The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-10-08
BILL CAUSE OF TILT
MR.. PASS AND JUDGE COMSTOCK
ENGAGE IN TALKFEST.
Matter of Six Simoleons Takes UP the
Time of the Council and Both
Gentlemen Hand Each Other Some
thing in Verbal Way; the Alder
men Were Not at Work Many
Hours Last Night
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
The council did not transact great
deal of business last night. Vice Pres
,ident Mahowald presided in the alb
sence from the city of Mayor Meyer,
who left this morning for st. Louis
to represent the city at convention.
| A petition signed by three property
Owners was presented, asking the city
to vacate six feet off of the nOrtherly
line of Lewis street, which would
leave the street sixty feet wide The
petition stated that the actual dis
lance between Bradley and Lewis
streets is about six feet less t1an
the distance recorded on the pat
BY reason of this, there is short
age of six feet on some of the lots
facing on Lewis street, thus working
an injury to innocent purchasers. T1a
matter was referred to the committee
of the whole council, to report at tie
next meeting.
Eight property owners petitioned to
have Germania street opened to the
Eagle Lake road. 1t was ordered
placed on file. The matter was re-
ferred later to the board of public
works to locate the street and report
later There is to be no expense to the
city it was stated.
The liquor license bond of j. p.
Dineen, with the Aetna Indemnity
was approved
The street committee reported in
favor of the petition for sidewalk
on Ramsey street, the work to be
done next year, as the city will have
to do 500 worth of grading first.
Wants Railways To Do 1t.
The lighting committee recommended
that the city recorder notify the rail
way companies 80 place u light on
Pike street, between the cuion ana
Milwaukee depots. A motion to this
effect was carried, two voting mo"
as they did not think it Il proper re-
quest to make to the companies.
The matter of fixing a better office
for the city recorder was referred
tho committee on city property with
power to act. The present office is
Ito be enlarged az: counter placed
access it.
/. 1t was reported that the South
FcLrih street sewer is completed.
AID Mahowald wtn'al an ordinance
passed to stop the SCOT in the lower
part of the city from getting OIL
washings Monday and Tuesday morn
ings, and at other times. The mat
ter was referred to the committee on
oil dinances and city attorney to pre-
Ipare such IN ordinance.
Same Old Complaints.
Aid. Hampl syoke of the many COM
plants as to switching across Main
stree. \ railway man hal told k'm
that b, r'cving the switch lao feet
thtre would H. no more tro lb'e. lie
had timed it and one train had
blocked the track for fifteen minutes.
Aid. Wiltgen related a somewhat SINH
lar instance.
AID Eicnstaedt moved that CON-
mittee of two be appointed to con-
fer with the Milwaukee officials, and
this was carried.
The bills were allowed, including a
street pay roll of $3.50, the ele;"!on
bills, $5ll30, and numerous bills of
all kinds, amounting to several thous
and dollars. Estimate No. ], of
81 ,020 on the Sixth street sewer, and
the final estimate on the Hickory
street tar macadam, $l,492, were al
lowed. The lighting bills were over
5000, and the rent of armory, $500.
Bill Causes Discussion.
Judge Comstock said that he under
stood that the bill of Special Judge
Geddes for services on the bench dur
ing the illness of himself had not
been paid, and it WAS just bill
and should be paid.
that you draw 500 month whether
you serve or not"
Judge Comstock: eyes, sir"
AID Pass: "If laboring nun who
gets only $l.75 a day loses an hour it
is deducted from his pay. If you are
VI ouCii ~ PioSoiSo e'S w."
ton in your case, l would not think
you would be-"
Judge Comstock: "This is char
ter provision. The charter "e1uires
the city to pay the special judge So
day when serving during the illness
of the Judge. If | am absent for any
other cause, | pay Mr.. Geddes from
my own pocket. 1t cost the city
hundreds of dollars in the Ease Of the
late Judge Shissler."
Aid. Lloyd: "Our charter is wrong
lin good many things"
Aid. Pass eff | were you | would
pay the bill myself"
Judge Comstock: "If | had to do it,
/ could stand it, but the charter rlo-
vision is plain. OF course, it does not
make a great deal of difference to
me whether the city pays it or not"
Aid. Pass: at would make diff
ference of Sc.
! The discussion was terminated by
the council adjourning.
Cleaning Elevator Collapsed.
The cleaning elevator at Mapleton