The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-18
Money Voted Into Hands Of
Good Roads Committee
AMOUNT GIVEN SI,4oo
Other important Highways Are
To Receive the Necessary
Attention
From Thursday Daily.

meeting yesterday dl lho S
headquarters over the Mankato State
bank and transacted a good deal OF
business. The subject OF most I'M
portance taken up was that OF road
Improvement for the coming year,
and it was voted to place 1,4O0 into
the hands of the good roads COM
mittee, and this committee will be
given more later on as it needs it.
The Improvement of the loop drive
from Mankato to Madison Lake.
thence to Washington Lake via the
HARRISBURG church east of Duck lake
thence to the st. Peter road and back
to Mankato is to be looked after flrst.
1t is planned to gravel this ROAD
where needed, with the assistance OF
the county, townships and the farm
ers. provided the club is met half
way by these.
The ST. Clair Road.
Another matter that was considered
az very important was the improve
ment of the st. Clair road. This is
the poorest road into the city, al
though it serves the very best agri-
cultural district of the county and
section that has no railway connec-
ton with the city. 1t was the opln-
ion that this road ought to be grad
ed and graveled his year, even If
the club, alone or with the CONNER
cial club, has to provide for the
funds until the county gets its 1919
allotment of state road money. An
other road that was considered as
needing lot of work is the Oshawa
road in Belgrade, which leads to a
rich trade territory. Splendid roads
lead from this district to st. Peter
but much of the road toward Manka-
to is neither graded nor graveled and
cuts up badly in wet weather. This
is not a state road and the township
authorities can use what aid they
can to get to advantage.
The Minneopa Road.
It was also the general opinion
that the Minneopa road ought to be
put into good condition this season
without waiting for special state
appropriation, which may not come
for years. Another lesser improve
ment that was considered as badly
needed is the placing of a guard
railing along the outside of the Good
Thunder road on the curve just out
There is a steep embankment fifty
feet down and rather narrow road
and it is very dangerous. especially
at night when trying to pass another
car with binding headlights.
In order to talk over these and 9TH
er road improvements needed in this
part of the county, meeting with
the county board was arranged for
nine o'clock this morning. Four mem
bers of the board of governors and
two of the good roads committee
were appointed to meet with the
county board, Messrs. Hohmann
Morehart, Meagher, SLIDER, Nyquist
and Macbeth They were to offer the
assistance and financial cooperation
of the club in these matters. The
former policy of the club is to be con-
tinued of matching its money with
money from other sources, rather
than to undertake any work alone
for in the latter case it is realized
that the clubs funds would not go
very far.
Bank For Depository.
The board of governors voted to
designate the National Citizens
Ddnh DIS the uSpOSlJUIy lOI tuc CluD .
funds the coming year. 1t was also
voted to continue the club headquart-
ers in their present location, under
the same arrangement with the Com
mercial club as last year. The Sec
rotary was instructed to secure SAM
pies of club emblems, to be submit
ted at later meeting.
The club will continue to offer a
reward of $50 for the arrest and con-
viction of anyone stealing the car OF
a member, and reward of $25 for
the arrest and conviction of anyone
who maliciously places bottles OF
tacks on the public highways OF
streets.
The matter of arranging for the
banquet and speakers to be features
of spring meeting of the club was
left with the entertainment committee
to work out the details.
The board voted to authorize the
secretary to have another edition oil
the strip road maps printed and to
have such maps of other routes
printed as in his Judgment he sees
fit. The secretary explained that his
thought was to have a strip map OF
trail from Sioux City to Mankatc
prepared; also three routes into the
lake and pine woods region of the
northern part of the state; and also
one more local loop map, to take in
Lake Jefferson and the lakes en- route
While in st. Paul recently the secre-
tary tentatively agganged with summer
resort proprietors for advertising on
the backs of the maps to partially
meet the expenses. provided there is
any room left after the wants of To-
cal hotel and resort men are taken
care of.
Will Prepare Routes.
The secretary also stated that he
had arranged with Deputy Highway
Engineer Mullen to prepare the
routes for the three maps into the
northern part of the state, so they
shall take in the most noted scenic
sections and at the same time fol-
low the best roads. 1t is the inten-
ton with these maps to bring a lot
of the northern Minnesota tourist
trade through Mankato and among