New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1892-03-09
DOINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL,
They Pass Resolutions Establishing
a Cemetery Trust Fund.
State Street to be Boulevarded and
Supplied with Sidewalks
and Trees
Another Deep Well to be Sunk at
the Pumping Station.

Une evening VI MdlCll olu. AL ue1l-
bers were present excepting President
Koch and in the latter's absence Coun-
Gilman Roos acted in the capacity of
presiding officer.
Early in the evening E. G. Wheeler
appeared and argued in favor of num-
boring the city. The matter was consid-
cred for shorS space of time and as a
result of the councils deliberations, Mr..
Wheeler was officially authorized to
plat and number the town under the
supervision of City Clerk Schilling, the
pla.s of course to be and remain the
property of the city when completed.
Mr.. Wheeler was also given permission
to sell rum bers to those who wish to
buy providing that the city as copora-
ton be at no expense for plating and
numbering.
Building permits were then granted
to Louis Buenger and Otto Pless, and
in this connection motion was intro
duced and carried providing that here
after the sum of SIS be deducted from
the monty salary of the city marshal
for each and every building or structure
erected, built, moved or repaired with
in the fire limits without permit from
the council.
AT this juncture report from the
special committee On the Cemetery
Trust Fund was presented and growing
out of it was the passage of the follow
ing resolution: That there is hereby
created fund to be known as the
"Cemetery Trust Fund.- to be derived
from deposits made by persons for the
purpose of having the city, through its
officers, care for, ornament and protect
in the future the graves of deceased
persons, or cemetery lots in the public
cemetery OF this city; that deposits
On account of said fund shall be
made to and be received by the
city clerk, who shall give proper
receipts therefor and turn the money
over to the city treasurer. the deposits
being in the sum of $50 for one grave
and the sum of 800 for whole lot;
that proper accounts be kept of said
trust fund by the accounting officers of
the city, showing at all times the
amount in said fund when and from
whom received and the animal expendi-
lures made by reason thereof in pursu-
ance of these resolutions by the city
city through its proper officers; further
that the city through its proper officers
undertake to protect, scare for and or
nahent the grave of such deceased por.
son or the whole cemetery lot, as the
case may be in the puclic cemetery of
this city in the future in the best posi-
BILE manner, expendlng thereof an
amount equal to reasonable and fair
interest valuation of the trust fund de-
posted, and keep the original fund at
all times intact.
The clerk was ordered 10 give proper
notice that at the next charter election
of the city TO be held on the first Tues
day being the fifth day of April, the
following officers are to be elected:
mayor, city clerk, city treasurer, two
city justices, two constables and one
councillor for each ward. Judges 81
election were appointed as follows:
First ward, G. L. Roos, VIM. Frank and
Jos. A. Eckstein; Second ward, Jos.
Schumacher, Frank Schubert and Theo.
Crone; Third ward. E. G.. Koch, VIM.
pfaender and Louis Schilling,
The clerk then presented and read
the proceedings of the Board of Public
Works of March End last, relating 10
different improvements for the year
1892 and referred to them by the city
council on February End, and also the
plat establishing the grade of the street
on the city limits from Broadway to the
new bridge at Beussmann's crossing,
which plat, after.correction, was adopted
and the improvements ordered made.
The clerk was instructed to advertise
for bids for grading said street, bids TO be
received up to o'clock p. M. of March
Oath at the city clerks office.
The Improvement of Front Street
from Centre Street south to CORTLAND
Street by taking out the stones and hav-
ing the same put in a passable condi-
ton and likewise Broadway from Goth
North TO the city limits having been re-
commended by the Board of Public
Works was ordered to be made under
the direction of the committee on streets
The matter of laying sidewalks as
recommended by the Board as we'll as
the grading of German Street with the
petition relating thereto was laid over
for further consideration at a future
meeting. So also was the petition of