The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-24
MANKATn FREE PRESS
Business Men Outing
Visited at FairInont
From sriday's paliY

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From fridays DaitY.
After an ailldasHs outing and a
pleasant trip to Fairmont. yesterday,
the party |of Mankato business men
returned last evening, about dark,
without having had a single, acct
dent. All of the. party named yes
terday except Messrs. Carney and II.
L. Schmitt went, making sixteen in
all, The start wasfmade from this
city at $3.50 o'clock. and the route
taken, was through Garden City, Yer
nom Center, AInboy, Winnebago and
Granada 70 Fairmont. The latter city
was reached at, 1890 a. m.,. the dis,
lance Of flfty-nine miles having been
covered in two hours and twenty
minutes. Three OF the cars stuck
together, but the rear car missed sc
road at Winr abago and Ee,lt several
miles out Of its way and was de-
layed a little iii entering Fafrmont.
Tho roads werss in FIR condition.
- Great pes, Of Road Work:
A. good dea of'road & work is being
done, the most important being north
from Vernon Centen, where large
crew is making splendid grade for
several miles. Wien this has been
gravcled and packed down, it is
bound to be one of the. best roads
in the county. The people all along
:lie route see.; to be .sacrestod in
roadwork, and here and there gravel
was being hauleda -. -.
Garden City Vernon Center and
Amboy looked clean and prosperous,
end the farming community thriving.
Winnebago has been growing, anu
Parker colleges attracted the atten-
ton of the visitors, tile new girls
aornitory being about completed.
fEairMont ptSsns, 4 an inviting ar
pearance, except hat the streets
Wei,e a little mudd., and looked like
Maukato's streets before the pave
ment was laid. Fairmont Is beauti-
fully located, and, the people there
have faith that il win become city
es much commercial Importance.
Enjoyed ExCeHSftt DiltnCf'
Pie tourists had an excellent din
ner at the Billiard House. In stroll
ing about the city Frank l.. Me-
Gladden. was encountered. He was
formerly a Mankato grocer, and since
locating in Fairmont has prospered,
and now owns three garagts, and a
lot of other property. County A
torney Palmer. well known in Man
kato, welcomed the visitors. Visits
were made by, some Of the party to
the newspaper offices, and Frank A.
Day and his assistant were found hard
at work getting out the, Daily and
Semi-weekly Sentinel. The office
seems crowded for room, 50 we'll is
business prospecting. Frank was as
affable as ever City Editor Alfred
Torngren OF the Independent wei
coined the visitors, to a. l.. Wards
newspaper Office. and found two
floors occupied, y Junior Mergcn-
thaler. and everything neat and bust.
ness-like.
The Martin county court house was
an object of interest and was great.
" admired outside and inside It is
a very handsome building, beautifully
decorated with mural paintings with.
in. The site is on the high bank CT
one of the lakes that have added
greatly to Fairmont's attractiveness.
Visited Mdhiefpais plant.
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lighting plant was given colse in.
spectioh. in view Of the unsettled
state of the lighting question in this
city. Fairmoift has a large plant, and
is spending many thousands of dol.
lars enlarging it. People are divided
over the question of tfeaWisdom of a
municipal plant. and advocates We're
found for boeh it and private own
ed plant. si
Among the manufacturing plants
visited, probably the most interest at.
tached to a call at the big plant
for the manufacture of gasoline en-
gines, owned and operated by F.. T.
Wade, J. P. Dunnipg, w. NJ. Hay
aud others. This is the plant that
the Mankato Commercial club some
months ago Negotiated to have re.
moved to, ManRato.l The business In.
terests of 1fairInonti subsequently,
raised $4,000 to provide additional
capital. but tho business is growing
SO much that still more capital is
needed The buildings are being gu,
larged, and much money invested
in this way and in, additional ma
,chinery. The business has grown from
small beginnings. Three years age
TAT machines. were made two years
ago S94, and last year about 1900
They are shipped all over the United
States and Canada. The engines
are mostly made to propsll handcars
but farm engines are also being
made and this lis bound to- become
one of the great sources OF business
for the plant in the future. Messrs,
Wade and Dunning showed the Man
kato men through the plant, and
chatted. pleasantly until it. was time
to leave. The return trip was mos,
enjoyable, it being. q little warmer
and the trip was made. as fast, as
the down trip, il not faster, 81
Is Berlin, October 1.-THE new naval
Zeppelin airship l..2 exploded in ths
air. near Jchannisthai toddy and was
completely wrecked. Al ..on board
persisted sri ~.
About thirty persons were on