New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-20
Successful Junket- Trip to Wat
ertown & Aberdeen S. d. Com
mittee is Favorably Impressed
with Gas Plants and City AT.
fairs in Dakota Towns.
Official Trip.

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Buenger, president of the city council,
returned last Friday evening from a
very successful and, what appears to
be, instructive tour to Watertown &
Aberdeen S. D. They went on a
junket-tour to investigate gas plants
OF other cities and inquire into the
manner in which these plants are
handled by the city government of
those localities. Every member ex-
presses himself as very much pleased
with what was seen and heard, and,
40 doubt, the knowledge thus gathered
will eventually be Incorporated in the
franchise, that is asked by Mr.. Erich,
the promoter Of the proposed New
| Ulm plant. Our city fathers we're
treated with the utmost courtesy by the
respective mayors and city officials
and had no trouble in gaining all &
| any desired informations. Since
seeing other cities and personally OBJ
serving the great advantages that gas
plants bring to a community, our
| council men seem to be all the more
anxious for New Ulm to secure a gas
plant and in doing so place our city
right in line with all progressive cities
in the Northwest. Another committee
to be appointed by President Buenger
will in the near future likely this
week-visit some Minnesota cities, S UGH
as Rochester, Owatonna, Albert Lea
and Faribault.
Speaking about the visit of this
official trip to Aberdeen, Daily News
of that city says. ..-.
A party of New Ulm, MIMI, city
officials are in Aberdeen today on an
official trip of inspection. In the par
ty are Mayor j. P. Graft, L. J. Buen-
ger, president of the New Ulm council;
A. j. Meyer, W. H. Gieseke and
Theodore Mueller, the last four all
being members of the city council,
/ This afternoon Mayor Aldrich ac-
companied the party on tour of the
city pointing out the principal objects
of interest in Aberdeen, the tour being
made in L. J. Swanson's automobile.
The main object of the visit is to in
spect the gas plant here, the party
visiting several cities to look at such
plants. New, Ulm is now lighted by
municipal electric plant, but agitation
for gas plant is under way whether
to be owned by the city or privately is
not yet determined.
The visitors one and all were great
ly taken with the appearance of Aber-
deem and stated they were surprised
indeed to find such busy, metropoli-
tan place, in many ways far ahead of
their city which antedates Aberdeen
by many years. The management of
the municipality greatly interested
them and they entered intox consider
able discussion of city government.
The Daily Public Opinion of Water
town, S. d.:
Attracted by the wide reputation of
the Watertown Gas company's plant
for good light at low cost, party of
city officials from New Ulm, Mimi,
comprising j. P. Graf, mayor; Z. j.
Buenger, president of the council,
and three aldermen Theodore Muel-
Ter, W. H. Gieseke and A. J. Meyer
is in the city today looking over the
local plant. New Ulm is contem-
plating either granting franchise to
a company or installing a municipal
plant IN the near future, and the
officials came tc Watertown because
it was learned that Watertown had
one of the best plants in the northwest.
In charge of II. S. Fletcher, the
party was taken over the plant, every
detail explained, as we'll as many
ideas given as to how the plant will be
operated when the new equipment is
installed.
City Clerk W. M. lSchoenberger took
charge OF the party for three hours
this morning, taking the men over the
city, and showing them the different
industries and plants which make
Watertown 'sThe Live City,
This afternoon the party is taking
trip around Lake Kampeska.
Mr.. Graft this morning stated that
Watertown is all right. 'You GER
tainly have dandy little city. You
have many nice homes and your bust
ness men are most agreeable. It does
a person good to get a cordial re-
ception when he comes on mission
such as ours has been. =
The party has been at Aberdeen,
and expects to visit Brookings and
Huron before returning.
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