The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-09-27

for the ground, and are not discuss
ing selling. If the road will take it
and ask no odds, we won't kick more
than the rest of the citizens. Ii it
wants us to convey it in such way
as to prevent other roads getting
through on the river side, that is an
other thing. We thought that the
city would not want to give the eX-
elusive right to one company, and we
don't know that this would do IT,
which would be another thing. There
is no need of the citizens and the
company getting excited. If the title
is not clear, what is the use OF dis
cussing the matter at all, unless to
get Willard & Barney to say yes, and
have another reason for not doing
anything? The speaker had lived
here 80 years and did not want to do
anything now that the people would
afterwards blame him for. Willard
& Barney had been kicked for what
had been done for anoth er road, and
would they repeat the same thing
now? If the property owners want
us to do what the company asks, we
want their signatures to file away for
our children's children when we are
cursed for it. If we did this tonight,
something else to cause hitch would
probably turn up.
Mr.. Farr suggested that an express
sion of opinion be taken as to the To-
cation of the depot on the levee.
Mr.. Willard did not like the posi-
tion in which Willard 81 Barney had
been placed. They had not added one
dollar to the cost of the improvement.
If the road does not change its tracks,
don't say that Willard & Barney
blocked it.
M. G. Willard said that as soon as
he had heard that it was proposed to
locate the depot back of The Saul
paugh, he had said that the road did
not intend to do anything.
A. M. Haynes stated that he had
placed the stakes and that the center
line of the westerly track OF the
Omaha right of way passes twelve or
fifteen feet from the iron bridge. 1t
looks as though it had been run as
near to the bridge as possible aud not
endanger it.
Mr.. Cray said that more difficulties
might come up later, but he had not
gone beyond the difficulties that he
had already found. Re would confess
that there were some things about the
levee title that he did not under
stand, and would have to understand
before he could tell a client of his to
60 ahead and spend 100000 upon it.
The road needs no excuses, and it
owes on one any great apology if it
does not spend $360,O0O in the city.
The management would be as sorry
to see the improvement go down as
any one in this room. 1t would be
foolish for it to hunt for excuses. 1t
has spent some money already in the
investigations. There is nothing to
worry about, except that the road
may not come.
Mr.. Willard said that there had
been excuses without number, and
that he had not taken much stock in
the present move, or grown enthusi-
astic over it. There was no use to
pillory Willard & Barney about the
matter.
Mr.. Cray said that the directors
have never authorized the move until
now. The road cannot get further
away from the bridge without getting
onto the Milwaukee road.
A. M. Haynes said that two or
three years ago the council passed an
ordinance allowing the Mankato &
Northeastern road to go outside of
the first span of the bridge. This
made no engineering difficulty, al
though Nicollet county might have
something to say, having voted some
of the bonds.
Mr.. Willard said that the title of
the levee is the same as that of the
ground where the G. & N. w. depot
and The Saulpaugh are. By an ar
rangement with the city any part of
it could be sold.
DR.. Andrews said that he was sur
prised the way the matter had turned.
He felt that there would be no diff
Guilty about the other roads coming
into union depot. Willard & Bar
ney had made a liberal offer. Mr..
Winter had said that the union depot
could take care of itself. He read Mr..
| Mahler's letter. One span of the
bridge could be taken out, if neces-
sary. The Milwaukee road will run
into the depot when the Omaha
builds it.
Mr.. Cray said that economy is suf-
| ticient guarantee, where there is fair.
ness on both sides, that an agreement
between the roads would be entered
into.
Supt. Spencer said that no other