New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1895-04-10
NEW ULM NEEDS IT BA DLY,

4 therefore, tAe new l0uncll makes the FRO
per Move.
The State Railroad Commissioners Urged
to- Takea Hand .
A Resolution that States the Matter
Clearly
At the first meeting Of the new coun-
ell last evening resolution was intro
duced which touches upon New Ulm's
great ueed for a suitable depot. It is
addressed to the State Board of Railroad
and Warehouse Commissio and reads
as follows:
The city council Of the City of New
Ulm presents to your honorable body
the following statement of facts
The City Of New Ulm, located in
Brown county in the State Of Minnesota
has Population#of upwaris Of 5000;
the city has one railroad, the Winona
q St. Peter division of the Chicago s.
Northwestern Railway Company's sys-
tenn, which passes through thecity from
east to west, the station Of which is To-
Gated about four squares distant from
the business centre Of the city. By rea-
son OF Its large trade and. traffic, the an
nual freight and passenger receipts of
! the Chicago and Northwestern~ Railway
Company at the station of New Ulm ex-
ceed one-quarter million dollars and have
exceeded that amount fer several years
back. Nevertheless, the company, in.
ter disregard of the safety and conven-
ience of the people of our city, hastre-
fused and neglecteca-o erect or maintain
a proper passenger de pot or station
building in this city. The only structure
maintained by the railroad company for
the handling of it's large freight and pas
senger business in this city is low ,one-
story structure, used as freight house,
constructed of boards, SO feet and 6
inches in length by 80 feet and inches
in width, and located between the main
track on the south and a spur track on
the north. The east end of this structure
has been roughly. partitioned off iEto
waiting rooms, one of which is designed
for men and the other for women, the
cne for men being 13 feet and II inches
in width and 10 feet and 3 inches In
length and the one for women being of
the same length and ID feet in width.
Each of the rooms has three benches,
divided by rude iron fixtures into seats
and no other furniture or fixtures of any
kind, except a soft coal stove in the cen
tre. A platform extends around the
freight house, 10 feet towards the main
track and feet towards the spur track.
The platform is: usually covered with
freight SO that it is difficult for persons
arriving on the company's trains or de-
string to take passage to pass to and fro.
More than fifty persons arrive and depart
from New Ulm daily and frequently
twice that number. The freight building
is so utterly insufficient for the accomo.
dation of the passengers and the public
and the platform usually so crowded that
women and children cannot with safety
either alight from the company's trains
or take passage thereon. Il is inaccessi
BILE except by crossing the spur track
and that track is usually occupied b,
cars, leaving but small opening TO-
passage between them. No closets
washrooms or conveniences of any kint
are provided. A great deal OF stock i
shipped frem this point and the com
: pany maintains its steck-yards for swim
and neat cattle at a distance of abou
/ 100 feet from the depot. As result
! the air around the freight house Is for
. and polluted with stencil. and the plat
: form and the rooms partitioned off fro1
f the freight house for the accomodatio
of passengers are at all times foul an
filthy.
Inview of these facts, 81, ii resolve
! by the city council Of the city Of Ne
Ulm that the City Clerk forward to yor
!. Honorable body this statement, and it :
earnestly prayed that you proceed fortl
with to investigate the facts and ths
you require and compel the Chicago an
Northwestern Railway Company to COZ
struct and erect station house, reaso1
ably safe for the accommodations Of i
! business in this city, and one that wi
! afford the public some accommodation
0 and conyeniences and better security f
!: life and property .-
Among the Cycle 0ranks.