The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-28
STREET OAR EXTENSION.
Extension Assured and Work to Begin al
0nce---The Bonus Subscribers.
The Center Street Track Likely tc
be Removed at Once.

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The Center Street Track Likely to
i be Removed at Once.
/ The committee on subscription of the
West Mankato property owners met the
directors and officers of the Street Rail-
way Company Thursday afternoon and
an agreement was made, whereby the
company will proceed at once to extend
its track to the Blue Earth river.
The subscriptions are not quite all col
lected, but the committee expects to Sc
cure the remainder at once. The fol-
lowing Is the agreement made by the
street car company:
In consideration of the lots,
cash and labor given in the
| subscription lists herewith annexed,
| and of the agreement on the part of the
lated the said lists that they will collect
and will obtain the deeds called for, and
will help in getting the work pledged
done, the. Mankato street railway COM
stans 70 bn;Id tLa axte,s,on oftba rail
way line as set forth in the lists, and to
complete same by the first of September
next. % 1000
' amU AZ, sSo nnrr pCo
w. M. FARR. Pres.
]. c. Noe, Sec.
The committee on subscriptions
signed the following paper:
To the Mankato National Bank:
we, the undersigned committee on
RaiIwaY "a herebv direct So;d bant TO
deliver to said company said subscrIp-
tons as soon as said agreement is full
i'ieu' u
-. q. FOWLER.
GEO. POND,
b. RoEMER.
Inc track Is to be extended across the
slough to Lobdelrs meat market, thence
down west Fourth street to the corner
OF the driving park, thence down Wood
iand avenue 10 the main or OLD terrltor-
iai ROAD at point oy W. n. Ioung's
residence thence 10 within thirty feet
OF the Blue Earth river past Roemer's.
A turn table will be put in at this latter
place. The extension VIII be one and
one quarter miles In length, just douo-
ing the length Oh the main street car
track' Inc oncers OF the roao expect
=. 70 nave 'ne exten'ion Completed anu
the ROAD IN operauon 10 the river by
aug. l. case iour cars are run over
tne iihe' tnere VIII pe one car every NJ
Teen minutes. Inc company desires 10
nave one car every ten minutes or less,
Which "ouio require TWO more cars.
Inc company Is anxious 10 nave more
cars ana more irevqent service ana VIII
10 80 just as last as the people want
them anu VIII patronlze them. Inc ex-
tension will be quite costly and our mer-
chants sbould natronize the line and aid
- j., ovor,, NO, ,o.,;h,o 90 ri, :, IN
'9 ""' po'',oio' 90 won 90
residents along the line. Severai resi-
dents of West Mankato have already
aoreed tn nurcbasa tickets whom the
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Ioau 10 ooihpie'eu anu aii snouiu assis1
the company by buying from $l to $40
worth of tickets as thew can afford
m, =
lug worA VI eA'eiision 10 W oe uohe
by the day, under the supervision OF q
foreman. Men will be put
- ~, :. go. .,d,ontrocts w;Il he ~ |
at "ork d. oiice' anu co.if's'.e VIM 70
once closed for the iron and other
material. A little grading by the CITY
,,,;lI he roo,;rod hu Iohdalps ,arLot
"~l 70 ..4eu -. ~ ioDe
our citlzens VIII regret TO hear that
the street car company contemplates |
moving the Center street line and usinp
The traoL On Tho west MonL.to go
'no VAN on 'no WOW in"nA".o oA'o
sion. Men are likely to be put at work
within few days tearing up and re-
moving the track. The reason for this
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move 10 .iia' 'nie me, WHICH 10 very eA-
penslve to maintain, has always been
source OF loss to the company. The
people residing In the nelghborhood OF
the track have generally refused to pat
ronize the cars. The average income
from each car has been but 30 cents a |
day, while the expense of each car has
been SIS day. Some days but three to |
six passengers have patronized car on |