New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1912-07-10
BILLS PRESENTED BY ALDER
MEN QUESTIONED
Discussion Of lllegality of Con
tracts Causes Excitement.
Routine Council Business.

Although, for the most part, only
routine business was transacted at the
last regular session of the city council,
few matters came up which put
enough ginger into the meeting to
make it interesting.
The first thing that cane up which
caused diversity of opinion was the
request presented by Messrs. Graf
Ochs and Stolz, committee of the
Junior Pioneers, for guar antee from
the city in the sum of $500 to be used,
II necessary to help defray the ex.
penses of the Home Coming Celebra-
ton. This is not to be an. outright
donation from the City, and will not
be touched unless the voluntary sub.
scriptions of the business men and
citizens In general added to the mon
ey received from other sources are
insufficient to meet the expenses in
CURED by this festival.
Contrary to all expectations, OBJ
jections were made to the allowance
of this sum. An attempt to cut it
down to $500 failed to carry and the
origional motion calling for $500 was
carried by two-thirds vote, Behnke,
Gieseke, Mueller and schnobrich vot-
ing in favor Of the resolution and
Retzlan and Ruemke voting against
it. t--.. p. 80 ..
It was commended that the council
has no authority under the charter of
the city to expend money for this pur-
pose and that an appropriation of this
kind would be illegal. We are. saith
fed that; this position is correct and
that the councilmen opposing the ap-
preparation are well within their.
Nights in doing 80. If it is the In
tention Of the council to line up to the
letter Of the law, III the matter Of ex-
pending the city's money we certainly
are the last ones to object If that
is to be the policy, in the future, it
would be we'll also to take steps to
recover moneys that were heretofore
Illegally expended.
The request of Emil Wicherski that
a new street crossing be laid on the
south side, of Minnesota and First
North was referred to the Committee
on Streets. The same committee was
authorized to act in the matter of
street crossings on the North and east
sides of Minnesota and Second South
and on the North side of Minnesota
and Third North.
The request of Chief of Police
Klause for new police clubs and for
cartridges for the police revolvers was
referred to councillors Ruemke and
Retzlaff with power to act.
The matter of the erection of an
armory for Co. "A" and of securing
the $4,000 state aid was referred to
Councillors Retzlan, Ruemke and
Schnobrich for Investigation and re-
port -. =,
City Engineer r! ID. Ninium who
has been, 90 tar only temporarily en-.
ployed, received = permanent position
and his salary vas n1ed 4 $500 pr
month. He 10 expected to mike the
light and water collections Il his
dine permits ana = 70 relieve the city
clerk durinE the doom hour. ~
The laying OF cement sidewalks on
Minnesota to 18th North was ordered
and the transfer Of the liquor license
from Anton S., Dorm to Jos. A. Tauer
was approved. ,-...> /
August Peters appeared before the
council and asked that the city build
q bridge across the ditch near his
premises. Nothing was done in the
matter because the bridge to be
erected is entirely on private proper
ty. !
Herman Held's verbal protest
against the allowance of certain bills
presented by the Dakota House Liv-
cry, of which alderman Gieseke is
proprietor, on. the ground that the
allowance of the bills is illegal under
the City Charter, caused considerable
of a stir. But these bills and others
were finally allowed. Whether or not
steps will be taken to have this money
returned to the City Treasury is not
known at this time. .-.-
The usual monthly reports Of the
City Justices, Park Commission, Po-
lice Omcerss and Street Commissioner
-avn rnaA and S1xAas>a AL.