The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-04-12

fererS-A President Elected.
The board of trade held an impOr
tant meeting Monday morning, with
good attendance of members.
The committee appointed month
ago to consider the Blue Earth county
map and gazetteer presented writ
ten report in favor of no recommends
tion or endorsement being made. but
that the matter be left to each indi-
! vidual.
Much discussion followed, during
which it was stated by JnO. @. Noe
that new and good map Of the
county is very much needed. The re-
port was adopted.
John Klein reported for the road
and bridge committee the meeting
| held on the Matthew's hill road, and
said that he thought that the county
board would make the improvement.
On motion of Gen. Pope the commit
tee was continued.
Jno. n. Hall brought up new SUBJ
| ject-the building of union depot.
He said that he had heard intima-
tions from several of the roads that
they were favorable to it. 1t was
matter that ought to have been acted
| upon ten years ago. In few years
the fact of so many roads crossing
Main street would be very important
matter to Mankato. 1t will not be
long before a hundred trains a day
will cross that street, and it will have
an effect upon travel across the
bridge. The advent of department
stores in the city will revolutionize
trade for twenty to thirty miles
around. The speaker had seen this
done by such stores as long as forty
years ago. If the trains blockade the
bridge how are the people going to
get by? The railroads should be given
as little room as possible in the center
of the city, so that they will incom-
mode business in the least degree.
There is no better time than the pres
ent to start a union depot project.
M. B. Haynes thought that the
Omaha road would soon go along the
river front. He thought that the
time has come for decisive action.
| Whenever the Milwaukee road threat
ems to make move back of the city
| hall, the Omaha officials are on hand
at the council meetings to watch
closely what is done. If the matter
is pushed, something can be accom-
plished.
1. Longini endorsed the idea, which
he said was splendid one.
w. M. FAIR said that Supt. Spencer
realizes that this has to come, and
is much interested in it. Mr.. Farr
favored pushing the matter, as that
was the way to accomplish it.
| DR.. Andrews moved that a special
committee of five be appointed to
which the matter be referred This
was carried, and the chairman prom
ised to appoint the committee at his
leisure. He subsequently appointed
the following committee: DR.. j. W.
Andrews, Jno. N. Hall, /. Longini,
John Klein and Jno. c. Noe.
Secretary Chapman called attention
| to the fact that DR.. Lewis, who had
been for nine years president of the
board, had presented it with his pic
ture. 1t was now hung on the wall.
tary was requested to acknowledge it's
receipt and extend proper thanks, and
to assure DR.. Lewis that it would be
kept hung upon the wall of the board
of trade room.
On motion of Mr.. Hall, First Vice
| President Shoemaker was elected
president of the board. Mr.. Shoe
maker thanked the board for the
honor, and promised to fill the office
as best he could.
On motion of Gen. Pope, Second
ce-President Farr was elected first
vice-president.
On motion Of Mr.. Hall, John Klein
was elected second vice-president
The Nebraska relief committee
entered at this point with Rev. O. A.
Buzzell, of Candy, Neb., who repre-
sents the Logan County Independent
Aid Society. Mr.. Buzzell was intro
duced, and said that a good part of
Nebraska needs aid so as to be pre-
pared for another winter. A total loss
of crops was suffered by $4,000 farmers.
Logan and the northern part of Lin
coin counties had sent him five weeks
ago into the north to ask for seed,
feed for animals and food for the peo-
pie. 1t is now too late to send seed
wheat, but seed corn would be well
come, and feed and food is absolutely