New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-01-14
What VIII He Do with 1T

1dE Or0lnary OF D0OlY county II IN
q ludicrous predicament. Some time
since, becoming alarmed at the confa-
grafton that destroyed the Courthouse
Of Worth County, together with the
records, he purchased of q Northern
firm q safe sufficient to accommodate
the books and archives of his own coun-
ty. The safe is about six feet deep,
ten feet high. and ten feet long, re-
sembling very much 0ne-half of q
freight-car, weighs some nine thousand
pounds, and is entirely fre-proof. 1t
was delivered month since in Monte.
yuma, about twenty miles from Wen
ma, its destination. How to transport
it over these remaining miles of hill and
dale at once became the popular co.
nundrum. ~.-.. 49,
A contractor was found, however,
who, for and in consideration of the
sum of $3.50, agreed to undertake the
job, and week since, after infinite Ia
Dor, it was gotten on four wheels and
drawn by twelve undiscovered out
of Montezuma in good order. Some
three miles out the safe got tired of
riding, and sat down to rest. Since
that time it has remained in the pub
lie road, the vehicles passing having
to take the woods. In spite of repeat
ed efforts, no human power has yet
succeeded in budging it an inch. The
concern still occupies the road, looking
in the distance like q dismounted pho
tograph gallery.
Agreeable to the popular will, three
Commissioners were appointed. it
seems, to take charge of the affair;
these Commissioners have issued cir
cular dated Headquarters of the
Dooly County Safe" in which q re-
ward of 800 is offered for any plan
suggested by which the concern can
be moved to Its destination at q small
cost.
Your correspondent visited the scene
q day or two since, and was received
with much courtesy by the Chairman
of the Committee, whom he found
asleep inside, was shown the various
plans which had been so far submitted,
together with the answers and objec-
tions which had been attached and
filed preparatory to report. Acopy
of these answers is hereby submitted;
perhaps some one else can come to the
rescue:
II. LEvELHEAD, ESQ. -PLANI.
Build railroad from tho safe to Vienna"
!, This proposition, while practical. is not, We
think, advisable; it would add about 500, 600 to
the original cost, and make the safe worth more
than the county; the safe is for the county, not
(Signed] COMMISSIONERS
R. G. wATERHoUsE-PLAN NO. 2.
Dig canal and float her OUT
I host Re ef Be.des
is uphill all the way, and it is about as easy to
run the safe up as the water.
[Signed] COMMISSIONERS.
., TRIP LIGHTLY, EsQ.-P1AN NO. 8.
. Make supcmer resort out OF it, and apply
the revenue derived toward the purchase Of an
E ss9 ssGGpty don't want anotss sns;
B. RoUNDTREE, 7. T. THOMAS SIMULTANEOUSLY
RECElvED)-PLANs NOS. 4 and 5.
Move Vienna up to the safe"
The Commissioners thought of this plan, which
fatal objection is that the Court House of DooIy
would then be over in Macon County; this would
be an unequal distribution of Court Houses and
[Signed] COMMISSIONERS.
,,. E. BRILLIANT, Eso-PLAN NO. G..
Zig up balloon containing thirty thousand
se &c oa sGR L the ga: and with block and
The Com r never thought of this before,
Ess some good points: The chief objection
seems TO be the Lack of the amount of silk and
knowledge Of how far up the safe will 60 when
It starts. There is an uncertainty. also, of how
far down it will come when it descends; if any
thing happens, It seems to us that a safe of this
description falling. couple of miles would
shoot the islands of Polynesia into eternity
!ieve that the Chinese should CO." We don't
[Signed] COMMISSIONERS,
F: NOsEGAY, EsQ.-PIAN MOI.
t1t up the concern with g boiler and smoke.
stack and run it as a road wagon"
We don't think the plan will work; the ma
chine wouldn't hold steam enough to move it:
besides, burglar could at any time afterwaxd
come dowR the smoke-stack and steal tho
stcnlVes' [Slgned.l CoMMIssION11s.
These are all the returns received up
to date. In the meantime the Commits
sioners reside in the safe and pass the
time playing old sledge or fishing in
the neigh boring creeks. 1t is now be-
lieved that an effort will be made at
tho next meeting of the Legislature to
change the county line so as to include
the safe in Dooly; in which event Plan
No. 4 and S will be adopted, and Vien-
ma moved up to the safe.-Atlamta
(Ga.) Dispatch.