The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-25
Tub Factory Sidewalk Matter
Postponed BY The Council.
BIG BILL FROM THE COUNTY
City Is Asked to Pay Sum for Board
Of Prisoners; Fourth Street
Park Proposition.
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
The council considered wide range
of business at its meeting last night
and took some important steps. Tho
full membership was present and Mayo
Taylor presided. The tub factory side
walk was again bone of contention,
but the property owners showed ST
much interest in having it built that
the efforts of the company to have ii
stricken off of the list again failed, al
though it got an extension of time un
til Sept. lst to build it. bill fOi
Sl,4l4 for care of prisoners at the coun
ty jail was received from the county
but this is expected to be scaled down
very largely. Street privileges were
granted to those who are getting VI
the Fourth of July celebration. Tho
question whether property owners can
pile dirt on their boulevards and leave
it there was decided in the negative
The council again failed to agree on
location for the city market Pipe to
the value of ST 900 is to be purchased
for storm sewers on Second street, t.
precede the curling and guttering o.
that street, which was progressed. Prop
erty owners on the lower part of Byron
successfully opposed the improving o
the appearance of the street with curl
and gutter. Finally, the proposed parl
OH North Fourth street was talked owe
again and received more favorable con
sideration than before.
Liquor licenses were ordered granted
to Fred Bader- and VIM. Conrad, an(
their bonds were approved. The former
bond was furnished by the Aetna In
demnity Co. of Hartford, Conn, an(
the latters by the United States Fidel
ity and Guaranty Co. of Baltimore.
A petition for cement crossing owe
the alley at the rear of the Episcopa
church property, OH Warren street, wa
received and granted there being ce
ment sidewalks OH both sides. s. r I
Time Is Extended.
The letter from Benz. Taylor, ask
ing the council to rescind its action il
ordering a walk built along the Van
Brunt street side of the tub factory
property, published by The Free Pres
yesterday, was read
Aid Atchison moved that it be placed
OH file, but this failed of a second.
AID Heinze was opposed to hamper
ing the institution in view of the fac
that there is talk of its getting an .
other location in the city.
AID Wilmot moved that the walk BE-
stricken from the list of those order
ed, and Aid Mahowald seconded tn,
motion.
Aid. Atchison said that it would be r;
great injustice to the people who have,
built walks not to require the tub fac
tory to have one. Crossings could b.
built for the drayage.
Bani. Taylor appeared to have thu
walk stricken off, as he said that thu
Commercial club has started move t.
secure new location for the factor,
in the hope of retaining it in the city
He presented figures to prove that
large part of the teaming was dom
from the northerly side of the factory
purporting to have been taken from tn,
company's records.
AID Atchison suggested that it would
be better to delay the building of thu
walk until September lst, by whicl
time it will be known what will b.
done about getting another location. S
Ii. Grannis has a common block side
walk by his elevator, and dozel
farmers a day drive up on it withou
damage. A walk would not interfere
with the tub factory drayage.
L. n. George said that he would place
a check for $500 i'm Mayor Taylor
hands if Foreman Robb would 90 be
fore a notary public and make oath t.
the figures presented by Mr.. Taylor
They were utterly false. Not one pc
cent of the teaming is done on the nortl
side of the factory and Mr.. Robb knows
it. The speaker said that he lives acros
the street from the tub factory and ha6
watched the teaming while laid up a:
home. He had paid SIP for walk an
curb and gutter, without question. The
council should be fair. The
factory pays starvation wages, anf
employs boys who ought to be il
school, at 80 to 50 cents day JUS
such institutions as this fill the prisons
If it was a matter of charity, he woul
pay his share toward the walk.
Herman knott, who lives across the
street, said that the figures presented
We're utterly false, as all knew. A wall
was badly needed and there was no rea
son why it should not be built. The
people want it.