The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-24
Banning the .Peddler
Benefit Home Dealer

ManKato merchants will be given
more protection from the class OF
i travelling vendors that from time to
time visit the city and sell their
wares from hotel rooms and from
house to house. This matter was
brought to the front at the meeting
OF the council this morning by A.
G. Lack, who stated that num-
Der of local dealers have requested
that they be given protection against
itinerants who peddle goods, and he
cited the case Of travelling man
who had opened quarters in the
Saulpaugh, and sold furs for a. few
days. This man had come to the
city hall and asked for license
and was told that it was not neces-
sary in cases of that kind. He sold
goods in competition with the home
I merchants
City Attorney Arthur Schaub has
looked up the matter and found that
J a license of $50 week was required
in cases of this kind Chief of Po-
! lice Eli klugherZ recounted the case
of rug and wringer company that
had made a test acse of the ordi-
nance and said that in that instance
the ordinance had not held good !.
The matter was left with the city
attorney who was instructed to draw
up an ordinance that would give pro-
testion to the legitimate trade CT the
city.
I A building permit was granted to
o. w. Walker for the construction Of
a frame, iron covered garage, on lc.
one, block six, of Warrens addition,
TIE estimated cost being $lO0.
An application to transfer the IL
quor licenes of Arnsdorf & klausses
! 70 KIausses e Pollei, who have re-
Gently purchased the business was
granted.
Curb Assessment Again.
John Duane didn't purchase the
property owned by the John G.. Wise
hence the curb assessment on this
property was borught before the
council again at today's meeting
This property is north of the Fowler
e Pay lime kiins, on Second street
and is property crossed by the old
right OF way of the Omaha road
The way in which the road crosses
the property is such that the prop
erty has practically only one dimen
sion, that being the frontage.
! II A Cnbo,tb cold
that in cases Of this kind the rail
read should be asked to stand part
of the cost. for while assessments OF
this kind were: supposed to be made
according to the frontage, they were
really made according to the benefits
derived. |,-.
After considerable discussion it
Was decide to rebate the assessment
50 per lot, the lot assessment being
$50 each. ~ ~
Attorney A r. Pfau, Jr, who rep
resented the Wise estate in the mat
ter, said that he regarded the reduc-
ton as inadequate to the situation
and sold that he would take the
case to court. There are other il.
stances of property in the city that
has been affected in like manner
and il these assessments can be col.
lected from the railroad they will be
refunded to the property owners.
The Railway Plans.
w. H. Pay spent some time at the
meeting and brought with him the
complete plans for the remodeling OF
the railroad system Of this city,
This proposition will be formally
taken up with the roads on Thurs
day OF this week, at a banquet given
at the Elks club, at one O'Clock. Mr..
j Pay answers various questions on
the subject and showed that he had
studied the subject fully before he
had complied his maps and charts.
vited to attend the Thursday meet
ing.
After the council had just voted to
borrow $4,000 on next years levy,
Mayor Meyer AarOse and addressed
the meeting and said that he re-
GREETED that the finances OF the
city had reached such a state and
| chat an amount SO large had to be
borrowed. He warned all of the
DEPARTMENTS to keep within their al
lowance from now on and said trat
hereafter If they exceeded these
amounts that lie would not sign the
warrants.
Eids For Sewers.
Bids for the construction OF the
short sewers, on Mulberry and Shau-
but and Lewis streets were opened
and the contract for constructing the
Mulberry sewer was awarded TO John
Mcnall his bid being 1920 The
bids on the construction of the
Lewis and Sehaubut street sewer,
We're laid over till the next meeting,
as it was discovered that the people
On Lewis street. had not asked for
| this Improvement If these people
do not ask for the severe, bids will
be taken for the Scbaubut street
sewer only c. w. Masters was low
bidder on this job, his bid being
1859. $50. A as
At the .reqeust{of Chief of Police
Ell klugherz the council voted to
buy new caps for the patrolmen
Washington, October 20.-Mrs. En-
mn'ine Pankhurst. militant suffragist,