The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-12-22

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Mayor Taylor and members of the
city council do not appear to be
greatly disturbed by the charges
that have been made against them
by E. V. Waters, the former street
commissioner. The councilmen ap-
peared eft as fiddle" at the regu.
lar weekly meeting this morning,
and there were no indications that
they had lost any sleep because of
the activities of the city's former
employe.
Here are statements made by the
mayor and councilmen to The Free
Press:
Interviews With Solons.
Mayor Taylor said: mo, / don't
think there is anything to his
charges. He Is way off on the fig
ures he gave. He said there were
only $4,000 in the city treasury whe.a
there is $4,000. l can't say any
more about the charges"
Councilman Lamm stated: wait
until the committee which is to in
vestigate has made statement.
There were one or two statements
that he made which were near the
truth"
Councilman Henline: 81 don't be-
his charges. In fact, I know there
is no truth to them"
Councilman Bangerter: Il can
make no statement, but you will
have to wait until the investigation
committee gets through. However,
there is nothing to his charges"
Councilman Humiston was Of the
same opinion as Councilman Lamm,
and merely advised The Free Press
representative to wait until the COM
mittee on investigation had finished
it's investigation.
The charges preferred by Mr.. Wat
terS were published in full in The
Free Press Saturday afternoon.
In response to the request made
by the Commercial club city affairs
committee for specific charges, for
Street Commissioner E. V. Waters
has handed the following commune
cation to Chairman Lorin Cray:
Mankato. Mimi, December Is.
1911-To the Investigating commit
tee, Mankato Commercial club
Gentlemen: Following are the
charges which / prefer against the
present city commissioners.
The commissioners violated Sec
lions 80 and 80 of the Charter,
which provides that all contracts
for work amounting to over $3.50
shall be advertised and let on bids
in the following instances:
One. Work on stone wall and
filling between Madison avenue and
Vine street on Sixth street on prop
erty belonging to NJ. Coughlan. Not
advertised. No bids called for. Esti-
mate cost, over $3.50.
Two. Macadam road on Main
street between Fifth and Sixth
streets. Not advertised. No bids
called for. Estimated cost, over
$3.50.
Three. Work on retaining walls
and filling on Eagle Lake hill lead
ing to green house. Not advertised.
No bids called for. Estimated cost,
over $500.
Filling in boulevards on Second
street from Cherry on Byron, east
and west side. Not advertised. No
bids. Estimated cost, over $500.
Five. On Jackson and Fourth
streets retaining wall. Not ad-
vertised. No bids called for. Esti-
mated cost, over $500.
Six. Putting in curb and gutter
on South Second street on both
sides from Cherry to Byron. Not
advertised. Let on private bids.
Seven. Lincoln street curb and
gutter west side and one-half east
side. Not advertised. No bids. Es-
timated cost, over 1925.
Eight. On Pike street between
Cherry and Jackson, west side, fill.
Also fill on Pike street for 200 feet
to railroad. property, west side. Not
advertised No bids received. Esti-
mated cost, $500.
Nine. Bunker Hill road sewer
pipes and repair. Not advertised.
No bids. Estimated cost, over
$500.
Ten. From the corner of Lock
down Bradley to Center, grading
street. Not advertised. No bids.
Estimated cost, $500.
Eleven. Filling on Willard street
between State and Front. Not ad-
vertised No bids received. Esti-
mated cost, over $500.
Twelve. On st. Peter road from
top of hill to city limits, sand and
ashes. Not advertised No bids. Es-
timated cost, $1,000.
The commissioners made no as
sessments for improvements in the
following instances:
One. On Sixth street work de-
scribed in No. one above amount,
$3.50; two, work on Main street de-
scribed at two above amount, $3.50;
three, work on Eagle Lake road,
described in three above amount,
$500; four, work on Second street,
described in four above, amount,
$500; five, work on Jackson and
Fourth described at five above,
amount, $500; six, work on Lincoln
street described filling boulevard,
500; seven, work on Pike street
described at eight above, $500;