The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-02-05
City Lighting Contract
Entered Into by Council
From Mondays pa,Iy.

From Mondays DAILY.
In accordance with the terms OF
the recent agreement between the
city council and the Consumers
Power company, over the price OF
gas and electricity the company this
morning submitted TO the council
Lids on the city lighting. The com.
pany offered 10 furnish arc lights
at SEQ per light per year. and current
for other lights at three cents per
kilowatt hour. There were no op.
posing bids.
The council ordered the contracts
awarded for this service and the
company's bond was fixed in the
sum of $1,000. A. r. Pfau. Jr.. ut.
turney for the company. requested
that the bond be fixed as low as
possible. as the larger the bond the
higher the premium would be. He
remarked that the company could
readily be held 10 the strict per.
Torrance of the contract without
any bond at all. ra
Theodore Williams. the insurance
man. explained that the premium
required by the insurance company
would be adjusted I'm accordance
with the actual amount of liability
that the company would have to face,
this being based on the actual amount
Of business that the Consumers Pow.
ar company did with the city.
IN accordance with the same agree.
mcnt. the company pnt in another
bid. offering to pump the city water
ii onc-and-a.half cents per kilowatt
hour At the request Of Councilman
Ilrndley. action on this was deferred
for one week.
Cleaning OF Sidewalks. %
Albert Magin. superintendent OF
streets, appeared before the council!
and wanted to know what could be
done in the way of getting the side
walks cleaned. He said q great many
men wanted a job for a day or two
and wanted to get their money right
away
Mayor Meyer called attention 10
the fact that there was an ordinance
requiring people TO shovel the snow
FRAN their walks and also authoriZ.
imr the engineering department IN
ga ahead with the work, il ID was not
done. the cost TO he assessed against
the property. The mayor said this
ordinance would be enforced.
The ordinance requires all people
to have their walks cleaned by ten
o'clock in the morning. '.
This was the day TO which the
hearing on the proposed sewer on
Lafayette street from Broad TO Sec
ond and on Second from Lafayette
to Lime was adjourned. This pro
posed sewer would run through a
great deal of rock formation and
would be quite expensive. The coun
Gil thought there was too much op
position TO Il and IL was not acted
upon favorably. Alexander Bashaw
was one OF those who wished IL 20
be laid. as he desired 10 get sewer
connection with the house he has
been building fronting on Lafayette
street u was suggested 10 Mr..
Bashaw to run a private sewer
through another lot that he owned
and connect with the Broad street
sewer. Councilman Bradley remark
cd that there would be a lot Of op
position and Mr.. Bashaw had better
90 ahead with a private sewer, Mr.
Hashaw said il he did that he would
allow nobody else to connect with
that private sewer.
Claim Of Mrs. Henderson.
The council received a report that
the claim of Mrs. Emma Henderson
against the city and G. A. Lewis OF
the Minneopa garage on account OF
her fall on the inclined driveway Of
the garage in the Second street side
walk. had been settled and cancelled
The London Guarantee and Accident
company had paid sll5 to linuidate
her hospital and doctor bills and
other expenses incident TO the af
fair. that company having insured
Mr.. Lewis against liability in sncf
cases Mr. Schaub stated that Mrs
henderson had released both Mr.
Lewis and the city, and il was under
stood that the city would put M
some money TO pay part OF the ex
pcnse of her care. Mr.. Schanb SAID
this would be about $50. The council
deferred action on this for the pres
Ont Mr.. Schaub stated that the city
In furnishing this money. was merel,
doing an act of charity, and did
not acknowledge any liability fol
the woman's injury.
Water at Armory,s e..
The. following communication wa
received from Captain A. o. Scot
of Company II: ....
In view of the fact that you d.
not now furnish anything for thu
maintenance OF a company OF Ma
tinnal Guard in our city. which fac
makes II impossible for ourselves I,
10 get our state aid. and the officers o
Company II have borrowed $4,000 {,
finish the new armory, which w
are trying TO pay from the revenu
OF the building. we. the officers o
Company II. respectfully request tina
your honorable council furnish waite
free in the armory for the period o
five years, or until such time whel
we will have the building free an
nnincumbered."
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