The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-04-03
Mankato Business Men
Say Road Should Come
From Tuesdays Daily.

From tuesdays Daily.
Wholesale and retail business men
of Mankato, interviewed the Free
Press today in regard to the ex-
tension of the Alphabet" railroad
from st. Clair into Mankato by the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
railway company, generally spoke
with enthusiasm on the project. The
following are statements that they
made:
George E. Brett: 81 have always
wondered why the Milwaukee could
not see the benefit of bringing the
line into Mankato. The Alphabet
road could connect with the AIilwou-
kee road outside OF town, so that
they would not have to get new
terminals and thus they could avoid
that expense. II would be a grand
thing for Mankato as well, IL the
road should be built into this city.
The road would get much business
than now goes elsewhere over other
| roads. The freight business over
1.-The Alphabet road from the east
/ void double and treble, IL there
should be an extension from st.
Clair to Mankato. II would be one
OF the finest things that ever hap
pened for the business men of this
town. II there is any way of get.
ting that road extended over here,
IL ought to be done by all means.
That road oculd get business enough
I from the merchants of Mankato to pay
for coming in here. | am enthusias-
tic for extending the road in here
and always have been
Enthusiastic For Extension.
| w. ii. Pay, of the Pay Candy
company: 1T is all true, just as
the Free Press stated last night. /
do not know what more could be
said. There is nothing that Man.
kato needs more. The extension
would open up to Mankato territory
I that really belongs to this city.
The Alphabet road can be OF no
! value to the Milwaukee unless II
does come to Mankato. Mankato is
the natural terminus for that road.
To ship from St. Clair TO st. Paul,
IL Is now necessary to go away down
to Albert Lea and back north again.
The people all along that line have
always been anxious to get to Mart
kato. Under present condition our
Wholesale jobbing houses, have to do
teaming to some extent to compete
with rail service. In fine weather
teams come all the way from Penn.
berton to Mankato to get goods for
retail merchants. This would no long
er be necessary IL the proposed en-.
tension should be built"
- Should Interview Officials. q
| J. b. Richards: 81 saw Superin-
tendent Foster of the Milwaukee
road some time ago at Minneapolis.
told him we ought to have that
extension. / said the Alphabet road
ought to extend through Mankato
and go right on up to st. Cloud,
He said he would be glad to see Il
done, but at the present time the
Milwaukee, like other railroads In
all parts OF the country, was very
1 UP. cdlu Il hdu tndt
for the past five or six years, yet
noticed that railroads kept extend.
ing their lines. should not be
surprised to see the Milwaukee
make that extension with little
announcement think Mankato
ought TO send delegation TO the
officials TO urge II upon them
+. M. Currier: of Rosenberger and
Currier: at would be fine thing
for Mankato." seS
II. A. Patterson: "The extension
of Milwaukee road from st. Clair
to Mankato would prove to great
value to this city. II the Alpha
bet line were made TO connect with
the Hastings and Dakota division
at Glencoe or some point further
west It would be of greater bene-
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