The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-04-17

ter.
Money Should BE Appropriated.
r. w. Hunt was emphatically in
favor of an appropriation for the
immediate completion Of the build
ing. A great convention, that OF the
travelling men, would be held In Man
kato in the summer, and there should
be some suitable place in which to
accommodate that gathering. The
city was greatly in need Of such a
building for such purposes.
+. M. Currier spoke OF other cities
that had been building good armories
and Mankato. he said, could not af-
ford to be behind them. He spoke
of Faribault New Ulm. Fairmont,
Albert Lea and other cities. He de-
clared that the city would not afford
to let that building go to wrack and
ruin, now that It had been, partly
built.
Daniel Coughlan said when that
building was completed there would
be something to show for the city's
money that had been spent. Much
of 1t was often spent with nothing
to show for II.
b. Frank Pay said he did not be-
lieve $4,000 could be better invested
than to be put in that building.
Adolph Mueller said he would be
willing to have his own tax raised
SIS for the sake of seeing the Armory
building completed without delay.
The council took no action on this
matter ." 20
Extending the Pavement.
The city council took up the ques-
ton OF extending the pavements Of
concrete into the Clark and Byron
street district. AS there was so much
difference OF opinion in regard to the
matter. No decision was made, but
the matter was merely deferred.
Mrs. T. II. Summers addressed the
council saying that she owned prop
erty at Fourth and Liberty street, and
that she was willing to have both
streets paved with concrete. She did
not see that there was any use OF
us ing creosoted blocks here. that be-
ing much more expensive. She said
those people who have more money
than they know what to do with and
were so "ornery" that no one cared
to borrow 1t from them might want
to use II up on creosote block pave
ments. She said the traffic there was
mostly automombiles, anyhow, and
she did not think the noise would be
too great to stand. She had al
ready stood roller skating on the
sidewalks for a long time, and was
not afraid Of the noise that would
be made on the concrete.
Mrs. Summers also spoke OF War.
rem creek overlooking at certain
places. She said this spread around
the germs of typhoid fever She did
not see why the council wanted to
have money spent on pavements, when
there was so much more need OF
completing the culvert so much over
flows would not occur. "You have
simply gone paving-crazy." she said.
.- Would Listen to Ladies'. =
at cannot be said no wthat we
refuse to give hearing to the
ladies'" said the mayor. Have any
others anything to say on this sub
ject." .....
F. X. Meagher said he would like
to see the paving done and he was In
favor of creosote block.
s. B. wilson said he was willing
to have Clark street paved, but he
wished to see a uniform pavement.
He did not wish TO have a little bit
of concrete pavement in front OF
his house, unless within year or so.
the rest OF the street in that neigh
Dor hood was to be paved with con
crete.
B. Frank Pay thought the paving
should be deferred for year, so that
the street car company could be
obliged to pay its share 70 the Clark
street pavement. .,F
James Baker, Jr, presented list
of several property owners In that
neighborhood, who he said, were op-
posed to paving this year, because
next year the street car company
could be made to help.
Mayor Meyer observed that in view
OF the opposition TO paving at the
present time and to the demand on
the part of so many for creosote
block, II would be better to drop the
whole paving proposition for the
present, with the exception II those
streets for which the contract had al
ready been let. A motion was carried
accordingly without division.
Approved Paving Contract.
A resolution approving the contract
that was awarded to the Widell com
pany on March 80 for concrete pave.
ments on Fourth street from Warren
to Spring and on Washington. Plum
and Mulberry streets from Broad to
Fifth. was passed.
The council also held hearing on
the proposition of grading. curbing
and guttering the upper part OF Main
street on Agency hill. Henry Held
winkel spoke at some length in
opposition to the curbing and gutter
ing. He said 1t was not known
whether the street car company
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