The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-07-31


The special committee which has beer
working to secure the removal of the
plant to Mankato was discharged.
An invitation was received to senC
delegates to the Trans Mississippi Com
mercial congress, to be held at Seattle
Wash, Aug Is to 81 and was placed or
| file.
Recommendations and photographs OF
lis hot water heating plant were received
from August Doering of Burt, Iowa, who
desires to manufacture his plants in
Mankato. He has been practical me,
chanic for twenty seven years, and has
J a patent on his system, claiming the
advantage of it to be cheapness to put in
and to operate. An eight-room house can
be supplied for 1925. He has been manu-.
featuring the plants on small scale. He
has no money to put into the company
that he wishes to organize, but will turn
in his patent. He desires committee
to go to Burt and look at his plant, with
view of organizing company with $685.
600 capital, about $1,000 to be paid up on
the start. Steam is generated and drives
the hot water through the pipes, heating
up more quickly than in the ordinary
way.
President Andrews said that the world
is full of opportunities to capitalize pat
ents. 1t should have some peculiar adj
vantage to make its manufacture profit
able. Perhaps Mayer Bros. OF the Man
kato Mfg. Co. might manufacture the
plants.
The matter was referred to the CON-
mittee ON manufactures and the sec
rotary, on motion of MIR. Willard.
To Secure Factories.
DR.. Andrews presented the following
amended report, together with a form
of agreement for tie subscription list,
and moved it's adoption:
'Your committee appointed to formu-
late plan for encouraging the location
of manufacturing industries IN Mankato,
I beg leave to submit the following as an
amended report:
Il. We recommend that a fifty cents
per capita subscription, for all employees,
be secured from each and every business
man and citizen of Mankato. Let it be
provided that this per capita subscrip-
tion shall be for three consecutive years
OH Tie IOlloWHS CoIiuICicis'
| SO. That no subscriber shall pay to
any one firm more than $50 per year.
IS. That no manufacturing or whole
sale establishment shall be entitled to
the bonus for any employee who is not
employed for at least eleven months dur
ing the year. ~
"A. That these subscriptions shall be
deposited by the board of trade in the
banks of Mankato at the commencement
of each year, subject to the conditions
herein before mentioned.
'5. That the conditions herein men
toned shall be binding upon the subscrib-
ers for three years only, dating from the
time the subscription is made.
SO. That any individual company or
corporation must employ at least five
persons in order to avail itself of the
benefits of this order.
81. This shall not apply to any firm,
company or corporation doing business in
the city of Mankato at this time. 4
"S. That all moneys paid under the
subscription contemplated by this plan
shall be under the control and DISPOSE
ton of the board of trade.
81. w. ANDREWS. &.
"F. M. CURRJER,
"CARL DICE,
SGT. w. HART,
"JOHN KLEIN"
DR.. Follman thought that it would be
better to take that much stock in the
enterprises instead of donating the
money. TX
Mr.. Brett said that he would rather
make the donation.
President Andrews said that there was
less liability not to take stock in an I'M
known concern.
Mr.. Willard novel that each subscri7
Der be allowed to limit the aggregate of
his subscription, so that it would not be
"a burden in case many factories were
TO move mere. This was accepted by DIR.
(. .ndrews and the motion was carried.
Council Commended.
Dr. Andrews offered the following res
olutiOn:
Resolved, BY the board of trade,
city of Mankato, that we commend the
city council for action taken in reference
to the paving of Fifth street.
Resolved, That we as citizens and
tax payers, express the hope and recon-
! mend to the city council that all street
intersections on said Fifth street :be
paid by the city, provided this can be
legally done. -
Resolved, That we express the hope
and recommend that if agreeable to the
property owners, the boulevard on said
Fifth street be placed entirely under the
care of the park commissioner for setting
out trees and otherwise identifying the
said Fifth street
Resolved, that while, we believe the
chm is most beautiful lawn tree, yet
since Third street boulevard is lined on
either side with elm trees, we recommend
| if agreeable to property owners that the
said Fifth street boulevard be lined on
either side, with hard maple or other de-
sirable trees, for this will give greater
beauty to the city.
Resolved, That we recommend to the
city council to pass an ordinance or take
such action as may be otherwise neces-
sary to have all telephone, telegraph and
electric light poles now erected in the
city and all that shall hereafter be erect.
ed, painted some uniform color
Resolved, That the secretary of this
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