The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-03-11
PLAYS FOR A DELAY
COUNCIL DOES NOT SET DATE
FOR CHARTER ELECTION.
Matter Held Over Until Adjourned
Meeting Oil Evening of March II;
City Attorney Given Time in
Which to Prepare a Resolution;
An Interesting Dialogue Over the
Bill of Alderman MahOwald.
From Saturdays Daily.

FROM saturdays Daily.
No progress was made by the coun-
ell last night toward submitting the
new charter to a vote of the people.
The tactics of securing delay again
proved efficacious, and another delay of
a week was secured. After the other
business before the council had been
disposed of, Mayor Meyer brought the
matter up.
1t appeared that City Attorney
iSchmitt had not prepared the proper
resolution, and that he wished several
days to do so. This was not brought
out in the meeting, except inferenti
ally, but one of the aldermen stated
it after the meeting. 1t did not APP
pear why the same resolution that did
service to call a special election last
October could not nave been taken off
present situation, the whole proceeding
consuming possibly five minutes.
The only public reference that the
new charter got at the council meet
ing was when Aid. Eichstaedt moved
that the city attorney be instructed
to prepare a resolution submitting it
to a vote Of the people at a special
election, and to present it at an add
journed meeting to be held next Fri
day evening, March IL. The question
oroSa ,uha+har thfC rapo1,,tio, oho,1I
contain the date for the election, but
it was decided to leave this blank, and
TO fill it in at the meeting. With
this understanding, the motion was
passed.
The large audience of interested citi-
zens that had gathered, hoping that
the council woul1 call the special cleo
ton before adjournment, was disap-
pointed, as it had been on several pre-
vious occasions.
Assessment Objected To.
The resolution adopted at the meet
ing Feb. Is of residents of Ogle &
Davis addition was presented. 1t ask
ed the city to pay half of the cost
and to reduce their assessments that
much. 1t was signed by thirty-four
property owners. 1t cited the fact
that it was not proposed to assess
the cost of the grading of Main street
beyond the top of the hill. 1t spoke
of the street being one of the thor
oughfares from the country. 1t was
referred to the street committee, to
report back at the next meeting.
Mayor Meyer thought that the as
sessment should stand, as the matter
had twice been acted on by the board
OF public works. The city vas paying
about $500 of the cost.
Well to Be Lowered.
President Thompson said that the
board of public works had contracted
with Mr.. Swenson to put down the
Mccarthy well to the 1000 foot flow
at 1885 a foot. McCarthy's bid had
been 1925. The city had ordered the
pipe and other material a week ago,
and the work of sinking the well
would begin in about two weeks.
Mayor Meyer expressed pleasure that
bhic llbtt'l "a tiNlCI way
AID. Hampl wanted the police to be
more careful to reporting street lights
out. He also brought up the matter of
the broken street arch, and moved that
the street car company be notified to
rebuild the arch, and this was carried.
City Engineer Wilson presented his
annual report, and Park Superintend-
ent Penhale presented his annual re-
port. The board of public works pre-
sented bids for printing these reports
and also the report of the fire depart
ment and that of the health officer, in
pamphlet form, 300 copies. The bids
We're as follows: Free Press Printing
lCo., $l29; Mankato Post, $ll9.5O;
John c. Wise & Sons, $l27.5O, for
sixty-four pages, and pro rata for
more pages. The council decided to in
struct the city recorder to advertise
for bids, to be opened at the meeting
to be held March IL.
Health Officer Dahl reported unfav-
orably upon the request of f. w. Lob
dell to be permitted to do slaughter
ing back of his shop. He thought it
very bad policy, and if one was given
permission the others should also be
given permission.
Garbage Gathering.
Aid. E%ichstaedt moved that the city
recorder advertise for bids for gath
ering garbage, to be opened at the
next regular meeting, and this was
carried. He also moved that the health
officer be given authority to have the
garbage collected in case this has to
be done before the contract for the
seasOn can be awarded, and this also
Sent through.
aid. Pass moved that the board of
rublic works be instructed to prepare
plans and estimates of an extension
of the sewer system to the ladies'
seminary. This was carried, and Aid.
Pass made a similar motion in re-
gard to extending the waterworks to
the seminary, and this was carried.
The council voted to cancel the
Isl 900 of bridge bonds that have just
been refunded by a loan from the
state. The saving in interest is SO
a year.
The bills were taken I'm and al