The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-09-01
QUESTION OF PAVING
PAYING is DISCUSSED
NO CONCLUSION REACHED
BY CITY FATHERS
WORK OF THAT BODY
Milwaukee Railway Company
Writes Regarding Street X
Grade Crossing

last evening Just prior to. the
regular open-d door session of
the council the question of
entering into a compromise
with the Mankato Electric
Traction company relative to
the payment for pavement re-
pairs was discussed, but no
conclusion was reached. 1t Is
understood that the Electric
Traction company has made a
proposition to the council with
view to ending the legal con-
troversy over the paving. 1t is
said that several of the council
men are favorable to accepting
the terms. on the other hand, II
is reported that Mayor Beach is
not inclined that way. II is
possible that further negotia-
Whether thehcity council will
Esse 1E R.SGSst0n d b. sSs m1 r.
mains to be determined.
Members of the city council
last night held a very short session.
A Communication was received
city for that company to lower the
grade of its crossing on the west
from the Milwaukee railway OFF,
Gals in regard to the request of the
side of the Van Brhnt slough on
Front street. F..W. Root, repre-
senting the Milwaukee company,
made it plain in his reply that the
Milwaukee road will resist any ef-
fort on the part of the city TO have
the grade changed. A communica-
ton was also received from the
members of the state railway and
warehouse commission, in reply to
a letter from City Attorney c. e.
Gilmore, in which tie commission
stated that the crossing In question
is not within the scope or their
power. The state railway and ware
house commission, II was stated. on
ly deals with dangerous crossings.
City Attorney Gilmore was in
structed to again write TO the COM
mission and explain fully that the
Milwaukee crossing In It's present
elevated condition is a very dan
gerous crossing.
Claims Grade Is Changed
One of the objections held out by
the Milwaukee company is, that the
city has changed the grade Of the
street. The city holds that this is
not the case, but that some few
years ago, the Milwaukee road rails
ed its tracks at the crossing In
question perhaps six inches. City
ATTORNEY C. e. Gilmore said that
even il. the grade of the street were
changed, that this would not re-
Iieve the railway company from ad-
justing its crossing TO correspond
with the grade of the street. This
question Mr. Gilmore stated, had
come up on several previous occa-
sions, and the supreme court had
held that where the semands of the
city in such cases were reasonable
the railway comoarias were COM
PEELED to adjust their crossings to
meet the grade of the streets.
Mayor w. A. Beach and other
members of the CITY council eX-
ressed themselves as not being
satisfied with the manner in-which
the Milwaukee road is looking after
its crossings in this city. 1t was
pointed out that the Omaha and
Northwestern railways had put in
a splendid crossing on Main street
in front of the bridge, but the Mil
waukee has failed to plank its share
of that crossing on Main street.
The Milwaukee crossing on Cherry
street. it was stated is also in poor
condition. Steps will be taken to
havefthat company to put its cross
iugs in better shape.
Bills were Allowed.
At the close of the meeting the
following bills were audited and al
lowed.
Cuddy Plumbing and Heating
company, $11016; Standard Oil
company, 81 80; free Press COM
pany, 81 TX N~~fune Meter COM
rany, $126.36; w. S. Mott company.
$360.46: BIZ Lateral Hose company,
s245; North Star Concrete company,
s312.94: Roman Schiable, $40; Matt
Suesrud, S425: NThe Barrett COM
pany, $762; Mankato manufacturing
company, Sc. ~: North Star Con-
crete company. $12.SS: Illinois Oil
company, $24. so; Steiners Phar,
macy, SIS; L. J.. Kiffe, 81; National
Refining company, Sl2.75; A. A.
Zimmerman. $500; A. Gender,
81. 10; City Treasurer, $142.50;
Mankato- Manufacturing company,
$685.; zimmerman & Bangerter,
S33; Krost & Harry, $13.25; S. K.
Fowler, 1894; L. P. Kaufman, so
g.