The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-08-11
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,art;l ae.ssr 80 flz.a hsG -asssraoc Cox
lis dafation ar. :.ase Is vas
ipointfE. ont in .ne esJSASest Sl-
bic laagssge By tue s1s:irst' ~ ne
~ the rart OF lhe. cl.y gas LIZ gnc
lace III repeat 81 pro:.els oJ Csc
company wLici s;iks-J n..t tee csc.
traLIuf make cJss,i tho n.tclnf.Hnce
of the paving a. spHcttied III lis
indemnify .1nd.
! N.s. Wilso., sac ~ It ~ en-, stss.
tia. not,ofT wuaas claim Gie. seH
paving along the 1rglt or-say OF me
company cs4ld be rrfesrd, but
%onlG ha.rI IT, be srti ,ely IHnece"
Owing to ft'cse facts II did NOT Eec.e
uhuy scCulL be calic't arorl to do
! :hin .sa,1rs3, 1t il W,Scfy ito vault of
J de city arG rnt Ht.i ct tse company.
chat TIE pasia.. ~ i: its present org:
g., GitrIr. According - .Sa ,:ElfemeLst OF
Ia. WILTON, dee Ia the negligent and
~ oiCss as.tS NJ fSH city ID The on
! gine' IdoIaiu,iS or tie CONTRACT for
t''o VIII. F.m that reasoo the at
t":-Ac said tia. De DID nF. think
/ TIA. tfe cIouncE shcyi1 revoke the
frarcEisa Ha die think that each
1 SiAC ouNui& hdsC 40 oay Al Soul - 90
inst tie matte could be decided
upoi; j2siiciaHy It ought to be snf
flciant foc to go into court and
naie the matters passed upon. MIR.
wilson said that he thought tais a
much better method tnan taking
the company by the nape Of the
neck and throwing us of tle
streets. l don't believe that you
men feel like doing this I think that
you will be fair in the matter. II we
are wrong in our contentious" said
Mr.. Wilson I'VE will submit to the
order OF the court and have no fur
ther complaint"
Mayor Beach at the close of Mr..
Wilson's statements, asked if the
attorney would not file a written
report Of what he stated. Mr.. Will
son has the matter of filing this
statement under consideration, but
may file the statement within a few
days.
Without any ceremony, and with
no reply to the statements made by
attorney Wilson the council pro.
ceeded to have read the ordinance
revoking the street car franchise.
Repeating Ordinance Read j.
Councilman Gust Kleinschmidt
made motion for "the first reading
of that ordinance" 1t developed
that the ordinance referred to calls
for the revocation Of the street car
franchise. The motion was second
ed by Councilman Alex Anderson,
members of the council present.
Councilman Christ Steiner was alb
sent from the meeting at the funer.
consin.
The proposed ordinance as read
by, City Clerk F. w. Bates was as
The council of the city of Man
kato do ordain as follows:
ors ssss1S9 d th Tha city of of Msa
kato, Blue Earth county, Min
nesota, entitled "An ordinance
authorizing the construction
equipment and operation in the
city Of Mankato, Minnesota, of
a street railway, granting to
the Mankato Electric Traction
company certain rights and pri:..
vileges in relation thereto"
passed on the Is, day of May,
1915, is in all things hereby re-
pealed, and the franchise grant
ed to the company Hereunder
~celled.-
Section, 2. That. the said
company is hereby ordered to
remove all of its tracks, switch
. es, poles. wires, cars, and other
property sfrom the streets and
alleys of the city of Manhato.
Section \ 3. This ordinance
shall take effect and be in force
from and after ten days from
the time of its final passage and
publication.
Following the reading of the or
dinance. Attorney S. B. Wilson
asked Mayor Beach if anything
with the street car matter. The
mayor replied in the negative. At
that Attorney Wilson and many 9TH
ers left the council chamber
Hearing On Assessment.
t was voted at last nights meet
ing to hold the hearing on the as
sessments for benefits for paving in
West Mankato and other parts of
the city on the evening of August %.
doing the paving in this city were
allowed an estimate on their work
of s28,95601.
L. D. Cole was granted a license
for four days to sell spark plugs,
and Clarence Lydale, was granted
a plumbers license. N.
At the close of the meeting the
following bills were audited and al
lowed:
E. P. Meyer, $40; City Treasurer,
s24603; Northern States Power com.
pany, :. $1,SS4.5S; Crane ordway
company. 1913 80; Mankato Citizens
Telephone company, $37.S5; Model
Dairy, IS; p Wettestad, 81 05; F,
Bienspf, 81 .05; Theo. williams SIS;
Library bills, 1884. rs.
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