The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-02-11

! 1866 feet below the ground surface
| where the pressure on the water is
600 pounds per square inch. Under |
| this great pressure the water holds !
certain substances in solution which !
would otherwise be in solid form.
| Among these are compounds of iron
and sulphur together with carbon
| dioxide, which, when the pressure is
relieved, and the water comes in
contact with air, undergo reactions
which change the iron compound TO
ferric hydroxide which precipitates
into brown substance, and is SO
often seen where city water is al
lowed to run slowly over light
| colored surface. The greater part of
| this substance can be removed by a
simple process of aeration and set
tlement of the water when it comes
from the wells"
Identification of City.
| A general plan for the beautifica-
| ton of the city was urged, as fol-
! lows
"a better Mankato means also a
more beautiful Mankato. Those who
! have seen this city grow from small
village to the present city realize
more than others the constant change
| that is going on What will it be
| fifty or hundred years from now?
i This will depend very much on what
we are trying to make it today There
! is no work of construction of any
| consequence that is made without a
| definite plan. If we want we'll built
well balanced and beautiful city fifty
years from now, it is necessary to
| follow general plan in all the i'm
portant improvements. OF course
methods and details continually
! change, but certain fundamental rules
and plans never change. For in
| stance, the location and widths Oh
| streets, the location of important
public and semipub1ic buildings and
many other features do not change
except in very rare cases, and then
| only at very great expense.
Work General Plan.
"It is therefore necessary for the
building Of beautiful and con-
venient city that a. general plan is
| worked out and followed This should
| specify the location of public build
ings, the style of architecture to De
| used for such buildings, schools and
other important structures. Some adj
ditions not yet developed should be
replatted to harmonic with the con-
tour of the ground and adjoining ad-
ditions to the city. More attention
should be give to the grade of streets
and other desirable features than to
make as many lots as possible for
sale. All these features would re-
quire additional legal power for the
city government, and we hope that
public sentiment may be created that
will make these things possible"
Rev. Balm Led Discussion.
Rev. j. M. Balm, who led the after
discussion, said in part:
Il am prompted to say that our
public school grounds have not yet
that full showing of floral and shrub
! berry life, arranged by the skill of
landscape gardener, that ought to be,
although considerable has been done
along this line. Judicious invest
ments here will bring rich results in
the character building of our youth
,, apd scenic effects upon the city. On
these grounds little pains have been
taken to add to wholesome, health
giving, pleasurable exercise, by the
erection of simple apparatus for out
of-door recreation.
Give the children every possible
help to meet the demands of nature
! for sports, in a sane and safe man
ner 1t will pay.
1--WE notice our high school housed
| in a credible manner, but it has no
grounds for out of door recreation,
SO the boys have to depend upon the
sufferance of neighbors for field game
| sports.
Here is a chance for some one to
be a youths benefactor, by granting
grounds for this purpose, if the ely
does not soon see its duty and make
| good, while lots for that purpose can
be secured at nominal figures.
Another element, that figures
largely in making better Mankato is
| loyalty to our own institutions of
| trade, mandatory and learning. Few
cities are equal to our own in BUSH
ness firms carrying the necessities,
the conveniences and luxuries of life.
"Often do l hear it said even by
ladies fastidious in dress: We'll,
know by actual experience that we
can do as well trading in our own
stores as we can at the cities This
| fact is becoming more and more rec
ognized by smaller towns far and
near, coming by rail and car to do
their shopping here.
1--WE can say without boasting or
exaggeration that we have the best
| that modern methods can devise or
money procure, along educational
| lines. This is the consensus of the
general public, as shown by nearly
| half thousand enrolled each term at
| the normal, over seven hundred at
| the Commercial college, high school
capacity doubled, ladies' seminary
rapidly growing in numbers and eff
fciency, also educational institutions
lpurely Catholic, well equipped and
patroniZed
"Patronizing our own business
firms means bigger business, better
bargains, larger city, and thriving
citizenship.
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