The Mankato free press., 1912-05-03

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! fore the council. this being the day,
set for the hearing on the North
Fifth and Sixth street sewers. He
objected to the sewer. saying that.
he had no city water there and
would receive little benefit. How
ever, he said he would he willing
to pay if the rest OF the property
owners wanted the sewer. = On mo-
ton of Commissioner Bangerter,: the
council decided to advertise for, bids
| for this sewer, the bids to be open.
ed May 13. j. ~ sSs..iiaj >ess
The cjndcr Sidewalks. ,s"t.S
Commissioner Lamm took up tlies
matter Of allowing the Chicago and !,
Northwestern railroad to put in Gin.
der sidewalks on Rock Spring and
Lime streets to replace the old
| wooden sidewalks, as the, latter con-
| tinually need repairs. The company
claims that the tracks must be re.
! paired so often that cement could
hardly be used. The council decided
to go over the ground with Agent
Johnson this afternoon. = II ti>i
The report OF. the. city engineer
which stated that necessity required
a grading on Prospect avenue from
Clark street to Lewis street was re-.
ferred to the city engineer to look
| up the assessment. He stated in his
| report that the grading necessary for
a four foot sidewalk for the east
side would cost about $50, and for
restoring the smooth surface drive
| way, $40, and for four inch gravel
surface fifteen feet. wide on the drive
| way to the top of the hill $100, max
ing total of $210. a:s = ~
The Walz Estate. a
]. r. Thomas appeared before the,
council in the interests of the Walz
estate and requested that the wooden
sidewalk on lots two and three In ,
| Coy's addition be repaired. He said
the estate was in probate court and
SO the property owners could do lit
tie. The matter was referred TO
Commissioner Humistoni and City
Engineer Blomquist to report at the,
next meeting. . asl.
Commissioner Bangerter brought
up the matter Of repairing the root
on the fire station. He said the
roofing crew of the w. s. Mott com
pany of Minneapolis would soon be
here and they made a good offer.
to make the repairs. The matter
was referred to Commissioner. Ban.
gerter with power to act.
John Meney and Sigrid Olson were
appointed to help the health commit
},tce during the spring. Cleanup. I'll
| 1t was decided to request the city
engineer to prepare plans and speci-
fications for grading the hill on North
Second street from Vine to. Franklin
streets. - - ::
| Wants Profile. .,,s l..,i,.
e. +. Soaring appeared before the
council and requested that body. to
adopt a profile on South Fourth
street from Warren, and then gding
| north, and also: on Fourth between
| Warren and Cherry. He said that
the Consumers Power company had
just started force of men laying
gas mains on South Fourth street,
and the company wanted to; know for
a certainty how low to lay the pipes,
and that if a profile were; prepared,
they would know, SO that they would
not have to change the pipes a few
! year later. The matter was referred
to Commissioner Humiston and City
| Engineer BlomQuist to see the OWN
ers of the property and arrange for
some plans on these streets.
The council also !. decided to in
struct the city attorney to prepare
an ordinance prohibiting articles Of
| merchandise from being displayed
and placed on the sidewalks This
ordinance was to include any OBJ
| structions. 1so 49, 80
The dog licenses are due, May i.
and so far only fifteen dogs have
licenses. The council wants it thor
oughly understood that the, Ordi-
nance requiring dog licenses will be
strictly enforced, and the. dog man
will be on his rounds lin a few days
to capture all CANNES without Ii.
cense.
Charles Bennett was appointed
sewer inspector for the North
Fourth street sewer at salary of
$3.50 day, he to put in his full
time. itsg fa
The ordinance referring to the
fire limits of the city was given
it's second reading. City Attorney
Daley will look up matters further
in this regard and report at the
next meeting The council adjourn
ed to meet this afternoon when they
will look over the sidewalks on, Rock,
Lime and Spring streets and make
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