The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-02-18
Bridge Proposition Again Con-
sidered;; More Money Is
Needed For Project
Poor Service On the Chicago
Great Western Road Is
Brought Up Again
From Tuesdays Daily.

Many matters of interest were con-
sidered by the advisory committee OF
the Commercial club at the meeting
held in the Commercial club office
yesterday afternoon at two o'clock
"Pay-up Week" was the first subject
discussed, and the committee ex-
pressed the opinion that the local
newspapers had done a great deal
toward bringing this week to the at
tention of the general public, and had
created great deal of interest in
the matter. 1t was decided to order
1000 posters advertising "Pay-up
Week" to be distributed about the
city Another way to advertise is by
the use of poster stamps, which can
be put on bills, and can be had at
local print shops at reasonable fig
ure.
The committee talked over the prof.
ect of having a tractor demonstration
for Mankato, and the correspondence
with President Bartholomew of the
Tractor association, and the secretar-
les of the Commercial clubs at Sioux
Falls, S. D., and Fremont, Neb., were
read. 1t was decided that it was out
of the question to have the circuit
demonstration, as the association re-
CURED $4,000 cash to come here. The
matter of having an Independent dem
onstration was taken up, but it was
seen that it would require several
hundred dollars to bring such a dem
onstration to this city, and it was the
general opinion of the committee that
the money could be used to much bet
ter advantage for some purpose of
city welfare, and it was decided to
drop the idea of having the tractor
demonstration.
The Bridge Proposition.
Councilman Lamm, City Attorney C.
E. Phillips, and Judge Lorin Cray
appeared before the committee, and
the two former men stated the bridge
situation as was published in The
Free Press last evening, suggesting
that the deficiency of $4,000 toward
building the bridge be made up, the
Nicollet county board being asked
for $4,000 and the Blue Earth county
board for $4,000. 1t was decided that
the advisory committee go in body
before the county board, and arrange
ment was made with County Auditor
Kennedy for meeting this afternoon
at two o'clock. President G. T. Taylor
appointed the following special COM
mittee to appear before the county
board at the same time: H. A. Pat
terson, Fred Kron, G.. E. Wise, F.. M !.
Currier, w D. Willard, J. E. Reyn-
olds, c.. H. Saulpaugh, Louis Kruse,
Ed Brett, T. r. Coughlan, F. K.
Meagher and Christ Steiner.
No Further Negotiations.
In regard to the Parker Penn COM
pany of GAINESVILLE the committee de-
cided that it would be useless to carry
on farther negotiations toward having
the company locate here, as they
seemed disinclinied to move.
The exceedingly poor passenger
service on the Chicago Great Western
railroad was seriously considered, and
the committee expressed itself as
strongly of the opinion that the COM
pany should put on another train,
possibly an electric train, to arrive in
the forenoon and leave in the after
noon, and the club secretary was in
structed to write to the division SUI
perintendent again in regard to the
matter
The next meeting of the CONNER
cial club will be held two weeks from
tonight at the Elks' cafe and a fifty
cent supper will be served.