The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-01-06

crs and harbors. This board viii
carefully consider the report, both rs
a whole and in detail They sit
as a board of review and may re-
iect the whole report, or in part.
1t will probably be several weeks
before this board reaches q conclu-
sion and announces its findings.
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Saturday afternoon H. A. Patterson,
president of the Commercial club.
kindly donated his services and
splendid Columbia touring car TO
take a party Of good roads men TO
Eagle Lake to see about completing
the graveling of the small strip re-
naming on the road between this
city and Madison Lake. In the party
was George NJ. Palmer, chairman of
the good roads committee of the
Commercial club, County Surveyor
Walter F. Brooks, John II. Hohmann
and representative Of The Free
Press. There was very little snow
on the ground and the trip was made
without any discomfort whatever. Mr..
Patterson bought his car late in the
summer, but has already driven 1t
about 1000 miles, and Is we'll pleased
with it.
Crawling is Finished.
1t was found that the graveling
of the part of the road this side Of
the village OF Eagle Lake is finished
except for q few loads, and that John
/ Mock and his large force Of farmers
have pushed the graveling within the
corporate limits Of Eagle Lake al
most to the railroad track. This the
| Commercial club Of Mankato will pay
| for doing, SO as TO help the enter
| prising business men and residents
| of Eagle Lake to complete the grav-
cling through the village. Mr.. Mock
thought that two more days would
finish his section of the work. He
is securing a splendid quality OF
gravel from the river bed in this
city. No finer river gravel has been
put on the roads of the county than
these men have been hauling, and
Mr.. Mock has been leveling it, and
has done beautiful piece of work
| The delegation arranged with him to
devote about q month next spring to
caring for this gravel, seeing that it
/ is properly spread and travelled upon.
! Mr.. Mock is also TO see that the
gravel that was put on last winter is
spread cut so that it will be travelled
upon.
On crossing the railroad track ii
was found that the village authorities
have started the work of hauling
gravel through the built up portion,
TO connect with what was put on
early in the fall to the eastward.
/ The gravel is being hauled from 4
new pit on the LeSueur river, three
miles away, and is certainly splendid.
III anything, it is better than that he
ing hauled from this city, and the
hauling does not cost nearly as much.
! The village is certainly fortunate in
getting SO fine "a quality Of gravel
so near at hand.
President Pickle of the village
council was called upon, and he as
sured the delegation that the council
has set apart SIS to finish grageling
the road through the village, and if
it was needed $25 more could ba
had. The plan of having the road tax
worked out by hauling gravel in the
winter rather than by tearing I'D a
good road in summer has been very
wisely adopted, and the good results
will be manifest.
Mr.. Pickle said that snow wonId
not delay the work, for the farmers
much preferred TO haul in sleds over
the snow, as they could save a mile
by cutting across fields. The work
/ would be pushed to completion as
speedily as possible, he said. There
i is only 1,4OO feet to gravel, and this
will be completed inside of couple
OF weeks or SO. Mr.. Pickle showed
an enterprising spirit, that the dele.
CATION felt assured was participated
: in by the rest Of the village council.
| So well pleased was the delegation
with the work being done al Eagle
Lake at present that it is likely that
some additional funds will be raised
among autoists to assist the village
in putting thin layer of the new
found gravel over the sand from the
SchWarble pit that was put on east
! OF the built up part last fall. II is
believed that autoists who use the
road a good deal will be willing to
subscribe to Il small fund to assist
the village in this. This fund would
also be used in regraveling the Chi
cago and Northwestern right of way.
! The delegation returned feeling
well repaid for the trip, and knowing
that hereafter there will be a SPLEEN
did highway from the city east ss
far as Madison Lake at least All