The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-08-06
SANITARY SEW{RCAOSE
OF THE COUNCIL DEBATE
From Mondays Daily.

Bids we're opened at the city coun-
Gil meeting today for the proposed
new sanitary sewer. running through
the alley back of the Perrin garage
and going along Poplar street and
emptying into Warren creek c. NJ.
Masters bid s3lS: Joseph Landkam-
er. S341; \. Bashaw. $40. and John
Mccall. S349. The. contract was
awarded to Mr.. Bashaw. The sewer
is To be completed by September /.
There was just one bid for the wa
ter mains on Baker avenue from West
Ninth 10 Moreland and for sixt, feet
on Moreland. This was the bic Of G..
NJ. Masters, which was $649. The
estimate OF the city engineer was
$500 City Engineer Blomquist re-
marked that he supposed the bid had
been made rather high because the
contractor was afraid of the excava-
ton in the stone The contract was
awarded to Mr.. Masters.
Quite a debate took place this
morning over the question of put
ting in a sanitary sewer on Thomp
son street from Fourth 10 Fifth and on
Fifth from Thompson to May. Among
intended course of procedure was Ar
thur Schaub. who said Fifth street
ought TO he opened up first. so that
the property owners there could
make some use of their holdings in
a practical way. before they were
required To pay for any sanitary
sewer. Councilman Eichstaedt spoke of
several of the residents of that neigh
borhOOd who wanted the sewer there.
50 that their cellars would not be
flooded councilman Lamm said the
sanitary sewer could not be used as
a STERN sewer. but the seepage of
the water through the course OF the
loose earth. when il was replaced in
To the excavation. would have the
effect oi drying ont the neighborhood,
and diminish the danger of water in
the cellars At length. NJ the susges
tion OF Mayor Meyer. il was decided
that the council would look the whole
place over. and the matter was laid
over for enc week.
petition for sanitary sewer
and water mains ON Locust street
was presented. but was laid over, i'll
order TO allow the city engineer
tHbtSli Aiillt ~ plttait NH'
and specifications \ property own
~ ol that neighborhood said he be-
lie,cd tho street ought To be graded,
before water mains or sewer were
put in
judge ". l.. Comstock appeared
and urged that something be done in
the direction OF getting Hanna street
from Main TO Pearl. graded and gray
sled The Judge said this was ~
IN proNement thai Was sorcly needed.
sine" the cutting down of Main street.
lie SPOKE of a piece OF Wet swampy
ground. that needed draining. At
the mayors suggestion ii was decid-
I'd that the council 90 out and look
over that ncighborhood
This was the day for Il hearing on
the question OF the confirmation o!
the assessments for the paving of
Front and other streets. There was
40 objection. and the assessments
were ordered confirmed.
The assessments for the grading and
lraveling of Grace court and Lewis
street was also confirmed there be-
ing no opposition.
There was not the same Satisfac
for the grading and gravelng Of.
West Fifth street and Woodland
avenue. and there were quite a num-
Der who thought the cost had not
been cquitably distributed. The mat
ter was put over week for investi-
cation.
The bill against the Mankato Elec-
trio Traction company fer its share
in the paving of this year. amounting
To <9.5S6.30 was presented and con-
firmed.
4 petition was presented asking
for a new sidewalk on North Broad
street from Lime TO Thompson. This
sidewalk has bulged out OF shape.
and is in a dangerous condition. May
or Never remarked that he did not
see why the cost of this should not
be assessed against the owners of
the abutinG property. y motion WAS
carried inStructing the city clerk to
notify these owners that new side
walk must be put in.
Chief of Police KluFherz today re-
ported that during the month OF
July there had been twenty arrests
the police station and twenty two
dodgers.
The council received an application
for the transfer OF the R-cade sa :
loon license from Henry Parrott to
David W Davis Mr. Davis had the
recommendation of several Of tho
councilmen of Faribault. However
the matter was laid over in order
that personal letters might he Obtain
cd from those who recommended him
l.atc this morning ami during por
tion OF the afternoon. the council
heard propositions presented by vari-
Gus bridge engineers. These present
included j H. \. BrahtZ. bridge en-
SINGER. st. Paul. representative o
the Concrete steel Engraving com
rany. New York. and representa-
tive of the C. :. Turner company
Minneapolis.
F-or1 MONDAYS Daily.
Mayor \. G. Never made a pinch
about midnight Saturday al dwell
inc in the Second and Byron stree
nciChbCrhood This vas boarCin!
place. where fight had occurred