The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-02

ing committee recommended tina
lights be placed at the intersection
of the following streets: South ave
nue. and Center street, Nicollet ave
nue. and Cornelia street, Cornell;
street and Garfield avenue, that tn,
light asked for at the foot of Bel
grade hill be given further consider
alton and action thereon be defer
red until a future meeting of thu
council. The committee further rec
commended that the light at the inter
section of Belgrade avenue and Cor
nelia street be moved to the turn il
Belgrade avenue near the bluff.
On motion the council voted tt
place the lights as recommended b,
the lighting committee
The committee appointed at pre-
viOus meeting of the council to in
spect the hose carts which the city
Of Mankato have for sale reported
that the carts are in good condition
except for the need of a coat O
paint and a few repairs and thai
they would be suitable for the need.
Of the village fire department. The
committee was authorized to pur
chase one of the hose carts.
Bids for the construction of rein
forced cement cross walks and side
walks were received from J. B. Mel
sen Construction company and G. A
Sharp.
The bid of J. b. Nielsen Construc
square foot for sidewalks. The bic
of C. A. Sharp was II cents pei
foot on cross walks. Both bids were
considered reasonable. The con
the village hall was let to j. b
Nielsen Construction company an(
the construction of the cross walks
was let to C. A. Sharp.
Bids for the filing on Range
street between Belgrade avenue an(
Wheeler avenue were rejected, as i
is thought that the work would cos
less if done in the fall, the loves
bid received was 80 cents per yard
The request of chief of the fire
department, Frank Wilds, for the
usual appropriation and expenses o.
delegate to the firemen'S convention
was postponed until the receipt O
the June apportionment. 1t was de
cided to have the roof of the fire
bell tower removed which may al
low the sound to carry further. The
bell at present cannot be heard
clearly at q distance
E. G. Banker who has been con
fined to his home the past two
weeks with illness is convalescen
and expects to resume his work OF
the road in few days.
Professor l.. E. Mccormick viii
give his Sunday School class al
outing at Madison Lake tomorrow.
Nan WilcOn is now occupying hi.
new home on the corner of South
avenue and Center street.
From Tuesdays Daily.
The action of the council in form
ally taking over the public library
will meet with the hearty approve
of the majority Of the people of Nortl
Mankato. The past four years tn,
library has been maintained by pri
vate subscriptions. During this time
it has grown in popularity to sucl
an extent that even those wht
could not see the necessity of a Ii
brary at the beginning are now full!
convinced of the actual necessity
and worth of the institution to The
community. The people of Nortl
Mankato are practically barred from
the splendid library of Mankato. 1
the proposition from that librar!
were accepted the consideration
would be many times the amour
that is needed to maintain the pres
ent village library for years to come
The convenience and greater benefi
Of having library in North Man
kato must be considered and though
small and not comparable with thu
Mankato library it is adequate tt
the needs of the village.
The discussion of street lighting
at the council meeting Saturday even
ing brought out the matter of cos
of electric current and gas. Man.
small towns have successfully in
stalled their own lighting plant will
great saving in cost to the town ant
to the consumer 1t seems that {
small town can more readily furnish
it's own light than the larger cities
The impressions expressed by thu
councilmen and the spectators pres
ent was favorable to having an in
vestigation made to bring the mat
ter to the attention of the CONNER
cial club President Neitge appoint
ed the trustees and clerk commit
tee to communicate with other town.
and to make a careful investigation
and report at a future meeting o
the council. The question was rails
ed also why North Mankato wa
paying $1.25 for gas when othel
villages and cities are paying bu
one dollar.
Another commendable act Of thu
council is that of ordering three ad
ditional street lights that will d.
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