The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-01

mittee is Judge Lorin Cray. George
e. Brett and Eric Ingwalson.
Henry Robel, ST., stated that he
had received plan of an overhead
bridge from former City Engineer
John Wilson.
o. w. Walker suggested that war
be made against the weeds and sand
burs. There has been considerable
talk about cutting the weeds, but
no action has resulted.
Street Commissioner Ehlers stated
that he had been cutting weeds all
summer In order to eliminate the
weeds entirely the street commission
er would not have time to do any
thing else.
On a motion of Dennis Donahue a
committee of one, o. w. Walker, was
appointed to appear before the cOun-
Gil and request that body to have
the weeds cut.
Street Commissioner Ehlers sug-
gested that all grass cut from
lawns be burned instead of being
thrown into the cutters.
North Mankato Notes.
Misses Genevieve and Charlotte Ho-
dapp pleasantly entertained the Mu-
steal M. G. club of North MankatO
and a number of friends last evening
as a surprise on Miss Florence Ho-
dapp, who is about to return to Prai-
RE du Chen to continue her work
there. The evening was spent In
playing games and dancing. Dainty
refreshments were served.
Thomas O'Brien of Highmore, S.
d., has moved to North Mankato TO
make his future home. Mr.. O'Brien
and family will occupy the new house
recently built by Phillip Pehling on
the corner of Nicollet avenue and
Lake street.
| Clara Walrath and Lincoln Grue
! left yesterday for Client, Mimi,
where they will enjoy an outing in
| camp for two or three weeks.
| Sheriff Olson of st. Peter was in
Mankato yesterday afternoon looking
up some court records and attending
| to matters in North Mankato.
Mrs. Louis Beckwall entertained
number of her friends at lunch yes
I terday. The afternoon was pleasantly
spent socially.
! o. Roster is having an additloa
/ built to his residence and is making
other improvements to his premises.
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charland, and other relatives here.
Mrs. Johanna O'Brien has gone TO
Minneapolis to visit her son, who is
quite i'll.
| From Fridays Daily
1t now appears that the new bridge
project is to be taken up in earnest,
Judging from the remarks made yes
terday by J. j. Cummings of Chicago,
the new owner of the MankatO street
car line Mr.. Cummings will return
to MankatO in week or ten days
when his plans will be made known
as TO how it will be possible to Sc
cure the proposed bridge. Mr.. Cum
mings says positively that it will be
impossible to give North MankatO
street Car service until a new bridge
is built The company is SO desir-
Gus of extending its line into the vii
lage that it stands ready to help
build a new bridge. The present
bridge is inadequate and the location
would necessitate curve in the
tracks being made on the railroad
crossing which is said to be imprac-
tical and dangerous. A wider bridge
and by having the additional width
placed to the south of the present
bridge would allow the turn in the
street car tracks to be made on the
bridge. Or the bridge would be
placed in line with Main street and
connect with Nicollet avenue, there
by making the course on both sides
of the river nearly straight. The lat
ter position would be opposed by
property owners on Belgrade avenue
unless a favorable approach to the
bridge could be made. No doubt the
present location of the bridge can
be maintained. At the time the
proposition of building another bridge
was under discussion the sentiment
centered on the present location.
The residents on both sides can agree
on the Main street location and no
discussions on this score would re-
suit to interfere with the project.
AS Mr.. Cummings has said, con-
crete bridge could be made a struc-
ture of beauty and if the river banks
on both sides were cleaned up and
beautified the Improvement would be
of great value to both towns. The
benefits accruing from the increased
traffic would be inestimable.
- Inc people dlJeuuiuS Tic Mailman
fair last year found the lunch coun-
ter conducted by the North Mankato
ladies of the Methodist church a
good place to patronize. This year the
ladies are again making preparations
at this early day for an even larger
and better place. Hot lunches and
refreshments of all kinds will be sold
: at popular prices. A large tent has
been engaged which will add to the
comfort of the patrons as we'll As
those in charge. 1t is hoped to make
it the popular place of the fair where
the hot beans and hamburger sand
witches and coffee will be as salts
flying as any so-called meal.
Fred KumerOw of Oklahoma is
visiting his brother, John Kumerow,
; for a week or more. He says that
Minnesota looks good to him as the
lawns are fresh and green and far
more beautiful than those in Okla
homa, they being dry and parchcd
owing to the drouth