New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-11-11
Meyer Refuses
His Services
SAYS HE WILL NOT TRY TO
COLLECT BACK ACCOUNTS
FROM CITIZENS.
NEW CITY BOOKKEEPING SYs.
TEN INSTALLED AND PUT
IN TO USE.

GIVING to the election last Tuesday
the regular monthly meeting of the city
council did not take place until Friday
evening. F. H. Retzlaf on behalf OF
the finance committee reported that he
had interviewed former City Clerk
Meyer about the discrepancies found
by the expert accountants and had urged
upon him to 60 out and collect the
moneys from the patrons of the city who
had been underbilled and that Meyer
had fatty refused to do this. After
some discussion it was decided to turn
the; collection of the underbilled accounts
for water and the city cemetery trust
fund over to the city clerk and the city
attorney and have them collect as much
of them as they can and then report back
to the city council.
Upon their written request, resolu-
ton was passed authorizing the M. & St..
L. to lay their side track across Front
Street opposite the Eagle Roller Mill
Cos: rye and corn mill. This per-
mission had already been granted to the
Eagle Mill at previous meeting.
Chief Henry Engel appeared before the
council and stated that all these years
considerable trouble had been ex-
perienced in keeping the engine house
of Hose No. 8 near the Northwestern
track properly heated during winter;
that it required some one to look after
the fire in the morning and also in the
evening, which had proven very unsatis-
factory. He recommended that the
engine, house be connected with the New
iUlm Roller Mill Co. and get heat from
the mill. The matter was referred to
the proper committee with full power
to act.
That portion of the public bathing
place on the left side of the road leading
to the middle bridge was leased to Jake
Vetter for the next two years at the rate
of $500 per annum, and the Hospital
Grounds near Milford were leased to
Albert Knees for the next five years at
the rate of $500 per annum.
Bond in the sum Of $639.00 given by
Lars Overn for the construction of the
one block sewer on First South Street
between Minnesota and German was
approved and ordered filed.
City Clerk Backer reported that he
had turned over quite number OF UNI
paid water and electric light bills to the
city attorney for the purpose of finding
out whether they were legally collectible.
Mr.. Somsen reported on quite a number
of them Friday evening aggregating
about $4,000 which in his opinion are
absolutely worthless. Many Of the debt
ors have removed from the city and
others simply cannot be forced to pay.
His recommendation that they be charged
off was adopted. Heretofore they have
been carried as cash accounts.
Adolf Wagner's request to purchase
portion of tract of land adjoining the
Charles Wagner cemetery lot in the
city cemetery was referred to the proper
committee with full power to act. A
building permit was granted to the Odd
Fellows for an addition to their property.
Upon the estimate furnished by City
Engineer Minium the sum of $590.75
was ordered paid E. H. Haeberle on his
contract for grading, graveling and
boulevarding 7th South Street from
Washington to German. OF the sum of
$4,000 held back from Lars Overn on
his contract for the construction of
sanitary and storm sewers on State
Street from LIST to 3rd North the sum of
$81.93 was ordered paid him, the balance
being retained for repair work that
became necessary on account of the
prosecution Of the work. Upon the
estimates of the city engineer August
Pullman was paid the sum of $705.50.
The sum of $124.5O will be retained until
such time as the city engineer reports
that the curb on Center Street and the
sidewalk from South Garden to Summit
Ave has proven satisfactory.
Five owners Of lots on Broadway,
State and Washington on the south side
of 9Th South Street objected to the as
sessments for watermains made by the
Board Of Public Works on the ground
that they had been previously assessed
on the same lots for watermains. The
council voted to cancel these assessments.
The Treasurer reported the collection
of Waterman assessments on three
streets in the sum Of $1451.76 and the
cum Of $159.27 for street grading on