The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-07-09
HAVE LAW IN PRINT
NEW CHARTER is PLACED BEFORE
THE CITY COUNCIL.
c. o. Daley Presented a Bill of $500
for Services and Expenses to the
Council; George M. Palmer Ad-
dressed the Aldermen on the Com
mission Plan; Complaint Made Be-
cause There Is Lack of Sprinkling.


council, and it is now up to it to have
it printed in pamphlet form and to or
der a special election, for its submits
sion to the people. The matter was
presented to the council last evening,
when the charter commission appeared
in a body. The mayor stated that he
had been presented with copy of the
new charter
c. o. DALEY presented bill for $500
for services and expenses. He said
that he had been allowd 500 for ex-
penses, but that after deducting all
of the expenses of the commission there
would be but $500 left for his work.
There had been an unusual amount of
work, for the general laws had to
be changed so that the commission
nlan could be taken up, and this plan
had involved large amount of work,
with frequent rewritings. He had done
all of the stenographic work and paid
all bills.
The council laid this bill over to
the next meeting. The last council
agreed to the appropriation before the
mp the work of preparing new char
ter. The law provides for $500 for at.
tornev hire and all other expenses,
and the commission has come within
the limit.
Chairman Palmer stated that the
commission had completed its labors
and turned over the new charter, and
believed that it had framed up a good
charter. After careful study, the COM
mission plan had been adopted by
unanimous vote of the charter COM
mission, and it was now desired to
have this charter put before the people
so that they can read it and see for
themselves what it contains. Strange
as it might seem. there had developed
some opposition to it. but none of those
who were opposing it had read it or
knew what was in it. The commission
desired to have the people read the
charter and Judge for themselves wheth-
or they wished to adopt it. He be-
lieved that under the proposed charter
the city work would be more eff
GENTLY and economically done. Mr..
Palmer presented specifications that had
been drawn up for printing the charter
in pamphlet form.
The matter was referred to the COM
mittee on printing.
Complaints Received. :.
IA complaint was received from DIR.
], A. Hielscher, that Washington street
has not been sprinkld all the spring.
1t was stated that the street has
been torn up to relay the waterworks
suction pipes, but that it would be
ordered sprinkled as fast as the street
gets in shape.
Mayor Meyer said that there were
complaints that Byron street between
Van Brunt and Pleasant has not been
sprinkled although it had been ordered.
Three bills for cleaning closets, $40
each, were allowed, after the city at
torney had stated that this could be
collected from the property.
Taking Care of Debts.
Aid. Lloyd moved that the $4,000
loan made at the German American
State bank be paid, and this was car
ried.
A certificate of Indebtedness for $500.
issued in 1905, with interest, held by
Clement Lieferman, was ordered paid.
Mayor Meyer stated that $4,000 of
waterworks bonds fall due Nov. !, and
suggested that the sale of redemption
bonds be advertised.
The committee on ways and means
was instructed to advertise for bids for
the sale of such bonds. 1t will also
be ascertained whether the state will
loan the city the money.
Aid. Pass reported that the property
owners on State street are about equally
divided as to the width of the drive
way.
remonstrance against reducing the
width of the driveway from it's pres
ent width of orty-two feet was read.
AID Pass said that some of the sign
prs had told him that they favored
narrower driveway. Three were very
vehement in favor of a change.
No action was taken, as no one de-
sired to make change under the cir
cumstances.
Aid. Pass said that the Barber AS
phalt Co. has force ready to- come
to Mankato to repair Broad street, and
desires to know whether to replace
the wooden culverts with asphalt. He
moved that the city contract with the
company for doing the work.
Laid. Mahowald was not in favor of
dbing this until the ten years guar
antee on the street was up, by which
time the whole street would be gone,
from the way it looked now, he said
Mayor Meyer said that there was no
money for this now.
: The motion was lost.
f., Work Progresses Too Slowly.
w. L. Hixon appeared and said that
| the time taken for grading up the Pleas
ant street extension across the slough
was unreasonable. The road was at
times impossible. One or two teams
have worked there haphazard. The res
idents did not see why it would not
be better to put large force of men
at work and complete the work. The
residents of Ogle & Davis addition had
been without a sidewalk across the