The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-01-29

for the part Of the city known rs
West Mankato. Tho stone forma-
tlons inr-this section of tho city
add TO the completely of this prob
lem.
! "The needs of the waterworks
system has been taken mp in prov.
ious reports. An additional rcser-
volr, and Increased supply main
service for fro protection in tho
business district arc the first adj.
diiions that should bc made in al.
diiion Of keeping M an adequate
supply Of water
! Frequent cleaning OF streets are
becoming more and more imperative
a. moro streets are paved. II ls
necessary 10 have the paved streets
cleaned very often in order 10 pre-
vent dust. since sprinklng Is 50
quickly dried IN on 4 hot pavement,
. especially on windy days. The large
,sweeper can not be used during the
daytime because of It's raising tho
dust, and street flushing. although
very satisfactory. is expensive IL
done daily: besides. the territory tn
he covered Is now too large for
frequent treatment with ono ma.
chine. A vacuum sweeper or n
pickup" sweeper that would not
raise dust. one that could be used
/ on resident streets during the day
time, would be great aid In street
cleaning. II could be used i'm con.
nection with tho nusher on both
! business and resident streets by
sweeping between intervals Of thor.
ough flushing.
| Added Equipment.
ITO the equipment of the street
department have been added the fol.
lowing apparatus. listed with the
cost OF each: Gasoline road roller
1000: freight on same. sC7.si; wa.
con for street oiler. $50; force pump
oil distributor attachment. self: two
tanks for road oilcr wagons. sl0I:
small road grader. si35: rooter plow
ST.: store house for tools on Rock
street. SIS. Be-,
Al the work done uuder contract
during the year. came to si5.00l.99
OF which se5.73l.39 was assessed"
Held Meeting This Afternoon.
The city dads met again late this
afternoon tn formulate en- ordinance
providing for tho inspection Of gas
md the gas service. This was pro
vided for tho dollar gas ordinance
That ordinance having becn repealed
u was necessary IN enact another
IN provide for the inspection.
The meeting was attended by v
:. Roehrich. director OF tho munci
pal testing laboratories of st. Paul
who came at the invitation of tho
toonncil to offer suggestions, as the
various sections of the proposed
rrtiinance were read and discussed
From Mondays Daily
! City Commissioner y. G.. Lack oil
the fire department and Fire Chief
Philip Leas have made an inspcc
ton OF all the eleven schoo! build
ings In the city with their 3.si6 pu
pills. N regard to The danger OF fire
and the means of It's prevention.
| In general the results were found
eminently satisfactory. However
these Two officials IN their report
To tho city council have made slug
gcstlons In regard Ia most OF the
schools.
The state normal school nj tho
suegosiinn OF these officials will have
doors changed so that they swing
outward. Tho Mankato Commercial
college. at the instance OF these
officials is going 10 start fire drill
Tho same II true of the Academy
OF Our Lady OF Good Counsel. and
the bethany Ladies' college. Fire
! extlnguIshcrs are needed. the report
says, In st. Peter and Pauls school
and the Evangelical Lutheran school
As TO the Franklin school. the Of
fcials recommend n fire escape from
the second 10 the first floor. and
three three.gallon extinguishcrs. In
the Union school the report states
the railing on the stairway Is loose
The officers say that fire bolts were
placed this year on all the exterior
doors OF the Pleasant Grove and
West NTankato schools There arc
fire bolts on the exterior doors oil
the high schools. y.
The pupils In these various schools
are as fellows: High school building
521: state normal. 500: elementar,
state normal. 800; Mankato CONNER
cial, 500; Academy OF Our Lady oil
Good Counsel, G2; bethany Ladies'
college, 100; st. Peter and Paul.
school,. G25: Evangelical Lutheran
1879: Franklin. 27d; Union. 2l0;
Pleasant Grove, 800: West Mankato
'20i; total. 1916.
T., Dismissal and Fire Drills
Dismissal bells arc different from
the fire bells in the state normal, ele
mentary normal. St Peter and Paul's
and Evangelical Lutheran schools
They are the same but with different
signals In. the high school, CONNER
ciai college. bethany college and
Franklin, Union. Pleasant Grove and
West Mankato schools. ~
= The electrical work. Is reported In
A.