The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-04-11


The meeting opened with motions
by which the city departments were
formally allotted to the mayor and
councilmen. Mayor Meyer of course
has charge of the police department
and general public welfare. Coun-
Gilman Lamm is superintendent of
finances and accounts, Councilman
Lack superintendent of parks and
public buildings, Councilman Brad
ley has charge of waterworks and
sewers and Councilman Gerlich IS
commissioner of streets and alleys.
A motion was made and carried to
continue the second reading of the
| plumbers ordinance until the next
regular meeting next Monday morn
ing. The council decided to meet at
ten o'clock every Monday morning as
has been the custom. Mayor Meyer
| asked the council to give him au-
thority to select plainclothes man
and traffic officer. and this was
| granted. He said that he as yet had
no one in sight for this position, but
| thought that the work to be done
called for good man.
Bids For Fire Apparatus.
| o1uS LUZ luc IlS"
| tor driven chemical fire engine and
hose car were opened but no action
was taken on the bids. The Twin
City Motor Car company of Mime
apolis offered to build an engine ac-
cording to the specifications for S.
437, f. o. b. Philadelphia, but the
bid was not considered because the
| usual ten percent check did not ac-
company the bid The American La
France Fire Engine company of Chi
cago offered to build the machine for
| $500. f. O. b. Mankato and a check
| for 5000 was sent with the bid.
| The Martin Carriage company of
York, Pa, put in a bid of $4,000 for
one type and $4,000 for another.
f. o. b. York. Pa, but enclosed no
| check. The Webb Motor Fire APP.
paratus company of st. Louis, Mo-,
sent bid of $1,000, f. o. b. Mankato,
aud enclosed check for $500. The
| Seagreave company of Columbus,
Ohio. offered to build the fire engine
for $500, f. o. b. Mankato and en-
closed a check for $500. The Kissel
Kar branch house in Minneapolis en-
closed a bid of $500 for four cyl
| inder engine, and $3.50 for a six
cylinder engine, and enclosed check
for $50 The bids were laid over
for further action until next meeting
! Theodore Williams reported to the
council that the hydraulic engineer
/ from Chicago, who. representing thu
Fire Insurance Underwriters as
ISOLATION was expected here to
day, would look over the city free
of charge and report what changes
will be necessary to lower the insur
lance rate for MankatO. Mayor Meyer
thanked Mr. Williams for his efforts
i'll this direction.
/ The council decided that from this
on the street foreman should furnish
Ibis own horse and buggy, without
lany additional remuneration from the
city.
At this stage of the game, tho
newly elected city attorney, Arthur
Schaub, appeared in the council
chamber with large box of La Pre-
ferencias, which he passed to the
mayor and councilmen, and others
Mr.. Schaub made an appropriate
speech, thanking the council for his
election and promising to work t.
the end that the trust reposed IL
him should not be misplaced. He al
/ so said that he intended to devote
all his leisure time to the position
and briefly outlined what he proposed
to do in the next six months. His
work, as he explained it. will b'
mostly in the line of putting in shape
better draft of the city ordinance
book, and so arranging it SO that /