The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-03-12
Asked North Siders
$4,000 For Bridge
From Mondays DAILY.

From Mondays Daily.
That North Mankato ought TO pay
$4,000 towards the new bridge
across the Minnesota river az Main
street was the unanimous declara.
tion Of the city council nj this
mornings meeting. Whether this
be- raised by taxation. bonds or by
private subscription the city council
Is not particular,
This was the sum named by Mayor
Meyer. when asked by Henry Robel
Sr. what in his opinion the village
ought 10 give. The mayor qualified
ibis statement. however. by saying
that he did not think the city of
Mankato could possibly consent TO
anything less than $4,000.
Councilman Lamm stated that some
Of the wealthy people of North Man.
katO ought to subscribe literally
towards the bridge.
Mr.. Robel remarked that he did
not feel that $4,000 would be too
much, but he did not feel that this
large debt of the village and re.
marked that IL was nearly as large
as the law allowed.
The council unanimously passed q
resolution OF thanks for the excellent
work done by John II. Hohmann for
the bridge with the state legislature
and state highway commission.
A
IL looks as IL the city might have
n fight on it's hands over the bill
presented by Mellis. Prize & Co.. ex.
pert accountants. Minneapolis, for
examining the books of the Con.
sumers' Power company. The original
bill was s3,236. Mayor Meyer has
managed to get II down TO si.979OS.
lie has asked to have II reduced
~ $500. Today the council had
message from the company stating
that this amount would leave the
company only sS25.9S. over the ex
penses of travelling. board. etc.
amounting TO sG74O2 This would
mean only s3.62 per man per day
for the expert accountant work.
Notwithstanding tho company's
plea. the hill was disallowcd. Coun
Gilman Lack moved that the bill
he settled for 81 500 II the company
Is willing. This was carried.
4. u. Pfau. Jr.. attorney for the
Consumers Power company. at this
mornings meeting of the city coun
Gil. turned over TO the city a check
for $1,000. being the amount con
tributed by the company TO REIN
burse the city in part for the ex
penses of the recent litigation over
the price of gas. This concession
obtained by Councilmen Lack and
Gerlich. when they made a special
trip on the matter to Chicago.
Letter From Mr.. Roerig.
\ letter was read from Victor
IT, Roerlg, the expert who has been
consulting with the city council In
regard TO the proposed gas inspec
,iOn ordinance. stating that he
thought II would be reasonable tc
require the company TO keep the
heating power of the gas up to an
average Of 600 British Thermal units
but to allow % units as leeway In
case anything goes wrong, making
575 the lowest number of units
that the city will tolerate, as an
average for any one month.
The council fell in with this sug.
gestion and amended the ordinance
accordingly. Mr. Roerig gave as his
reason for allowing the 25 units lee
way the comparative smallness Of
The Mankato plant.
The ordinance also provides for
IN inspector OF gas. but ii was
changed this morning so as to
make il optional with the mayor and
city council TO have one, and not
compulsory. as was provided in the
original draft of the ordinance. This
was done in order that the city
may not be under the expense of
paying an inspector at times when
II seems that there is none needed.
The measure provides for the
testing of meters at least once every
five years. An amendment was
passed providing for card to be
attached to very meter after it is
tested. stating the time IL was tested.
Thus amended the ordinance was
given it's final reading and passed.
\ resolution was passed by the
council. settling the much-discussed
question of letting the contract to
the Consumers Power company to
furnish power for the pumping of
water for the city water supply at
cent and a quarter per kilowatt
hour. The amount oil, the company's
bond was fixed at $4,000. The COM
pany is 10 guarantee the pumping of
100000 gallons of water per day.
Councilman Bradley stated that he
and City Engineer Blomquist had
gone 10 Minneapolis TO make an In
vcstigation of the proposed centrifu.
gal pump and had become convinced
that that was the best pump for
the purpose.
In Re the Macbeth House.
John Macbeth appeared before the
city council in regard TO the house
over whose location in street near
the river bank in the north end OF
tho rjfv N preaf deal of controversy