The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-04-19

Iors we're asked 10 prepare franchise
they could not agree upon one. yhe club
should not take the stand of favoring
this franchise, but should ask the coun-
ell to pass Ia franchise.
Mr.. Su.den favored meeting with the
aldermen before the meeting. The city's
interests should be guarded, but good
many things should be conceded, for it
may be some time before the line will
pay.
w. II. Hammett said that the council
is afraid to pass franchise because
so many have opposed it and SO few
have favored it. If the club members
hand, it would show them that the prop
osition has some friends
W. ID. Willard said that two sections
OF the franchise do not clearly state
what is intended. The time of begin.
ming work and prosecuting it should be
clearly fixed. The last clause seems to
be practically exclusive. The city
should retain the right to let interurbai
lines come into and through the city
These two objections were the only ones
that he had. The objections about car
ing for street pavement, etc, are not
well taken.
Misgivings About Committee.
Mr.. Hixon said that he had some mis-
givin9s about the committee, not that
any member of the club OF subscriber
did not want to do what was right. Its
success would depend upon the personne
of the committee. Men of divergen,
views would make the matter worse
than it is now. There has been too mucl
wran.ling, and it ought not to be re
peated. 1t would be wiser to get The
sense of the club as to whether it il
best for the council to grant fran
chise. This would be better than com
mittee going out and getting matters
all tangled up and worse than before
He moved that it be the sense of TIN,
club that the council pass a franchise Il.
liberal as needed to get railroad, moi
inconsideratc with the city's interests.
Mr. Funk thought the objections t,
the committee well taken.
w. ID. Willard spoke of the very slight
attendance of business men at the coun
Gil meetings when the franchise was up
Mr.. Hixon's Motion.
Mr.. HiXon changed his motion to rca,
as follows: THAT it be the sense o
the meeting that franchise be granted
that will provide street railway fol
Mankato, provided that it can be done
without too great sacrifice of the city,
interests" This was carried.
w. d. Willard moved that commit
tee he appointed to confer with Messrs
HiXon and Hance with Il view to fran
ing up the ordinance and getting it 81
it will be acceptable to the council, ant
that the committee appear before thu
latter
Mr.. Hixon said that he could moi
speak for the investors, but the com
mittee could meet with their representa-
tives, who could say whether the amend
ments proposed would be satisfactory.
Mr.. Willard was willing to include
Messrs. McGfire and Whipple, and as
thus amended, the motion was carried
with few opposing votes.
President Brett named~W. A. Funk
w. d. Willard, F. NJ. Currier, Allan
Jackson and George w. Sugden as the
committee.
DR.. Schmauss called for a report from
the legislative committee as to an ap.
preparation for paving i'll front of the
normal school, etc.
No member of the committee was
present, put Secretary Spencer reported
that the matter was in the hands of the
legislative finance committee.