The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-10-29
Alderman Bekke
Pours Out Wrath
From Mondays Daily.

fFom moNodys OSUb.
Don't you be kicking at me all the
time about those bricks" cried Coun-
Gilman NJ. ]. Bekke at the meeting of
the city solons this morning, to Coun-
Gilman q. w. Eichstaedt. ut goes In
at the door and out at the window.
There is no sense In II. IL the Sterling
Electric company does not put back
those bricks in the right way, after
digging up the pavement for the way
off, light cable, we do not need to ac-
cept the job. The company can be
made to do II right"
II was with a great deal OF heat that
Mr.. Bekke poured forth his indigna-
ton. II Is true that Mr.. Eichstaedt had
been kicking" about the way in which
the bricks were laid back. But Il
was John b. Richards, who started the
kick"
Mr.. Richards addressed the council
emphatically condemning the action
OF the company in putting back SO
many small pieces OF brick. instead OF
buying new brick to take the place OF
the damaged ones. He complained
about the way I'm which the job was
being done in front Of the Richards
dry goods store. He declared that
the Sterling Electric company would
put II over" on the city just as far
as the city would allow.
Councilman Lack, who presided In
the place OF Mayor A. G. Meyer. stated
that he thought the brick were put
han al rioh in NJ nd n,
Brett store.
Mr.. Richards remarked that City
Engineer Blomquist was asked why
the company's men were not watched
and that Mr.. Blomquist replied that
he had had work to do elsewhere. Mr..
Richards says the Sterling men
laughed at Mr.. Blomquist when his
back was turned. II saw them
Laughing" he declared.
Mr.. Blomquist said he expected to
get the laying of the bricks done right.
The man had been doing 1t pretty
well lately.
IF the city Is paying salaries to men
for doing something they ought to do
it." said Mr.. Richards. I'VE are taxed
until we are almost blind"
quist to have a man on the job to see
that the brick Is laid right.
Deal For Piece Of Land.
City Attorney Phillips this morning
reported that the details OF the con-
tract for the purchase by the city OF
the strip of property lying between
Sibley park and the Minnesota river
had been completed. The Mankato
Commercial club will furnish $1,000,
and the city will borrow $1,000 at five
per cent from a local lady whose
name Is withheld at her request. This
money will be paid back in seven
equal annual installments. beginning
with the year 1918. The other $4,000
will be obtained by the city through
the sale OF the Hixon Fairgrounds.
The city council at this meeting
certified its water main frontage tax
of $1,271.74 to the county today for
collection.
A report was received from NJ. J.
Bekke, superintendent of streets, and
II. +. Blomquist, city engineer. 70 the
effect that the street paving contract
had been completed by the Widell
company and the work was found to
rave been done in a proper way.
House Not Removed.
City Attorney Phillips called atten-
ton to the fact that the council had
instructed John Macbeth to remove
certain dwelling from a street near
the dump grounds. City Clerk Bates
said the the time limit for this remov-
al had been set at September s. Mr..
Philips said the matter would be looked
into.
The contract for the building Of
some sidewalks on Lafayette street
between Third and Fourth was award
ed to Alex Bashaw at tx cents a
square foot.
II. A. Patterson appeared TO invite
the council members to attend con-
ference that joint committee of the
Mankato and North Mankato Com
mercial clubs were TO hold this after
noon at the Saulpaugh hotel, with En-
gineer Rittenhouse of the Omaha rail-
road from St. Paul The conference
was TO open at $3.50 this afternoon and
was In respect to the matter of filling
In a portion of the river bed to add
TO the yard room of the Omaha rail-
road.