The Mankato free press., 1922-10-20
THAT WHITE DOVE
HELD PEACE MEN
Brought Mayor and 6. and
c. Men Togethes
TERMS MADE KNOWN
Corporation Is Tc Pay Three
Thousand Dollars Toward
Paving Repairs

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MAJOR W. A. Beach anroanc.'d at
last nights meeting Ct th- city ccuE-
Gil that satisfactory settlement
had becu reached between the city
and the. .Mankato Electric TraCt:on
compauy. III tina. vas .aid by the
mayor IL regard to The sa.::!ri:;,,it
reached was: "Gastlc.uen, J Wish TO
announce That we lis,ye IeachcI
settlement wiki ice street ca-. Iam-
rany III regard 70 the !-srgirE ID tho
paiTing cn both EcrtE md South
Frcnt street. 4 satisfactory Se:,ie-
nens Las boon reached VIII j. o.
Schuizc." Later rhc 7n:yUr stated
TO The Free Press that tie ST eet car
company will pay $3,nen toward TIE
repairs, and were given ten years IL
which to make the paymerts. This
was with the understanding :hat TIC
company is 10 speGd another tho;:-
sand ID 1UpE up paYing along t.
right OF way. The city WAS asked,
Mayor Beach said. 10 take unsecured
notes for the payment, but that was-
not accepted. They will havo to be
signed by j. O. SchulZe as president
of the Mississippi Valley Electric
Traction company. The settlement
is compromise.
Contractors Allowed Estimate.
Schruth & Welsh, contractors who
are putting down paving on several
of the streets of this city. last night
were allowed an estimate on their
work Of S32,281.69 as a partial pay
ment on the contract.
MRS. Julia Polchow was granted a
soft drink license at 626 South Front
street.
A number of residents living ON
Fuller and Lewis streets petitioned
the council to have permanent grades
established on those two streets. On
motion of Councilman Anderson.
City Engineer Phil Comstock was in
structed to make the necessary pro
files and specifications.
Since the last meeting of the city
council, City Engineer Phil Conn
stock had made estimates of the
probable cost of installing extensions
OF the water mains on Marsh and
adjacent streets. The estimate places
the cost at 81 per foot for installa-
tion,, 1t was explained that this
would mean an assessment of ten
cents per foot for ten years. In
other words a man having fifty
foot front lot, would pay SIS per year
for ten years.
City Engineer Comstock was in /,
structed to make plans and prefiles
North Firth, Ffanklih. Fountain aud
Thompson streets.
Hearing on the assessment for the
laying OF sidewalk ON NMoreland av-
erue came up last night. No obiec-
tons were made. and the date of
confirmation was set for October 81
Bills Were Allowed.
At the close of the meeting the
following bills were audited and al
lowed: Byrries and Nachbar, SS11:
]. Blissenbach, s341.70; Boston Shoe
Repairing company, fifty cents; City
Treasurer, $3.50; Cities Service COM
pany, $17; Carl Dethloff, $3.50; En-
terprfse Machinery company, S49.2I:
w. R. Freitag, $3.50; s. X. Fowler,
$3.50; Free Press company, s5.G3:
Flemming & Hoffman, s26 80; A.
Gender, ST.. O.. NJ. Hatcher, sl.6O;
John G. Hagen, S2.75; Arthur Jacoba,
81 saia Arost Eros and I'd. Harty. s. &c: kelm
pany, S2,; L. S. Little, $19. so; G. p.
LAWN, SIS; Model Dairy, $40; L. A.
Mayer, S5.25; Mankato Bread com
pany, s15 so; Murden Tire company,
$7.95; Mankato Clean Towel 'coffi-
pany, S41.25; Mahowald Cycle COM
pany, 81 so; Minneapolis Paper COM
pany, S12.65; Mankato Scrap Iron
and Metal company. So; iMankato
Citizens Telephone company, $40 so;
Northern States Power company,
S170. 40; National Refining company,
S38. 25; L. Patterson Mercantile com.
pany, 81; N. p. Paulson company,
$154 "a; H. A. Rodgers, $40. "a; j.
B. & D. Richards, S144; Southern
Minnesota Motor Supply company.
S6.25; Schwickert Hardware cpm-
pany, s2.71; o. w. Schmidt Sadalefy
company. SO; r. Schlablc, $4; stand,
ard Oil company. s5s.81; Olson
Gale, 81 So; George y. Thomas, 81;
unzeftig = Zirimeth. s1T15; Library
bills s1,0z5. 81.