The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-05-06
GRANTED THE PETITION
West Front, Fourth Street
Are To Be Paved
COUNCIL TAKES ACTION
Mayor w. A. Beach Comes In
For Number Of Bouquets
From Ladies

Receiving a request in the form OF
a petition from practically ever!
resident of West Front street and
West Fourth street for the paving OF
those thoroughfares. members OF the
city last night instructed City Engl
neer Phil Comstock to make PLAN
and specifications of the work ant
estimates of the probable costs Of
the proposed improvement. W
DUMMY was the only one who object
ed to the paving of those streets, on
the grounds that taxes are now almo.,
prohibitive in this city.
Members OF the permanent commit
tee on Memorial Day activities con
sisting of Colonel George w. Mead
Judge Lorin Cray and DR.. j. A. Hiel-
scher appeared before the council ant
through their spokesman, Judge era!
asked the city council 10 donate ST.
toward the expense of decorating the
graves OF the soldiers who served in
American wars. Judge Cray ex~
planned that\it is the duty ACCORDING
to law for each municipality to look
after the decoration of the graves Oh
its soldier dead, and that the tow
or city clerk can have the expense
of eae same taxed up to the city
The donation was granted by the
council.
Before leaving the council room
Judge Cray called attention TO the
careless handling of garbage cans by
garbage gatherers in the past. He
hoped that the man who collects
garbage this year will be careful to
see that garbage cans are placed back
in their proper places with the COW
ers on.
The Heidel Electric company of thi
city presented in writing PROPOSE
ton for the furnishing OF services in
keeping up the white way and re
pairing motors, ETC.. at the pumping
station for three ffths of the amount
motion of Councilman Lack referred
to Mayor Beach with power to act.
carnivals Are Banned.
Councilman Lack, through his
motion last night, put the "kibosh'
on carnival shows in this city this
season. 4 representative OF n the
pany appeared before the council
and asked to be granted license for
the show the week OF May 10.
Councilman Lack said that he did
not think carnivals are good thing
for a city and made motion to have
the proposition turned down. This
motion was seconded by Councilman
Steiner, and when the question came
TO a vote il was unanimously against
granting the license.
A representative Of the Mankato
Oil company appeared before the
council and asked permission TO
have another driveway built to the
plant. The matter was referred 10
Councilman Anderson and City En-
eineer Comstock with power to act.
q number or resi-
dents living on Thompson street for
the extension Of water and sewer on
that street, was referred to Council
man Kleinschmidt.
Asked For Water Mains.
l.. L. Champlin and Professor Traf,
ton appeared before the council ana
requested that city water extensions
he made to the Bunker Hill district.
Both gentlemen called attention TO
the high cost of lots down town, and
the desirable residence property 10
be obtained at a reasonable price In
that part of town. They stated that
the property owners are willing 10
stand their share of the necessary ex-
nense of making the improvement.
The matter was referred to Council
man Kleinschmidt and City Engineer
Comstock to work out as to the prob
The report of Chief Of Police Lund-
mark showed that total OF fourteen
arrests had been made during the
month of April and the total amount
of fines collected was s102;S0 Lodg
ers housed at the police station dur
ing that month were sixty-two in
number.
Bouquets For Mayor Beach.
Mayor Beach came in for a number
Of bouquets in a communication from
Mrs. D. G. Willard. as chairman OF
the central committee Of the w. G.
T. U. and the Mankato Woman's
Council. In this communication the
ladies expressed themselves as more
than pleased with the action of May
or Beach in causing the curtains and
blinds to be removed from all the
soft drink parlors of the city, in his
efforts to suppress vice. In the com
nunication was a request TO moi
grant licenses to carnival companies
10 show in this city. The communl-
cation was placed on file.
Plumbers licenses were granted tc
Lester NJ. Lang and c. NJ. Herrley
of the firm of Lang & Herrley; kros'