The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-08-16
BOARD OF TRADE.
ANOTHER COMPANY AFTER A
BONUS.
A Flax Fibre and Paper Pulp COM
/, pany Wants to Locate in rlankato--
Encouraging Reports Regarding
Omaha Railroad 1.-The
Board Offers its Assistance to the
Commercial Club in Entertaining
the Editors. X

The first business at the meeting
of the board of trade today was a
communication from Gen. E. M. Pope
resigning his Office as director, on
| account Of business taking up his
time. The resignation was accepted.
A letter to H. p. Christensen from
Phillips & Merryman, civil engineers
and architects, of St. Paul, for the
Union Fibre company, was read, offer
ing to locate their fax fiber and paper
pulp plant in Mankato if a sufficient
bonus was offered. They submitted
two propositions, the first being that
the city should provide building 40
X50 feet and two stories high, access
sible to water supply and to railroad
facilities, they agreeing to have the
plant in operation sixty days after the
building was ready. The second
proposition was that the company
should invest $40, 900 within two years
in building and plant if the city would
donate thirty or forty acres in suit
able location, accessible to water
supply and the railroads.
Mr.. Christensen explained that he
had met gentleman at The Saul
paugh, who had made the propositions,
and that he had asked him to submit
them in writing to the board, which
had been done. He had not given the
gentleman any encouragement in re-
gard to bonus.
The secretary was instructed to
answer the letter, saying that no
bonus would be given, and calling at
tention to the sufficient inducements
which the location itself offers.
DIR. J. w. Andrews read a letter
which he had received from General
Manager Mohler, of the Minneapolis
& ST. Louis road, in answer to the let
ter which the board had directed to
be sent to him at the last meeting.
M. B. Haynes stated that the engi-
neer of the Omaha road went over the
entire proposed new line through the
city last week and had checked up
and was well satisfied with it. This
was the survey which A. NJ. Haynes
had made several years ago. He would
make a report at once.
W. NJ. FAIR stated that the engineer
had told him that the new route
would be a good one.
Jno. @. Noe stated that the directors
of the Chicago & Northwestern road
would meet next week Tuesday or
Wednesday, when the question of
changing the location of the tracks
would come up, and Engineer John
son would present report in detail
for their guidance.
DR.. Andrews expressed himself as
being very confident that the change
would be made, and others took
like rosy view of the situation.
Jno. Klein said that he would treat
the board to a box of cigars if the
thing went through this time.
NJ. B. Haynes said that the board
ought to do something toward helping
to entertain the visiting editors We'd
nesday. Several members spoke of
the Importance of the matter, and DR..
Andrews moved that the president
appoint a committee of three to wait
on the Commercial club tomorrow
night and offer the assistance of the
board in any way practicable. This
was carried, and President Shoemaker
appointed as such committee, DR..
Andrews, John Klein and H. P. Jen-
sen.
The board adjourned.