The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-07-05
URGED COUNCIL TOOL
STREETS; DUST THICK
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
Several petitions were received at
the city council meeting this morn
ing. Mrs. Henry Shurber, who lives
on Minnesota street, appeared be-
fore the council to veryify a petition
sent by several property owners on
Minnesota and A street, asking the
council to have these two streets
either sprinkled or oiled. She said
this street was almost too dusty to
use. The council moved that Mime.
sofa and A street between Mime
sofa and Poplar streets and also
Glenwood avenue from the inter-
section of South Fifth street to Will
lard parkway be sprinkled. The
petition was placed on file.
Another petition, signed by ten
property owners, for the laying of
water mains on North Fourth street
from Elm to Franklin streets, was
received. This petition was placed
on file, and the city engineer instruc-
ted to prepare plans and specifica-
tons for the laying of these mains.
In DR.. Henning Estate.
Attorney Benjamin Taylor appear
ed again in the matter of the DR..
Henning estate. He said that he
has made arrangements with Dr.
Henning in regard to the tax on his
property, but that he would be gone
for several weeks after July 4, and
wanted the council to hold over the
matter until his return.
The members of the sinking fund
of the council, consisting of Mayor
Charles Taylor, Robert Lamm, SUI
and City Attorney G.. o. Daley, re-
ported no business during the past
year. This committee makes an
annual report, and this one was &C.
cepted.
Chief of Police Donahue reported
Twenty-Five arrests and nineteen
lodges during the month. A liquor
license was granted to H. E. Brand,
his application being accompanied
| by a bond of $4,000 with the Fidel-
ity & Desosit company of Mary
land
C. T. Bass, who is with the Bar
Der Asphalt paving company, wrote
the council that his company had
crew of men working on job
in ST. Paul at present, and this
crew would finish their work in
about ten or twelve days, after
which they would come to Mankato
to repair Broad street. He assured
the council that his company would
live up to their obligations.
A resolution, establishing the road
way on Grace street from Bradley to
Lewis street as twenty feet wide,
and another establishing the road
way on Sixth street from Main to
East Hickory as thirty feet wide,
were passed.
Relative to the Switching.
Mayor Taylor reported that he
as member of the committee to
see the authorities of the Milwaukee
railroad about switching in their
yards at the foot of Main street, re-
ported that he had taken the mat
ter up with local Agent Walker.
Mr. Walker said that the superin-
tendent was in the city a short time
last week, but did not stay long
enough to confer with the council.
Mr. Walker assured him that he
would wire the superintendent to be
here this week, while the council
was in session as the board of
equalization
Resolutions of the council order
ing certain new sidewalks and or
deriDg other sidewalks relaid, to-
gether with plans and specifications
for the construction of the same.
were adopted and passed. Sidewalks
will be laid on the North Second
street hill, on the east side from
Vine street to Lafayette. Although
the resolutions were adopted, the
matter was continued until the next
regular meeting.
A motion was then carried to adj
journ to meet tomorrow to take up
the assessments on the curb and
gutter work done this spring. The
following building permits were al
lowed:
Outside fire limits: To C. A. Carl
son, lot 4, block 6, Van Brunt's ad-
dition, remodeling and building a
second story to present frame dwell
ing, 24x32, covered with single
roof, estimated cost, $1.5C0. To o.
Rykhns, lot 8, block 20, Mankato city,
frame addition to present building,
estimated cost $500. To H. Heidwin-
KEEL. block 1, Hinkley's addition, adj
dition to dwelling, 10x14, one story
(ten FOOT covered with tin roof, es-
timated cost, $3.50. To Mike O'Brien,
south one-half of lot IL, block II.
Syn Sub. of Van Brunt's second adj
dition, frame dwelling, 24x26, esti-
mated cost, $4,000. To S. Hutterer,
lot 9, block IA, Randalrs addition,
two story frame dwelling 26x34, COW
cred with single roof, estimated
cost, $4,000.