The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-02-27
Mankato Man Would
Start Small Factory
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At a meeting OF the advisory COM
mittee OF the Commercial club, held
late yesterday afternoon, a gentle
man OF this city who has invented
small, apparently useful article.
which looks as II It would have
a ready sale, appeared and stated
that he would like to have a COM
pany organized In the city 10
handle and eventually to manufac-
ture his apparatus. During the pres
ent year he planned to have 1t
manufactured In city In New
York state but after this year he
would be In position to manu-
facture II In Mankato. He said
capital to the amount of about
5000 would be needed. The board
looked on the matter very favorably
and seemed willing TO render any
assistance possible. The promoter
expects to get his company under
way shortly. The board left the
matter In the hands OF Secretary
Soaring to assist in any way possS
BILE.
The Luce Line.
The projected building of the
Luce Electric line through this
city was discussed, especially with
regard to its running through Man
kato. The present plans Of the
company seem to be to take In the
territory not now served by any
steam road, coming between the
Omaha and the Minneapolis and st.
Louis roads, and working down to-
wards Fairmont. The company
seems to have laid out a course as
nearly half way between these
roads as possible. This being the
case, the board members thought
that II any city to one side of the
course was to be connected, II
would be by a stub line. II was
thought best to await developments
before considering the matter fur
ther, as some doubt was expressed
as to the ability of the company to
build its proposed line in the near
future. II was also thought that
the company would hardly pass the
largest city In Southern Mime.
sofa. without desiring to connect
with II and get its business.
Foundry Wants Location.
A proposal was received from a
Minneapolis company to locate a
foundry and machine shop In Man
kato for the manufacture OF an ad.
Unstable union, that can be adjusted
from a straight connection TO an
ell, and can be connected at any
angle between a square ell and a
straight pipe connection. The, COM
pany also proposed to make all
kinds of fittings, pipe connections
and valves for steam and hot water
boilers. The company will require
a capital Of about $4,000 properly
to finance this foundry, and OF this
amount II would be necessary for
Mankato people to subscribe $780,
600 to $4,000. The concern would
employ on the start fifteen TO
twenty men and would expect rap
idly to increa this number, un.
I'll nearly hundred men were en-
ployed, and eventually perhaps sew.
eral hundred.
Should Help Mayors.
The board members thought that
until the Mayer Brothers company
could be financed, II would be use
less to try to finance any outside
institution that might desire to To-
cate here. 1t was thought that II
people with money to invest would
not take the stock OF a successful
plant already located here, Of which
the people have full knowledge,
they would hardly be ready to in
vest in plant about which they
knew nothing, In order to bring Il
here.
Several other matters were dis
cussed and Il was decided to hold
another meeting next Tuesday after.
noon, at which is was hoped to clean
up the matters now before the club.
In anticipation of the annual meet
ing OF the entire club 10 he held nm