The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-06-06

BANK OF commerce anu the Iur1ALHIo
is -:mayed nept, There .as IA EEumer
afloat that "a new stock of furniture
has,sbeen @ordeded and that it is ontthe
way to Mankato hut Investigations
have not vet substantiated this report
Neither is known by whom .7fhe
furniture was ordered, if. indeed this
has been done. It was also reported
that G. II Saulpaugh, the eYnsr of the
building, lis TO run the ,hotel, 4but
Mr.. sSaulpangh does not admit this.
,Nppe ,of the employees have been dis.
charged and flor the steady aguests,
meals ARE still Sheing served, but no
one lis gallowed to register. sand the
porters have stopped making the
trains. Mr. Saulpaugh processes en-
tire ignorance of what is to be done,
and lhe says that Mr.. HildeRbrand
knows no more. of this than he idoes.
The bar lis still doing business.
Statement From Mr.. sSauIpaush.
&c. II. Sanlpaugh, owner of the no.
telnbuilding which bears his name,
sent the following communication to
The Free Press with the request
that itibe published: ~ f.' 81,
~ have no desire to seek news;
paper notorfety or controversy but
think it is my duty to the public
TO correct the published statements
purporting to come from the attor-
ney and representatives of the Con.
snmers Power company concerning
their reasons for shutting off the
light from my hotel building while
Leased to- II. =. tHildenbrand. Z;
z THE impression which the repre-
ssentatiyes of the Consumers Power
company want to convey to. the pub
lie Is that they could find no one
who woald s,go good for their present
pr future bill. The facts are that
lMr, )Hildenb rand owes them a bill,
which is not large, and he owes
many others. sYThe Consumers Pow
er company fare no better,9thanf his
either creditors, and they should be
paid the same per cent on the dol,
lar that :he,iis ableato pay his other
creditors. But not satisfied to meet
their .lossst as all business men un-
fortunately at times have to meet
they undertook to extract the fill
amount Of their bill up to date
while other creditors would get very
little. ~ g, ,tE
These parties have never given
me an opportunity to prevent their
act. q 80 ~
II went to Minneapolis Thursday
at five O'clock in the afternoon and
they ,knewsI was not at home. They
ALSO knew that Mr.. Hildenbrand was
in Minneapolis at the same time.
Upon my return / find that Mr..
Brown late Thursday afternoon di-
rected the current shut off. The Of
fieers of the National Bank Of Com
merce requested them not to do this
and I offered to pay for AL current
used from that moment until further
notice but they would not accept. the
banks agreement unless the bank
would put up the cash or its equiv
alent for one and one:.half months
even iif they didn't use the current
but for one or two days. This
meant about $500, all rof which would
be forfeited If service ceased. S..
s"Then my AattoImey, IS b! Wilson,
took the matter iiap with Mr.. tPfau,
the attorneyffor the Power company.
and she Offered to rpay double price
fer currentiluntil,f #, and Mr. Hidden
brand 1 got home and Mr.. Pfau after
taking time ate eonsid erfthis reported
that his scheht sthe Consumers Power
company would not do this sig
~ appEecfatetthe position take by
Mayor A. &c. Meyer and also guests
at the hotel. There ewas no justifica-
ton for the Consumers Power COM
pany 4to refuse the several offers,
and I'm willing for the publictto de.
eide whether their conduct in at
tempting to hold some one UP to
pay a debt in full when all cant be
paid in full IS correct This .cur-
rent was not wanted permanently
and Mr.. Brown doesn't need to- talk
about his having his office open
Until niue 20 clock for some one. to
sign an, application when he! would
force the applicant TO pay $500 ffor
perhaps five dollars worth ,.of pcur.
rent. lis this what the people lex
,pect OF; "a public service corporation?
ta'sar Pfau Says Il wouldn't. aasIee
tofpay any. bills for the future .sfand
ms this statem emit she doesn't know
what he is'ltalking about tas this
was never put n;ap TO me sand I had
no ..opportahity ito say swhethere I
would brSflbt. rsI think aany one swho
knows me knows that 81 eweaid never
have permitted this If 4; had been
home, aithough ~ don't think they
could have 2 held me up and made
me pay the past bill which is not
my ,debtpc &5.ssais, - .t'&:p =. ~ Z
~Mr. Pfau asks in The Free: Press:
what were we to dor { And sin an.
swer to This 7 would say to him that
the thing they should have done
was toiahave accepted the offer of
the bank. 9ef Mr. Wilson, ofaMayor
Never, and AZ snebodyts word is good
.witfffthe Consumers Power company
.Isdhave iSno doubt but that any tRof
these speopleilweuld have paid aeash
but Pm glad to say none of Them
world stand for the 5000 gafnes' q
& SAt the request *of Mr.. Saulbaagh
the iightsaweres turned on through