The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-07-01
SPECIAL MEETING
OF COMMISSION
From Saturdays Daily.

| ~" SoSp'od lazy.
Joseph S. Harvey, who yesterday be.
, gan the sale OF bankrupt stock of
| clothing, shoes and drygoods in this
city, declined to take out a transient
merchants license, and was arrested
yesterday afternoon on complaint of
Chief Pond, for alleged violation of the
ordinance, which requires such mer.
chants TO take out licenses, at $50 a
week.
Harvey was arraigned before Judge
Comstock late in the afternoon, and
entered a plea of not guilty. Benia
min Taylor, his attorney, demanded
an immediate trial so that he could
proceed and do business today. City
Attorney Schmitt asked for adjourn.
ment until Monday afternoon at two
O'Clock, and after some argument the
trial was set for then The court
fixed the bond at $780,
After consulting his attorney, Mr..
Harvey offered to take ont weeks
license and pay $50, if a special meet
ing of the council could be called. The
matter was taken up with Mayor
Meyer, and the latter called a meeting
in about fifteen minutes.
Mr.. Harvey's application for IL
eense stated that he did not admit that
he was transient merchant He
claims that he expects to conduct the
store for a year or two.
D. Commissioner Bangerter moved that
the application be granted, and this
was carried, and Mr.. Harvey paid
over the necessary $50 and secured
permission to do business for a week
Thereupon the action against him was
dismissed, on motion of the city
attorney
Other Matters Considered.
The council being in session, and all
of the members having come in: other
matters were taken up.
Commissioner Bangerter said that he
had just visited Sibley park at the |
request of II. f. Hance, and had found
eight or ten of the electric lights |
broken or burned out. He had heard |
tiittU MI. lldu IcHldIk6u UlldU
after tonight he did not care for the |
lights at the park and that being the
case Mr.. Bangerter was not anxious to
go to the expense of replacing them
unless they were needed for other pur-
poses than the proposed band concert
Mayor Meyer thought that they
would be needed, as people visit the
park evenings in large numbers.
Must Pay for Cleaning Walks.
Commissioner Lamm said that there
are a large number of uncollected ass
essments for shoveling snow from side
walks last winter, ranging from eight
cents to eight dollars each Some had
paid their assessments, and the others
are holding off to see what the city
was going to do about it. The council
talked the matter over and decided
hat it would not be fair to collect
from some and not from others, and
lected it would be impossible to get
people to clean their sidewalks next {
winter. Therefore it was decided to q
proceed to collect the assessments the
same as other assessments are col
ected. The property owners cannot
escape, and they will save money by
settling promptly.
1t was reported that the railing
llong James II. McCleary's lot on
South Front street is in very danger
,us condition, and Commissioner Hum :
ston asked to notify Mr.. McCleary to
lave it fixed before some accident :
occurs.
The matter OF paving the alley be-
ween the Saulpaugh and the Com
nercial college building was brought
Up, and it was stated that Mr.. Saul
laugh wants it paved, but that Prof. !
does not. 1t was stated that
natter to the point of letting the con- !
ract. 1t is desired to pave the alley
With brick while Fielding & Shepiey
ave their plant here. The matter was
eft over until the next regular meet Z
ng, Monday morning at the sugges
ion of City Attorney Schmitt.
Sewer In Dukes Addition.
Commissioner Lamm brought A. Nh
dukes of Peru, Ind, in and introduced
i'm around Mr.. Dukes said that as !
ong as a sewer system would have to !
e put in for the new Catholic school, d,
would be better to make a complete
ystem for that part of the city. The a
,ells out there had been condemned,
nd water and sewer were needed, or
here might be a recurrence of ty-
hold fever there. The assessment
-ould come pretty heavy upon him, =
ut he was willing to stand his share I
the expense. The city engineer =
avored such plan, Mr.. Dukes said.
City Engineer Wilson was asked as .
, the character of the ground, and =
ated that there is no stone on y
lie Fourth street route, but that :"
one would be encountered if it was
to extend the Broad ]
rect sewer beyond the Franklin
hool. He thought that probably the v
wer at the Franklin school was too
gh to connect with. A great deal e
water would be encountered on the
Ourth street route. :,
MrA Dukes said that the proposed :.
irifier to be used at the Catholic 80 =,
hool would be only temporary, and =.
was undesirable to emnty If iu1C ~