The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-01-08

Position of the Railroad.
| Judge Lorin Cray stated that the
| filling I'm of 100 feet OF the river bed.
as contemplated by the plan of Mr..
Pass, and shifting the tracks over
there would be all right. but he did
not think IL would be possible to get
the Milwaukee over there. Such re-
moyais had been tried before. The
railroads, moreover, did not wish TIC
get together and have a union depot
here and as long as that was the
case. they could not be compelled to
! do this. ..-. aHHs
Judge Cray, however, Endorsed a
statement that had been made by Mr..
Pass and disputed by General Widell,
namely that the railroads could move
The earth from from one side side 81 The river river
| to the other at a cost OF three cents
a yard. He said General Manager
| Trenholm of the Omaha had so stated
Mr., Robel showed a letter, six years
old, to show how little the railroads
cared about acquiring that river bed.
He showed that they took little or no
interest in IL.
Contractors Want Jobs.
| Carl A. Ingwaldson stated that IL
the people of Mankato figured on
getting that new bridge built they
ought TO get busy at once Contract
ors were very hungry now for such
Jobs and he thought ten per cent
could be saved by letting the con-
tract underS present market condi-
tions. He said he believed the coming
year was going to be a very slack
one for such enterprises. Many labor
ing men would be out of work and
could be hired at small expense. When
the contract was let II would be well
to make some stipulation about the
employment of local laboring men.
4 On motion by Mr. Brandrup the
plan OF the Widell company was in
dorsed in the general way, but not
necessarily in all its details. A dec
laration was made for a grade
bridge.
/ Mr.. Pass advised that n motion
be passed declaring in favor OF a
bridge straight across to Nicollet
avenue, saying that thus the travel
ON the old bridge could be maintained
while the pew one was being built.
General Wild, ~cpiief that his com
pany could build tic lfew bridge
right in the ilace Of The cd one,
without stcpp.ng &c traffic. The mo-
ton OF Mr.. Pass d. not receive a
second.
At the suggestion Of the mayor a
motion was passed instructing the
chairman to appoint committee to
go before the county commissioners
to get them TO send delegate to the
state highway commission to repre-
sent that body at the time OF the
hearing on the bridge.
From Tuesdays Daily.
by a rising vote, the mass meeting
held at, the city hall last evening.
VI Ter the joint auspices of the Man,
k" and North Mankato Commercial
c., 0s. voted to invite the Blue .-arth
. { mty Pure Seed association and the
s,uthern Minnesota Better Develop
T.cnt league to hold their annual
| {, nvrntions and seed and corn eX
hibits in Mankato this year.
I he meeting was a very represent
/. alive one. most of the prominent men
} of the city and village being present
There was not seating room in the
council chamber for them all, and
quite a number had TO stand through
out the proceedings.
J The seed show matter was repre-
, scented by l.. +. Soaring, secretary
| of >the Mankato Commercial club. Mr.
Soaring called attention to the fact
that two years ago the Mankato mer
chants and other business men gave
premiums for this show to the amount
of $500. Last year the premium,
given amounted from $1,000 to Sl.100
. Mr. Soaring said some of the Man
D kato merchants had expressed dis
| satisfaction on account of the fac
, that most OF the premiums last yea
| had been won by people living a. lont
way from Mankato, and therefore the
/ award of these prizes was of little
; direct benefit to Mankato. up
= Why Prizes Widely Distributed.
: However, the Minnesota State Pur,
. Seed association was meeting here
|. last year, and that was why the
! prizes were so widely distributed
r This year 1t was the Blue Earti
! County Pure Seed association tina
would be asked to meet I'm Mankato
IL the local people acted favorabl,
: on the proposition. This would have
: the effect of combining the award o
prizes to this county and to tina
! part of Nicollet county just across
the river, embraced within the limit.
OF the membership of the associa
ton. II Mankato did not take step:
, to bring the convention and seed
: show TO this city, 1t might go some
/. where else. Mr.. Soaring said he wa!
! presenting this matter on behalf o
{ Professor c. r. Shumway OF the Man
, kato high school. secretary OF shs
! Blue Earth County Pure Seed asso
D citation. IL was up to the MankatC
} business men to say whether or not
] they would take steps to give Irem