The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-04-10
Assessor Is Elected E
Positions Go Begging
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to the committee on streets, con-
sisting of Mr.. Coy and Mr.. Larson,
with full power to act. The motion
was passed providing that the re.
enumeration shall remain as il has
been. Only one name was suggested
as q possible candidate for the po-
sition and that was NJ. ]. FLAG of
Nicollet avenue. The suggestion to
elect Mr.. Flaig met with general
favor.
The council also took up the ques-
ton of making arrangements with
the city Of Mankato to have the fire
department OF that city attend to
extinguishing the fires in the village,
for a consideration to be agreed up
on between the town councils.
r. ]. NJ. Cornelius remarked that
as the fire apparatus was right there
in the village, he did not think IL
would be wise TO hire the fire de-
partment of Mankato to put out the
village fires. He thought the Norh
Mankato fire department was ade-
quate for all ordinary occasions, and
II was only in case Of great need that
any call should be made on the
other side of the river.
Get Proposition From City.
w. II. Sharp, president of, the
council, said It would be well en-
ough to get some proposition from
the city of Mankato II II was such
one as the village cared to accept
for the extinction of all the village
fires, the fire department of North
Mankato might be dispensed with,
though he did not like to see that
done.
Trustee Coy said the city fire de-
partment had been very kind in fur
nishing help and II was only fair to
the city that the village should take
steps to come to some definite under.
standing in the matter On his motion
d special committee was named to
hold a conference on the question
with the fire committee of the Man.
kato city council. The special com.
mittee consists of president W. II.
Sharp, Trustee Coy and William
Bohrer, chief of the village fire de-
partment.
No Jokes COST!
Mr.. Coy reminded the council that
on the first OF last April the fire bell
OF the village began mysteriously
ringing. He said 1t should be under
stood that the council wanted that
bell left alone, whether il was April
Fool day or not.
II. Z. Clayton, the secretary, said
he believed that the bell would have
TO be tested once in while. He re-
marked that he might have been the
one who rang the bell the other day,
while working on the apparatus.
At length. a motion was passed
providing that the bell should not
be rung, when there was no fire, ex-
cept on the authority of the chief OF
the fire department.
of the council the fact that one OF
the fire hydrants on Belgrade avenue
was broken and would have to be
replaced with new one.
Street Commissioner Ehlers said
he did not think the breaking was
the result of freezing. He said he be
lieved 1t was done by some wagon
running into 1t.
Mr.. Coy said the best figures he
| could get in Mankato on new by.
drant was s4S, but he had been in
formed that the Waterous company
OF ST. Paul, which handled those ny.
drants, sold them for s35 apiece.
The secretary was Instructed to
correspond with the Waterous com.
pany and see at what price the ny.
drant could be furnished.
Blocking of Alley.
Mr.. Coy reported to the council
that he had made an Investigation
of the blocking of the alley running
from "a" street to the river by a
certain citizen with chicken sheds
fences and the like. He had seen the
man and the latter had agreed to re.
move them all as soon as the frost
was out of the ground. He said tina,
citizen had n complaint OF his own
and that was the fact that in wei
weather part Of the alley was almost
impossible. E-
| Mr.. Coy also spoke of the alley In
the block bounded by Belgrade, Me
ollet, Range and ''B" streets. He said
that alleys should be graded and fixed
up so 1t could be used. A telephone
pole stood in the middle OF II.
These matters were referred to the
committee on streets.
A petition was presented to the
council for the extension of the watel
main system north on Cornelius
street to Page avenue, east on Page
to Sherman avenue and south or
Sherman to connect with the present
main. The signers were Fisher Broth
ers. c. z. Carlson, William Fields. F
j. Mahowald. c. e. Ball. o. G. Litch
field. Carl Williamson. T. Smith. ]. e
r. Neck. Mrs. G. b. Caldwell, and