New Ulm review., 1913-11-12
Ar'IllIlory Funds
Ordered Paid
Attorney General Approves
Title. Deed Is Ready
For Delivery.
Herman Koop Secures Con
tract For Coal Sheds
at $4S9.OO.

In addition u to the voluminous
routine bnsiness which accumulates
for. every regular monthly meeting,
the council Tuesday evening took up
and disposed Of several matters OF
specild Importance to citizens. The
most important, no doubt, is the rest
room proposition which received
favorsbl9 consideration in 90 far that
8 commiatee consisting OF councillors
Rueplts, Pfaender and Hsmsnn wss
appqinasd TO confer with Herman Held
and s1ni1 Metzinger who appeared
.bsfolS ~ council ID behalf Of this
propp atieu. In support thereof thess
gsnslS - informed the council that
IL 6s men favored > rest room
,lnd lea nth very iev exceptions oil
tA0s3 ahe had been spproschsd had
sbo1g "a Willingness TO contribute the
sum ~ 90 for tho furnishings Of the
room md in addition are willing to
pay : postion Of tho expense of main.
salpspce. They expect the, city st
lsrHe however to stand : fair share Of
this nscssssry expense. The committee
sppointSd will l,ok into the matter Of
the ezpsnse which > properly equipped
rest room carries with It and will then
recommend how much money If any
the city should contribute TO this pro-
ject every month.
By the payment Of the sum of go 90,
New Ulm has become a member OF the
League Of Minnesota Municipalities.
This isa&he teesexacted from cities Of
between. .Bye snd, ten thousand inhAbi.
tants. Mayor Fritsche vas present at
the meeting and brought up and
favored this matter. In the course of
the brief talk he gave, he pointed out
clearly the benefits that would accrue
to New Ulm by becoming member of
the League. Without dissenting
vote the council went on record In
favor of it.
Consulting Eng. Druer was present
at the meeting and reported on the pro.
gress of the work thai is being done
on the electric light plant. he re.
ported further that the few differences
between the city and the contractors
who are erecting the chimney at the
plant we're being rapidly adjusted and
that the contract would be signed up
before the adjourned meeting of the
which was held Monday eve
ming. t-..-..
Chief Henry Engel's appointments
of Joseph Groebner as first assistant
and Fred Pfaender as second assis-
tans of the Fire Department were duly
confirmed. The application for trans
fer of liquor license from Joseph
Schnee to Andrew Amann was read
and the city clerk was directed to give
the required notice. He was also
directed to advertise for bids from the
local banks for deposits of the city's
funds. The bonds of Otto Tape and
the Union Machine Co. which had
been 6led with the city clerk we're
approved. .., "s-..."
The matter of levying assessments
Tor sprinkling and sewers was upon
notion referred to the Board of Pub.
ic Works. The S18 70 to be paid by
he City for the armory site was
ordered disbursed, Major PfaeD der
'eported to the council that the title
lad been approved by the Attorney
General of the State and that nothing !
tood in the way of delivering the
Iced. Some discussion arose as to |
whether the moneys should be paid !
,ut until the offer of Ferdinand Crone |
0 protect the City for armory maiu-
costs for the next FIVE years be
igned up. The records of the City
,lerk failed to show that the payment
or the site hinged on this offer and
be money was ordered paid.
Elmer Haeberle was allowed the
um of $1628. .33 the amount due him
n his contract for grading, gravel
ng and boulevarding North Frank
in St. which work has now been
completed, less $4,000 retained by the
,ity which will be paid as soon as it
!, clearly proven that there is no de-
ective work.
After reading and fling the nc nthly
eports of the sppointive officers and
uditing and allowing the bills that
ad accumulated, the council adjourn.