New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-05
PLAN TO BEAUT|FY new .ULM
Park Boulevards to Adorn Broad
way and Centre Streets.
Fountains and Statues Part OF
the General Plan.
Cost to be Paid From Private Sub.
scriptiOns.

New Ulm is pretty city. It can be
made even more so.
Two of it's streets, Broadway and
Centre, are fine thoroughfares, broad
and well-kept. They can easily be
made to rank among the finest drive
ways in the state.
Looking up Centre from Minnesota
or along Broadway from the south
end of town one can readily see the
possibilities. Fine park boulevards
could be placed between the cross
streets without in the least affecting or
interfering with traffic. Monuments,
statues or fountains could be placed
at all street intersections. On Broad
way this scheme could be carrie out un-
til the street from the new pc stoffice to
Hunters Rest would be one long stretch
of flower gardens, trees, grottoes and
heroic figures. In time, Centre Street
from the Indian Monument to Her
mans Park could be made beautiful
maui.
Ever since there was a prospect of
having the new public building on
Broadway this plan of street improve
ment has been agitated, and during
the week at least one of our citizens
has been particularly active. He h S
discussed the matter with the mayor
and that official has promised to give
his aid. The matter will be laid before
the council and that body asked to CO.
soperate, at least to the extent of author
ing the appointment of a park and
monument commission to canvass the
Hsituation and prepare definite plans.
u AS to the funds required for such an
undertaking there is feeling among
1 the promoters that the money can east
& ly be raised by popular su Inscription.
1 Last night F. w. Johnson laid the
project before the city council and it
seemed to meet with immediate ap-
prevail. At any rate resolution was
. unanimously adopted authorizing the
] mayor to appoint boulevard COM
. mission of five members, the mayor to
be a member of this commission.
From now on the Review would be
pleased to receive comments and sug-
gestions from citizens generally on the
plan and it's development. The fol-
lowing are sample sentiments expressed
by callers at this office:
Einar Hoidale: ST believe that the
city should have a boulevarded street
which would be source of pride to it's
inhabitants. We now have reputa-
ton as a beautiful residence city, and
it would be we'll to forge along on this
line. It can be done at small expense
and will bring large returns.
A. j. Alvin: I am glad that this
matter is being brought to public
notice. Broadway and Centre streets,
by reason of their extraordinary
width, are ideally adapted for just
such plan of Identification as you
propose. Moreover, our city has
always been, and is today, a more or
less celebrated place. People from
far and wide like to come here. They
have heard of it's traditions and they
have been told of it's natural beauty
We should seek to maintain this
prominence among strangers, and by
identifying our streets in some such
manner as you suggest we would ado
to our own enjoyment of New Ulm a
the same time that we advertised ou1
community abroad. I certainly favol
the proposed movement and wish i
every success.
Albert Steinhauser: But very few
cities have then atural advantages TO
Identification that New Ulm possesses
1t has always been source of regre
to me that no steps have been takel
SO far to beautify the city along tn
lines suggested and make it the mos
attractive in the whole state. 1 az
heartily in accord with any movemen
which has for it's object the improve
ment of New Ulm's streets, bouleva ard
and parks.
II h,,:1fc