The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-05-08

and this was carried.
Jacob Etfer Sustained
Aid Bradley, for the health commit
| tee called attention to the fact that
two garbage collectors are at work,
when only one was necessary. He ask
ed the city attorney for an opinion
as to the best means of disposing of
| the matter.
Mr.. SchJmitt replied that there is no
question at all but that Jacob Effer
| is the garbage collector of the city,
and is to be paid his salary BIZ
monthly. The council is the proper
Authority to grant a contract and
approve bond. There is no other
authority to do it., and Mr.. Effer is
the collector and no other person.
Aid. Mahowald, for the committee on
fire department, reported that more
fire hose was needed. The city had
been buying cheap kind of hose, such
as villages use, and it rOts out, and
500 to 1000 feet has to be purchased
each year. There is a city kind that
costs but little more, and the chief
of the fire department recommends
this.
Aid. AtchisOn moved that the com
mittee and the chief obtain bids for
supplying the needed hose and report
at the next meeting, and this was
carried.
Buildings Are Dangerous.
Aid. Bradley stated that the chief
of the fire department had condemned
Ia building back of the Security fats
because it was dangerous to surround
ing property. but it had never been
removed. There was much complaint
about it.
Aid. Atchison called attention to a
building owned by Judge Cray, on
the alley near State street, about
which there was much complaint for
fear that it would fall down and in
jure children playing near it.
Aid. Eichstaedt moved that the city
attorney take the matter up with
Judge Cray and see what can be done
about removing the building and this
was carried.
Aid. Bradley moved that the city at.
torney be instructed to notify Mrs.
Williams to remove the old building
back of the Security fats, and this
was carried.
County Surveyor Employed.
Aid. Atchison reported that Aid.
Gary had suggested that County Sur
veyor Brooks be employed to resur-
vey the sidewalk on South Fourth
street between Jackson and Cherry
and stake it out, as the property own
ers are not satisfied that it is in the
right place. Mr.. Brooks had agreed
to do this, and would do it next week.
and the matter could be acted upon
later.
Aid. Mahowald asked who was pay
ing Mr.. Brooks for doing this work.
and whether this was not the work of
the city engineer, who was supposed to
be competent to do such work.
Mr.. Haynes said that he was glad
that the action had been taken, and
wanted it carried out.
AID Atchison said that the step
was taken in order to pour oil on
troubled waters. The matter was in
the hands of Aid. Gary, and his re-
quest had been carried out.
Mayor Andrews called attention to
the defective condition of the flag staff
over the city hall, and Aid. Mahowald,
chairman of the committee on city
property, said that he would have it
attended to.
AID Atchison, for the committee on
sewers, said that where sewers were
laid last year the streets are in bad
! shape because of settling of the
ground, and said that the contractors
ought to be notified to fix the streets.
The board of public works reported
the award of the street sprinkling con-
tract to William Page, who was the
only bidder, and this was approved.
and Mr. Pages bond, with John Page
and John Fl. Dickson as sureties, was
approved.
| Tree Planting Trouble.
AID Bradley reported that Super
intendent Blake had had trouble with
some of the Fourth street property
owners about planting trees in the
boulevards. Some residents had nice
trees, but they were not in the right
place, and they want the city to pay
| for new trees.
| Mr. Blake said that under the or
dinance the property owners pay the
city So for the trees. 1t is getting