The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-12-17
New Auto Route Being Planned
Via Mankato, MINI.
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
Mankato may soon be an import
ant point on a north and south trail
from Des Moines, Ia, TO Minneapolis
IL being planned to extend the trail
TO Duluth on the north and ST. Louis
on the south. The new trail will be
known as the Daniel Boone trail The
Black and Yellow trail furnishes an
excellent route through the city from
cast 10 west, and the new trail, which
il looked upon Us a practical certainty
will give an added importance to the
city. making Mankato a night control
for tourists, and bringing hundreds OF
people here TO stay overnight while
enroute on their trips.
Yesterday afternoon at FIVE O'Clock
the advisory committee OF the Com
mercial club held a meeting at the
Commercial club office from p. m.
until $50 p. m. and met with the
committee which was appointed to
endeavor to induce the Milwaukee
railroad to extend the Alphabet line
from St. Clair to Mankato. The COM
mittee gave a report on correspon-
dence with the railroad. II was
felt by the committee that no stone
should be left unturned to gain this
extension. and that there might be Il
chance to influence the road toward
making ID IL a committee of business
men went to Chicago and took the
matter up with the railroad officials.
The advisory committee decided to
authorize the railroad committee to
send two or three members to Chi
cago for this purpose at the expense
OF the club. and the committee plans
TO send these delegates within the
next two weeks. II was felt that the
railroad committee had worked hard
and ought TO be given facilities to
ish. considering the Importance of the
extension TO Mankato.
New Auto Trail.
!. b. McHose of Boone. Ia. where
he is a member of the Commercial
club. arrived in the city on the I'VE
O'Clock train last evening. and ap-
peared before the advisory committee
where he gave the details of--pians
that are now under way for creating
p now automobile trail from Des
Moines, Ia. TO Minneapolis. TO be
known as the Daniel Boone trail. A
preliminary organization was formed
at a meeting held at Fort Dodge last
Wednesday to have charge of put
ting the project through. The new
trail will run through the larger towns
in Iowa. such as Boone. Fort Dodge,
Humboldt, Algona. and will strike the
Minnesota line at Gilmore. going north
through Winnebago, Blue Earth. Am
hoy to Mankato. and then by the
river route through St. Peter and
Shakopee to Minneapolis. II Is pro-
posed later to extend the trail north
to Duluth and south to st. Louis
Mr.. McHose reported that great in
terest Is being taken i'm the new trail
by Iowa people. and stated that his
trip here was to interest the Mime
sofa people in marking the route, and
also to invite delegates from the
towns through which the trail will
run to attend a meeting at Fort Dodge,
Ia, on Tuesday, December 81. when
permanent organization will be
formed.
Mr.. McHose stated that the popu-
lation OF the Iowa towns through
which the trail would pass was about
$1,000 greater than that of the towns
and cities through which the inter
state trail passes. II would mean
much TO Mankato in the way of tour
lists coming through the city.
Tho oHu 90
favorably impressed by the project,
and decided to refer the matter to
the good roads committees of the
Automobile and Commercial clubs.
Meeting Of Committee.
This morning at nine o'clock the
good roads committees OF the two
clubs held a meeting i'm the CONNER
cial club office, and Mr. McHose ex-
planned the plan for the new trail in
detail. Both committees felt that the
project merited endorsement and all
the assistance which they could give
II was voted to ask John Hohmann 10
interest the good roads leaders in the
different towns between Elmore and
Minneapolis to be represented by del
egates at the meeting In Fort Dodge
on December 81. It was also voted
to send Mr.. Hohmann as a delegate
TO represent the Automobile club and
President A. J. yeigel to represen,
the Commercial club. The matter OF
the publicity work and advertising the
trail through Blue Earth county was
assumed by the two committees. Mr.
McHose stated that every foot of the
road from Des Moines. Ia, to the
Minnesota state line was county road
and was improved by grading and
Rraveling. being in first class con-
dition. From Elmore to Mankato II
was nearly all improved. and in thi:
county was nicely graded and i'm.
proved excepting some places where
II needed more graveling. Probabl,
the poorest stretch of the road wa.
the thirty miles of scenic highwa,
from Mankato to Minneapolis, which
1t Is expected will soon be improved
Mr.. McHose returned home thi,
morning, expressing himself as mucl
pleased with the result of his mis-
sion here.