The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-10
Covered Wagon For Dead AMI
mails Ordered BY Council
NORTH SIDE OFFICIALS MEET
Wendell Hodapp Withdraws Park Offer:
Matters Taken Up at Session
Last Night

tinue to pass through North Mankatc
in the future they must be more
modest in their appearance than they
have been in the past
The subject was threshed out to
a considerable length in the meeting
of the council that was held last
evenin gin the village hall and Mr..
Robey, the proprietor of the tankage
works on the outskirts of the vii.
lage, was there to defend his cause.
When the meeting opened the ordi-
nance that mas been recently drafted
on this subject and which prohibits the
hauling of dead animals during the
daylight hours, was read. President
J. B. Coy said that in order that the
council might understand the mat
ter rightly he had asked Mr.. Robey
to come and state his side of the
question.
Mr.. Robey admitted that the sight
of some of the material that he had
hauled through the village had not been
of "a lovely nature, but he had always
covered these loads and as far as
possible he had taken the back
streets and insisted that his men
should do likewise He said that
the restriction of hours that the new
ordinance named would practically
drive him out of business and that
it was necessary for him to pass
through the village with the loads
as most of the material was acquired
OH the other side of the river. Mr..
Robey announced that it was not
possible to use covered wagon as
the weight would be too much and
it would be hard to use it in the
many narrow corners in which he
was forced to drive for material.
carcasses Are Menace.
Following Mr.. Robey's remarks,
Henry Robel, ST.. addressed the
meeting for some time and said that
he did not consider that it was i'm
possible to build such a wagon and
that the weight of it need not be
excessive. He considered that as
iiottCiS III" oIOOu Iu0 CdICdSS6Ss lUdI
the tankage company hauled along the
street were menace to the health
OF the people of the village He also
cited cases where the driver had
stopped for considerable time with
his load and do trading at the store,
leaving the offensive load stand in
the street
c. E. Ball agreed with everything
Mr.. Robel had said. and believed that
it was not impossible to construct a
light wagon and one that would sat
isfy the village board of health. In
addition to the dangers that Mr..
Robel had mentioned Mr.. Ball said
that the fly nuisance was another
danger that accompanied the open
wagon and he thought that if a
closed wagon was used it should be
made fly tight if possible. The dis
cussion lasted for some time and
finally j. B. Nielsen brought the dis.
cussion to an end by saying that it
was a choice between the ordinance
or covered wagon Of the kind that
had been suggested. The matter was
dropped peaceably by Mr.. Robey
agreeing to construct his wagons so
that the carcasses would be entirely
removed from the gaze of the public
Offer of Park Withdrawn.
A communication was received
from John B. Hodapp stating that he
I, I, Il I, ~ ILL
and it's surrounding property for
park purposes.
An affidavit signed by Henry Robel
and J. B. Coy was read, and the
contents rehearsed their report or
the switching conditions on Main
street. Mr.. Robel said that it was
not the purpose of the council to
poster the Milwaukee road and he
said that he thought that the Off
Gals had intended to do the square
thing when they made their offer to
remedy the evil but that the new
projects that had been brought up,
relative to new depot, had upset
all of their plans and put the matter
way back where it was in the first
place. He said that since the Mil
waukee road had talked of moving
their switching south of Main street
some of the citizens on Jackson had
started objections and were going to
try to stop the road from blocking
the street there. Mr.. Robel said that
he had considered taking count at
much greater the traffic is at the
hi.idfra fhan IL lie. on tho of her ctrnptc