The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-04-18


arrived here at nine o'clock this
morning.
we're on st. Paul He asked Mr..
Soaring IL he thought the criticism Of
Chief ]. ]. O'Connor was justified, and
Mr.. Soaring replied that he was not
convinced that ST. Paul had been
guilty of the charges preferred.
Mayor Waters said he had dealt
with CHIEF OConnor and Captain of
Detectives George Wells, and he
thought both were fine men. He said
they stood ready to give cooperation
day or night and he felt the censure
Of the department was not justified.
DR.. j. w. Andrews stated he did not
like the idea of an organization to
censure st. Paul and he would not
like to have the Commercial club go
on record as taking such a step. On
| motion of Mayor Waters the whole
matter was referred to the CONNER
cial club executive committee. The
evident sentiment was that Mankato
| opposed any boycott or unjust critic
ism but Yves willing to cooperate for
protection and fighting against the
present wave of crime.
The Ice Situation.
President John r. Snow stated that
the ice situation in Mankato was fast
| becoming serious. He said that unless
something was done the city would
be without ice on July ]. President
Snow outlined the activities of the
club in trying to get an artificial plant
! here for the G. w. Miller Ice COM
pany. This plan had been abandoned
he said and Mr.. Miller will try and
import enough ice TO last through the
summer. q i
Such action will mean that everyone
| in Mankato must conserve their ice
as much as possible. campaign
will be carried out to impress the
people with the need for saving ice.
The following resolution. prepared by
l.. Salet, Jr., was read by the secre-
tary and unanimously adopted:
Whereas, the unprecedented mild
| ness Of the winter just past made it
impossible to harvest sufficient
amount of ice supply the ordinary
demand throughout the coming sum
| mer, and Ie
Whereas, it willqhe necessary to
import some ice at whatever price it
can be secured at which for the time
will raise the cost OF ice to the con-
| sumers and perhaps cause hardship,
both here-iand at the point of supply,
| therefore, be it
Resolved that the Mankato Com
mercial club strongly urges upon the
consumers of ice in this city the i'm
portance of making the present sup
ply last as. Rpg as possible, by or
dering the sl4Nflest. possible amount.
by avoiding wfste, and by such other
methods as VIII effectively cut down
the amount used"
Mayor Waters remarked that it
was good idea to conserve the ice
supply the city had but he thought
something should be done to stop the
Miller Ice company from filling refrig-
orator cars with ice TO be shipped out
of the city. a1s
'Ice has been shipped out for two
months past. Two cars went out to-
| day. If we are as short on ice as Mil
Ter says we are this should STOP
said the mayor
On motion of George NJ Palmer the
mayer WIS asked to see Mr. Miller
and see if the filling of refrigerator
cars could not be done somewhere
else.
Regarding Fire Apparatus.
Fire Chief benjamin j. Bangerter,
in attendance at the meeting, spoke
to the club on the new apparatus and
equipment needed by the Mankato
fire department and read the rec
concentrations he made for such
equipment. Chief Bangerter recon-
i, mened the expenditure of $4,000 to
100000 for new equipment for the de-
partment
Among the things he recommended
was ar aerial motor hook and lad
der truck, motor driven hose truck
with turret nozzle and increased pay
for the department with an Increased
number OF men at the station at all
times. Mr.. Bangerter stated these were
important matters which concerned
all the people of Mankato. r. asked
the cooperation of the businessmen,
remarking that there were two ways
to get the equipment one by propa-
ganda such as he was starting, the
o'ASi ~ AdNiHss a DlS IRE, ESdNy
property loss and possibly loss of life
1t was explained to the club by
Chief Bangerter that the ladder and
the hook and lader truck now owned
by TIE department were very made
quate and even unsafe. He told of
the rapidity with which an aerial hook
and ladder truck. could be operated.
Horses at the department, Chief
Bangerter said had reached an age
where they would very soon have to
be replaced. He recommended motor
equipment to replace them. motor
driven hose truck with turret noz-
zle being needed at once. Mr.. Ban
gerter said the chassis for standard
car could be purchased and the men
at the department would complete the
equipment as they did with the chemi-
cal truck.
Cnlef Bangerter compared the pay
or the Mankato department with that
OF Rochester and other cities. He also
stfonSly urged that large water mains
ior lire use only be laid in the al
ley along Front street so that the in
surance rates in the city be reduced
ana greater protection afforded.
W. ii. Andersen, assistant chief
spoke of the equipment and condi-
lions at the station. He told of the
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