The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-09-12
ets Busy in the Matter of
Eagle Lake Road.
Committee Is Pushing the Movement
Other Topics Discussed BY
the Directors.

mS0lluS mOQUay morning.
DR.. J. W. Andrews, from the specia
committee on the Eagle Lake road
made the following report which wal
signed by himself and G. A. Chap
man. The report was adopted and the
committee cont inued:
Mankato, Mimi, Sept. 6, 1902. -To
the President and Members of the
Board of Trade: Gentlemen Your
committee to whom was referred the
improvement of the Eagle Lake road
beg leave to submit the following:
First. We recommend that the city
of Mankato, through the council and
the board of public works be respect
fully asked to improve said Eagle Lake
road from the top of Eagle Lake hill
to the city limits.
Second. We recommend that the
county of Blue Earth and the town
Of Mankato, through their respective
boards be solicited to improve said
Eagle Lake road from the city limits
astward one mile.
Third. We recommend that said
Improvement be submitted as follows:
The roadbed should be smoothed
down sufficient to make good
foundation for the superstructure.
Superstructure should consist of three
layers. The first broken stone, the
second crushed state, the third gravel.
The first, a coarse layer of stone
should be six inches deep; the second,
or layer of crushed stone should be
three inches deep the third or gravel
layer should be three inches deep. The
second or crushed stone layer should
be put on in three consecutive layers
Each as nearly one inch as may be,
and each thoroughly rolled down with
the steam road roller. The third or
gravel layer should have mixed with
it sufficient amount of cement or
clay to cement-this layer, also
should be well rolled down with the
steam road roller. The roadbed should
have uniform width Of not less than
sixteen feet.
Fourth. We recommend that the |
Merchants Protective association of |
this city be requested to cooperate !
with the board of public works in this
undertaking.
Fifth. We recommend that a COM
mittee of FIVE citizens, residents and
taxpayers of the city of Mankato,
whether belonging to the board of
trade or not, be appointed to lay the
enterprise before the council of the
city of Mankato, the board of commits
sioners of the county of Blue Earth,
and the board of supervisors of the
town of Mankato.
\ We herewith submit plans and speci-
fcations together with estimated cost
of said improvement. It is under
stood that these plans and specifca-
tions are only suggestive and are
given as a recommendation.
NJ. B. Hayr es, the third member of
the committee, stated that he had
been away from home during the
week. He would like to take a ride
ever the road before submitting an
estimate of the expense of the i'm
provement. He called attention to
the Importance of good roads and said
the people of Blue Earth county should
be alive and up-to-date. The good
roads convention in st. Paul had been
an important gathering.
NJ g. Willard and Fl. P Jensen
were on the fair grounds and witnessed
the operations of the good roads ma
chinery. These gentlemen said the
machinery was all right. but the force
working it lacked a head
The Skagwsy chamber of commerce
requested the board to adopt MEM
orial to congress asking that body to
give to Alaska proper legislation and
representation in congress.
M. g. Willard was fearful that GER
tain men were looking for the rest of
it if Alaska should be organized into
q territory. A motion to ask congress
to grant the petition of the Skawgay
chamber of commerce was adopted.
T. p Jensen stated that the report
of the committee on lighting was not
ready to report.
The charter matter having been
called up Thomas Hughes stated that
the committee had made an investiga-
ton and was satisfied that the charter
could not be submitted to vote of the
people this fall unless the council
called special election.
After considerable discussion in
which several gentlemen favored the
publication of the charter, motion
was adopted calling upon the council
to nave the charter publishe SO that
the people can see what the document
contains.
President Andrews was of the
opinion that the charter could not be
amended prior to its submission to a
vote of the people.
The council came in for criticism
for its lack of courtesy in connection
with it's failure to publish the char
ter.
President Andrews called attention
to the organization in Waseca of an
Improvement association, "a day being
set apart when all the members take