The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-10
City Hall Sale Held
Back For Time Being

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From MONDAYS Daily.
True to his promise, George w
Scherer opened negotiations with the
city council this morning for the
purchase of the city hall. Mr.. Scherer
attended the meeting for the pur
pose of finding out what course he
must pursue in order to place the
proposition formally before the coun
Gil. Nothing was done regarding the
matter but the Introduction OF the
subject allowed the members OF the
council to express their views. The
general opinion seemed to be that
there were other things that should
come before the erection of new
municipal building.
Commissioner Lamm said that the
present location was all right and
that he would be in favor of having
q good architect take the building in
hand and remodel it so that it would
be suited to the present demands
Commissioner John Gerlich was In
favor of holding onto the building un
til something was known about a
new site, as he did not relish hold
F.; ing the meetings out under the
| trees Mr. Scherer said that there
was no hurry in the. matter, but
that if he bought it he would like
to acquire the property before his
death.
Appeared For Wise Heirs.
Attorney A. r. Pfau. Jr.. appeared
for the heirs of the John Wise estate
and said that the recent curb as
sessments on the lots on Second
street north of the Fowler & Pay
lime kilns was an assessment that
was way beyond reason, considering
the value of the lots. These lots are
in the triangle which is caused by
the old Omaha right of way and
some of the lots do not have enough
space for the building of house
= While the council was celebrating
on the matter, John Duane took the
floor for a moment and said that
Mr.. Pau had underestimate the
value of the lots and that as the rest
of the citizens had come across
with the assessment and he wanted
Mr.. Pfau's clients to go and do like
wise. Mr. Duane offered Mr.. Pau
$500 for the triangle property and
the offer was accepted in a hurry
At this point the council seemed to
drop out of sight in the affair and
what had been complaint turned
out to be real estate venture.
, Not a Dumping Ground.
John G. Wise resident member OF
the state normal school, appeared be
fore the meeting and complained
that the portion of Cherry street
south of the normal school was be
ing used for dumping ground fol
. materials that were not sanitary
The parties that had been misusing
this ground had probably done it al
night Mayor Meyer called the at
tention of the health officer to the
condition and he will see that it is
stopped at once, Mr.. Wise also
brought up the matter of having
Cherry street continued so that il
will give the students an outlet to
the Glenwood road. In the past the only
only thoroughafre in that direction
been path that trespassed on pri
vate property and the. owners of the
property had objected. After the
meeting the council left in a body
to look at the situation.
, Estimate of Grading. -.
An estimate for the grading of the
road connecting west Front street
with the Good Thunder road was
submitted by City Engineer II. F
Bloomquist The total amount of the
assessment was $1,90647 and was fig
ured at so much per front foot, the
city paying for the intersections
Upon motion the hearing of the i'm
provement was set for October 90
- A great deal of kicking and com
plant had come to the ears of Com
missioner A. G. Lack regarding the
improvements that were being made
! at Sibley park and he wanted tc
| know the sentiments Of the council
! Mayor Meyer said that he saw only
one thing to do and that was tC
go on with the plans as they were
originally outlined by the landscape
gardner and this seemed to be the
sentiment of the rest of the council
The matter of the lagoon was men
toned and it was thought advisable
to delay work on that for q while
and let most of the other work come
first
The report of Chief of Police Ell
Klugherz showed that there had been
twenty-five arrests and thirty-three
dodgers during the month of Sep
tember.
Hearings for sanitary sewer or
Shaubut and Mulberry streets were
set for October 90 and at the same
time the matter of the curb on Null
: berry from Fourth to Sixth streets
will be given it's hearing
From Mondays Daily.