The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-01-02
improvements Made BY
Mankato In 1919
AMOUNT RUNS 100000
Has Number of
Developed Plans For City
Betterment

During the past year, while the i'm
p;ovements made by the city have
not been large in number, still the
work done has covered number OF
improvements which have long been
needed and now that they have been
done will tend to increase the growth
of the city. On the work which has
already been done and that which is
in the course of completion an APP
,rrcximate amount of $4,000 has been
spent by the city.
In ogIe's addition. which is now one OF
the growing resident districts of the
ritv considerable work has been done 10
improve this addition. Pleasant street
Baker and Morelund avenues have beeil
graded and put In fine condition and
sidewalk has been laid on West Eighth,
lie Suelir. West Seventh and Sibley
streets. n total of $500 feet of six foot
walk being constructed in all. With the
extending of the street car line into TINS
addition and the improvements made by
the city new homes will soon begin Ia
b. built and the addition will grow rap
idly.
Silver Ravine Road.
Another needed Improvement which
has been done by the city is the thing of
the Silver ravine road. on winch there
is considerable travel and which before
this t'ling was done, was often in bad
condition
grayeIing and draining of East Main. Di-
Y SION Marsh. Dane and Dickinson
s reefs and the work is now partly COM
pieted and when finished will make the
streets on the hill fit for travel at all
times and will do away with the condi-
tons which have been found there near
~ every spring
\ contrnct has also been let and work
partly completed for the construction of
!, storm sewer on North Fourth street
rom lafayette To Franklin and on
franklin from North Fourth to North
Seventh.
Water Mains Laid.
Nstcr rnairs have been laid i'm West
s'~th street betwaer Sihley street and
Hubble avenue and this also is a needed
in West Mankato.
BESIDES these several other improve
ments of a minor nature hove heor
fr,de by the tity including the distri-
outior NJ six cars Of road oil and two
crrs OF tarvia which have boon di"'rii'','
t' about the streets of the CITY. the
onchaso If 'r"~tor and sorcr"' w.
CONS the i,stnIl"tio- Of n power gravel
~creen 1t Siblev mark etc,
Motorivotior ~ Fire Denar'""e--.
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rents made d''ring the wear by the CITY
81 the frn department h. the evpendi-
= - nf a'ort so onn. This mni->s 'hc
one IF TIE most cornpiAie rtn-
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ne G.. A. Lewis and the ne',herS of the
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f~'ck. This niace of apparntus coranletc
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In addition to this lnrger "~.t'ipnrNnt
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cory need in the iipn Of smaller fire
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