The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-05-19
Sum Appropriated Is $3.50; Very
Generous Act
CARNIVAL LICENSE GIVEN
Show to Be Had Here Under
The Auspices of Base Ball
Association
from Mondays Daily.

II are highly pleased at the action of
the city council this morning, when
$3.50 was appropriated to help out
with the expenses that have been in
Cured by the company in fitting out
the armory building. This means that
S2EJ more can be obtained from the
state ard with that whole $500 good
step is taken towards clearing off the
debt that the company has incurred
Since putting in the heating plant,
the company has had a debt of ST.
900 to meet for what has been done
on the building Local business men
are standing back of the notes. But
the company is anxious to get the
debt paid as soon as possible. 1t is
hoped that the citizens generally will
rally to the support of the company
in its struggle to make the armOry
proposition success.
If the council should make this gift
OF $3.50 each year it would mean an
other $3.50 each year from the state
and that would mean $500 coming to
the company each year.
The matter was placed before the
city council this morning by Mrs.
NJ D. Fritz. who appeared on behalf
of the Grand Army and Relief corps
people. She explained how the prop
erty would revert to the state if the
company did not make financial
success of it. She told how the Grand
Army men and Relief corps women
had at their expense fixed up quart
ers on the front part of the second
floor, putting in the floor, and i'm
proving the place otherwise. The ex
pnnse had been about 5000 and all
that would be lost, if the property
should revert to the state.
On the motion OF Councilman
Humiston, the appropriation Of $3.50
was allowed, without a dissenting
vote.
F. NJ Currier thanked the council
on behalf of the Commercial club.
Asked For Carnival License.
J. N. Tompkins, on behalf OF the
Mankato Baseball association, ap-
piled for license for the Patterson
Carnival company to have an exhibit
ton on the circus grounds in Man
kato from June &c to July l. He said
the dSSOCldIlUH 1ldu ltcut al dI -
rangement whereby it would get so
per cent of the receipts from the
concessions and 20 per cent of the
gross receipts. He requested that the
license fee be made as small as
possible
On motion by Councilman Eich-
staedt the fee was made the minimum
that was legal, and that was $25 4
day.
Dr. A. F. Schmitt reported that
the first floor of the detention hos
pital had been free from any small
pox cases during the past week, and
the floors have been newly painted
there. A new gas stove has been in
stalled on the second floor. He said
an ice box should be provided on the
second floor, and also an extension
telephone and a partition should be
built in the hall on the first floor
On motion by Mr. Eichstaedt, Dr.
Schmitt was authorized to make
these improvements.
DR.. Schmitt spoke of certain places
where residences had not been con-
nected with sewers as they should be
and he had given notice that the out
houses must be closed up and the
sewer connections made
Would Exchange For City Hall.
H. P. Jensen, the welI-known reaI
estate man, appeared at the city
council meeting this morning and
made an offer Of the property on the
northeast corner of Second and
Jackson streets in even exchange
without extra money on either side
for the city hall property.
This land, offered by Mr.. Jensen
runs 157h feet along Jackson street
and 1872 feet along Second. 1t is the
site of a brick dwelling, estimated by
Mr.. Jensen to be worth about $4,000
and there is garage on the same
strip. The buildings go in with The
offer.
Mr. Jensen's proposition is with :
view to having the city erect new
public building for the transaction OF
the city business at Second and Jack
son streets, away from the noises o.
the railroad and street car traffic.
Mr.. Jensen declared that the ole
city hall building had outlived its
usefulness for that purpose. 1t was
good for business purposes, but the
new site would be far better for tn,
public offices. He understood, he sait
that the council contemplated spend
ing a great deal of money in flxint
up the old building. He consideret
this a very unwise expenditure. Tn'
building would be of hardly an,
greater real estate value than a
present.
''If the city hall building is so old,
said Mayor Lamm. what do you eX
pect to do with it,"
"As far as city hall is concerned
it has outlived it's usefulness" sail
Mr.. Jensen. "But it is good propert.
for other purposes"
Want Sewer Connections.
Rev. w. E. Evans appeared to asl
. for sewer connections in the Byrol
and State street district He wa
building house there.
Judge w. A. Plymat spoke on be
half of his mother and sister VIII
were owners of property on Byro
State streetassNand said thei
property NhxdSalready psiT Tor sewe
On another frontage am, HE ndid sn0