New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-02-11
A BUSY COUNCIL SESSION.
The City Fathers Determine to Hold
the Bond Election in Conjunction
with the General Spring
Election.
The Waterworks, Street and Park
Committees Offer Some Valuable
Suggestions on Much.needed
improvements.
The State Legislature is Asked to
Appropriate $1,000 for the
Protection Of the Sioux
Monument.

On Tuesday of last week the council
held one of its most interesting sessions.
The first thing 10 come up for consider.
alton was a report from the clerk to the
effect that Judge Weber had appointed
Andrew J. Eckstein as a member of the
Board of Public Works to succeed Alex
ander Berghold, who has resigned, and
that Eckstein had accepted of the posi-
ton and qualified. The report was &C.
cepted, and the council then settled
down to a discussion of the pro-
posed bond election. The act passed
by the legislature and approved on the
29th day of January, relating to the is
suance of 1910 in bonds in aid of the
ST. Paul, New Ulm & Southwestern Rail
way Company was read and ordered
hled, and Alderman Roos, IN the inter-
ests of economy, moved that the ques-
ton of issuing the bonds be submitted to
| the qualified voters Of the city at the
next charter election to be heldApril 9TH
1891. The reason given was that the
question could be voted on at that time
without any extra expense to the city,
whereas special election would entail
a cost of from one to two hundred dol
lars. Alderman Pfaender offered an
amendment, providing for special cleo
ton, but, as it received no second, the
motion was carried, the vote being as
follows: Yeas, : Schumacher, Roos and
Stuebe; Nays; Pfacnder.
This disposed of, the report Of the
committee, appointed to revise the city
charter was listened to. Several amend
ments were proposed in the report, and.
after considering them carefully, the
council determined to accept of them,
and instructed the CLERK to send GER
tilted copy thereof to the senator and
representative from this district with
the request that they make an effort to
have them passed by the legislature.
On motion of Alderman Pfaender this
request was followed up with another,
asking our senator and representative
to use all honorable means to secure an
appropriation from the legislature in
the sum of 1880 for the completion
and proper protection of the Sioux mas
sacre monument, erected by the state in
this city.
The rest of the evening was occupied
in overhauling a bunch Of committee
reports. The waterworks committee
suggested an extension of the water
mains from the pumping station to
Front Street and from that point on
Front Street to Third North Street; also
an extension on Valley Street from First
North to Fourth South; on State Street
to Second South and Sixth North; and
On Minnesota Street to Fourth South
and Fifth North. They also suggested
that State and Minnesota Streets be con-
nected by a main on Second South
Street and also by one on Fourth North
Street, all the mains to be provided with
proper hydrants. gates and specials,
placed as in the present system.
The committee on streets proposed
that State Street be graded from Second
South Street to Seventh North, and
that a new street be opened, commence
ing at 10th North, near and opposite
the intersection Of jefferson Street on
Outlots 113, 100, IS and 81 and running
along Outlets lip, 1O1, "a and Sc
across Outlet 80 50 as to intersect with
the Milford road.
The committee on PARKS with the
view OF Keeping our parks in respect.
{ able condition, called in their report for
an appropriation of $500 with which to
make necessary improvements in North
German Park. To warrant such a de.
mand, the report sets forth the necessity
OF laying four inch pipe through the
+ park, from 1st North to 3rd North
), Streets, supplied of course with suff
cent number of hydrants for sprinkline
purposes; also the need for fountain
and OF draining certain portions Of the
park and of keeping it in. trim during
the coming year.
!, The recommendations of all the com.
mittees We're finally referred to the
Board of Public Works for investigation
and an early report to the council upon
the necessity and cost of the improve.
t ments suggested, and as to the proper.
, ton OF the expense that should be
bourne by the city and abutting proper.
j ty respectively.
t The clerk was authorized to issue
: warrants not exceeding 800 for bill.
t presented during any one month on The
: order Of any Of the council committee.
: if duly certified BY the proper commit
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