New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-04-13

of the city at large, and the property
! owners benefited by the sewers. In most
cities, the city at large pays a larger
proportion of the cost than 25 per cent.
Twenty-Five per cent barely pays the
expense of tie sewers through public
property. In this case it would not, for
there is a whole block in the park
chargeable to the city. Generally speak
ing, it would; but it would be so mani
testify unjust to ask residents having no
business property and living outside OF
the business portion of the city to pay
for sewers that they cannot use that your
committee feels that it would be better
to err in the direction of making the ci-
ty pay too little than too much.
What May Be Done.
In short, the above plan means that
property owner, along the line of sewer
age suggested, would be called upon to
pay at the rate of $6s per lot Of SO feet,
in three installments of $22.67 each.
If majority of these property own
ers signify their willingness to do this,
the Board of Public Works would re-
commend the improvement and the
council undoubtedly vote accordingly.
The report of the committee was there
fore adopted and on motion of Mr.. Lien
hard committee of three was appoint
ed to ascertain how many of the proper
ty owners were favorable to the plan
and willing to subscribe for scrip.
President Bobleter appointed as this
committee: DR.. Strickler, Chas. stuebe
and G. A. Gttomeyer.
AS soon as they have ascertained the
sentiment of the property owners they
will report to the city council.
The Tramp Problem.
The committee appointed to suggest a
plan for the handling of tramps submit
ted the following:
"The city council shall provide suita-
BILE signs on all the principal roads lead
ing into the city, notifying tramps that
they cannot receive food or anything else
in this city except for money or work.
"The city council shall publish re-
quest to citizens not to support any
tramp with victuals, clothing or money
under any circumstances.
| "Further,, the city council shall pro-
vide work by. which tramp may be en-
abled to earn enough to secure one or
two meals and one nights lodging, but
no more. .5-.| r.+
"For this purpose, the city council
shall make arrangements with seeond-
class hotels and boarding houses to feed
and lodge tramps in decentymanner for
a reasonable compensation.
"In order to provide for the work
above referred to, tie committee sug-
gests the following:
"The city council shall purchase one
or more carloads of cordwood, have the
same delivered at convenient place,
have a number of saws and other neces-
sary utensils for saving the same, and
engage suitable person to supervise the
work and the distribution of meal and
lodging tickets and the sale of the sawed
wood.
'Under this plan the taxpayers would
only have to bear the expense of man
to superintend the work, the wood it
self easily selling to the consumer at as
much above the usual price as the saw
ing is worth to anybody.
cit is possible that the park police
could be made use of in connection with
this plan, but that should be left to the
Judgment of the council.''
The committee who prepared this re-.
port consisted Of Peter Scherer, Rev.
johnson and A. 81. Lienhard, and the
Union, upon motion of MI. Lind, adopt
ed it UNANIMOUSLY.
No Aid For Omaha.
A communication from the secretary
Of the commission, appointed by Gov.
Clough, to arrange for Minnesota ex-
Ihibit at Omaha, was read, but failed to
create sufficient interest to warrant ac-
tion. The communication asked for the
guarantee Of S24O as Brown county's
share in the sum needed, but, nothwith-
standing tile sum was small, the opinion
prevailed that expositions were of alto
gether too frequent occurrence and that
as rule it was bad policy to tie down
Legislators in this way to vote in favor Of
large appropriations. The communica-
ton was therefore laid on the table, and
if Brown county does anything in the
matter It will have to be done Through