The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-04-14

ported to his office. He was sure that
there were more than that, but the
report of such cases to his office was
frequently neglected. This should not
be so.
The doctor spoke of the proper in
spection of the threats of the school
children Of the city as being a great
preventative of the spread Of diph-
iberia There had been but three
cases in the city during the past
year. He said there should be an
inspection of the children on the
opening day of school, as was done
in North Mankato
Mayor Lamm remarked that it
seemed to him that the health Off
Ger should be member of the visit
ing nurse committee. DR.. Schmitt
said he thought the health board
should certainly have something to
say as to what the visiting nurse
should do in the time of an epidemic
He spoke of the time when scarlet
fever was quite prevalent here, and
he tried to get the visiting nurse to
work on that fight. The chairman of
the visiting nurse committee took the
view that this was not any part of
the visiting nurses business. Since
that time the relations of the health
board and the visiting nurse COM
mittee had been somewhat strained
Wanted PeddIers' License.
City Clerk Bates presented the ap-
plication of Shaken Brothers for a
license to peddle oriental curiosities
in Mankato for two days The
charge for such license would be So
a day Commissioner Eichstaedt re-
marked that he did not like the
granting of such licenses. The
charge ought to be 500 a day. On
his motion the application was turned
down.
The matter of purchasing or rent
ing large oil tank from the Stand
ard Oil company was discussed and
was at length referred to Commits
sioner Humiston, with power to act
On Mr.. Humiston's motion it was
decided to buy a carload of road oil
at five-seventeen from the Standard
Oil company.
me DuiiuiHS FeTHlitS.
City Engineer Blomquist presented
the full list of building permits issued
since January /, 1916. The total came
to about 100000. This was almost
the identical list that was published
in The Free Press of April 1. 1t in
cluded, however, the following adj
ditional permits:
Martin Wiltgen, west IS feet oil
north SO feet of lots and 10, block
IA, C. of NJ, remodel present build
ing for garage, $1,000.
r. Soule, lots l and 2, lakewood
addition, remodel old dwelling.
G.. H. Griebel, part of blocks ant
4, vacated Grove street, Warren's
addition, addition to concrete garage
$500.
G.. Peterson, except railroad, lot 4
block 191, West Mankato, front
porch, Z by 20 feet, SOS.
Charles Graves, Lot 4, block 176
West Mankato, frame addition to
present building, II by - feet, $3.50.
George Knapp, lot 20, block 4, Civ
ems e Lewis addition, frame addition
"a by SO feet, $1,750.
e. and T. Ario, east 60 feet of lot
5. block Is, Waite & Roelofson's ad-
dition, estory frame bungalow
26 by AZ feet, $4,000.
New Ordinance.
The council gave a first reading tC
a new ordinance, granting a new fran
chise to the street car company The
matter was preached on behalf of the
company by Attorney S. B. Wilson
The franchise of the company has
eleven years more to run, but the
company wants a new twenty five
year franchise, because it is the in
tention to run over to North MankatC
and it is expected that twenty five
year franchise will be obtained there
The company wants the period COW
cred by the two franchises uniform.
The proposed franchise gives the
company the use of the streets Of the
city with the exception of Broad from
Vine to Lincoln and Fourth from
Washington to Cherry. The council
reserves the right to order the street
cars off Warren street from Fourth to
Fifth, after ten years.
The company must put in iron posts
to carry it's feed wires on all the
paved streets. In case snow is hauled
away from any street, the company
is to pay for forty per cent and the
city sixty per cent of the cost OF
hauling.
1t was decided to advertise for bids
on three more carloads of road oil.
The city engineer was ordered to
prepare plans and specifications for
water services on four blocks OF
Moreland avenue.