The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-31
WIRINGORDINANCE
GIVEN AMENDMENT
Council Listened To FRS,
j Reading Last Night
SAFE CHAMBERLAIN
Matters That Came Before the
Commissioners Bids For
Grading

Members of the city council at
their meeting last night gave tins
first reading to an amendment to
the city wiring ordinance reQutr-
ing that in ali new buildings, and
all buildings which have not been
wired, SAFETY cabinets will have to
be installed in case electric wires
are led into the buildings. The
amendment will be known as Sect
ion 3 A which reats as follows;
In all cases hereafter where
there is installed electric wiring In
said city or Mankato, where no elec-
tic wiring exists in said building.
and in all cases hereafter where the
electric wiring in any building in
said city is extended in said build
ing in an amount to exceed the cleo
trlc wiring already installed in such
building, and in all cases hereafter
where major portion OF any cleo
trlc wiring already installed in any
building In said city is altered, there
shall be installed, as said part Of
wiring construction, extension or re-
pair metal conduit, approved by
the city engineer OF said city, con-
tanning main or feed wires from the
point where the same enter said
building to the electric meter in said
building; and there also shall be in
stalled in said cases, as a part OF
such electric wiring construction.
extension or repair, a sealed box or
plate, approved by the city engineer
Of said city, containing service
switch and set of fuses, with the
Necessary accessories thereto"
Last night was the date set for
nearing for and against curb and
gutter1ng on Poplar street and ad
IN oh 70 William TlIfahr
ing was the only one who appeared
in objection to the improvement. He
seemed TO think that a storm sewer
was necessary at A street in order
to carry off the storm water from
Poplar street. The matter was laid
over indefinitely.
Bids for the grading, travelling.
bouleyarding and curb and gutter
ing of Franklin, Thompson, and part
of Fifth streets were received last
night.
Samuel K. Fowler was the low
bidder on the curb and gaittering
and was awarded the contract for
that work at his bid of $1,562.57.
The T. r. Coughlin Construction
company was awarded the contract
for the grading, crawling and boule-
varding at $2,952.31.
Lundeen Brothers bid for the curb
and guttering was $1,S38.20
Councilman J. W. Johnson, COM
missioner of streets and alleys, was
authorized to advertise for bids for
a car load of vitrified sewer pipe.
Councilman Johnson called at
tention of the other members of the
council to a number of complaints
he had received to alleged violation
of the ordinances by plumbers in
laying house connections etc. The
matter was referred to City Engin-
eer Phil Comstock.
City Engineer Phil Comstock was
instructed to make plans and spec
fications for the proposed grading
of Division street from Glenwood
avenue to the top of the hills. n
The meeting last night was aoU
journed until Tuesday September
4, owing to the fact that next Mon
day will be Labor Day.
Bills Were Allowed
At the close of the meeting the
following bills were audited and al
lowed: City treasurer, $47.12; Matt
Clements, s6.25; STANDARD Oil COM
pany, $26.75; Enterprise Machine
house, si.os; W. n. Freitag ss.7s;
Force Tire company, SLABS; Elem
ming & Hoffman, $3.50; Illinois Oil
company $1764; Lampert Lumber
company, s6.40; H. F. Leonard, S7.37
Lundeen Brothers, $1,000; Mankato
Bread company, 5000; Mankato
Manufacturing company, $192.96;
Minneapolis Paper company $12.55;
Mankato Oil company, $40.72;
Northern States Power company.
$46.95; Patterson Merchantile com
pany, $3.50; National Refining COM
pany, SIS; The Barrett company,
$1,54S.19 tarvia; Dayton Rubber