New Ulm review., 1913-10-01
Local Comm ercial Club Holds
Large and Enthusiastic
Meeting.
Ten Dollar Membership Fee
Suspended. Larger Ar
mory Favored.


history took place at the club rooms
Thursday evening, and as the result
Of the active interest manifested by
those present, the club membership
viii no doubt be greatly increased and
the entire body thereby rejuvenated
A number Of important matters re-
lative to the civic welfare of New
Ulm were discussed at length and
judging from the interest taken in
these discussions, favorable action ls
bound to be the final result. !.
According to the statements OF
President Philip Liesch and Secretary
e. A. Stoll, the last quarterly re-
ceipts collected from the present
members was little more than suffl-
cient to Offset the maintenance ex-
penses of the club rooms, and in or
der to increase the receipts, more
members would have to be secured.
Upon the unanimous vote OF those
present, President Liesch was au.
thorized to appoint committee OF
three to invite those business and
professional men who are not as yet
enrolled in the membership list. to
Join the club. The president appoint.
cd Henry j. Berg, f. H. Retzlaff and
William A. Pfefferle to act on this
committee. Aside from that, every
club member was urged to assist the
committee in increasing the MEM
bership. As q special inducement,
the regular active membership fee
of $1,000 was suspended, and asso-
ciate members, to whom will be ac-
corded the privilege of participating
in the clubs deliberations, will be
admitted upon the payment OF quar-
terly dues Of $500.
Another important matter to be
considered at this meeting Of the
Commercial Club was the. ssixes~of.
the proposed new armory which is
soon to be erected in New Ulm. The
amount now available for this build
ing, exclusive of the site which has
already been purchased and paid for,
is $4,000, Of which the state donated
$50, 900 and the city council 81, 1000,
or $1,000 each for Company "A" and
the Machine Gun Company. Captain
Louis G. Vogel and Lieutenant Adolph
Klause were present and informed
the gathering that at recent meet
ing Of the local armory board and
other military officers, it had been
decided upon to have Architect AL
bert Schippel, of Mankato, prepare
the plans and specifications for the
armory, Lieutenant Klause's prclim-
mary plans having been changed ma
terially so that the size of the build
ing would be reduced in order to
conform with the area of the two
lots available as SITE.
Ferdinand Crone stated that he be-
lieved the city council should show a
greater generosity toward the pro-
ject, having thus far appropriated
only $500 therefore, including the
81, 900 necessary to secure the state
of $4,000. He thought
the council might donate an addi-
tional $4,000 toward the armory, but
Councillor Retzlaf stated that he
would not favor this action until it's
legality would have been previously
G. A. Ottomeyer gave
it as his opinion that the funds avail
able at the present time would be
sufficient to erect substantial struc- |
ture of ample size to accommodate |
the three local military organiza-
lions, including Company a." the
Gun Company and the Sec
ond Regiment Band. At the cloce of
the discussions, Emil G. Hage moved T
that the president be authorized to
appoint committee of three to con-
Ter with the local military officers in
regard to the matter of s-liciting
to increase the present
lrmory fund, and Ferdinand Crone,
Emil G. Hage and j. A. Ochs were
appointed.
A material extension of the pres
mt "White Way" on Minnesota
street has been planned for some
line by prominent business men,
md in conformity with their wish,
Attorney Joseph A. Ecksteini has
and circulated petition,
which already bears several hundred
lames, asking the city council to
extend this decorative lighting sys-
EN- on Minnesota street, from Sec
md to Fifth South and from Fourth
o Fifth North streets; also along
;enter street, from Minnesota to
tate streets, and along First South,
rom Minnesota street to the North
Western passenger depot. Mr.. Eek
tein appealed to the officers of the
Club to present this pro-
ect to the officials of the Northwes-
ern and Minneapolis & St. Louis
ailroads, asking each of these cor
orations to donate $1,000 toward
efraying the expense of installing t
he system. It was decided to carry S
ut Mr.. Eckstein's request, and in
ddition thereto, the Northwestern j
Dad will be asked to have a cement s
idewalk constructed and the drive I
Eay repaired on the west side of the y
epot. D
1t was voted that Pres. Liesch 8