The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-04-11
MAYOR WAS GUEST
Of The COMMERCIAL
CLUB; MADE A TALK
From Tuesdays Daily.

were guests oil the C0mmefclal cluD
last evenings Councilmen A. G..
Lack and Robert Lamm had been
invited to be present but were de-
tanned at other engagements.
Before the regular business ses-
sion, President f. f. Crandall intro
duced Mr.. Meyer, who in a few
words, expressed his appreciation of
the confidence that the people had
reposcd in him by bestowing upon
him the highest office in the city,
and said that he was we'll pleased
with this hono, and that he felt the
more keenly on this account the re-
sponsibility which he was to take
upon his shoulders. However, he
promised TO serve the city to the
best of his ability during the next
two years, and thanked the club for
himself and in behalf of the council
men for the opportunity of thus ex-
pressing his thoughts to the business
men of the city. Councilmen Ger
Itch and Bradley could not be in
duced TO speak.
Representative Hanson gave a
short review of his trying work in
the state capitol, and of his fight for
the Creamery Package bill. He COM
pared the process of legislation to a
poker game, some times you win,
and sometimes you don't. Some
times good bill wins" said he, land
then again il doesn't. And it is not
always the best hand that wins in a
poker game. / am not in favor of
introducing many bills, because there
is too much of that done now. Thus
by keeping away from this part of
the work, am free to fight either
way | think best. We all cannot
think alike. but | have tried to do
what / thought was right for my con-
StituentS."
Recommending that Front street
in Mankato be made most brilliant
white way" written report from
the committee on manufactures,
verbal reports from the committees
on fire protection, improving the cor
ner opposite the Saulpaugh hotel, on
the improvement Of the Minnesota
river and from the auditing commit
tee, with several communications,
short addresses by Mayor A. G. Mey.
er, Representative Alex Hansen, SUI
perintendent Sperry and Professor
Shumway made up an important ses-
sion of the Mankato Commercial club
last evening at the Hotel Heinrich
Preceding the business session, an
elaborate and very substantial ban
quet was served by Proprietor L. J.
Himmelman and it was partaken of
with evident relish by the large num-
Der of members present. Last nights
meeting was very enthusiastic one
and had the largest attendance of
any meeting for several months.
Ninety-GTe tickets were sold. This
large turnout was i'm a measure due
to the efforts of Secretary Soaring
and the membership committee. as it
was reported that since the last
meeting, the membership of the club
was raised from $50 to 240. This re-
port was accepted with applause,
showing the hearty appreciation Of
the work of this committee.
The committee OH the white way"
OF which ]. r. Brandrup is chairman,
recommended very strongly that
Mankato have white way because,
first it is most efficient advertise
ment for the city and second because
it is necessary for Mankato to be at
the front, when it comes to progress.
Report Of the Committee.
The report of the committee is as
follows:
'Mankato, Mimi, April 4, 1913
To the Officers and Members of the
Commercial Club. Mankato, Mimi,
Gentlemen: Your committee. to
whom was referred the matter OF
lighting Front street with cluster
lights. beg to report as follows: AT
the first meeting held by your com.
mittee it was decided to write to
several cities and towns that now
have white way, and ask the fol.
lowing questions:
First. Is the method Of light
ing your streets with cluster
lights entirely satisfactory to
your citizens?
Second. How much does it
cost you per month for each post?
Third. How much did it cost
you to install it?
Fourth. Does your city own
the posts or are they owned by.
the company that installed them?
Fifth. Did the property own
ers, whose buildings they front,
pay for the installation, and are
they now paying for the lights?
Sixth. Do you have three light
or five light cluster?
Seventh. How many hours are
the lights on?
Eighth. Do you think your citi-
zens would be willing to go back
to the old system of lighting?
Ninth. How many standards
have you in each block?
Tenth. Are your streets better
lighted now than they were be-
fore?
1--WE have had replies from foul
cities, namely: ST. Paul, Minneapolis
Faribault and Fargo. The city chem
list of st. Paul answers our questions
as follows: That the new method
of lighting the streets is entirely
satisfactory; that they use five light.
Oh each standard. $50 Watt Tung
stems and one-15o Watt for crown
light. The cost is SIS post pei
year. The city owns the posts ant
pays for the lights, but the property
owners, whose property they front
originally paid for them and turned
them over to the city at the end O
the year. To our question, whether
the citizens would be willing to gl
back to the old system, the answer
is No They have eight posts o.
standards in each block, and i'm tina
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