New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1895-12-11
GOOD LONG SESSION
The City Council Kent Very Busy Last
Week Transactlng Important Business s

a regular meeting OF the city coun-
Gil was held on the evening Of Decem-
Der 3rd. All members were present and
President Klossner occupied the chair.
The minutes of the last regular meeting
of November 9Th and also Of the adj
journed meeting of Nov. 21st were read
and approved.
The clerk reported that the city treas
urer had returned the warrants, placed
in his hands for the collection of assess
ments for grading, graveling, curbing,
guttering, sewering and laying cross
walks on Minnesota Street, for grading,
graveling and boulevarding German
Street and for sprinkling Minnesota
Street for the season of 1895, all of
which were dated October 18th, 1895,
aud Herewith a report showing the
amounts paid and the amounts delin.
quent and the printers affidavit of his
official notice.
On motion his report was accepted
and ordered filed. a special assess
ment ordered for the amount found to
be still due on said warrants and the
proper officers directed to make and en-
ter assessment rolls as required by the
charter for that purpose.
The street commissi oner presented his
report of the work done during the past
season and also his report on amount Of
polltax paid over or worked out.
He also made a report of the sidewalks
he had repaired with description of the
abutting property and the cost of the re-
pairs. Both reports were accepted and
regarding the latter an assessment roll
was ordered. entered, levying an assess
ment against the several parcels of land
described in the report and for the cost
of the repairs,
A report of the Chief Engineer of the
Fire Department, the semi-annual report
of the Fire Marshal, the quarterly report
of the late City justice, Albert Blanchard,
and the monthly police reports were pre-
sented, read and placed on file.
The Committee on Parks reported con-
corning the application Of Geo. Graft
and Henry Koehler and recommended
that that part of the application relating
to leasing part of North German Park
be granted as requested for the tenn of
twenty five years and for an annual rent
al fee of 81, payable annually III advance
provided that the said parties fully CON-
ply with the promises made in the appli-
cation. The committee further recon-
mended that in the matter of Alfred Vo-
gels petition to lease part of North Ger
man Park, the petition be granted as re-
quested for the term of ten years at an
annual rental of $100,to be paid quarter
ly in advance.
On motion the report was accepted
and the proper officers directed to exc
cute the lease as above recommended if
by the above named parties.
The council then took up the petition
of the Minneapolis, New Ulm & South
western Railroad Company and others
for vacating certain parts of streets and
street crossings as more fully described
in said petition. The printers affidavit
of the publication Of the notice given
was presented, read and ordered filed and
after lengthy discussion and careful con-
it was on motion resolved to
lay the petition over for further consid-
Grafton until Wednesday evening at o.
clock.
The committee on water works pre-
sented Ordinance No. 46 relating to wat
er rates by meter and after reading and
careful consideration the same was by
unanimous consent put on final passage
and carried by the following vote: Vot-
ing aye, Councillors Brust, Boesch, Ru
delphi, Schmidt, Zieher and Mr.. Presi-
dent; voting nay, none.
The clerk was then ordered to file the
same and if approved by the mayor to
have the same properly published in the
Official paper of the city.
Councillor Schmidt then presented Or
dinance No. AZ, an ordinance relating tn
the Minneapolis, New Ulm and South
western Railroad Co.. but after reading
the same it was laid over until the next
meeting for second reading.
On motion it was resolved that all
water consumers, paying meter rent, be-
come owners of the meters as soon as
their rent reaches the cost of the meter
with the interest of ten per cent added
annually to the balance left over the rent
paid for said meter.
It was also resolved that the snecia1