The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-26
ROAD TO THE HILL
Petition Street From Glen.
wood to Main.
COUNCIL REFERS TO B. P. W.
City to Borrow Money From State
Fire Escapes Are Needed; Other
Business By Fathers.
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily
| The council put in long and busy
session last night and transacted much
important business in a businessllke
manner. Mayor Andrews presided and
all of the aldermen were present.
The petition for laying out and con-
structing a road from Glenwood avenue
to Main street, as described heretofore
by The Free Press, was presented, and
S. B. Wilson appeared for the petition
ers. He said that the property owners
benefited are willing to pay their share
lof the expense. The residents on Agen-
ley hill have had little benefit from the
taxes that they have long poured into
the city treasury. The road will help
build up that section which will bring
more taxes into the city treasury. The
new road would make the hill district
more accessible. This will be the place
for street cars to run up on Agency
hill. At present the residents there get
no encouragement from the street rail
way people, as it would be too costly to
build line to the head of GlenwOod
avenn~ aa4 thence back. The people are
| willing to pay a half or third of the
expenses or more. When the expense is
known, all will be better prepared to
say whether the improvement should 60
on. The engineers estimate is $1,000,
and half or more can be assessed. Sew
enty-five property owners on the hill
are among the 1876 signers to the pc
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| closed, but this is no fault of the city.
Judge w. L. Comstock spoke against
the petition. He had paid over $1,000
into the city treasury since he had lived
on the hill, and the public improvements
| which he had received he could buy with
So bill. People had sold out and
moved to North Mankato. He had
| traversed the route of the proposed
road, and l,6OO feet of it has no proper
| ty fronting it where houses can be
built. The benefits will come to proper
ty further back 1t would be of no inn
mediate benefit to the property owners,
except in the event of street car line
using it. The road would cost dollar
foot and then would be rough road
and not good street. Two stone cul-
81 900. Rains will wash down the shelv
ing banks. If $4,000 to $4,000 was to be
expended to reach the hill it had bet
ter be expended on Main street. The
money so far. expended on that street
had been thrown away. The street
should be cut eight feet, in which case
under draining will not be necessary.
The fixing of this street would benefit
the property for more than the building
of the proposed new road.
Mr.. Wilson said that the Main street
hill cannot be made a good street. The
more it is cut down at the top the more
it damages the property there. Money
will not make it good route to reach
the hill
Aid. Atchison moved that the matter
be referred to committee of the whole
council and city engineer to report at
the next meeting, with an estimate of
the cost. This was carried. Mr.. Haynes
said that he doubted whether he could
get the profile down by the next meet
ing, with his other work.
Petition and Remonstrances.
A petition was received, asking that
the sewer be extended 400 feet up Glen
wood avenue from Fifth street. 1t was
referred to the committee ON sewers.
remonstrance was received from
property owners against the curbing and
guttering of Fifth street between Cher
ry and Warren. 1t was placed on file.
A remOnstrance against the curbing
and guttering of Pleasant street, with
twenty signers, was presented, and
placed on file.
Will Improve Streets.
A letter from A. n. Dukes of Peru,
Ind, was received agreeing to improve
the streets beyond Thompson's creek in
case bridge is built on Broad street,
crossing the creek.
The aldermen did not think that the
letter contained definite enough prom
Use, and placed it on file. Aids. Atchi
son and Gary promised to vote for the
bridge if the streets were graded. When
Mr.. Dukes, is ready for the bridge, it
will be built, although its cost will be
200.
Collect From Property Owners.
The committee on claims and ac-
counts reported adversely upon a bill
for clearing up lot owned by private
citizen. The ordinance provides a way
to face the property owner to clean his
premises.
Mayor Andrews explained that he had
seen the nuisance and ordered it cleaned.
Notices served on the owner had failed
to bring any response.
Aid. Atchison said that if the lot had
been owned by some poor man it would