The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-12-25
CITY employees WILL
HAVE COIN FOR SANTA
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
. City employees, at their own re-
quest. will be paid of just before
Christmas, instead of waiting until
the end of the month. Both Mayor
Meyer and City Clerk Bates have
been receiving requests from en-
ployes i'm various departments that
this be done. This was taken up
ut the meeting of the city council
this ma,ning. and the city clerk
was lns'ructed TO give these people
their checks in time to get their
Christmas presents.
An objection was made that the
next payday would be correspond
ingly far of, that of the month of
January. Council Lamm. however,
remarked that II any of the employees
could not manage to meet that situa-
ton. they ought to be placed under
guardianship.
Decrease In Tax Rate.
Mayor Meyer called attention TO
the fact that during the year just
closing. the sprinkling and oiling of
the city streets had been done out
of the general fund, whereas such
work has heretofore been paid for
by special assessment against the
labutting property. The expense TO
the city for such work during the
past year has come to about $4,000
In spite of the fact that all this has
been paid for out of the city treas
ury. the levy made this year for
next year city purposes Is less.
There Is some decrease also In
the county and state levies. The
total decrease, from 45.S mills to
42.4 mills on property in the city
of Mankato is quite striking.
Frieke as Sergeant.
City Clerk Bates presented the
resignation of Thomas II. Foley as
desk sergeant of the police station
the resignation to take effect i'm
mediately. Mayor Meyer announced
that he had selected Henry Frickt
as Mr.. Foley's successor. This choice
on motion by Robert Lamm, wa:
approved by the council.
Mr.. Foley last evening gave q
farewell oyster supper at the Idea
restaurant to his friends and asso
ciates about the city hall building.
George Atchison and some Others
appeared before the council to pro
test against practice Of which they
accused a certain citizen living OF
Grove street between Second ant
I Third, that of throwing ashes ou
where they blew around the neigh
borhood City Attorney Schaub sait
there was an ordinance requiring
that the ashes be kept In fire-proo
receptacle. The complainants were
assured that the ordinance would bs
brought to bear on the citizen o.
whom they spoke and they left salts
fed.
Mayor Meyer recommended thai
arch lights be placed at Broad ant
Mulberry streets, on Fifth between
Washington and Rock and at MAR
and Fourth. The recommendation
were adopted
Highway Eoard to Meet.
Mayor Meyer annori ced that JohI
II. Hohmann had received word from
st. Paul that the state highway com
mission would not meet this month
and that II would not be possible
for the Mankato representatives tC
meet the commission about the new
bridge before the tenth of January
I or about that time.
An application was received from
Leslie Morrison for license to hold
: dance in Richards hall on Christ
mas night. The permission was
granted, provided the mayor find:
that the applicant is a fit person Il
have the license.
.. Large Street Payroll.
The payroll of the street department
for the past two weeks amounting tC
1901. was as Street Commissions
Gerlich remarked, rather large
but Mr. Gerlich said this was due
TO the fact that he had been doine
great deal OF graveling of alleys
and roads. He said II would be
better to do the graveling now. while
there was Httlc snow and labor wa:
cheap, than 10 do II in the deeI
snow, or wait until spring anu do Il
in the mud.
Mayor Meyer said he had looked
over some of Mr.. Gerlich's gravelins
and had found II very we'll done
He mentioned especially the gravel
ing OF the Glenwood avenue ava,
out to the city limits. The payroll
was approved.
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