New Ulm review., 1913-12-10
Old Homes RemodeIed and New
Ones Planned

Three new houses at the end Of
South State St.. are being put up by
~. :. Finn OF Minneapolis. The one
facing east will be occupied by p.
=. Ritchel, and if all that is told Of
| It IS true, it will be one of the most
elaborate residences in the city when
completed. The two on the opposite
slde OF the street are the new homes
OF Jos. Bianchi and VIM. Becker. Mr..
rim plans to have all three houses
done m February. He employ a
| crew OF 70 men, all of them being
nome laborers, except the foreman
and pace settlers.
George w. Dietz, who lives in the
Wallachi, has made $500 worth If
improvements on his house. He has
jcellar. e1 ~ ms
! Fritz Zangl, 400 So. Front St.. has
of $500. - . 'os'
Another new house to 90 up during
Ine winter, IS that of John Gewerth.
N Is located at the Corner of End
ana front. 1t will be six room
work.
King billiard" also has new
home this year, his owner having
built a fine new hip roof barn, 3Ox32
with IL TT. posts. "King billiards."
special place is a patent box stall
with modern grating and fixtures and
the floor is of cement. There is a
garage also. The entire building cost
Mr.. Huevelmann $1,000.
F. W. Dietz has remodeled his
home at 1O5 So. Broadway and paint
ed it white, making vast improve
ment over the old place. He has
raised the roof, put in basement,
! filled up the lot, and added porches
and windows. Electric light and
sewer have also been installed. The
plate glass windows and doors com
plete very pretty little place. The
improvements cost $1,000. Gulden &
Hippert put in the heating plant.
Geo. Hogen, in remodeling his
property at 221 So. State St., ex-
pended 5000 in doing the work. The
whole roof has been raised to make
room for two full height bed rooms
and the house now has six rooms.
The woodwork is Of the yellow pine
with the natural grain brought out
by the oil finish. The rooms have
been newly decorated also, and make
very nice cOzy little home for the
newlyweds. Kaiser did the work.
Wenzel Eckstein has had a garage
22x14, constructed by ANIME. It is
made Of the red pressed brick and
forms quite an addition to his prop
erty. 1t will cost, when complete,
about $500. Weilandt & Stegemann
and Keute & Co., are doing the work.
| Anton Janni, who lives east of the
N. w. tracks, improved his house
| by 14X16 #. addition and finished
! it in substantial manner the past
J summer.
! Fred Oswald spent $1,000 building
a sleeping porch over an extended
| bay window which was built new on
/ the first floor and in putting other
| improvements on his residence. Her
man Koop did this work. He also
had $500 heating plant installed by
Gulden & Hippert, and finished off
the second floor. "a
! John Ambrosch, who lives on No.
| Spring St., put up a 5000 addition to
! his house during the past season.
Herman Koop did the work.
August Pullman has the contract
for the new Union Hospital building,
! and work is rapidly going forward
on the basement, which is all that
will be finished this year. The build
ing will stand 44-6x96-8, and the an
mex is 37-2x72-8. A dozen men have
been hard at work and it was ex-
pected to have everything done this
week ready for an early start in
1914.
Three more new houses are prom
ised for early spring occupancy. They
are those of Henry Held which is
rapidly going forward so that work
can be continued all winter. An
other is that of Ernst Wickerski who
the other day broke ground for the
basement of new house at the cor
ner of Center and State Streets. The
third promised is one for Ed Honl
who recently purchased lot from
Cap Nenno on South Minnesota.
George Wicherski who has been
associated with his brother Emil in
the shoe business for q number of
years is taking more active part
in the management of the store of
late and the business which is one
of the oldest established firms is
taking on a livelier air and carries
not less of the staple goods but more
of the frivolous things that appeal
to the present generation of shoe
wearers so that all who wish to trade
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