The Mankato free press., 1915-02-05

From thursdays Daily.
Mrs. Ellen CallagDan, who has been
n resident of the old peoples home
at st. Joseph's hospital for the past
six years, died last evening at eight
o'clock from the effects of a gradual
falling I'm health due to old age. de.
ceased being seyenty-six years old ut
the time OF her death. The funeral
will be held tomorrow morning at
8 a. m, from 81. Johns Catholic
church, Rev. Father Hughes ofriclat.
Ing. Interment will be made i'm the
Catholic cemetery In this city. There
are no relatives OF the deceased living
near here. but two daughters survive.
one living I'm Dakota, and one i'm
Montana. Neither will be here for
the funeral.
Twenty-nine telephone operators
of the Tri-State system. located In
many different parts of the state.
were entertained at dinner at the
Saulpaugh hotel this afternoon, as
guests OF this company and the Man.
sato Citizens Telephone company.
The main purpose of the meeting was
to get the long distance operators
in closer touch with one another and
10 get them a better understanding
Of the rules governing them, that
the service might be improved.
The gathering was addressed by
irfa ~
the Independent Telephone as
sociation of America: by W. |.
Howard of st. Paul. superintendent
Of long distance OF the TriState
by ]. +. McDermott of Minneapolis,
commercial representatives of the Tri-
State for southern Minnesota, and
by p. NJ. Ferguson, manager of the
Mankato Citizens Telephone com.
pany.
The general management OF the
meeting was I'm the hands of A. ID.
Hawthorne of st. Paul, special agent
of the Tri-State
Theatre Party This Evening.
The operators will be given supper
also at the hotel and I'm the evening
will be taken to the Grand Theatre.
The names of the operators and
their respective locations are as
follows: Misses Viola Schlieger,
Sleepy Eye: Frondie Schmid. Spring.
field: Francis Danielson, Walnut
Grove; Belle Robinson. Marshall;
! Clara Soukup, New Ulm; Elsie Gerke.
New Ulm: Julia Tagley, Jackson;
Ruth Cady. jackson: Anna Johnson,
Wells: Elsie Roe, Mapleton: Stella
Rosinal. Good Thunder; Blanche Cor
Winnebago: Belle Menafee, Albert
OF: Pearl Pay. Janesville; Gather
Inc, Mclaughlin, Waseca; Eva Lenz,
ST. Peter: Alma Sallaien, Butter
| field: Christine Olson, st. James:
Mary Roberts. Lake Crystal: lIilma
Nelson, Madelia; Kate Janzen, Noun
tain Lake; Florence Irish, Window;
| Effie Holyer. Window; Ida Bauchle.
Brewster; Mayme Johnson, Mankato;
Alma Johnson, Mankato; and Mabel
Larson, Mankato; and Mrs. Anna
Turnquist, lie Sueur.
Mayor a. G. Meyer was In Owa-
, tonna yesterday talking with the
city engineer, Harvey s. Dart, about
Owatonna's illuminated ways, the
like of which the mayor thinks Man.
kato ought to have
The mayor got from Mr.. Dartt
quite ain array of figures on the cost
of installing and maintaining these
lighted ways. To install forty-eight
arc lights. one on post, and each
of 1000 .candle-power. involve an
outlay OF s6,62I.29. These lights
extend over 5,325 lineal feet Of side
| walk in the business portion OF the
city. there have been installed twen-
s2.666 per year for the year and
half during which these lights have
been I'm service. This amounts to
a trine more than s55 per post per
year
In the residence section of the
city. therehave been installed twen-
ty-five arc lights of 600 candle-power.
each at total cost of $3.50. These
extend over 1900 lineal feet of
sidewalk. AS they have just been
put in. IL Is too soon TO determine
the cost OF maintenance.
Owatonna pays for its electric cur
rent FIVE cents per kilowatt hour.
Mankato, according to the contract,
is to pay only three cents per kilo-
watt hour. The mayor estimates.
therefore, that 1t will cost only about
three-fifths as much to maintain the
White Way In Mankato as II does
I'm owanonna.
In the case OF Frasch VS. the City
of New Ulm Judge Olsen has rem
dered q decision favorable to the
city. This Is one of the numerous ty-
phoid fever cases which resulted from
the typhoid epidemic prevalent at the
county seat about year ago.
II was alleged that the city was
negligent I'm that the water supply
was permitted to be contaminated
with surface water. The city wells are
sunk in cisterns into which the water
Is pumped and it is thought that sur.
face water found its way into these
cisterns through cracks which were
found I'm the walls