The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-25

street curb and gutter is needed, am
the city should put the storm sewer il
first. He moved. that tht city buy TIL
necessary pipe. This was carried.
The committee on sewers was givel
further time to report on the Nortl
Sixth street sewer At the deepest poin
it would be 26 feet deep and cost $l5(
a lot.
Railway Ordinances.
Aid Schroeder presented an ordinanc,
allowing the Great Western road to con
struct spur track along Maple street
from a point north of Rock southerly t.
Elm. This will be from near the Mime
apols Brewing Co.'s warehouse to the
Packing house.
At the suggestion of the city engineer
the city recorder was instructed to no
tify the company to furnish blue prints
and make the surveys and place the
stakes.
| An ordinance was read making it un
lawful for any railroad employees to
obstruct street crossings with trains
except that in switching the obstruction
shall not be longer than five minutes
The ordinance was given its first read,
ing.
On motion of Aid. Hampl the bal
team known as the Leather Founder
was granted permission to use ibley
park at 3 p. IN. May 3Oth for a ball
game. The Memorial day exercises will
be held in the forenoon.
Park Supt Blake said that the trim
ming of the trees on North Broad street
in Dukes addition is nearly done, but
was more expensive than expected.
Board Presents Report.
The board of public works presented
| a report of the awarding of the contrac!
| for the curbing and guttering of Nortl
Fifth street between Madison avenue
| and Franklin street to the Coughlal
Construction Co. at 1874 cents per lin
cal foot The award was approved,
well as the bond of the contractor
The board reported the awarding O.
the contract for eurbing and gutterin
Jackson street between Fourth and Fiftl
streets to Fowler & Pay at "a cents pc
lineal foot. This was approved.
City Attorney Daley reported tina
the balance of the Judgment agains
the city held by the Barber Asphalt CO
is $24,33626 There will be about ST.
200 more to be applied on this whe,
the delinquent property is sold, whicl
will soon be the case.
The report of the board of public
works, made at the last meeting, favor
able to the curbing and guttering
Second street between Cherry and Vine
was adopted and the matter was refer
red back to the board under order Nc
,, leaying out the part of the report fav
oring the narrowing of the driveway be
low Washington street to forty feet
The property owners want the stree
left at the full width.
Aid. Atchison moved that the matte
of curbing and gathering Byron stree
between Lincoln andFront streets, whic'
works at the last meeting be rescindeG
Aid. Atchison stated that ninety pc
cent of the property owners are oppos
ed to it. The motion was carried.
Aid. Wilmot, on behalf of Alex vii
kin post, extended an invitation to tn
council and city officials to attend tn
annual Memorial day exercises at Sib
ley park.
The bills were allowed, including The
following A. Bashaw. fourth estimat'
on North Broad street sewer contract
$500; c.. NJ. Masters, final estimate OF
the Broad street sewer, 200 feet nea
Liberty, 1923; four hydrants, $l42
Dog Catcher Brooks, killing SO dogs
$SS; pay roll, $7S349, including $400.S
for streets, and $l5OS9 for parks.
City Engineer Thompson reported thu
following building permits granted
First Congregational church, remodeline
1000; c. Steiner, frame cottage, 81.
200; j. A. Batto, frame cottage, 81 900
Bruno Roemer, frame barn, 5000; job
Klein, remodeling present building, 81.
600.
Fourth Street Park.
Benjamin Taylor brought up the mat
ter of acquiring the North Fourth stree
property recently purchased by Judg
Cray, for park purposes. He said tina
Judge Cray has named a reasonabl
price. and if the park is called "Cra'
park" he will make substantial reduc
ton in price. Mr.. TAYLOR said that h
had learned that ST 900 to $4,000 ca
be raised among the property owners
subscriptions toward paying for th'
park. The city has $1,000 that it re