The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-10-12
Not Much Action at the
Council Meeting.
MONEY At FOUR PER CENT.
State Will Loan the City Cash Which
Can Be Used to Take Up Some
of The Bonds.
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
The council meeting last night did not
develop much action, although there was
Il good deal of talking. Aid. Schroeder
was out of town, but all the rest were
present.
A petition was received from thirty
property owners on South Front street,
asking for arc, lights at the corner of
Front and Liberty streets and Front and
Poplar streets. 1t was referred to the
committee on lights.
City Weighmaster He'll was author
lied to move his scales to ia Main
street.
The liquor license applications of W..
r. Clark and Charles r. Guth were
granted, and their bonds approved. Mr..
Clark's surety is the United States FL
deity and Guaranty company, and Mr..
Guth's surety is George H. Hoerr and
II. Zimmerman Jr.
e. NJ. Weausau of Minneapolis, gen
elal manager of the Northwestern Tele-
phone Exchange company, appeared be-
fore the council and said that it would
be impossible to remove the poles from
North Front street this fall but the
company would do it next year If the
council would grant permission to lay a
conduit under the Main and Walnut
street intersections of the Front street
pavement. 1t will take down the poles
between Main and Vine streets. The
company pays the cost of repairing, the
work to be done under the supervision
of the city engineer. The distance I'M
der the pavement would be l5O feet at
the Main street crossing.
The council recessed and then decid-
ed to lay the matter over until the next
meeting.
V. A. Tenney and Others having ask
ed for sidewalk along the west side
of Hinckley street, from Main to Marsh
streets, the matter was referred to the
street committee, as the walk will re-
guire good deal of grading.
AID. Wilmot said that he had Wis
tied the new city burying ground and
had found it in deplorable condition.
Twelve or fifteen horses had been buried
there under about six inches of dirt,
with feet and other parts sticking out,
and the stencil awful. He had bought
a barrel of lime and sent it there. Pres
ent conditions cannot continue.
AID Atchison moved that the city re-
corder advertise for bids for burying
dead animals. He said that the only
way to do was to have a city man do
the burying and then hold him liable.
Other aldermen thought that the plan
would lead to trouble and expense.
AID Heinze feared that the lease of the
grounds would be cancelled unless some
thing was done.
The motion was carried.
Aid. Wilmot said that the road to the
burying ground is being washed out by
the river and needs riprapping for two
rods.
Aid. Mahowald said that the fire sta
ton needs two mere men badly. When
one goes to dinner it leaves but four at
the station, and only three to 90 with
two wagons. He moved that another
man be hired.
AID Atchison said that two men are
needed, although it would mean the ex-
penditure of more money than the city
can really afford. The volunteers do
not help as much as they used to, he
thought.
The motion was carried.
Aid. Hampl said that Rev. Winter is
selling the old hospital site, and the de-
tention hospital must be moved. There
is chance to sell it. Dr. Edwards had
said that patients are taken into the
old barn at st. Joseph's hospital cheap.