The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-03-25
WANT {. 7. YOUNG APRIL Is THE DATE
COUNCIL DECIDES TO SUBMIT
CHARTER TO PEOPLE.
Alderman Hampl Votes "No," With
Pass and Mahowald Accompanying
Their Ballots With Sarcasm; Mr..
Daily Is Awarded the Garbage
Contract; Pleasant Street Assess
ment to Stand

SohliaCl, TiedSdnl OtIeeC ASSESS
ment to Stand.
/ From Saturdays Daily.
The proposed new city charter will
be submitted to II vote of the people
at special election to be held Tues.
day, April 2G, from a. H. until 7
p. III. With but one dissenting vote,
that of Aid. Hampl, the council last
night adopted resolution to this eff
! feet. That the action was so nearly
unanimous was particularly CRAFTY
ing to the large audience present, which
had come, hoping that this action
would be taken. 1t is conceded on all
LANDS that the new charter will carry
by a good majority
The matter came up toward The close
| of the meeting, when Aid. Eichstaedt
reintrOduced the resolution that he Of
fered at the last meeting, calling the
election. The resolution also fixed the
polling places, as follows: First ward,
Dukes addition hose house; second
ward, Cos North Front street; third
ward, city hall; fourth ward 42S South
Front street; fifth ward, 100 South
Front street; sixth ward, West Man
kato hose house.
! The resolution was put to vote
without discussin, and was carried, five
/ to one.
Aid. Mahowad remarked sarcastically
that he had voted for the resolution
because of lot of advertising that
he had received in the daily papers.
Didn't Consult Guardian.
Aid. Pass: Il voted aye Because the
law says SO. | didn't consult my
guardian. The Free Press is the guard
ian of this council, but | did not con-
suit it,"
Mayor Meyer: "Whcn ] was in the
council ten years ago we felt the need
of new charter and asked to have
commission appointed to prepare one
This charter is not just what some
wanted, because they fear that by the
whole city electing the commissioners
the lower part of the city will not
be represented. This is mistake.
That part of the city has as many
votes as the upper part of the city and
can elect its commissioners as well as
the upper part
The petition against sprinkling Elm
street from Front to Fourth was pre-
scented again, and the council voted to
grant it. The petitioners did not give
any reason why they do not wish the
dust laid on their street.
Fred Asker asked for license to
peddle fruit with Il push cart during
the four months beginning May |.
The application was referred to the
committee on license to report at the
next meeting.
f. J. Zimmerman presented his liquor
license bond, with H. Zimmerman Jr.
and Frank j. Mention as sureties, and
it was approved without opposition.
The petition against issuing this Ii
cense was ordered placed OH file.
Daby Gets Garbage Contract. Al
Bids were received for gathering the
garbage during the coming season, as
follows: a. /. Daily, $50 per month;
Leroy Bowen, $75 per month, or SOL
if tight cans are used and glass kept
in cans besides the garbage cans; Ran
some Barr, $3.50 per month.
n,, Of he, council
voted to. award the contract to Mr.
Daily.
The committee Oh claims and ac
counts reported unfavorably upon tie
claim of st. Josephs hospital for over
81 900 for caring for typhoid fever pa !
tients two years ago; and favorably |
on the proposal of property owners i'll
Ogle & Davis addition TO pay one
half of their assessment on the Pleas
ant street assessment, The city 20 pay
the other half.
Aid Pass said that the Sisters of
st, Josephs hospital seemed to think
that the city had agreed to pay for
the typhoid patients. Some of the
pau tiSS VII pay, puC VIZ 'o'o'C'o w Hoo /
care to put the claims i'll the hands of ,
an attorney.
AID. Eichstaedt said that a year OF
two ago the committee on claims and /
accounts had favored paying the claim
except in the case of those who can :,
pay their own bills.
DR.. j. w. Andrews addressed the
council on the matter and said that
The county had paid its share, but !
the Sisters had never received cent !
He thought that the council ought to
pay it.
Mayor Meyer said that the county
mad not paid any of it. If the bill
was Just one, the last council should
have paid il and not leave il over UNI
Ill the present administration. He
granted the committee time to look in
e the matter further and to see what
,he county would do.
AID Hampl spoke of continued re- !
ports of lights being out, and thought
hat the police should be more active
n reporting lights out.
Pleasant Street Assessment.
Mayor Meyer and Aid. Hampl
,hought that the Pleasant street as