The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-11-21
From Fridays Daily.

From Fridays Daily.
| Russell Burrill was seriously cut
and lacerated on the face this morn
ing when his automobile and a street
car collided on Main and Fourth
streets. Mr.. Burriil was driving
northward on Fourth street at
rate of speed, and the car was
coming down the hill Mr.. Burrili
says that he hooked down the hill
to see if car was coming, expect
i ing that if one was approaching 1t
would come from that way, and did
mot see the one coming down. When
he did see the car, he set his brakes
and his machine was struck in the
middle by the car. Mr.. Burrill was
not thrown out, but his auto was
practically demolished and the wlnd
shield was broken. He wastaken to
the home of l.. T. Fields nearby and
Ia physician was called. 1t was found
that his right cheek was cut from
the outer corner of the eye toward
the nose, and then downward taking
a large part of the flesh and bone
i, lining of the cheek, cutting the
flesh all off except small Hap OF
skin. This check was sewad UP
with deep and superficial stitches.
Cuts on Left Side of Face.
On the left side of the face there
is cut three inches long from the
upper and back part, of the temple
down and across the upper edge oil
, the ear. 1t is deep cut and souged
the temple bone. The temple art
cry, nerve and vein were cut and
he lost much blood before assistance
came to him. His condition is serl'
Gus.
The street car, suffered damage to
) the fender and the glass in the
front of the car was broken. The
motorman. Ed Parry, suffered cut
on his upper lip and temple from
the broken glass and the jar OF
the collision. Mr.. Burrill's car was
carried about hundred feet down
the track, and both wheels on the
left side as well as the springs
were completely demolished. The
body of the car was caved in on the
right side and on the whole very
badly battered 1t was Ford auto
mobile.
The street car which figured IL
the accident was No. 6, and was
running down hill because of some
!. work which is being done on the
t curbing On South Front street max
7 ing it impossible for the cars tt
, go around the loop.
t Mr. Burrill was on his way tt
the Emmanuel hospital when the
accident happened, wanting to b'
there because his daughter, Mrs
5 Fay Burrill was to be operated up
: on. Mrs Burrill underwent hel
l operation later in the morning, ant
has not been told of Mr.. Burrill':
4 accident.
t Mr.. Burrill is a resident of lie Hill
e lilier and a wellknown citizen.
;, From Fridays Daily.
, Mankato merchants favor the eS
tension of the local street car line L
!, st. Clair, and say that they believ
g it would mean much for st. Clair ant
j Mankato as well. An editorial in TIL
! Free Press a few nights ago relatiy
y to the proposition has caused no lit
/ tie agitation in favor il are prospect
$ Fred Kron, when interviewed, dc
Clared that it would be fine thin
| to have such line but that it woul'
D cost too much. There are not peopl
j. enough in that territory" he said, 1t
e make such line profitable" MI
!. Kron told of the investigation TIL
: car company made a few years ag
e relative to building into St. Peter an
e said that it was found that such
line would cost 100000 He believe
:. that it would cost that much t
i. build into st. Clair.
h Favor The Proposition.
n Louis S. Kruse and Gottfried Krust
). proprietors of the clothing store, sait
# 1--WE favor such plan, and the peopl
t. of that vicinity facor it. ThorP is
l. territory back of st. Clair that W
O do not reach at all that could
reached if such line was built. an
S it would in that way be made tril
O utary to Mankato' These men spok
Y of that vicinitl favor it. There is
n which runs from Albert Lea to S
a Clair, would bring trade to Mankat
@ over the line also THAT would d.
Y. velop Mankato more than anythin
l. else"
e Frank Landkamcr of Landkame
Brothers, furniture dealers, commi
k ted himself in this way: There
,fl no getting around the fact thu
n building line from MankatO to
o Clair would be fine thing"
e Mr.. Nyquist Is Enthusiastic.
l. John Nyquist is enthusiastic oyt
G, the possibilities of the section {
r. country which would be traversed b
II such line and says THAT is til
IT richest farming country under I'll
r sun. IT that land was cut into sma
IS farms. and more people occunicd II
ii land it would be paying propositio
lie to everybody | don't know Wheth'
it would pay now or not"
l. George e. Brett suggested anoth'
,e idea which might be considered, TIL;
Il of running a freight business in co
If ncctiOn with the messenger bushes