The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-07-11

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For a contract for five years or
longer we will furnish street arc
lighting with the present lamps and
! equipment, on the present Philadel.
phia moonlight schedule, at the
price of $50 per lamp per annum.
I'VE will also put into effect the
additional discount on electric pow
er rates, as an inducement for the
location of manufacturing Industries
in Mankato, as below given:
Where the gross bills at our
present power schedule d amount
to 500 or more per month, we will
give an additional ten per cent
quantity discount; 5000, or more, Is
per cent; $500 or more, 20 per cent;
$500 or more, rs per cent. This is
in addition to the regular discount
for prompt payment within ten
! days.
= 'The rates to private consumers
were practically the same as are
now being charged. A sliding scale
of 10 cents per kilowatt for the
first 100 kilowatts to 2.9 cents for
the tenth 1000 kilowatts is the rate
quoted, under the A schedr'". under
the B schedule, the scale slides
from 9 cents to 28 cents, and un-
der the C schedule from cents
to 2.S cents. Minimum monthly
bill, 81. A reconnection charge of
81 net will be made for each and
Sc
taken out by reason of the consum-
er's becoming delinquent. Schedules
and G do not apply to residen-
4 tial lighting. The rate for gas for
I Illuminating and fuel purposes was
given on a fiat gross rate of $3.50
}. per NJ cubic feet, for from 1000 to
100000 feet or over, and sliding
scale was given quoting net rate
of from $1.25 to $S5 for prompt
payment of bills within ten days
The minimum charge is given as So
cents per month.
IF the city merchants install at
their expense a curb l'"''+'o- ~
white way" system, each post to
be equipped with three 40-watt tung
stem lamps, one of which is to burn
all night and every night, and the
other two to burn from dusk till
midnight every night, the company
will furnish electric current, re
newals, outer globes and attendance
therefore, for a price of $27 pei
J post per year. The foregoing does
not cover renewals necessitated by
the hitching of teams to posts OF
damage by fire, wind storms, hal
or other unusual causes. If the
, posts have more than three lamps
or have larger lamps than above
/ specified, proportionate prices will
be quoted"
The quotations are practically the
same as those given at last Mon
, days meeting except that the Phila
delphia moonlight schedule is in
| troduced.
Bonds Were Approved.
| The builders bonds of A. Bashav
and E. d. Wilmot were approved
City Attorney Arthur Schaub re
ported that w. A. Sperry as attor
ney for Miss Mabel W. Adams, who
was injured in an automobile &C
: cident on Front street a few week.
ago, had filed claim against the
: city for damages to Miss Adams
No action has been taken on the
matter. Chief of Police Eli Klugher.
/ reported that in the past month Their,
| had been eight arrests made anC
, seventeen lodgings given. A reso
t luton was adopted transferring Wal
ter j. Laird's contract for the city
garbage collection to H. P. Ander
son. Mr.. Laird is ill and canno
, handle the work. Commissioner
/ George R. Bradley was given au
thority to purchase five sanitar,
porcelain drinking fountains, one tc
, be placed on the corner of Plum
| and Front streets, one at Main ant
Front streets, one at Jackson anC
Front streets, one at Liberty anC
Front streets, and one Mn Sibley
, park.
| Commissioner John Gerlich re
, ported that he had been to st. Pau
: and had conferred with T. C. Ward
who is the asphalt street expert il
, that city, and he thought that if Mr.
!, Ward could see the condition O
| Broad street, he would know JUS
what to do to remedy it's condition
, He is also an expert on creosott
, block paving, and can give some
| pointers on this work also. Mr.
Gerlich is to invite Mr.. Ward t.
| come to Mankato at the expense O.
. the city, and make recommendation
i for repairing the Broad street as
phalt.
Rev. A. F. Winter, Professor J. A
. Hancock and w. d. Willard were
reappointed members of the librar,
board. The pay rolls for June were
approved. and the following build
ing permits were granted: Outside
: fire limits, to Fred Hoffman, on the
/ east half of lot 5, block IA, Var
| Brunt's addition, frame dwelling
| "a by 80. single roof, estimated
! cost $1,000: to the F'~~t Baptis
| church on lot 5, block 10, Warren.
addition, brick addition to church
30 by so, and remodeling the pres
ent structure, to be completed Sep
) TENDER Is, estimated cost $4,000.
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