The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-08-13
COUNCIL DECIDES TO SOUSE MA
GALVANIZED PORTIONS.
Board of Education Requests the Coun-
Gil to Have Safe Swimming Place;
Curfew Ordinance Is Not Being
Obeyed Religiously; Talk of Adopt
ing Law to Prevent Children From
Going in the River.
From Saturdays Daily.

puDllc expense, OF DE spIiHhleu Win wa
ter and the cost assessed on the prop
ertv, as is the case on other streets,
was talked over by the council last
night and decided in the affirmative.
a communication was received from
Allan Jackson, manager for the Stan
dard Oil company, offering to sell road
oil to the city for about 1910 for a
tank carload, and it was ordered placed
on file.
Aid. Mahowald said that the COM
pany had donated three barrels and
If was used on North Front street
and has acted well. The company's
representative who recently visited the
city said that the streets are in ideal
condition.
Aid. Hampl favored it if the street
sprinkling could be cut out on the
streets oiled.
Aid. Lloyd was against buying it
now 1t could be used only on the
macadamized streets.
Aid Pass had read good deal on
the subject and was favorable to it. He
was in favor of matchmaking num-
Der of streets.
Mayor Meyer preferred to use the
1910 to fix Front street to the Blue
Earth bridge. Still he thought the
oil good thing.
Mr.. Williamson spoke in favor of the
oil for the company. 1t had been tried
out in larger towns and found to be a
success, especially in parks, where no
heavy paving is done.
Aid. Eichstaedt was in favor of buy
ing tank of the oil, to be used where
no sprinkling is done.
Mayor Meyer and Aid Lloyd were
in favor of the city buying several
sprinkling tank wagons next winter.
Aid. Mahowald moved that the city
buy tank of the oil.
Aid. Wiltgen asked whether the oil
sprinkling would be assessed to the
property owners, and was told that it
would not. He was against it.
The motion was carried, four to two.
Asks For Safe Swimming Place.
The board of education petitioned
that the council take steps to have a
swimming pool for the children of the
city, to be a safe place and open to
all, with unpolluted water, and it was
report at the next meeting.
The matter of curbing and gathering
Baker avenue from Moreland avenue
to the slough was referred to the
street committee to report upon at the
next meeting, on Aid. Hampls mo.
tion.
Aid. Mahowald said that the wood
work of the pumping station needs
repainting badly. Mayor Meyer and
Aid. Pass thought that the engineers
or other city men ought to do it, and
no action was taken.
Aid. Mahowald said that the livery
men are opposed to taking out hack
licenses this year.
City Attorney Schmitt said that the
ordinance has some good provisions,
and suggested that the license fee be
dropped, rather than the entire or
dinance repealed
1t was decided to refer the matter
to the committee on ordinances and city
attorney to report at the next meeting.
Would Make 1t Unlawful.
Aid. Hampl was in favor of an or
dinance to prevent children from swim
ming in the river, as many had re-
quested this, and the matter was re-
ferred to the committee on ordinances
and the city attorney, to report at the
next meeting. Aid. Hampl thought
that North Mankato might be induced
to pass a similar ordinance.
Aid. Hampl said that the curfew
ordinance is not being sufficiently en-
forced, and wanted the police to see
that its provisions are carried out
Aid. Pass presented resolution con-
demning number of old sidewalks
and ordering that new walks be built
The resolution was lost ON tie
vote, but was finally adopted, four to
two.
Aid. Eichstaedt said that the maca-
dam is not being repaired between
the street car rails, and thought that
the city had to do it, but others dis
agreed with this except as to paved
and assessed streets. The matter was
referred to the city attorney to look
up and report upon at the next meet
ing.
Both Bridges Need Repairs.
Mayor Meyer said that the Mime
sofa river bridge needs repainting bad
ly. Aid. Eichstaedt said that the
bridge needs overhauling and the plank
partitions fixed.
President Thompson said that the
Blue Earth river bridge is in worse con-
dition. The county owns half of this
Mayor Meyer said that two nice
walks are being constructed on the
bridge.
1t was decided to have the painting
done.
Aid. Eichstaedt moved that the mat
ter of extending the. water mains a
block on West Sixth street from Sibley
be referred to the waterworks commit
tee to report upon at the next meet.
ing. This was carried.
B. L. Monson asked permission to
place sanitary drinking fountain
free of cost in front of the city hall,
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