city of water and haste i'll completing
the well is necessary. Mr.. Windmiler
is going down twenty feet day, and
| it would be well if he could be induced
to 90 thirty feet a day, by working
nights.
Aid. Hampl said that the city is us
ing the overflow of the well at the gas