The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-05-27
LIFT BURDEN OF PAVING
Relief For Street Car Com
pany Favored
COUNCIL HAS MATTER
Mass Meeting With Aldermen
Held Last Night; City
Business


at mass meeting at the city hall al
most unanimously " favor of exempt
ing the Mankato Electric Traction
Company for paving assessments be-
tween the rails of their tracks, and
the members of the city council now
have the matter under cons Iteration
and will report at the next meeting
of the council. Petitions have been
filed by the Minnesota Pipe & Tile
Company, and the Carney Cement
Company asking that the street car
company be aided in every way so
that it can keep operating. These
companies stated that the car line is
an absolute necessity to great many
laboring men in going to and from
their work. The Journeymen and
boss BARRIERS union also presented
resolutions asking that the Mankato
Electric Traction company be exempt
ed from the burdens of assessment
for pavement along its right of way
in West Mankato, so that it can keep
in operation and thus afford laboring
men an opportunity to ride to and
city: This resolution was presented
union.
M,v,r n.,.h
go" ss W waiter.
AT the opening OF the meeting
Mayor w. A. Beach brought up the
matter of whether or not the street
car company would be assessed for
paving along its right Of way between
the rails. He said that it is a well
known fact that the company had not
been making money. If the com
xvy< Co. Il
ment for paving along the right m
way in West Mankaro, II woi,td Ia
forced to cease Operations, and mr.,
ably go into bankrIntcy 1T is tsi,a
that the present Franchise calls IS
the street car comnany narina
a an Of the san same anu b,,t ~ wbaa l
CITY wishes to hold the conansn4
those reenlations undey tho 90,
lpreserf filla1,ci
snaestion for the paonIf 4 Is - Nc
G. w. Eichsteadf. one OF $50 &; =; 81
side residents said that he xrezs y Z 81.
ing to pay1for his share Of thS 3
there were people in West s-aat
who would object to that. He tnc Is
that probably a good way Of gctti.9
around this would be To nav for r.,
paving tetween the rats nv the civ
at large, or from the gene1si fund Of
the city. He said that he wanted tho
paving, and also wanted tho street
There might be some OBJECTIONS to
his plan. hut he said that the civ
had made. improvements in mast wears
in the face of iniunctions.
,obn n ou,ns on,,, m.
SN"e |'o'cS "'ose
John u. Quane was inclined to
throw MONKEY wrench INTO the gear
SeperaI Mahager A; Mueller or the
Mankato Electrlc traction Company
mao IN a former statement said That
the construction or a street car line s
past CITY properly enhances the Value
OF tne same: ne salq -tnat II mad
increased ms taxes; lie dld not
mink II fair TO ASK Ior exemptions
'iem ol tine had dd hat bne
car colnpany naa aaue1 put Huie
extra equlpment. MI. Quane sald
tnat tne properly owners IN the north
eno OF the CITY are now paying nlgn
taxes ana the street Car company Z
sh0uid pay It's snare.
LII. y. w. Andrews SAID that wniie
ne SAT ana iis!eneo 70 the. discus
SONS hank o Ne tb oaiS S;s no. heoP gut Inlnk
oack over the history or lne street )
car nnes IN ManKato. several years
hsu. h,,t asta CO. r,,n r e. sS.aoii ..l
II had to cease onerations nwing 70
fbe fact that II nroved not to he
having nronosition Then the neon,a
Secane very anxious to have an eIens
tr;c car line The nresent aiectr;c
street oar line was Iargeiv hronabt
ahont tbronoh the efforts of TT y
Hance II IS annarent To every one
that tbe street oar comnany l. MT
making money This civ Can not
AFFORD to he without a car iina laid
ont az II 10 over stretch nf naa ariu
four miies in length ~ the noronany
can NOT make If nav snffic;entiy ~
do the having asked For then there Il
one alternative and that is that the
cnmnanv and aid IN evary I ,no, " ,o oe
sihla nr hnSrews said that ho Ala
not tbint that fhare was pnan IN
Mankato with anv civic nride wbn