The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-10-06
Commercial and Auto Club
Committees al Session
MONEY GIVEN PROJECTS
An Appropriation Will Be Asked
Legislature to Improve
Minneopa Drive
From TUESDAYS Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily
The joint good roads committee
of the Commercial and Automobile
clubs held a very important meet
ing yesterday afternoon at the Of
flee of the secretary of those clubs.
were President F. NJ. Currier of the
Commercial club, President Charles
T. Taylor of the Automobile club,
Chairman George M. Palmer of the
Commercial club committee, Chair
man John Nyquist of the Automo-
bile club committee, and H. F. Leon
ard, John H. Macbeth, Theodore
Just and Christ Steiner.
A request was received from Ka-
sofa business men who are backing
the project for regraveling the road
from that village to the Blue Earth
county line, that Mankato donate
$3.50 toward the work on a mile and
a half of the road. 1t was reported
that Blue Earth county is regraveling
the portion of the road that lies in
this county, which is much needed
Improvement and ought to make the
road good for several years. The
committee thought that while the
request of the Kasota men was mer-
itorious, still there is so much road
work that needs to be done in this
county and on roads leading out Of
Mankato south, east and west, that
the funds of the clubs ought to be
spent in this county, aside from what
has been apportioned to roads lead
ing through Belgrade township.
Request For 5000.
Fred Schultz of the Mankato town
board last week made request Of
the two clubs that they donate 5000
to assist in grading the portion Of
the st. Clair road from the Wilson
ravine east to the Dickinson school
house, a distance of three-fourthS of
mile. The estimated cost of grad
ing this stretch of road, he said. was
$3.50, and the county had voted to
give 5000, and the town board would
put in the rest. This grading would
take care of bad piece of the road
that connects two improved sections.
1t is proposed to gravel the stretch
later. The committee voted to ap-
propriate 5000 for the grading and
another 500 to assist in graveling
the road.
An old bill of John Koenen, who
lives on the Lake Washington road,
on the county line, for about $93,
against the Automobile club for work
done two or three years ago on THAI
road, was presented, but as the then
officers of the club had disallowed
hn fn och
President Taylor to appoint spe-
cial committee to investigate it and
report at the annual meeting of the
Automobile club two months hence.
The secretary reported on the
marking of the Black and Yellow
trail from GAINESVILLE to New Ulm,
and of his efforts to induce the New
Ulm Commercial club to carry the
markings west. Mr.. Palmer report
ed that he had taken the matter up
with the GAINESVILLE and Waseca club
officials with the result that they
had marked the trail east to the
eastern edge of Waseca county. It
is now marked nearly all of the way
across the state. The secretary al
so reported on the progress made
with marking the M. w. A. trail
from Mankato to Mapleton, which,
when completed, will finish the
marking of that trail from Mankato
to Albert Lea
Marking Dan Boone Trail.
The matter of marking the Daniel
Boone trail was taken up and sam
pies of signs and markers and prices
were submitted by John H. Hob
mann, having received them from ].
B. McHose of Boone, Iowa, who is
president of the trail association. Mr..
Hohmann had stated that Amboy
and Good Thunder have already TAX
en- the matter up and have ordered
signs and markers to be placed as
far north as the corner of the Good
Thunder and Rapidan roads. The
committee decided to order half
dozen signs, which will mark the
trail as far as Kasota, from the point
left off by Good Thunder AS soon
as they arrive they will be put up.
If markers are found to be needed, |
in addition, they will be bought later. !
1t was voted that the two clubs
share equally in all of the expendi-
lures authorized at the meeting.
The secretary agreed to procure
the road to Mankato leaves the main
street in st. Peter.
1t was reported that the county
board had at it's meeting last week
decided to complete the grading of
the Garden City road this fall by
doing the mile and three quarters
from the Pugh to the Piper corner,
which is in County Commissioner
Davis district, rather than wait UNI
til next year anS make a separate
contract of it. AS Commissioner |
Davis allotment of road and bridge !
funds for this year has been ex- |
hausted on other work, the grading |
was ordered in compliance with an |
offer by the two good roads clubs |
that sthey would pay the interest on |
loan until next year, if necessary, |
in order that the road might be fin |
ished upat once, as this will give a !
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