The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-15

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missioner Bangerter decided to pur.
chase the land owned by the Omaha
railway and to take. into considera.
| ton Mr.. Pays, request. AS the Stand.
ard Brewing company had paid the
city $1,000 for a fraction of block
A., a triangular. piece OF property
between Spring, and Elm street near
Fourth, the total receipts toward
the purchase of the Omaha right of
way, was $40, and. with the bal.
anee of $500 necessary to make the
purchase, the deed was transferred.
The above mentioned $3.50 was drawn
| from the city's funds. -s
z,e City Buys the Land.
EE. p. Barlow, assistant right-of-way
commissioner for the Omaha railway,
appeared before the council, and up.
on the decision to make the pur,
chase, he turned over the deed to
the city council, after the $4,000 had
been paid. The city attorney was
instructed to place the deed on file
in the office of the register of deeds.
Commissioner Henline reported
that public necessity required that a
sanitary sewer be laid on North
Fourth street from Washington to
Mabel street and then east to the
Mother House. Plans and ,specifica'
tons which had been made out by
City Engineer H. F. Blomquist, were
accepted and placed on file. The
hearing on this motion was set for
March 25. ...-s,
City Clerk Bates read set of res.
olutions, voting to thank Judge Cray
for his services in securing the Oma-
ha right.of-way and also for his legal
aid in connection with the typhoid
fever epidemic litigation. These
services were rendered for the
city without remuneration and the
city felt that to send him vote
of thanks would certainly not be out
of order. The city clerk was in.
structed to mail the Judge a set OF
the resolutions, which were unani.
mousIy adopted. >,s h..
The written resignation of John c.
Noe as a director on the library
board was accepted and the commu.
nication was placed on file. Mayor
Charles T. Taylor then appointed
DR.. G.. r. Curran to fill the vacancy.
Mr.. Noe has moved to California and
hence could not continue to act on
the board. s~ ~: ...... --.
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one to Frank Gustafson and the
other to Charles Cowell.
Report Of the Rest Room. =.
The report Of the. rest room com.
mittee was then read as follows: s.,
Mankato, Minn,, March s., 1872
To the Honorable Mayor and City
Commissioners, Mankato, Minnesota.
Dear Sirs:: The committee in charge
of the rest room, which was opened
on March g.. 1911, for the comfort
and convenience of persons visiting
our city, beg to submit to your hon
orable body the following report for
he year ending March 8, 1912: -:
The expenses for furnishing and
maintaining the rest room for the
year, were as follows: - ID @.->
THE first expense in getting the
room ready for < occupancy, all of
which was donated by the women's
clubs and generous citizens who
were interested in having the rooms
established amounted to $116.5O;
matron's salary, which was increased
to $40 per month on January /,
1912, $780, cleaning room, $3.50;
lighting room, SLAP; supplies,
S42.98; repairs, $685.; total, $395.75.
The money necessary to pay these
running expenses is donated by the
following business men and firms, who
pay monthly the amounts given
after their names. They are certain
ly entitled to the hearty. thanks of
all citizens for their generosity.
George E. Brett, Fred Kron, Pat
terson Mercantile company, National
Citizens bank, George NJ. Palmer, J..
C. Wise & Sons, First National
bank, National Bank of Commerce,
Mankato State bank, Morehart &
Atchison, Free Press Printing com
pany, Mankato Savings bank, Man
kato Fruit Commission company,
Mankato Dental association, 81 each;
Louis Janda, Martin & Hoerr, Schroe-
der G Murphy, Kruse Brothers,
Fred NJ. Otto, Nyquist Clothing com,
pany, Davies Brothers, Flo, Pugh &
Brockmeyer, Landkamer Bros, Mar
tin Walser, Fred w. Kruse company,
Laird Norton Yards, Manderfeld
company. Wood & Sterling, Draper
&, Petersen, j. 3. & D. Richards,
Miss c.. Holm, Miss Anna Johnson,
w. r. Crandall, o. w. Schmidt, w.
G. p. Smith, Dr. J. w. Andrews, so
cents each; DR.. J. H. James,. DR.. j.
s. Holbrook, DIR G. r.. Curran, DR..
c, Fl. Nerbovig, John r. Snow, n.
M. Hermanson, Theodore Williams,
Mankato Post. rs cents each. IT,.
Nearly all the necessary furnish.
ings. for the room were provided by
local furniture dealers, merchants
and residents.
Through the generosity of the edi-
tors and the women's clubs, the,
room is supplied with both daily pa.
pers, The Ladies' Home Journal, The
Woman's Home Companion, The De-
lineator, The Cosmopolitan, The