New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1895-04-24
PROCEEDINGS.
OFFICIAL
Of the Adjourned Council Meeting Held
Last Tuesday Evening.

Last Tuesday Evening.
An adjourned meeting of the city
council of the city of New Ulm was held
on the evening Of April 18th, 1895, at
the call of the president.
All members were present, and Presi-
dent Klossner was in the chair.
The president stated that the object
of the meeting was for the transaction
of general business.
On motion the council then levied a
poll tax of one days work on all per-
| sons liable therefor. ~..~~.. g.
On motion the Chief of the Fire De-
partment was authorized to procure for
the use of the Department one Cooper
Hose Jacket. .-l..F -. =. .
Mr.. Heideman being present called
the attention of the council to the reso-
luton passed by them at the last regu-
lar meeting, relative to the erection Of a
/ passenger depot inithis city, and stated
! that the wording of :: certain portion of
the resolution might be construed to
mean negligence of duty on his part.
Whereupon it was resolved that the
words, land the platform and the rooms
partitioned off from the freight house for
the accommodation of passengers are at all
times foul and tilthy," wherever they ap-
pear on record, should be struck from
the said proceedings and that the clerk
should refrain from forwarding a copy
of the said resolution to the railway and
warehouse commissioners until ordered
so to do. On motion the following res
olution was then introduced and adopted :
To the President of the Chicago & North
western Railroad Company:
Sir:-The City Council of the
City Of New Tim presents to your con-
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facts
The CITY of :. New Ulm, located in
Brown county in the State of Minnesota,
has a population Of upwards of 5000.
The city has one railroad, the Winona &
St. Peter division of the Chicago &
Northwestern Railway Company's sys-
tenn, which passes through the city from
east to west, the station of which is To-
Gated about four squares distant from
the business centre Of the city.
By reason of it's mills and other indus
tries, and it's large trade and traffic, the
annual freight and passenger receipts of
your system at the station of New Ulm ex-
coed one-quarter million dollars and have
exceeded that amount for several years
back. Nevertheless, your company, in
utter disregard of the safety and convent
ence of the people Of our city, has neg
lected to erect or maintain proper pas
senger depot or station building in this
city. The only structure maintained by
your company for the handling of its
large freight and passenger 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 be-
tween the. main track on the southwest
and spur track on the northeast. The
east end of this structure has been
roughly partltioned off into waiting
rooms. one of which is designed for men
and the other for women, the one for
men being ID feet and 1 inches in width
and 10 feet and 3 inches in length.
the one for women being of the same
length and IA 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,
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platform extends around the freight
house, 10 feet towards the main track
and feet towards the SUR track. The
platform is usually covered with
freight so that it is difficult for persons
arriving on the trains or desiring to take
passage to pass to and fro. More than
fifty persons arrive and depart frcm
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 your trains or take
passage thereon. It is inaccessible ex-
cept by crossing the main track and the
op,r tracks and said spur tracL<c