The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-24
Commercial and Auto Club
Committees In Action
HELP FREELY EXTENDED
Number of Highways Will Be
RegraveIIed and Greatly
Improved
From Fridays Daily.


The committee on good roads of
the Commercial and Automobile clubs
held joint meeting at the head
quarters of the two clubs yesterday
afternoon, and went over the road
situation in the vicinity of Mankato
pretty thoroughly. John Nyquist, who
is chairman of both committees, pre-
sided j. fleHjEI3
Mr.. NyQuist reported that the horse
shoe bend near Lake Washington has
been graveled in a satisfactory man
ner to those who have inspected it,
at an expense of S210 to the Auto
mobile CLUB, the Lundin brothers hav-
ing done the work. He stated that
three quarters of mile of the road
four miles west o. the lake needs
grading and graveling, and then the
road 10 the lake will be in very good
shape.
A request having come from those
having summer cottages at Lake
Ballentine for little aid in gravel
ing the road from Browns corner
down to the lake, and they having
promised Il donation of $25 each to-
ward the crawling, it was voted to
appropriat $25 toward this purpose
provided the donations by the private
parties are made.
Will Give Aid Sought.
In view of the fact that Mankato
township last winter spent $500 in
crawling the Lake Washington road
to point near George Schulte's farm
and that it has asked the clubs for
aid, it was voted that 800 or so much
thereof as may be needed, be appro-
priated for the purpose of putting the
road in proper shape from the city
limits to the Great Western railroad
crossing, with tractor, and keeping
the road dragged in nice shape during
the coming season.
1t was voted to appropriate 500
to assist Raridan township to regravel
the road from Rapidan dam, prOvid-
ed the town board will put in at least
an equal amount.
Complaint was made of the way in
which part of the Mapleton road is
boing dragged.
Divide Up the Roads.
1t was decided to follow the plan of
the last two years and divide the
the committee members, to work with
the road authorities with view to
having them kept up and dragged in
a manner that will keep them in the
very best possible condition through
out the season. The committeeman
will keep in touch with those having
the dragging contracts and advise
with and assist them in any way pos
sible The following allotment of
roads was made: George Atchison,
Mapleton road; Otto Lamm, Lake
Madison and Washington loop road;
George e. Black, Good Thunder and
Garden City loop road by the Rapi-
dan dam; Erick A. Engwalson, St.
Clair road; Thomas J. McGovern,
Lake Crystal road; John Nyquist,
Oshawa and Nicollet roads; Charles
L. Taylor. st. Peter main road; John
H. Macbeth, South Bend and Judson
roads; R. F. Neubert, Pohl road. The
remaining roads will be divided
among the other committee members,
H. H. Perrin and A. e. Quimby.
The secretary of the clubs reported
that, following the request of the
committees at their last meeting, he
had written to prominent good roads
men in the various towns between
Mankato and Minneapolis on the val
ley scenic highway, and had asked
them to take steps to see that this
main highway be kept in the pink
of condition during the coming sea-
son. He had heard from Senator H =.
N. Benson of st. Paul. The steep
hill north of LIE Sueur is being avoid
ed by the new road that is being con
structed up ravine near by, giving
a road with maximum grade of only
three and one-half per cent. The
present hill has maximum grade of
nine per cent.
Leo Landkamer. having resigned his
position on the Automobile club
good roads committee. because OF
lack of time to attend to the work
President Taylor has named as his
successor R. f. Neubert.