The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-12-10
Ordinance to Be Adopted; Move
OF Mr.. lamm
FROM Ncrd."'s Cs,Is.

FROM Mord,"'s Ca,Iv.
Dense black smCae. puu -lg into
the atmosphere inside the city limits
is IN abuse that will have 20 be stop
ped This developed at the council
meeting this morning. The matter
was brought up by Corr Gilman Lamm
City Atto-'~"v PHILIP is going to get
up a list OF tic who are violating
the smoke ordinance, and will notify
them all that the ordinance must be
obeyed and all who continue TO yio-
late il will be arrested
The council received notice of a
claim of $1,000. presented on behalf
of Mrs. Flora Ring. who states that
on November IL last she stepped into
hole in the sidewalk on North Sec
ond street across from the Hotel
Heinrich. fell and broke her ankle
The claim was referred to City At
tcrney, Phillips.
Discussed Street Signs.
There was quite a session over the
question of street signs and other OBJ
structions blocking the sidewalks
Councilman Lamm wanted all of these
signs and other distractions extend
ing more than four feet from the
building line removed Councilman
Bekke objected to- this. because he
did not wish to have the hitching posts
disturbed.
DO not drive the farmer trade
away from our part of town" ex-
Gained Mr.. Bekke. 1.-THE farmers
want those hitching posts. You do not
he g,lr
things. II is the farmer trade that
keeps us up. not the city trade. Get
the big telephone poles out, but don't
bother the poor man until you have
done that"
CITY ATTORNEY Phillips began look
ing up the ordinances on the subject
of sidewalk distractions. and il de-
veloped that all signs were prohibited
from the sidewalks altogether. except
cloth and canvas signs. and even
'hese were not TO go more than e'gh-
teen inches out from the property line
unless they were fifteen feet about
The sidewalk: but II was expressly
7tated that rings. hitcbing Dosts and
the like wee permitted. Mr.. Bekke
was triumphant. There was nothing
more to be said about hitching ro5ts.
The councilmen ere at work. how
ever. on a new ordinance. which. 1t
II believed, will prohibit signs from
extending more than two feet beyond
The property line. unleSa they are
eleven feet above the sidewalk.
Mayor Meyer il going to start work
To see that the telephone poles and
Instructions of that nature are re-
moved from Front street. so as not
to interfere with the way of Fight.
The Way Of Light Again.
Agent Hendley Of the Sterling Elec-
trio company of Minneapolis reported
what had been dore in the matter of
the way of light. He said that for the
present boosting transformer was
necessary TO give the lights The re-
uuired Go amperes as provided In
the contract The General Electric
company was TO put In some new coils
so as TO make II unnecessary for the
Consumers Power company to con-
time to use these boosting trans
formers. He believed this would be
done soon. That company would soon
have a man on the grounds to look
over the lob. end see what further
apparatus would have to be furnished.
Mr.. Hendley asked that the city
now pay to the Sterling Electric COM
pauy all of the rest of the full amount
~ the contract except fifteen per cent,
the contract providing that this be
held back by the citv until the whole
job was accepted. This meant pay
ment of $3.50. so at present to the
company. The council consented to
do this on condition of certain guar
antees.
Report on Fridge.
Mayor A. G.. Meyer made a brief
oral report on the trim that he and
several other ciizens Of Mankato and
North Mankato recently took to st.
Prul in the matter of the proposed
fiIl and new bridge. He stated that
all the matters connected with these
projects were laid before the vice
president OF the Omaha road That
officer seemed to be willing to do oil
that was asked. But he wished TO
have a few DAYS TO work out the de-
tails and he would have en- engineer
Of the railroad company IN Mankato
to get further facts eithe~ today or
The wee prerident sent a
deputy with the Mankato delegat'o1
to tho state highway commission
That body took great interest In the
whole project. The commission al
ready had one set of plans and was
going to get another ret made. The
was determined that
there should be a good bridge at that