The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-07-12
MANKAro FREE PRESS.
COMMERCIAL CLUB.
MANKATO MAY HAVE A NEWS
PAPER DAY.
A Movement on Foot to Invite the
Editors of Minnesota to nankato
About August Ist.-Club Rooms not
Yet Selected.-Electric Light COM
mittee Report.

hC OOOSlol LlNSOlho VI OA1N ONAAA
mercial Club Monday, to consider
the proposition for location of Club
rooms, was largely attended and
proved to be an interesting meeting.
Propositions were received as fol-
lows:
Lorin Cray.-The third floor of the
Payne block, two rooms, heated by
steam, S240 per year.
Lamm & Morehart.-Second floor of
their new location, p by 120 feet, S35
per month. Or the front three rooms,
each 20 by % feet, with combination
lighting fixtures and toilet room,
$40 per month. Lease for one, three,
five or ten years.
L. .Hunt.-Three front rooms on
easterly side of second floor, for one or
three years, with combination light
ing fixtures, hot and cold water the
year round, steam heat the year
round, toilet facilities, for 1915 year.
One additional room for SS4 year.
Matter & Brandrup.-ROom 30 by
40 feet on third floor of Storms hall,
with use of ante-room by 10 feet,
and use of hall 40 by 70 feet at cost,
steam heated and with toilet facili-
ties, for one, two or three years, Sl4
per month.
After the merits of the different
suites of rooms had been discussed,
an informal ballot was taken and re-
suited as follows: L. P. Hunt prOpo-
sition ten votes, Lamm & Merchant
nine, Matter & Brandrup six.
A formal ballot resulted as follows:
L. P. Hunt proposition thirteen,
Lamm & Merchant eight, Matter g.
Brandrup five.
After a good deal of parliamentary
spar1ing, motion was made by DR..
J. II. James and carried, that the
secretary notify all members of the
different propositions and that a
special meeting be held Friday night
to vote on them.
L. p. Hunt stated that he had
spoken to a number of prominent edi-
tors of the state about coming to
Mankato when the FREE PRESS had
moved into its new building. There
are many fine buildings going up in
Mankato now, and more building is
being done here than anywhere else.
To have the editors of 100 to $50 news
papers visit the city would be a
splendid advertisement for the city,
and it would be well to give them a
ride around the city and banquet.
They would like best to come in the
first part of August. He suggested
that the club take hold of the matter
and have newspaper day, and ap-
point committee of arrangements.
DR.. 1. D. Webster stated that he
favored the plan.
Prof. Brandrup thought that such a
move would be great help to swell
the membership of the club.
J. B. Meagher thought that there
would be no trouble in raising the
necessary money outside of the club.
H. P. Christensen said that this
would be a good opportunity to Sc
cure rare advertisement of the city.
All should take hold and make it a
great success.
B. D. Smith said that he had had
talks with some of the editors and
many said they were coming here
when L. P. Hunts building was open
ed. He thought that the club should
take hold of the matter and tender a
reception to the visitors and give
them drive about the city.
w. L. Comstock said that all
would agree that the newspaper men
were the best class to advertise the
city. He said that the club ought
to have permanent headquarters by
that time, at least.
DR.. Talbert favored the move,
which he said was an important one.
The club ought to have a home be-
fore that time.
Prof. Koehler moved that the chair
at it's leasure appoint committee of
five for the purpose, to report at the
special meeting Friday night, and
this was carried.
&c. Burdick, chairman of the COM
mittee to investigate the electric
light bond proposition, made report
of the cost of plant complete, it be-
ing S19,7S5 He said that Mr.. Finney,
of Minneapolis, who puts in city
plants for city lighting, had been in
vited by him to come to Mankato and
he had come, and his figures were
compared with figures that had been
obtained from other sources. He had
given his figures regardless of preju-
dice and the committee had made as
fair report as possible. The state
ment that Mr.. Finney had been sent
here by corporation was false. His
estimates were low and had been cut
down in some instances by the COM
1t was found that the ex-
pense Of arc lights under city manage
ment would be S9l each for all night