The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-11-20
WkS LIVELY SESSION
Continued From rage One.)

| complain. he did not think that 1t
would make much difference to the
company.
The motion was lost on about a tie
| vote.
| Mr.. Brett spoke in favor of the
proposition again and B I. Monson
opposed it. The latter and j. R.
Snow thought that Warren street
could be widened.
Mr.. Hance said that the time would
come when the line would have to
be extended up Glenwood avenue, and
in two or three years, perhaps, it
would have to be put back on War
rem street.
Property Owners Position
E. F. Soaring said that, inasmuch
as he was the only Warren street
property owner present, he had better
say word. The property owners,
he thought, would be opposed to a
man to widening the street, as that
would destroy all the shade trees
and permanently impair the beauty of
the street, and it would also involve
the city in three times the expense
that moving the track would, as
the curb and gutter would all have
to be torn up and replaced. This
street ought to be one of the attractive
streets of the city, as the travel on it
is SO great. 1t is on the route that
all sight seers take, swinging over
from the Broad street pavement to
Fifth street. While the property own
ers did not as a rule object to the
street car line being there, they felt
that it is an Inconvenience and per-
haps danger to the farmers, and for
that reason would like to see it placed
on Cherry street instead, if it could
be done without damage to the COM
pany. The property owners would
be willing to stand share of the
expense of moving, he thought, and
the city would doubtless be willing
to make up what was lacking in
private subscriptions. As to the car
line being extended up Glenwood ave-
nue. later, the best route to take
for this purpose would be to follow
the extension of Cherry street to
the avenue, past the new normal
school building. This would avoid
the narrowest portion of the avenue,
and thus discount the most serious
objections that the farmers would
bring for they would certainly OBJ
jeet to the line running up the ave-
nue. from Warren street. However,
this was matter for the street car
directors to determine, after inves-
tigating the subject carefully.
Mr.. Hance said that as a director,
he would vote against this plan of
going up the avenue. He did not
know what the others would do.
The work on the new Belgrade hill
was explained by Frank Franciscus
and E. f. Soaring, who had visited
the hill that day, and an account of
which is found in another column.
- Boost for Good Roads.
George Nj. Palmer, as chairman of
the good roads committee, was called
upon and said that the committee had
been flooded with more applications
for help that it could take care of.
1t ought to spend good, large sum
each year, as this would come back
to the city in the way of increased
trade
Mayor Andrews moved that the pres
ident be requested to call joint meet
ing of the Commercial and Automobile
clubs in December to consider the
question of good roads only, and an
effort should be made then to raise
$1,000 for this purpose, to be spent
on the roads leading into the city.
Mr. Hance thought that an effort
should be made to get some good
roads money from the state.
Mr.. Snow said that the road to
New Ulm afforded an excellent exam
pie of what can be accomplished with
gravel. For ten or twelve miles, there
is road that is equal to a pavement.
From Nicollet to beyond CORTLAND
and to Swan lake there is the finest
kind of road, while for few miles
out from this city the road is gen.
orally muddy and bad.
Mr.. Palmer stated that he would
see Mr.. Cooley of the state highway
commission and try to get the money
apportioned to this county turned
over.
The motion was carried.
Big Demand for Autos.
E. Rosenberger was called upon to
state the condition of his automobile
factory, and said that the new quar-
tiers are much better than the old,
and more work can be done there.
He considered the stock worth $24O
a share, counting the patents among
the assets. The company had re-
ceived an offer from Wichita, Kas.,
which proposed to take all of the stock
and furnish rent free for five years.
Mr.. Otto thought that Mankato
should try to keep what factories it
has before it tries to get new ones.
Mr.. Rosenberger said that the COM
pany could dispose of all of its out
put, for the machine is the best and
most economical in the United States.
1t has an absolute monopoly on the
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