The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-12-09
AUTO CLUB HELPS ON
The GOOD ROAD WORK
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
The Manlato Automobile club held
the best attended meeting in it's ex-
| istence last evening, in the ladies' ordi-
nary of the Saulpaugh, and transacted
some important business, including the
appropriation of 800 to assist in gravel
ing the Madison Lake road and a SINH
lar amount to assist in placing stone
| dust on the Lake Washington road and
otherwise improving it.
President j. H. ITohmann presided
and Secretary Theodore Just was pres
ent. They presented a number of bills
that had come i'll since the last meet
| ing. and these were allowed, mostly
being for road Improvement work.
S. b. Wilson reported that his com.
mittee would soon have Il constitution
and bylaws to report.
George NJ. Palmer presented re-
port of the pathmastcrs' meeting and
dinner last summer, the expense OF
which had been S75. The meeting had
resulted in lasting good, and good
share of the road work done last
season was due to this and other work
done by the Automobile and CONNER
| cial clubs. 1t would help for a long
time
Treasurer Bangerter reported that
there was 1924 in the treasury and $3t
more collected by the secretary
The secretary reported that the club
has fifty-fve paid members and that
there are still about forty-fve mem,
bers and other autoists who, he
thought, would be willing TO pay theil
dues when seem
The club voted, on motion of Mr.
Wilson, to elect to membership all ap-
plicants who have paid their dues.
Seasons Road Work.
President Holman urged that all
autoists in the city ought to Join the
club, as the membership fee has been
abolished and the annual dues are
only SIS, and practically all goes into
road improvement. He reported that
The Madison Lake road has been gray
/
eled this winter from Eagle Lake to
Madison Lake, and that the portion OF
the road this side of Eagle Lake not
vet graveled would be graveed during
the winter and spring. The cost would
be about $1,000, and he had partly
promised assistance from the Auto and
Commercial clubs. The villagers and
cottagers at Madison Lake have raised
5000. and the farmers had donated
labor and the county board had prom
ised assistance. He asked for reports
on other roads.
George Atchison presented report
of the work done on the Lake Wash
ington road the past season. A large
amount of stone dust had been put
on, at very little expense, owing to
the farmers assisting, and the Great
Western road has brought more stone
dust and has promised to bring still
more. The road will soon be the best
one in the county, if it is not now
Money for Two Roads
Mr.. Wilson moved that the club do.
nate 500 for the Madison Lake road
work. but Dr. j. w. Andrews offered
an amendment reducing the amount to
$50, which amendment was later ad
vOcatcd by Mr.. Wilson.
Mr. Palmer favored an appropriation
of 500, saying that the roads to these
two lakes were those most used by the
local autOists, and believing that tn,
clubs principal efforts should be pu,
forth on those two roads.
DR.. Andrews called attention to The
miserable condition of the road to Min.
neopa state park, and advocated work
on this road by the club.
Mr.. Atchison said that he had beer
over the roads in four counties, ant
the road to Minneopa park, from thu
Blue Earth river, is the worst that he
had encountered. He thought that
too much was being asked for Tho
Madison Lake road. and called OH 9th
ers for their opinion.
c. NJ. Masters thought 500 not too
much for the Madison Lake road. What
the club would be able to expend OF
the AIinneopa road would not be {
drop in the bucket.
Mr.. Palmer said that it would cost
$4,000 to make a good road to Mime
opa park. He did not think that The
state highway commission or the coun
ty board could help much now, becaus,
OF the large expense necessary to buiiC
approaches to the proposed overhead
bridge over the Milwaukee track. III,
was going to see the commission neXt
week to ask it to stand its share O
this expense.
Z. F. Soaring offered a substitute fol
the motion before the house, that tn,
club appropriate 500 toward the ex.