The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-03-05

He said Blue Earth county and the
seven adjoining counties had joined
| In a movement for the establish
ment of a tuberculosis hospital that
would be second 10 none I'm the
state. II was exT ted that $4,000
would be drawn T. \ the state un.
der the law prov lg for the es-
Establishment OF the unity tuberculo-
sis hospitals. II Wis of interest
therefore to all WHO "a the project
of this hospital Il, h,.rl 10 have a
good appropriation made by the
state to fight tuberculosis. lie said
he had had mes 80" from Senator
Andrews urging th.. C"ch reso
Tuition be adopted by =, NGaklic
Commercial club, that 1t might be
wired to the senator and presented
that evening at n meeting OF the
committee on appropriations of the
senate.
Judge Cray took exception to that
part or the resolution calling for the
abolition of the advisory board, II
that was the advisory board which
had set the board of control right
in regard TO the conditions of things
M the Hastings insane asylum.
DIR. Schmitt said that was a diff
ferent board. The advisory board
TO which the resolution referred had
10 do with tuberculosis only.
n. ID. Smith remarked that Il
would not be well to put anything
in the resolution that was not thor.
Iii. aN..s
the part of the resolution in regard
to abolishing that board be stricken
out. DIR. Schmitt, feeling that the
important part OF the resolution i'm
the present situation had to do with
the appropriations, promptly accept
ed the amendment. i'm order no get
the message on the wire at once.
Thus amended IL was passed and
wired TO DIR. Andrews at st. Paul.
DR.. Schmitt remarked. however.
that to abolish the state advisory
board of tuberculosis would save the
state about $4,000 a year
The White Way.
Secretary Soaring presented the
resolution that was recently adopted
by the advisory board declaring for a
TO Marshall on Second from Vine TO
Byron and on Broad from Vine to
Center; also that the cost of installa-
ton he assessed on the property bene-
flied, except the machinery in the
power house; also that the club rec
Ommend that the city charter be
amended so that this White Way
lighting system and all extensions to
IL in the future must be assessed
against the property benefited. The
resolution declared for the luminous
arc lights or some other system equal
~ as good. The club by large vote
Endorsed this resolution.
J. r. Brandrup spoke i'm favor of the
resolution but Miles Porter immediate
ly followed with a speech against
it and recommending that II be
paid out of the general fund of the
city. Mr.. Porter declared that Mr..
Brandrup was one OF those who
would not be assessed for the White
Way, but Mr.. Brandrup declared that
as far as he could see he would be
as heavily assessed as anybody.
F. NJ. Currier spoke of visit
that he and other men OF this city
made recently to see the lighted
way at Owatonna, where the lumin.
Gus arc lights were in use. He said
he was able TO read his watch
block and a half from one of those
big arc lights, but he could walk
right to II without having his eyes
dazzled.
Judge Cray declared that all de-
plored the present condition of light
ing OF the city streets of Mankato.
The judge said he did not care so
much whether the plan of assessing
the general fund was adopted, as
long as the method that was adopted
in the first place was adhered to.
He spoke of instances of some of the
property owners being assessed for
public improvements and public i'm
proyements of like nature being later
paid for by the city at large. That
was manifestly unfair, but Il had
been done, as new councils would
change the way of doing things. For
that reason he favored the enact
ment Of an amendment to the city
charter that would compel councils
TO address the cost against the
abutting property, as recommended
by the advisory board
Mayor Meyer spoke of the fact
that Owatonna for its arc lights paid
flfty-fve dollars per light per year,
paying five cents per kilowatt hour,
for the current. He said Mankato
would pay three cents per kilowatt
hour for the current and therefore
lights of that kind would probably
cost about thirty-three dollars.
Theodore Williams suggested that
Il would be, well to assess half the
cost Of the installation OF the lighted
way against the property benefited
and have the city pay the other
half
Arthur Schaub observed that the
city council would have the authority
to assess the whole cost or any
part OF Il against the abutting prop
erty as the council might see 1T.
The general trend of the discus
sion seemed rather i'm favor of the
luminous arc lights as opposed to
the nitrogen incandescents. City
Engineer Blomquist read a paper on
that subject. He estimated the cost
Of installation OF the luminous arc
system at $1,000. His paper is