New Ulm review., 1913-08-13
Deputy Chosen BY City Clerk
(Continued from 6rst page)

AT the regular monthly meeting
lot the city council, last Tuesday
evening, Councillor Praender created
considerable interest when he offered
IL resolution empowering President
Mueller to appoint committee Of
three, incluging City Attorney H. N.
Somsen, to investigate the matter Of
establishing commission form Of
government for New Ulm. The reso-
luton was adopted and the commit
tee will probably personally visit
various communities in the vicinity
of New Ulm where this form Of
government is now in vogue and .
report will ultimately be made to
the city council relative to the result
dfttheir inquiries. ~
Joseph Koehler is, the new city
scaler and collector 6f selectsic fgkt
and water bills, having been appoint
ed to this position by the city council
to succeed Otto Hartmann, who has
been employed in that capacity tenn
porarily for the past few weeks.
Three applications for the position
as follows: Charles Lindemann, who
wanted $45.00 per month for his SER
vices; Mr.. Hartmann, who agreed to
continue at salary Of $4,000 per
month, and Mr.. Koehler, whose pro-
posal amounted to $500 per month.
The successful applicant has for
many years been employed in the
tonsorial parlors of his brother,
Eugene Koehler, but was compelled
to seek outdoor work as result of
failing health. He will no doubt
prove an able man for the Office.
j. F. Druar, representing the Oscar
Claussen Engineering company of St.
Paul, was present at the meeting,
Tuesday evening, and presented plans
and specifications for the proposed
enlargement of the local municipal
plant, which call for an addition and
changes in the present building and
the installment of additional equip
ment which will considerably enlarge
the capacity of the electric light plant.
The plans and specifications were
adopted and City Clerk Albert j.
Meyer was instructed to advertise
for bids to be received by him up to
1880 o'clock in the evening of Mon
day, August 25th. Among the items
included in the call for bids are the
following: Addition and changes to
building, radial brick or concrete
smoke stack, $50 horsepower tubular
boiler and accessories, steam en-
CINE of approximately 400 horse
power for direct connection with
312 K. v. A. generator and acces-
sories, a 312 X. V. A. generator,
switchboard extensions, wiring and
accessories, the purchase by the sue
cessful bidder of the old Is kilowatt
unit, the installation of shaker CRATES
under the old boilers, etc. Bids will
be received either for the entire work
or for portions thereof at the option
of the bidders.
w. P. Rend & Company, of Chi
cago, will furnish the necessary sup
ply Of soft coal for the municipal
electric light and water plant for the
coming year. Their bid of $3.50 per
ton being the lowest among those
offered by the six bidders who had
presented proposals, this firm was
awarded the contract by the council.
The company's local representative
is Herman Nagel. Approximately
$500 tons of coal are used in the
plant during year.
The sum of SLOTS was allowed the
local plumbing firm of Gulden &
! Hippert for erecting seven sprinkl-
ing hydrants as ordered by the coun-
Gil several months ago. Six of these
hydrants have been placed along the
alley between State and Washington
Streets, at intervals of two blocks
from Fourth South to Six North, and
the seventh is located on Sixth North
Street, between Minnesota Street
and Broadway.
The sum of s1,374.20, being the
contract price for laying the four
inch watermains along Fifth North
Street, from Garden Street to the
new Loretto Hospital, was ordered
paid to Charles Emmerich, who put
in the work, which has been Inspected
and found to be satisfactory by City
Engineer F. D. Minium and the cleo
trio light and waterworks committee.
City Engineer Minium presented
estimate No. 4 in the matter of
grading, graveling and boulevarding
Franklin Street, From Filth TO
Twelfth North Streets, which I'M
provement work is being done by Con-
tractor E. H. Haeberle. According
to this estimate, the sum of $s94.63
was due Mr.. Haeberle for work dur
ing the month of July and this
amount was allowed and ordered
paid.
The board of public works, to
whom the council referred the matter
of laying sewers on Minnesota Street,
between Third and Fifth North
Streets, recommended that this pub
lie improvement be made as petltlon-
ed for, but upon investigation it has
been found that the sewer can be
laid only up to about the center OF
the block between Fourth and flttn
Streets, and therefore the city faith
ers have decided to look into the
matter more thoroughly in the nope
of finding a way to remedy the OBJ
stacle. :.
The board took no action relative
to the petition presented to the coun,