The Mankato free press., 1913-08-01
White Way Favored
By the Committee
From Saturdays Daily.

mittee from the Commercial club is
approved by the city council and
no objections are raised by citi-
Zens, Mankato will have white
way" The committee was unani-
nous in it's verdict that a white
way should be established, and
joint meeting of the Commercial club
the city council late yesterday after
noon in the office of Judge Lorin
Cray, National Citizens bank build
ing, the proposition was discussed
from every point of view The CON-
mittee submitted the following re-
port, which was received with ia
vor by the councilmen:
Report of Committee.
"Mankato Mimi, July 25, 1913
To Hon. A. G. Meyer and Members
of the City Council Gentlemen:
The members OF the committee from
the Commercial club, appointed to
confer with the city council, beg
leave to submit for your considera-
ton the following suggestions:
First. We are in favor of
white way" so called, provided it
can be secured at a reasonable cost
and under proper conditions.
Second We favor using the or
namental luminous arc lamps, the
same kind as recently installed at
Owatonna, Mimi.
The Lighting District.
Third. We suggest that light
ing district be established approx
mately as follows:
lon Front street from Vine to
Byron.
Ion Second street from Vine to
Lincoln.
Ion Broad street from Vine to
Lincoln
Fourth. The above district"
would require about eighty-four
lamps, putting four lamps to a
block on Front street and one lamp
to a block on Second and Broad
streets, the cross streets would not
require any lamps, but the alley
between Front and Second streets
should have one or two incandescent
lamps suspended in each block, and
a part of the alley west of Front
street should also have incandescent
lamps as an aid to the police in
capturing offenders.
Get Proper Effect.
Fifth. To get the proper effect,
the lamps should be placed equal
distances apart, SO far as practicable
to do so, on alternate sides of each
street and the posts painted
shade of green to harmonize with
the grass and foliage; we also are
of the opinion that the same style
of lamps and posts be used on all
the streets, so as to give uniform
ity.
sixth. We recommend that the
cost of the installation of the "sys-
TEN in the lighting district" should
owners in the blocks where the
lamps are located: Provided, how
ever that the electric current, cost
of maintenance, and all up-keep
charges hereafter, be borne by the
city at large; and provided further,
in the future that this same method
of paying for them be followed Re-
spectfully submitted, F. NJ Currier,
l.. Cray, H. F. Leonard, A. NJ Stein,
]. R. Brandrup."
Will Come UP Monday
Thic roporf will ha tabop nm bu
the city council at it's meeting on
Monday morning for formal action.
There is no doubt of it's acceptance
and adoption, as the mayor and
councilmen who attended the meet
ing yesterday afternoon were all
agreeable to the proposition All the
councilmen except Robert Lamm
were present, and he is out of the
city.
1t will be observed that the COM
mittee recommend no lamps for the
cross streets. At first glance this
would seem to the reader that
mistake has been made by the COM
mittee. However, investigation on
the part of the committee deter
mined this provision in the report.
With the installation of the lumin-
Gus arc system. the side streets can
be lighted nicely from the lamps on
the adjacent corners. This is the
case in Owatonna.
Cost of Installation.
The cost of installing about eighty
seven lamps is estimated at $4,000.
To operate the lamps five hours
every night would cost about SO, 100
figuring electricity at 8 cents. The
eighty-seven arcs would displace
twenty-six lamps operating under the
present antiquated system at a cost
of $65 each.
Mayer Meyer has requested the
committee to continue to act with
the council in the matter in hand.
He expressed his appreciation of
what the committee has done so
far.
The territory that will be covered
by the new lighting system takes
in about forty-five blocks