The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-07-29
COMMITTEE IS BLUE
Street Railway Pushers Think
They Should Do Better.
From Wednesdays Daily.

Subscriptions for street railway bonds
in the city have so far amounted to
about eleven thousand dollars. The full
list follows w. L. HiXon, $4,000; III.
E. Hance, $1,000; w. D. Willard, 3d.
900; Dice & Monsoon, $500; j. R. Thorn
as, banker, 5000; Zuel & johnson, 5000;
NJ O. Sundt, 5000; Mankato Mills Co.,
$500; John c. Thro, 5000; H. P. Chris
Jensen, 5000; Frank J. Mettler, 5000; o.
w. Schmidt, 5000; G. ]. Macbeth, $500;
T. J. Gardner, 5000; DR.. Maltby, 800;
T. w. Hart, 500; A. G. johnson, $i00;
Geo. Pond, 5000; Louis Janda, 5000; Otto
& Evans, 5000; C. M. Masters, 5000;
Stewart & Holmes, 5000; S. B. Wilson,
5000; S. D. Works, $500; j. R. Brand
rup, 800; NJ F. MacLaren, 500; Thorn
as A, Sherk, 500; ]. H. Moore, 500; S.
M. Morris, 5000; Draper & Petersen,
500; Lamm & Landkammer, 5000;
Wagon Bros, 5000; Kruse Bros, 500;
&c. ]. Holman, 800; Odjard & knott,
5000; R. F. Bradshaw, 800; w. X. Buff
ham, 800; J. B. & D. Richards, $500;
John Klein, $500.
Mr.. Hixon has received a letter from
A. N. Dukes, of Peru, Ind, owner of a
vase tract at Dukes addition, offering to
take bonds in the sum of $1,000. In the
same mail another letter came to Mr..
Hixon from Mr.. Dukes, saying that M.
G. Willard had written to Mr. Dukes
asking him to donate land for another
street railway proposition. Hence, Mr..
Dukes for the time being withdrew his
thousand dollar offer, until he should
look into the state of affairs.
Mr. Hixon and H. E. Hance say that
they think they speak for all the push
ers of the street car enterprise that they
represent, in saying that they will step
aside far any other street car propo-
sition that shows such an immediate
chance as their own. They do not like
to see two street car enterprises buck
ing against each other.
The committee is feeling little blue
over the slowness of the moneyed men of
the city to respond to the solicitation
for subscriptions for stock. Henry E.
Hance says the committee in going
through the town has found so many
things to contend against, that it begins
to look as if it were impossible to raise
the money for the fifty thousand dol
lars worth of bonds. The anti-pavers
tell them that if Front street is paved,
there will be no money left for the cleo
trio line. Those in favor of paving claim
that the street car project is in the way
of the paving and won't have anything
parties are trying to promote an elec-
trio road and the business men don't
know which proposition to favor. Then
there are satisfied parties who have liv-
ed all their lives in Mankato and are
contented, and say that if the progress
sive people are not satisfied, let them
get out.
If an electric road is not built before
Front street is paved, Mr.. Hance goes on
to say, he is satisfied that the rail
way after it is built will 60 on Second
street. 1t is found on investigation
that in towns where they have cleo
trio roads, one side of the business
street is as good as the other. If the
merchants and business men should look
at the matter from a truly selfish bust
ness standpoint, each will buy bonds
just as he buys his merchandise, because
he can double his property by an cleo
trio line, and there will be more profit
in his buying these bonds than in buying
his merchandise.
Anybody living outside the congestet
business center could make money or
the proposition, as he could sell his prop
erty for more or rent for higher price
in case the street railway line should
be built
If Mankato would only come forward
with the same public spirit as North
Mankato, there would be no difficulty al
all in getting the bonds sold.