The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-10-28
Matter Left in Superintendent
McConneII's Hands.
Currier Report on the Street
Car Line Matter.
Move to Unite the Two Bust
ness Organizations.
From Mondays Daily.

This morning the Board of Trade in
structed the secretary to extend to the
Southern Minnesota Teachers associa-
ton, which will meet at Fairmont on
Friday and Saturday of this week, an
invitation to hold the next regular meet
ing in the city of Mankato. The invi-
tation will be delivered by Superintend-
emit Mcconnell, who will be present at
the Fairmont convention.
Secretary Taylor reported series of
conferences he had had with Mr.. Toland
of the new business university concern
ing the letter of recommendation that
the board of trade had granted to the
commercial college of Brandrup & Net
Teton. Mr. .Toland desired to have sim.
liar letter granted by the board in rec
ommendation of the business university.
1t was the general opinion of the
board that both of the schools should
be encouraged and no particular favor
shown to either at the expense of the
other. Both are benefits to the city and
two such institutions bring more bust
ness to the city than one. The mat
ter was left in the hands of a commit
tee consisting of DR.. Andrews, the pres
dent, and Mr.. Taylor, the secretary,
with instructions to ascertain the eff
cheney of the Toland school. and if that
is, in their Judgment, worthy of such a
letter as has been granted to the other,
that such circular be issued under the
name of the Board of Trade.
F. M. Currier, chairman of the commit
tee, appointed to look into the standing
and responsibility of the Municipal
Bond & Securities company, which has
undertaken to finance the street car line
here, reported that he had received re-
plies to his letters of inquiry from
Frankfort, KY, Mansfield, o., and
Ridgeway, Pa, in all of which cities that
company had established electric lines.
The answers were not very full but were
favorable as far as they went. The
principal assets of the company seem to
consist in stocks and bonds of these rail-
ways, and it was not easy to determine
just what these securities were worth.
The methods of the company were
prompt and business like. A report on
the company had been received from the
DUN Mercantile agency, and was favor
able as far as it went.
DR.. Andrews opened discussion of
the project of uniting the two CONNER
cial bodies. The board, he said, had ex-
pressed it's willingness to form such
union, but the Business Mems associa-
ton did not seem to care to come in
with the board.
Secretary Taylor said he had heard
a great deal of sentiment in favor of the
union.
M. G. Willard thought the two bodies
were working on little different lines,
and perhaps, as the city grows there will
be work enough for two such organiza-
tions
A letter was read from the st. Paul
Board of Trade stating that that board
is engaged in campaign for reciprocal
1emurrage throughout the state, with
view to having a bill passed at the
next legislature, penalizing the railroad
for not furnishing cars when
required by shippers within certain
specified time, and for delay in trans
porting and turning over goods to con-
signees. Thus the demurrage rule
would be reciprocal, the railroad COM
'anies as well as the shippers and con-
'ignees paying for their own neglect
n each instance.
The Mankato board heartily, endorsed
he proposed measure. A form of petit
ion to be signed by shippers and mail
ID to their representatives in the state
legislature was enclosed in the commune
alton. The Mankato board ordered that
opies of this form of petition be dis