The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-11-12
MEET WITH THE CLUB
TALK OVER SCHEDULE.
From Tuesdays Daily.


Commercial club, in order TO give
visitors in the city more time to do
their shopping. The promise of this
new train was made at last evening S
meeting OF the Commercial club by
the general superintendent. J. Nc
Naught. Mr.. Mcknight at the same
time laid stress on the point that the
Dan Patch company expects the cor
dial patronage on the part of Man
kato people in return. especially in the
matter Of freight shipments. Speeches
along the same line were made by {.
:. Chapman. the traffic manager. and
=. T. Duffield. the general agent.
Present also were G. o 'Rourke. the
superintendent of motive power, and
r G. COnor, the trainmaster.
No formal action was taken by the
club. hut those who spoke plainly
showed that the club was exceedingly
friendly TO the Dan Patch. and the
MankatO business men stood ready TO
give that road their support and pat
runage. but the people were not sat
fSfied with the passenger service as II
had been. II. A. Patterson called at
tcntion TO the promise that had been
made OF good passenger service. when
an agent Of the company was around
soliciting stock Others who spoke on
behalf of the club and the people of
this city were the president. 4. j.
Ncieel: F. VI. Currier. George Z. Brett.
r. \. FanCis and William Barr. the
local Dan Patch freight agent.
Addition to Minneopa Park.
Judge Lorin cray reported that a
committee of the club had managed TO
induce the owner of the fourteen acre
tract. which il was designed TO add TO
MiuneOpa park. 10 let II go for 81, 25O
He thought that was reasonable
price and il would save all necessity
Of condemnation proceedings. He
called TO mind that the state had APP
propriated $1,000 and the Mankato
Commercial club had decided To give
5000 more He said $50 more must be
raised. On motion by J. r. Brandrup
il was decided to make the club do
nation $3.50 This completes arrange
mcnts for the purchase of that addi-
tional tract
On behalf Of the good roads COM
mittec. Judge Cray reported that
about a mile of bad road had been i'm
proved between Mankato and st. Clair
on the Tivuli road He said the Auto
mobile club had given 5000 for this
Improvement and the Commercial club
5000 more. The improved road had
been accepted by the town board.
There remained still a stretch OF road
to he improved between that and the
city.
Judge Cray also stated that the
northwestern railroad had donated
for the improvement of the roads.
fourteen loads OF gravel. to be laid
down at Eagle Lake Part of this
gravel. together with clay. had already
been used fer road work between
Mankato and Eagle Lake. More would
be used between Eagle Lake and
Madison Lake.
He stated also that the coltlty board
had been induced to PROMISE TO com
plete the Lake Crystal and Garden City
roads in the spring and would go as
far as Pigeon hill. He wished the
authorities would get interested I'm
roads leading TO Minneopa park. He
spoke especially of the road going
down from Pigeon hill to the park. and
declared il TO be positively dangerous.
II. y. Patterson suggested that IL
might be possible to get this desig-
mated as a state road. and Judge
gotten out of the state for this pur-
pose. making this road an approach to
the park.
Money For Shirt Company.
At the request OF former Senator C..
\. Johnson, representing the Hugo
Shirt company, the club voted unani-
mously an appropriation of $1,000 to
help defray the expenses of the com
pany. incurred in moving from st.
Peter to Mankato five years ago. In
doing this the club only fulfills the
promise that II made. when the COM
pany decided to come to Mankato. II
was the unanimous sentiment OF the
club that the company had shown its
good faith by not asking for this
money until It became an established
fact that the company was going to
make success OF its factory, and that
this was to be q permanent industry
in Mankato.
Mr. Johnson told about the trials
and tribulations that the company had
TO undergo during the early stages Of
its existence. and he called particular
attention to the great trouble and ex-
pense OF educating the help, and get
ting a good body OF employees, who
were efficient and willing. TO stay with
the company and help build up the
business
Mr.. johnson declared that the bust
ness OF the company had grown so
enormously of late that II was impos-
sible to I'LL the orders with the con-
Germ in its present quarters. He said
the company paid out to its employees
last year. $4,000 to $4,000. but he
had no doubt that when there was a
suitable building, where the plant
could grow to the size that the pat
ronage justified. there would be a
payroll OF 100000 $4,000 or per-
haps even $4,000 a year. substantial
" all of that money going to local
merchants. He spoke of the site that
had been chosen at Front and Elm
streets. and of. the three-story build
ing "a Inv Ia0 foot that xvo,,ld ha