The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-04-27
BONDING FOR $4,000
|''COulcI TOOK A [
WILL RAISE MONEY TO meet
THE BRIDGE BUILDING
They Will Be Issued in $1,000 Demon.
nations; Request For Alley Off of
Liberty Between Lille and Lewis
Streets: Matter Of Lishsins The New
Bridge; Iron Fire Escape On The
New City Han

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! New City Han t
From Mondays Daily.
That the coal situation is the sub
Iject of much serious thought was
evident this morning at the regular
Injecting of the council, when M F.
! Sullivan, representing the Mankato
Real Estate company, appeared be-
fore the council and made a request
for permission to have erected coat
shed back of the Mankato house
block, where three additional car
loads of coal might be stored for
winter use. Mr.. Sullivan stated that
none of the local coal dealers would
contract to furnish the company with
coal for next winter, as they stated
| it might be impossible for them to
fulfill such contract. Mr.. Sullivan
said he might be able to get enough
coal by buying it now to last during
the winter, if he was given permits
sion to build shed in which to store
| it. His company would also give a
bond to remove the shed at any time
the council wished it moved. 1t was
I the general opinion Of the councif1nen
| that frame shed would be contrary
| to the fire ordinance, and insurance
| regulations, and the matter Will be
investigated before any action is
| taken. 1855 - rs 1Sak
Thomas Sherk appeared before
| the council and called attention 20
! the need of an alley off Liberty street,
! back of Lille and Lewis streets. He
stated that he wished to have build
! ing erected next to the Dackins
building, and if an alley was carried
drought as far as the lumber yard
! other people would also build on the
street. The council will investigate
the conditions and see what can be
done. tef.f
Lighting on New Bridge.
r. e. Brown spoke of the great ne
cessity of attending to the details of
the installation of lighting poles on
the new Main street bridge. He said
that the workmen would soon start
pouring concrete at each pier where
the poles and conduits were to- be
placed, and this work should be- at
tended to at once, as it would cos
about ten times as much to open the
concrete and do the work afterward.
At the close of the council meeting
the council moved to have the mat
ter attended to at once.
|. w. PoStlewaite, representing the
Standard Oil company, appeared be-
fore the council with an offer to take
the lease of the ground near the Mil
waukee railroad, corner of Front and
Main streets, assuming al RESPONSE
bility for the place. The city now
has lease on the land, which was
intended to be used as a park, but
was necessary as a storing place, for
materials used in the construction of
of the new bridge, and is now occu-
pied by the construction company
Liquor licenses were granted to
Hide & Tillman, POS South Front
street.; Henry PARROT, 225 South
Front street; Esser Brothers, 100
North Front street Licenses were
also granted to the Mankato Scrap
Iron and Metal company; j. w. Kueb-
Ter, Mankato Plumbing and Heating
company; Phil McGraw, plumber;
McLauren & Northrop, plumbers.
~. Circus Granted License.
The request of r. L. Lohmar, agent
for the Barnum & Bailey circus, for
license to give a circus in Man
kato, July, 26, 1917, was granted, the
council moving that the circus people
pay 50 a, car license.
Max Wishnick, junk dealer, was
granted a license ~ S-.'
resolution for bonding the city
OF Mankato for $4,000 for the cost
or the Main street bridge was read
and passed. The bonds will be issued
In $1,000 denominations, twenty paw
able In one year, and ten payable two
years from July l, at four per cent
per annum. City Attorney Phillips
stated that the nineteen or twenty
thousand dollars which had bene d.
mated for the bridge is not available
at the present time. The banks win
take the twenty bonds at a basis of
SIX per cent, and the ten bonds for
Two years on five per cent basis.
Ibhe passing Of this resolution gives
an extra ten thousand dollars added.
.Fhe bonds will be; advertised at once
rom Fire Escape for CITY Hail. IS
= Architect George Pass, Sr.. pre-
sented an estimate for an iron fire
escape Tor the new city hall, the esti-
mate giving the cost as S565. $3.50 tn
the manufacturing company. and tbe
balance for the work of the 7 p
Nelson Construction company. Conn
Gilman Eichsteadt moved thar the
council advertise for bids.fto he
opened May z, which was passed
The councilmen were of fine on;rj-
on that moving the rest room into tbe
new city hall was not an accenfance
OF the contract and the city atf},fnev
was instructed to secure 1suebH an
agreement from the J. B. Nelson
company. rs - III
Councilman Eichsteadt brought i'm
tne matter Of purchasing a easoI;hs
motor lawn mower, to be used by The
Guy Tor grass cutting in the Darks
etc. AT present the work il beirs
done. by horsepower, and it was de-
cided that it would be much cHesner
10 purchase the motor at $3.50. 5fHan
commune paying from 81 to- s1,5r' ner
gay rent for horse. The couasiIs de-
cided TO purchase the motor mower
kuehne Brothers were authorizes
10 install a gasoline pumping sfat;on