New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1912-04-10
NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS IS
sUME CHARGE 0FClTY

Last Meeting Of Old Council
Disposes Of Various Items.
The old city. administration came to
an end last night at 1880 4 p. M.
when the old council approved the
minutes of their last meeting and
adjourned sine die, and the newly
elected members Of the council together
with the hold =. overs and the new
Mayor took the reins of government
in hand.
We are apt to find fault with the
people whom we elect to perform the
work required of q city Administrations
and are prone to criticise them,
consciously or unconsiOusly, When
things 60 wrong and affairs are not
handled the way our judgment would
have approved.
1 Without doubt, the administration
just ended has met with some of that
sort of fault finding in tho past two
years. but now that it has ceased to be
q target for our shafts Of criticism, We
stop to ponder ana We begin to realize
that we have had good, clean busi-
ness administration. There seemed to
be united effort at all times to work
for the betterment of the entire com.
munity and the work on the whole was
encompsssed without friction. With
more aid and support from the
citizens, possibly even more could
have been accomplished.
The best way to show our apprecia-
ton OF the work rendered by the old
admin istration 10 to give the new
regime earnest support.
The Review went to press before
the new council was organized and We
are not able to give report OF the
proceedings until next week. We
venture the guess, however, that Thee,
Mueller WAS elected President of the
Council and that the following
appointments of Mayor L. A. Fritschs
we're confimred:-
City Attorney Henry N. Somsen
I Assessor Ernat Wicherski
Street Commissioner John Bartl
Chief of Police Ad0lph Klause
Night Police Jos. Tauer and
John F. Herzog
Poundmaster Chas. Clement
CITY Scavenger Chas. Clement.
In addition to the mayors appoint-
ments, it devolved upon the city council
to elect Supt. OF the Electric Light
the Waterworks Station, an inspector
of halls and theatres, city scaler and
member of the Board of Health.
No doubt the present incumbents were
re-sppointed.
At q special meeting of the council
held last Wednesday evening which
constituted the last real business
meeting of the old council, various
matters of importance wore disposed
of. The street committee was
authorized to purchase two sanitary
drinking fountains, which are to be
placed on Minnesots street, one near
Center Street and the other near
Second North Street
The city attorney WAS directed to
draw up IN ordinance giving the
merchants authority to place electric
signs in front of theiS places of
business. q = rs
All sprinkling bids weve laid over
to tho next meeting and ~ contract
for constructing cement sifswslks and
crossings wss awarded 70 August
Puhlmapn. He 10 70 receive Is cents
per square yard for sidsvslks and
81. Is per square yard for crossings.
The city clerk submitted bis annual
financial report, showing The entire
receipts OF the city from oil sources
and the manner Of Disturbing tho
city's funds. The report was ap-
proved and ordered published.
Besides that, the council granted
the following building permits: F. c.
Schnobrich, brick barn; w. II. Engel-
bert, brick addition to store building;
B. Juni, eshingling Melges residence;
and Geo. Doehne, reshingling resi-
dence.
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