The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-12-22
COASTING SPOT;
GUARD PLANNED
Action Is Taken By the
City Council
FAVOR OF KIDDIES
Skating Club Received Appro-
priation of Hundred and
Fifty Dollars.

&OsS anu SA4lo VI haAAdlO VIII
be SVEN a Christmas present by
the members OF the city council IN
the form or guarded cO4SLnS
place. This was the decision OF
the city council last night, following
the suggestion or mayor w. A.
beach and Chief OF Police Enil
Landmark that a sale place for inc
Young folks 10 snde down hill be
provided. 1t was finally decided to
Earlicaoe the intersections on
Plum street from Second to Filth
each day during the winter anu
pace a man in charge TO see tnaL
the barricades are kept IN place and
that no accidents occur. In this
way the children and other peop4e
Who wash TO ENJOY cods4ng Can
make the start at Sixth sLeet and
coast down Plum street, but must
rot cross Front street.
ON motion OF Councilman A. G.
Lack 1t was voted Nla.st night TO
appropriate $ll2 dollars 10 the
members in the expense or up
keep
Walter A. Fairbrother proprietor
OF the Office Specla4lies CO.ur4ny
OF lnIs city, APPEARED Delore the
ct'uncl ana closed a deai Ior lAe
SAFE 10 the city OF one OF The IaCg
est tabulaung typewriters or the l..
I. SmILn IL broL lers KIND on the
market. This machine was pur
chased for City Engineer Pnll Coia-
stocks Office, and the old machine
"a L4at once was taken Al ~ .'AI.
Falrbrother as part payment on the
rev machine.
Regarding Street Width
Henry w. tooth, who owns pro-
PERI! On Blue LarLh street III West
Mankato appeared before the city
council anu asked that a cerLRin
HlvIn DO estaoushed Oh that streel
fnd the thoroushfare opened
through to Pleasant street There
Is a Triangular piece. of property
owned by Mr.. Tooth and Harry NJ
Penney. which both gentlemen will
dead 10 the city so as to permit OF
strengthening the street lines. Blue
EAIth street which is at the present
time 100 feet in width, according to
plans and specifications just com
pleted by City Engineer Comstock,
Will be cut down to a sixty SIX feet
street Hith a thirty six for road
way. AS soon as the deeds for the
triangular piece of property man
toned is secured by the city steps
will be taken to establish the width
Lie seventeen feet vacated by the
city on either side will revery back 70
TIE ownership of the abutting pro
perry owners.
Regarding Street SprinkIina
At the suggestion of Councilman
Alex Anderson at a former meeting,
City Engineer Phil Comstock cor
responded with number of cities
in this state now using motor
or cnfinlyIin0 and Amsh-
ing apparatus. Austin, Redwing,
Rochester and Winona had been
heard from. Each OF these cites
claim that the motor driven appar-
atus does better work and is more
economical. Each city had real
lied saving over the horse drawn
apparatus.
according to the statement of the
city engineer, it is costing Mankato
about double what it does other
cities of the same size TO sprinkle
and flush the streets. The present
apparatus is entirely too small to
meet the demands Of Mankato. The
matter will be further investigated
and in all probability the city Will
next spring purchase a combined
flushing and spTinkiing wagon with
a tank with a 1.500 gallon capacity.
! ! The new type of flusher and
sprinkler c0mOlneQ nave many I'M
proved features. One Of these is
that the fiusher arrangement throws
ward from the front end, flushing
the entire street in one trip instead of
flushing but one side as the flush
now in use does.
At the close Of the meeting the
following bAls were audited and
allowed: Mrs. NJ. Lowe, t$1; ]. L.
Cuddy S415; Free Press company,
$40: R. Schiab,e: S2O.4C;, L. P.
pany $23.79; W. L. barley, $3.50;
City Treasurer, SIPS; Mike Ma
loney, IS; Standard Oil company,
$1.71; W. A Roosevelt company,
$35.42; Hersey Manufacturing com
pany, sass; North Star Concrete
company, $1.85; L. Patterson Mer-
camille company $t.25; N. P. Paul
SON S175.57.