The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-09-06

similar statements, and requested the
people who had been kicking" to them
privately to come out in the open and
address the meeting
Dan Coughan said that he thought
that the street car company is doing
finely, using good material, and the
poles can be painted and made to
look fine. 1t was a shame to try to
upset matters, now.
Aid Atchison's Roast.
Aid. Atchison thought differently. 1t
was the worst looking lot of poles
that he ever saw. Some were rotten,
and he did not understand why Mr..
Hance had allowed such poles to be
erected. The one on Byron street is SO
bad that he intended to cut it down
and run chances if it was left.
Will Be Strengthened.
Engineer Wood stated that this OBJ
lection was met in every city where
car lines are built, and he had built
lines in cities of 10000 to 100000 pop
ulation. The poles are not in line
at the top, but when the wires are
on all will be in line. AS the poles
get older they will be less conspicuous
The pull on the poles will be 400
to 600 pounds, and will bring the
nearly, straight. A block away a
wooden pole cannot be told from an
iron pole. An iron pole weighs $50
pounds and each one has to be raised
by a derrick, and set in concrete.
Much complaint comes from the eff
forts of the company to save money
i'm drawing the poles to the ground
at once, where they look crooked
Iron poles cost $3.50 erected, aside
from the feight. The people might
just as well CALI for an underground
system in Mankato-it will only cost
about half million dollars more
Chicago can't afford it, but New York
can. The people cannot be blamed
for kicking, but this is not the right
time. If the span wires had arrived
on time, the Front street poles would
have been lined up before this. Iron
poles have a conductor for electrolysis
and the electricity goes into the ada
cent shade trees and dries them ur
and kills them. Street railway com
panies do not like to give this secret
away, generally, but good cedar
pole is preferable in the residence
section.
Nothing Left Undone.
Aid. Atchison asked whether the
walks will be reeemented around the
poles, and the engineer said that the
company does this after the final
tamping. If the people would be
willing to wait long enough to give
the company chance the people
will me satisfied. There is nothin
like a town having aldermen to bear
the weight of complaints. If the
names of kickers were furnished hir
he would hire an automobile and take
them around and show them how the
finished work looks.
George Phillips got up to remarI
that there was a livery barn and local
industries should be patronized
Fred Kron said that he had been
to Superior, Wis.,, the past week and
had looked where the wires are attach
ed to buildings. There is no electrical
effect, and he had decided to let the
company attach to his building.
Ordinance Laid Over.
Another opportunity to speak was
allowed to pass in silence, and as no.
body backed the aldermen up, Aid
Gary moved that the ordinance be
laid over until the next meeting, and
this was carried. This action is looked
upon as laying it in its grave.
Indemnifying Bond Required.
Aid. Schroeder asked whether the
street railway company had put up
an indemnifying bond, and was in
formed that it had not. He then
moved that the matter of requiring
the company to put up the bond be re-
ferred to the city attorney, and this
was carried,