New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-05-11
THEY STRAINED At A GAAT.
Aldermen Able to Dodge DEPOSIT
tory Issue.
Find Technically to Prevent Nam
ing City Bank.
New Prague Miller Asks Very
Suggestive Question.

i
ted bids for the city depository to the
aldermen at their meeting last night
| Both the Citizens and the Brown
County asked for the municipal funds
but the State did not enter the lists. it
contending that none of the banks
could be legally named. President
Eckstein and Cashier Pfaender were
on hand, however, and the bearing of
the former was almost triumphant.
Events proved that his confidence in
his powers was not over estimated.
When the bids were opened it was.
4 found that the Brown County agreed
to pay per cent on deposits, charge
| 7 on overdrafts and 6 on straight
| loans, while the Citizens offered 81 on
deposits, with charge of 5 per cent
on loans. Mr.. Eckstein informed the
council that as a stakeholder of the
| Citizens was member of the board of
public works and therefore a city Of
fcer, that institution was barred.
Cashier Pfaender recited the history
of last years depository deal, saying
that the city attorney had ruled at that
time that none of the banks could be
legally designated.
"Why didn't the city attorney adj
wise against the legality of the pur-
chase of coal from Mr.. Nagel?" asked
Mayor Silverson, and continuing said:
"Gentlemen, you will have to get
some backbone into this matter. This
is simply a scheme to get the money
into the State bank and the thing for
you to do is to accept the offer that is
: best for the city. If it isn't legal, let
them bring suit and we will make a
test case of it.
''That matter was never submitted
for my opinion, y cried Attorney Eek.
stein. ssWhen they asked me, [ told
them they could not contract with city
officers.
'You should have given your opin.
ion without being asked, replied the
mayor.
An attempt was made to get prom.
Use from the State bank people that
they would pay as much as the best
offer, but this was futile; they intimat
ing that they would pay 3 and charge
6. Aid. Flor's motion to reject the
: bids, made earlier, then carried, ano
the aldermen declined to consider {
suggestion from the mayor that they
appoint committee and find which
bank would do the best.
A petition from a number of South
Broadway residents asking to have
!. their sidewalks reduced from s to
: feet in width was refused and long
list of walks reported by Street Com
missioner Klotz were condemned AMI
ordered replaced before Sept. /.
Aid. Gieseke submitted a report o
the special committee in the Schillins
: affair, which exonerated the clerk 70
!. not reporting the assessment but crit
cised his keeping the accounts in tn
record of the board of public works
n The three unrecorded graves were ex
cused as an oversight and the com
mittee reported having found a pr
vate memorandum of the stone trans
action. 1t was stated that while ne
I. system was advisable, the lack {
: funds made it necessary to continu
with the present system, but in th
matter of an expert accountant, whic
n was agreed upon Saturday night, tn
N report had evidently been expungee
"a as no mention of one was made.
Aid. Gieseke introduced resoll
~ ton to the effect that all work in COZ
N nection with the lighting station here
~ ~ tofore done by the clerk should /
rs done at the plant and it was adopted
q q Mayor Silverson presented a lette
y from A. F. Bean, a miller of Ne
rs Prague, in which the latter asked *
T. information. He stated that the Lal
& Bodley Engine company was e.
J. deavoring to sell a machine to Il
= proposed municipal plant at Ne
1 Prague and that they were using the
New Ulm contract as an argumen
They said, he wrote, that New VI
paid them 81, 600 more for their engil
than other types could have bet
bought for, and he wanted to know
the claims were true.
Pres. Eibner Indignantly denied Il
implied charges and requested Il
privilege of answering the letter, While
was readily granted by the mayor.
The application of Wenzel Sittau
for liquor license on State sire
was brought up. Pres. Eibner spol
: against its passage and reminded Il
council of the protests which had BET
| received but the aldermen ignored hi
i and granted the request.
| Two Paid Fines
In a difference of opinion at 10
i Shumcker's Sunday night Hem