The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-11-06
Northwestern Company Does
Not Move Fast Enough
from monoay.s uarfy.


Suit is TO be Instituted BY the city
against the. Northwestern Telephone
Exchange company TO compel the
to remove the poles that
stand on Walnut street. running from
Front street TO the alley between
Broad and Fourth. -a g-s
This action was taken by the city
council this morning at the sugges-
ton of Councilman Robert Lanm.
Mr.. Isamm remarked that the com.
pany had promised to do this long
apo but had done nothing He said
there was already d conduit through
that street for the cable and he did
not see why the company did not
take down the poles. lie remarked
that some months ago, when the
company was given permission 10
run a conduit through Liberty street,
the promise to remove the poles
from Walnut street had been re-
peated. But the poles were sim
there. =
d. Frank Pay appeared before the
city council in regard to the COM
plant that property owners in blocks
and twenty-nine of Man
kato city have been making about
Fowler & Pay blasting into what II
was claimed was street running a
block south OF Maxfieldt street and
parallel TO it. ~. .'..- .-''. .rN n
: Mr.. Pay declared there was no
street there and never had been. Il
was true that strip of Fowler a
Pays land had been used there. for
N .riyatrao and ntha, ranrIa had ole,
used IL. but no part OF il had been
used by the public in this way for
more than five years. Mr.. Pay said
there were fifteen workmen who were
waiting his orders to go ahead with
the digging of the stone at this
place. The stone was needed for the
lime-kilns. The men had become
alarmed, when they got the idea
that they might be doing something
illegal.
Mr.. Pay was right In saying that
excavation left the complaining prop
erty owners away up on the hill, the
time would come when the whole
hill, street and all, would be cut
down to the level of the excavation
that the company was making.
City Attorney Schaub stated that
Mr.. Pay was right n saying that
there was no street on record where
the complaining property owners Oh
jected to the digging of the stone
He said that il there was any street
there at all Il was merely by the
public getting an easement by travel
ing over that ground. Mr.. Schaub
was of the opinion that there was no
use OF the city mixing into that con-
troyersy at all. n any of the COM
planning property owners felt that
they mad n grievance. they could
bring an action against Fowler *
Pay. The council conceded with
this view and no action was taken.
Mr.. Pay also brought up the matter
OF the necessity of a crossing at the
Dan Patch railroad track and First
avenue. He said the company need.
ed a crossing there In order to haul
limestone to the kilns. At present
very roundabout way had to ne
taken. ~ ,.f :-. L.
Mayor Meyer remarked that the
city could compel the railroad COM
pany to make the needed crossing at
this street intersection. The matter
was left TO City Attorney Schaub to
investigate. -.. f.ia
To-day was the day set for hear
ing on the proposed extension OF
Germania street to intersect with the
Guerther hill road.
Attorney b. ID. Smith. owner OF
much OF the property through which
IL had been proposed to extend the
street, stated that other, interested
property owners had appeared will
ing to accede to his plan OF having
no street there, but just a footpath.
the understanding being that the
public is to acquire no easement by
the use OF the path, but TO regard
the path merely as a temporary ex.
pedient, which Is to be used only uri-
til permanent arrangements are
made to meet the situation. Mr..
Smith said he was willing that his
property should be used at present
for the footpath, but he did not feel
that he should pay, for the grading
that would be necessary to make It.
Councilman Lack remarked that
he thought those who got the benefit
of the path should pay the expense
of making It, 49,. Va. So. 81
Several residents and property
owners who have been seeking this
new route to the Guenther Hill road
were present and they appeared will
ing to pay the> expense OF grading
down the footpath. =. So
AT length the whole matter was
referred To City Attorney Schaub and
City Engineer Blomquist to arrange
the details of a contract between the
parties interested and put II into
writing. .st
Chief of Police Klugherz presented
his regular monthly report, showing
that during the month of October
there were fourteen arrests and nine.
ty-one dodgers f
This was the day for hearing
on the proposed sanitary sewer on
Lewis street from Byron to Grace
court. There was none present to
object and the city clerk was In
structed to advertise for bids, to be
opened two weeks after today.
City Attorney Schaub was In
strtcted to draw up the necessary
ordnance giving the Dan Patch Elec.
trio Railway company permission 10
run a track across Liberty street for
the new shed, wherein the locomo
tives are to be housed this winter.
J. J. Flachsenhar appeared before
the council with the request that he
be given permission TO construct q
curb and gutter I'm front OF property
that. he owns on Clark street beine