The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-10-07

J. General fl:ad tax budget In 4
r creased $751; y &c meet expense =
FOND Issue viii not be fiosted.
; cussy Plumbing and Heating !
3 company allowed an estimate OF Z
p t4.2Ss.5' on work completed. !
= Sassed resolution for eonstruc- I
= .Icn OF sidewalk on north side of Z
= Moorsiand. avenue. =. . !
chief 81 police. 4
Hi resissr,s ssaln ask for 1
! watss main extensions. /, :
!. ss, g:'lss.. ss e .s..s 81 s''''
I rxss.a su.dlra srs'o.as.. 80
! Heslsh ordnance ltprnsd asxe 4
= by esunelimeni sasofsa ~ pssyer
mary s,rs ss~.r ', e %asi s2s ssssi
; VIII, advertise for bliss fof >
metal fence Tor new deer Aparl<
: civ snsmssr tnssrpstsd %
storm sewer near Siascll ssSaek I
80 !;
!. AS raeahs OF saving - ne eit,
the expense of q special Ell 81
the purpose: Of voting on the duestioi
or bonding ne city for the pprpess
of raising hznts for, the purchase q
the additional sopna for Mankal!
armory. ii was dseisTd last night :!
the members OF the cry founeil 70 IN
crease the general fund tar hpdse
sl +; ms y, ,nesesse ~ ss s + ~,
ss 81 nd VIII ! Sc i7S s1isIl 81
each Individual tar p94 Dfe
s1ance OF bonds did 81 -
pense of q special eiecfion Nwhie{
would cost in the neighborhood go
1000 and II the bonds were paic
on in series OF years the tpferes
would come to about $3.50, thu,
making a total expense of $500
City Clerk Bates explained that ever
with the $4,000 increase in the gen
eral fund tax budget the rate for thu
city Will be three and one half mills
less than last year. The motion 10
the increase was made by Council
man Steiner, and was concurred j.
by all of the members OF the council
Company was allowed an estimate o
sI.253.5i on work which Is abou
completed in West 1Mankato. Tni'
consists of a concrete headwall art
storm sewers
A resolution was passed for TIT
construction of sidewalks along th'
north side Of Mooreland avenue as IA
as the Milwaukee tracks.
Merton Griffin was granted an auc
tioneers license for Saturday at tn,
Halistrom garagh for the sale Of auto
mobiles. p
Report of Police Chief
The report of Chief of Police Phi
Landmark for the month of Septeni
Der was received and placed on file
This showed that during the month
sixty one arrests had been made an,
the total fines collected amounted Il
S549.09. The total number pf fodger;
housed at the city hall during thu
month were eighteen.
Hill residents again appeared befor'
the city council and stated that Eas
Mankato is as dry as the eighteenth
amendment as far as water goes Tn
wells have all gone dry, and the PEG
pJe living on the hill tops are forces
10 carry their water long distance
George Rose and John Born wer,
spokesman for the petitioners for tn
water main extensions. They callei
the attention of the council to Lh
fact that application for relief hal
been made some time ago and no re
lief had been forthcoming. Council
man Kleinschmidt said that the cit!
council were waiting for a change II
the city charter which would permi
of an increase Of the water frontag,
tax of five cents per foot to some n
cure which would come some wher'
near meeting the expense Of the i'm
With the present cost o
material the FIVE cent assessment
would not meet more than abou
thirty percent of the cost and the cit!
would have, to stand the other sew
enty per cent. 1t was finally decidet
to place a tap on one OF the Migrant
on East Main street from Wnlcl
people in need of water can secure
supply, until some thing can be don
in tho way Of water main extensions
Mr.. Born and Mr.. Rose both said tina
they had no doubt that the resident
OF the hill district would go nifty NIT,
With tho city in the improvement ow
ing to the fact that water was so badl!
needed A. canvass OF the resident
of East Mankato will be made In tina
regard. - p.
Building permits for the month o
September according to the statemea
of City Engineer Phil Constocl
amounted to $34,960 which shows tina
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