The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-06-03
SUBJECT IS BOOKED
Ladies of City Asked to
Give Their Views
BUILDING BOOM NOTED
Street Car Ordinance Is Before
Town Fathers; Other
Business

Consideration of the appointment
of a woman police officer will be
taken up at the city council meet
ing of June IA, according to the
decision reached at last nights meet
ing OF that body. This was at the
suggestion or Mayor ". -. Beacn,
who said that the matter should be
settled one way or the other: He
thought that the women should De
sN eu an opportunity TO assemble at
mat meeting ana express themselves
on the Select.
According 10 a report of the build
ing Iremlts issued Dy City Englneer
fnll COnIStOck from April 20 10
cate, Mankalo is starting 10 build
In less than a month over S4S, $50
worth OF building permits were is
sued City kngIneeI COmStock stat
ed that he thinks that there is still
more building in progress, and the
Cost OF the Improvements being made
will run lar above the figures given
in the above estimate. He called
the attention of the council to the
TACT mat 4 great many people erect
buildings without taking out the
necessary e.mits, ami wanted TO
know what can be done about II.
Mr.. COmstOCk was instructed by the
members OF the council 10 have til,
ponce stop all ouidlng, in cases
where permits have not been Sc
cured until such time as the neces :
sary papers can be taken ont and
the proper ponds filed. City Eagln-
eer Comstock also said that he
thought some STEPS should be taken
to enlarge the ire limits, and put
some restrictions on the nature or
structures especially where resi-
dences are built close together. 1t
was finally decided to have City
Ben E BangeFter, and City Engineer
Comstock get together and draft an
rodinance covering fire limits, etc.
Amending Street Car Ordinance
An ordnance amending the street
Fear ordinance passed on May 10,
1916, was given its first reading last
night. The amended section Of the
ordinance provides that the street
car company keep the space between
the rails of its tracks in good repair
and IN conformity with streets over
which the tracks are laid. One
section OF the changed or amended
ordinance reads as follows:
"!f at any time the city shall de,
ternine 10 pave or repave any OF
the streets or parts of streets or
roads upon which the company mas Is
laid its tracks, unless otherwise
provided by the city council, the
latter shall pave in like manner and
at the same time and at its own
expense, its roadbed between the
rails and to the end Of the ties out
side rails Provided. however, that
the character OF the pavement may
be changed with the consent of 49,.
council This is not to be taken to
constitute relief TO the company
from liability for injuries, damages,
etc, caused by the conditions on
the tracks included in the space be-
tween the rails" ....-
City Attorney Gilmore explained
that in the above form the council
has the option Of relieving the
street car company from paving be-
tween the rails OF its tracks if it so
sees fit.
At the meeting Of the council held
a week ago many taxpayers urged the
council to enact some measure that
would relieve the street car company
from the burden of paving at it's own
expense.
Wants Water Mains Extended.
George Rose, living on East Main
street who appeared at a former
meeting of the council and asked
for the extension of water mains on
East Main and Dickinson streets,
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