The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-04-24

From Saturdays Daily.
Those who attended the meeting of
the council last night expecting to see
trouble over the application OF Phil
Leas to have his liquor license re-
stored were not disappointed although
the oratorical display was not occa-
stoned by the Ieas licenses. 1t came
under the reports of committees, when
the sky seemed smiling and serene,
with no hint of an approaching storm
When the report of the street COM
mittee was called for by the mayor
Aid. Atchison, chairman of that COM
mittee, arose and reported upon one
or two matters of no particular inter
est, and then handed to the city re-
~ ,corder communication which he said
he had that day received from the
mayor, and asked to have it read.
The communication was as follows
=. Street Improvement Directed.
Mankato, April II, l90S.-To the
board of public works, city. Gentlemen: :
At your very earliest opportunity
please cause to be repaired the fol-
lowing streets:
-: First. West Eighth street at the
; railroad crossing, and elsewhere as
in your judgment it may require re-
pair.
Second. Sibley from West Front to
railroad track.
Third West Front from Milwaukee
track to Blue Earth river.
Fourth. Rock between Third and
Fourth.
Fifth. South Fifth street.
Sixth. South Second street.
Seventh. North Fourth between
Thompson ravine bridge.
Eighth. Fifth avenue.
Ninth. North Third, between Vine
and Lafayette streets.
Tenth. North Sixth between Main
j and Washington.
Some of these streets are not much
out of repair, others are sadly in need
of it. Most of these repairs will
probably have to be made by the city.
Some should be made by the street
railway company, and some by the
various contractors who have left the
streets in bad condition. Where it is
the duty of parties other Than the
city to make these REPAIRS the city
engineer will please see that they do it
and in failure to do so report the same
to the council
West Eight street at the railroad
crossing is much in need of repair,
and where this street joins Baker
avenue the condition is bad
Hill Almost impossible.
The Sibley street hill is almost i'm
passable, and my attention has been
ca11od To tho condition Of +b;c hin h.,
farmers coming into town from that
way. [ would recommend that Sibley
street be opened across the railroad
track to Eighth street if this be feas-
able and the cost is not too great. If
this is not done, have the stone re-
moved from the. street as it curves
around to lie Sueur street and have
it properly graded up and drained.
recommend that West Front street,
from Sibley to the Blue Earth river,
be spiked up with the road roller,
leveled and surfaced with gravel or
fine stone. The same street from the
Milwaukee crossing to Owatonna street
needs leveling and filling to a level
&, of the street railway. l assume that
the slough road will be taken care of
when the work on it, nod in process
of construction, shall have been COM
pleted.
Rock street, between Third and
Fourth streets, should be leveled, drain
ed, and surfaced with gravel or fine
stone ti+ t'
South Fifth street is uneven, and has
depressions here and there that hold
water after a rain This certainly
should be repaired by the contractor,
Mr.. Coughlan.
Ought to Be Paved
South Second street, from jackson to
Byron, is in the same condition and
should be leyeled and surfaced with
gravel or fine stone. 1t would be
much better and needed improve
ment, if this street were paved from
Rock. to Byron
North Fourth street, beyond the