The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-02-03
ONE THOUSAND FEET TO BE
PURCHASED BY CITY.
Ordinance Relative to Fee for Shows
Given It's Second Reading; Re-
port of Professor kearcher Read
and Placed on File; Vacation Of
A street Is Cause of Some Dis.
cussion.


cussion.
From Mondays Daily.
| Considerable time was taken up
| this morning at the meeting OF the
city commission by representatives
of the different fire hose companies
who had made bids on 1000 feet
of hose wanted by the city fire de-
partment. Bids were offered by the
| following companies: BabcOck Fire
Fixture company, Chicago; New Jer-
sey Car Spring and Rubber company.
Chicago; Hudson and Thurber COM
pany, Minneapolis; W. S. Mott com.
pany, Minneapolis; and Voorhees,
Rubber Manufacturing company, Chi.
cago. All the above companies had
representatives on the ground ex.
cept the Voorhees, concern. The bids
were taken under consideration and
| were taken up at an adjourned
meeting held this afternoon. The
prices ranged from 65 cents to $1.10
per foot.
Two liquor license applications
were received and acted upon. Oscar
| Olson made application for license
with Fidelity Guaranty company as
securities, and Schmitt G. Fandrey
with F. E. Hidde and Joseph Hampl
as securities.
Fees for Shows.
| Ordinance No. 25 which pertains to
| decreasing the amount of the license
| fee to be charged shows, theatres
and circuses came up for its Sec
ond reading and on motion of CON-
missioner Humiston the second read
ing of the ordinance was passed on
and will have it's final reading at
the next meeting.
The report of Professor Kearcher
of Madison, Wisconsin, on the con-
dition of the city wells, was read and
placed on file. This report was pub
lished in full in a former issue OF
The Free Press.
George Fl. Ballard appeared before
the commission with an agreement
between himself and the city dating
! back several years, which is con-
tract for gravel which the city has
hauled from lot 25 in Dukes addi-
ton. The price paid was rs cents
yard for gravel and Mr.. Ballard
claims that there remains an unpaid
balance The commissioners agreed
to look up the matter and make salts
factory settlement. The contract
was made While Charles T. Taylor
was mayor.
Vacation of a Street.
Attorneys Benjamin Taylor and C.
o. Daley appeared before the coun-
Gil on behalf of Mrs. Shaw and the
Sisters of the Notre Dame respec-
lively with reference to the vacation
of a street near the new Mothers
home. In consideration of small
piece of land Mrs. Shaw deeds
small triangular piece of land SO
that she will have q roadway from
her house to the street. To consum-
mate the transfer resolution va
eating street was presented and
adopted and a deed was accepted
and will be filed.
Commissioner Lamm reported the
taking up of certificate amounting
to $S0S.95, and the placing of $3.50
in the park fund and 500 into the
municipal court fund.
The council adjourned until 1870
o'clock this afternoon.
Meeting This Afternoon.
At the adjourned meeting of the
commissioners this afternoon the
bids for the purchase of 1000 feet
of hose for the fire department was
taken up. The bids were as fol-
lows:
Chicago Fire Hose company, Chi
cago-National Jacket, 81 per foot;
Excl 80 cents, Glenwood 80 cents.
Superior Jacket, 80 cents.
Voorhees, Rubber Manufacturing
company, New Jersey, N. Jersey
Dresden cotton hose, 80 cents per
foot.
Boston Woven Hose and Rubber
company, Cambridge, Mass.-Knit
single brand, 70 cents, Alpha SINCE
70 cents, Wonder single IS cents.
New Jersey Car Spring and Rub
Der company, Jersey City, New Jer-
sey-Universal brand, solid woven,
$1.05, Atlas single jacket "a cents.
Gopher single jacket SO cents. Cey-
lon 81 cents.
Babcock Fire Extinguisher COM
pany, Chicago-Babcock special dou-
BILE jacket 80 cents, patrol brand.
double jacket IS cents, Babcock sin
gle jacket 65 cents.
I w. S. Mott company, Minneapolis
Motifs Blue Ribbon $1.10, Gibral-
tar No. / 81. Motifs heavy special
80 cents, Hecla 80 cents. woven 80
cents, Patrol Jacket S1.05, Arrow
81, Knickerbocker 95 cents.
The successful bidders were the
Knott company, Minneapolis; 500
feet of Knots Arrow brand at 81
per foot, 400 pound pressure to the
inch. hose guaranteed for thirty.six
months.
New Jersey Car Spring and Rub
Der company, Chicago. $50 feet OF
the New Jersey Atlas brand, single
jacket, "a cents per foot
Chicago Fire Hose comany, Chi