The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-04-08
|c|TY HAS THE CASH
MANKATO'S STRONG BOX OVER
FLOWING WITH MONEY.
Mayor Meyer Is Well Pleased With
Financial Condition; Calls Atten-
ton of the Council to the Towns
Wealth; Aldermen Put in a Ses-
sion Discussing Sprinkling Streets;
Will Be Dry Season.
From Saturdays Daily.
The council last night nut i'm n busy

From Saturdays Daily.
The council last night put in a busy
session, and many matters were con-
sidered, and considerable progress
made. Mayor Meyer presided, and all
of the aldermen were present
A remonstrance was received against
sprinkling the portion of South Front
street crossing the slough. Quite dis
cussion followed, most of the aldermen
thinking that as there are no houses
there the property ought not to be
assessed. Those who favored the
sprinkling thought that the city ought
to pay part.
! AID Mahowald finally moved that
the city pay onchalf of the expense
This did not meet with favor from
any, but Aid. Eichstaedt Aid. Wilt
gen said that if the city paid one
half. it might as well do the same
on GlenwoOd avenue, where there is
la large traffic. The motion was lost,
four to two. AID. Mahowad then
moved to cut the sprinkling out en-
tirely, but voted against his own mo
tiCn, which was lost. four to two.
| AID. MahOwald moved that the city
sprinkle the portion of the street with
OIL President Thompson said that the
city has enough oil to do about half
of the work. The motion was carried
Mayor Meyer: "You are spending
lJust as much money Lnis way, Sc wha.
lave you gained :!
| a remOnstrance was received against
.the sprinkling of North Fifth street
from Plum to Washington street, AMI
; it was ordered placed on file.
/ y petition was received, asking tina;
curb and gutter be put in OH Washing
ton street between Front to Broad
and that telephone and lighting poles
! he placed on the curb line. The mat
ter was referred to the board of pub
lie works under order No. /.
| Mayor Meyers communication mott
flying the council that he had revoked
the Kaiserhof liquor license, and giving
his reasons. was read and ordered
placed on file.
"A communication was received from
the North Mankato council, saying
that the railroad tracks on the Main
street crossing are twelve to eighteen
inches below the approach to the
bridge, making it unsafe, and saying
that the tracks ought to be raised to a
level with the bridge.
railway company will fix the crossing
AT once, and the council decided tc
wait developments.
a. l.. Daily presented his bond fol
$500 as garbage collector, with Thomas
Hughes and Edgar Weaver as sureties
but it was not i'll shape for the city
attorney to o. X, and was laid over
Sprinkling Resolution Discussed.
The sprinklirg resolution was real
end laid over until the next meeting
President Thompson said that the resi-
dents OH Elm street who petitioned tx
be taken out of the sprinkling district
are not opposed to it, provided the.
are not assessed on their frontag,
and full depth. They would pay fol
their frontage and One-balf of thu
depth, as had often been done
Mayor Never SAID that streets should
DC added rather than taken off, as il
looked as though it would be dust,
season, and the germs of infantilt
paralysis are carried in street dust.
The sprnkling specifications wer;
read by City Recorder Scherer. and
AID. Pass moved that the board Of
Ipublic works advertise for bids i,
two ways, the contractor to furnis!
the wagons, and the city to furnish
the wagons. In the discussion tina;
followed, it was stated that sever
wagons are needed. President Thomp
son said that the city needs one
wagon, anyway. The trouble with tbs
sprinkIing contract in the past is that
the contractor has paid no attentio.
to it, and wagons have crossed eaci
others ground. The new specilica tions
require that the contractor attend t.
the sprinkling personally or have 3
! foreman to do it.
Aid. Eichstaedt thought that thu
wagons would not be taken. care OF
by the city like a private owner
would
Aid. Mahowald said that everybody
knew that it was a bluff.
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$2,l0O for wagons at this time.
Mayor Meyer denied that it was q
bluff.
The resolution and specifications wer.
adopted.
Aid. Mallowald said that Sixth
street, where the sewer was laid last
fall, is in bad shape, and he hoped
that the board of public works would
fix it.
Aid. Pass said that some curbins
and suttering will have to be done