The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-04-03
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From Mondays Daily.

From Monoay'S paiiy.
That fence post plant for North
Mankato looks like sure thing. At
special meeting of the North Man
kato Commercial club, held Saturday
evening In the village hall, IL was
reported that the special committee
appointed to reject a site for the
new factory project that is being
pushed by Carl wipperman had
found one that was satisfactory to
him, and had obtained the consent
OF the owner to donate II for the
factory. with an option on nine ad.
joining lots. -. .... 3
Each OF the lots extends so by
$50 feet and the tract lies on the
northwest corner OF Garfield avenue
and "a" street. The owner is II.
c. Small. The lot which Mr.. Small
win donate extends 1874 feet along
Garfield avenue and SO feet along
"a" street. and the other lots lie
parallel with this, each having a
frontage OF 80 feet on "a" street.
Mr.. Small will give the manufact-
uring company a two-year option
on the nine lots at $3.50 apiece.
He donates the lot on the corner
on the condition that the factory
building Is to be erected there. and
IL at the end of, two years the
factory project has not been car.
ried out, the title TO the land Is
to revert 70 Mr.. Small. together
with any building that may be on H.
Report Presented by Committee.
Such was the report made by c..
z. Ball, on behalf OF the special
committee, consisting of himself. W.
z. Stewart and Dennis Donohue.
Mr.. Ball further remarked that the
site selected was an ideal one and
that the carrying out OF the pro-
ject now depended on the railroad
companies extending a bridge and
switch across the river, giving
the factory railroad connection. He
also observed that Mr.. Ball had
said that he had had assurances
from the railroad companies that
they would be ready. TO run such
an extension across the river as
soon as there was twice the traffic
that the brickyard furnished. Mr..
Ball said II was the belief of the
committee that the factory project
would furnish three or four times
as much business to the railroad
companies as the brickyard did, and
therefore he did not believe there
was any doubt that the companies
could be induced to put in the
bridge and the switch line. He
said such a bridge would cost the
companies about $4,000, and this
would mean something between
$4,000 and $1,000 for each OF the
four companies. He thought the
Luce electric line, that was expected
to- come into Mankato, might also
make arrangements to use the
bridge, and would pay a share to-
wards It. Mr.. Ball thought that II
spur track could be gotten across
the river, 1t would not be long be-
fore the factories Of the village
would be doubled and quadrupied.
Remarks TO the effect that Mr..
Wipperman's project was deserving
Of the heart support OF the club
were made by Ernest Skoog, r. ].
Nj. Cornelius, r. 4. Jones, Dennis
Donahue, Henry Robel, ST., E. C.
Banker Joseph Leonhardt and Fred
Lossow. The report Of the commit
tee was accepted.
A. r. Root Notified.
Mr.. Wipperman has written about
the selection Of the site to A. T.
Root OF st. Louis, who is expected
to invest about twothirds Of the
money that will be needed DO put
the plant in operation. He thinks
Mr.. Root will be in North Mankato
TO look over the site and the gen.
eral project OF locating the factory
In North Mankato within the next
ten days. There are two others
that are to be In the new company.
One Is William @. wlpperman of
Little Rock, Ark, and the other is
A. ]. Praxel of Lamberton, MINI.
Both OF these gentleman. like Carl
Wipperman Of North Mankato. are
travelling salesman In the employ
OF the Keystone Steel Wire com
pany OF Peoria. III. his
Dennis Donahue, at the Saturday
night meeting. said he had a re-
port to make in justice to the Mic
ollet county commissioners. He
said County Commissioner Schock,
representing the district in which
North Mankato is located, had Just
paid a visit to the village and had
said that the county board had
said that the county board had APP
propriated $1,000 to be spent on
Webster avenue and County Road
No. 2, running from Webster avenue
to st. Peter. Webster avenue runs
east and west on the north end OF
the village The money would be
available during the coming sum.
mer.
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