The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-04-26

met last evening with c. w. Mcclure
OF Chicago, one of the representatives
of the street railway interests, and went
over the proposed street railway ordi-
nance section by section and agreed up.
on Il number of amendments. some only
tentatively, however. After session
lasting until ll:30 O'Clock all parties
were practically agreed upon the fea-
lures of the ordinance, and it was de-
cided that City Attorney Schmitt should
Tewrite it and that it should be intro
duced into the council tonight in the
place of the one presented at the special
meeting held last week. 1t will prob
ably be given its last readings under
suspension of the rules and put to a
final vote, with the probability of its
being passed.
One of the features that caused the
most discussion was whether or not to
allow the company the Use of the Main
street bridge. 1t had been decided by
the ordinance committee by vote of
one to favor it, and when the CONNER
cial club committee came out unani-
mously i'll favor of allowing the company
to have it. the council was influenced
to grant the use of the bridge. The
vote was four in favor and two against,
the latter being Aids. Schroeder and
Mahowald. The use will be granted with
restrictions, it being provided that after
time the council can require the COM
pany to remove its tracks from the
bridge The company is also given the
right to build an annex on the north
vision and control of the counciP' i'll
stead of Ito its satisfaction"
1t was voted to exclude the car line
from the parks and parkways of the
city. Standard guage rails will be re-
quired. Where the city is required to
serve notice on the company when suits
are started. reasonable time is given for
the service of the notice. instead of re-
qliiring immediate notice.
1t was decided to insert clause re-
curing the company to file with the
city recorder the appointment of an
agent to receive and accept legal no.
tees, but if the company fails to do
this, notices directed to the name of the
company and mailed to it at Mankato
will be considered sufficient notice. The
word and for ''or' was substituted
where the company is given the right to
construct switching tracks, etc.
Section was amended so as to re-
qure the company to give and continue
to give lighting service after four years.
or else the council to have the right
to declare this portion of the franchise
forfeited. All eXcavating and refiling
for the heating plant, etc, is to be done
under the direction of the council and
city engineer.
Section was amended so as to pro-
vide that the company shall change the
grade of its tracks on all alleys and
highways as well as streets to comply
with the changes in grade of the same.
Section 4 was amended to provide
that the company shall maintain the
paving i'll good condition as far out from
the rails as the end of the ties The
limit of ten years within which the
city will pay for all paving done and
maintenance and repair of same between
the rails was cut down to seven and a
half years. The city attorney held that
the fact of tearing up the pavement
would release the paving contractor OF
liability under his guarantee.
\ clause was added providing that la
bility for damages resulting from neg
lcct of the company to keep the street.
in good repair between the rails and a.
far as the end of the ties shall not b.
changed from the company to the city.
Sections ), & and Z were left as the.
are. Section 8, the penal clause, was
amended so as to make it read 'wll
fully and Unreasonable instead o
.wilfull and unnecessarily" where {
penalty is provided for teams obstruct
ing the tracks.
Sections 9 and 10 were left as they
are, but Section ii was made to reat
that the city is required to give thu
company reasonable instead of immedi
ate notice in case of suits or claims fol
damages.
Section II was changed to require thai
the company must have its line in oper
alton by May l. 1908, and must give
reasonable service continuously there
after. There is nothing in the ordinance
as presented to require any service.
The committee on ordinances had vot
ed to require a surety bond of 5000
to insure the construction of the line