The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-11-12
PUTA BAN ON SMOKE
ORDINANCE is INTRODUCED BY
AID. MAHOwALD.
No Action Taken at the Meeting Last
Night, But No Doubt Law Will Be
Enacted; Paving One of the Fore
most Subjects at the Session of
the Dads" Creosote Blocks
Have Friends.
From Saturdays Daily.


From Saturdays Daily.
The council meeting last night was
brief and business-like. Aids. Pass and
Lloyd were absent, being out of the
city, and Mayor Meyer presided. Fea-
lures of the meeting were the intro
duction of smoke ordinance, to pre-
vent factories from deluging portions
of the city with smoke and SCOT; a
protest against the assessing of the
entire cost of the Pleasant street eX
tension grading on the property own
ers benefited; and discussion on the
street paving matter. No move will
be made toward getting ready to in
vite bids until Mayor Meyer can cir
culate petition on Second street,
asking to have a portion of that
street paved. In the meantime, prop
erty owners ON South and North
Front streets and several cross streets
that need paving will have time to
circulate petitions, asking to have
those streets included in the con-
tact. Creosote block paving had sew
eral champions last night, among them
Mayor Meyer, who was very favor
ably impressed with what he saw of it
on his recent trip. He desires the
council to go to Albert Lea to in
spect some recently laid there. The
twin cities are laying large amount
of it, as well as other cities.
The liquor license application of the
NIankato Hotel company was granted,
and the bond approved, with C. X.
Otto and Charles T.. Taylor as sure
ties.
A communication was received from
the Omaha Railway company, declin-
ing to place light on Pike street,
for the reason that it was city
matter entirely. 1t was placed on
file. 1t may be that the council will
vote a light at the next meeting.
Smoke Ordinance Presented.
Aid. Mahowald introduced q smoke
ordinance, declaring the issuance of
dense smoke from chimney pub
lie nuisance and forbidding it. A fine
of from $40 to 500 is provided, or
imprisonment for not tc exceed ninety
days. 1t was laid over until the next
meeting, on motion of the author
A resolution was adopted, providing
for the issuance of the $4,000 refund
ing bonds, bearing four and one-nalf
per cent interest semi-annually, and
prescribing the form of the bonds.
DIR. j. w. Andrews appeared for the
Blue Earth County Medical society
and invited the council and city Off
Gals to attend DR.. McCormack's lee
ture next Wednesday evening. The
council voted to accept the invitation
City Asked to Pay Part.
Evan Hughes appeared for number
of West Mankato residents in regard
to the assessment for grading up the
Pleasant street extension. He said
that the job was good one, and sat-
isfactory. A like improvement on
Front street was paid for by the. city
at large, he had been informed, and
all That was wanted was that all be
treated alike. Being an improvement
out of the ordinary, the property own
ers felt that the city should pay at
least a portion of the expense. 1t
should be treated like opening new
road or building bridge across the
Minnesota river.
Aid. Eichstaedt said that the Front
street improvement had been assessed
as far back as the Blue Earth river,
nearly.
Mayor Meyer said that the city had
cent, on the Pleasant street grading.
Aid. Mahowald said that many of
the property owners had asked the
council several times to make the inn
provement, and now that it is done
they don't want to pay for it. He
thought that the board of public
works should proceed to assess the
cost justly.
Aid. Eichstaedt thought that it
should be assessed on the abutting
property. When there was move
to get the property for lake, it was
held so high that it could not be
touched. When an assessment is talk
ed of, the owners claim that it has
little value.
H. p. Jensen did not think that the
assessment was right. The street car
company had asked for the improve
ment, so that it could extend it's
track across the slough.
President Thompson said that the
total assessment was $2,055, and of