The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-06-12

North Front street from the pavement
to the hill be properly repaired until
such time as property owners decide
whether they want the pavement eX-
tended. To make expensive repairs
would be throwing away money. 1t
recommended that West Front street
from Hubbel avenue to the Blue Earth
river bridge be spiked up and smoothed
down. That an open gutter be con-
structed at the corner of Center and
Bradley streets to take off the surface
water That a sewer pipe be laid
from the corner of Clark and Center
streets to Lincoln if the street car
company will stand half of the ex-
pense. That the cross walks over the
railway tracks on Vine and Rock
streets be taken care of. That the
approaches near the Standard brewery
be repaired. That the gutter on the
west side at the corner of Fuller and
Bradley streets be improved so as
to carry off the water. That the
gutter at the corner of Byron and Plea
SAINT streets +be raised so as to take
off the water that comes down. That
an extra gratc/bc put in at the cor
ner of Clark and Byron streets, to
care for the storm water.
Some for Street Car Company.
The committee reported that it had
filed list of improvements and re-
pairs that it desired the street rail-
way company to make. with the COM
pany, and that the company had APP
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street committee to 90 over the list.
The company had agreed to put in a
pipe under it's pavement at the street
car barn to take off the storm water.
The committee said that the street
car company seemed to think that it
owned the brick and stone that, 1T had
hauled from the Front street pavement
to its car barn property Aid. Atchi
son said that he had had the promise
of the superintendent of the company
to restore the. brick and stone. and
that he lad therefore called off the
action that the city attorney was
starting against the company to recover
the same. but the company had failed to
restore the. material, and now claims
to own it. He thought that something,
should be done at once to recover the
The street committee presented
resolution condemning number of
sidewalks and ordering new ones con-
structed. and this was adopted.
Aid. Gary moved that crosswalk
be constructed on, the north side of
May street at Broad, and this was
carried
Refuses to Build Walk. ~.
Aid. Mahowald said that the Omaha
railroad refuses to construct a side
walk along the east side of North
Fourth street, along it's property on the
ground that it is being used for rail
road purposes and it is not obliged
to do so under the gross earnings tax
aw. He was in favor of forcing the
road to build the walk, by insisting
tnat unless it does so it must main
tain fagmen at all of it's crossings.
Aid. Bradley said that it was
business proposition with the railroad.
If the law does not require it to
build the walk it will not do so. He
endeavored to get it to build the walk,
put had been turned down. 49,
Aid. Mahowald brought up the mat
ter of the way water runs from the
street down upon Jacob F. Harold's
Sixth street, and the mat
ter was referred to the street commit
tee.
Chief Qsten reported thirty arrests
md seventy one dodgers during May.
All of the aldermen attended the.
meeting last night, and Mayor Andrews
presided the greater part of the time.
until called away.
sibley park is to be lighted with
electricity. Sixty incandescent lights.
are to shed their brilliance there even
ings, and the Mankato Electric Trac-.
ton company is to furnish electricity
free of cost, the only expense the city,
IS to be to being the setting of the poles
and the stringing of the wires. The.
line will run from the main entrance
Of the park to the grand stand, and
Inc band stand, and at each pole will
be placed cluster of three lights. 4
The park is also to have special
policeman nights.
Aid. Eichstaedt for the park com.
mittee stated that the street car com
pany would furnish the current if the
,ity would construct the line, Which
would be about 400 feet long, Us-
ing iron poles, the cost would be about
5000 and a little less with wooden
poles. The committee reported favor
ably and Aid. Eichstaedt moved that
The city construct the line, and this
was carried.
Park Superintendent Blake said that
The street car line brings so many
people to the park that he was getting
worn out looking after them, and
then stay at the park until late at
night. 1t was easy to take care of
1000 people in the day time, but
It was the crowd that come at night
that made the most trouble Many of
Them stay until eleven O'Clock at night, |
ind sometimes all night.
AID Eichstaedt moved that the may
Or appoint special park policeman,
md this was carried.
Aid. Gary brought up the matter of ,,
circus licenses, saying that it did not
seem right to charge the smaller
shows as much as the larger ones, as
Is required by the present ordinance.
He moved that the city attorney and
license committee frame new. ordi.
nance for circuses, so that smallerl
shows shall pay less than larger ones.
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