New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-07-15
Council Awards
Paving Contract
ST. PAUL FIRM WILL BEGIN
WORK ON MINNESOTA ST.
IMMEDIATELY.
PRICE IS CONSIDERABLY LESS
THAN CITY ENGINEER Es-
.TIMATED COST.

Coal men and paving contractors
galore were present at the regular
meeting Of the city council held last
Tuesday evening. AS matter-of-fact
there were so many of them that the
council chamber was not able to hold all
Of them at the same time and there was
something of an overflow meeting on the
outside in the early part of the evening.
After the council had been called to
order, the aldermen were informed that
Mayor L. A. Fritsche had left on trip to
be gone for several months and that
Pres. Mueller, by reason thereof became
acting Mayor and it would become
necessary to elect temporary president
of the council. Councillor Retzlaf was
unanimously chosen and Immediately
took the chair and the business OF the
meeting proceeded without delay
On behalf of the Eagle Roller Mill Co.
petition had been filed requesting per-
mission for the Chicago & Northwestern
to lay a spur track over Valley, First
North, and Front Streets to the new
cereal and feed mill and also for per-
mission to erect and maintain 46 foot
track scale on Front Street on the South
side Of the rye and corn, mills. Pres.
Chas. Vogtel and Vice Pres. Siegel were
present in person to give further expla-
nation if it should become necessary.
None was required, however, the council
granting the request by a unanimous vote
without any discussion whatever.
Chief Henry Engel informed the scoun-
I'll that the fire alarm system was in a
depprable condition and that it would
become necessary to rewire the entire
system, at an expense ofbetWeen five and
six hundred dollars. The matter, after
a litte discussion, was disposed of by
referring it to the proper committee,
which, I'm conjunction with the Chief and
the Superintendent of the Electric Light
Station, shall make thoro investi-
cation With full power to make such
rewriting # found necessary.
Frank Zschunke and Math. Prom
appeared before the council on behalf of
their bills which they claim to have
against II e city on account of the ty-
phoid epidemic. They were informed
that not all claims had been received
and that as soon as they should be, the
council would make fair and thoro in
vestigation Of the matter and inform the
claimants what decision they arrive at.
Among the local bidders for the coal
contracts were Bingham Bros. and the
Henry Simons Lumber Co. There were
bidders in all and each one of them had
one or more bids in. The contract was
finally awarded to the Womack-F ooshe
Co. of Minneapolis for 1000 TONS, more
or less, of Sunshine Franklin screenings
at 1925 per ton f. Q. b. New Ulm. The
other bidders were the Chicago Whining
ton Coal Co., Chicago; w. P. Rend & Co.,
Chicago and the Reeves Coal Co. of
Minneapolis.
Six bids were received for the paving
of five blocks on Minnesota Street and
the contract was awarded to Fielding &
Shepley, Inc. Of St. Paul for the sum of
$37, 066.88 which includes the paving
proper, the curbing and the catch basins
and the further sum of $3.50 for the
alley runways, making grand total of
$37 ,224.38 which is about 9 cents a
square yard less than the Engineers
estimate Of $2.40 per square yard. The
other bidders were: North Concrete Co.,
Mankato, $37,373.O0; Hanon & Okes,
Sioux City, Ia, $38,843,36; ]. S. Nc
Laughlin & Sons, Red Oak, Iowa and the
General Contracting Co. Of Minneapolis,
al, 1897 48. Under the terms Of the
contract the paving must be completed
before September 10th, which means
that work must be begun within 10 days
or less. Some of the property owners
have failed to comply with the orders of
the council to make water and sewer
connection for every Is feet and the
matter was referred to the board of
public works so that the city can do the
work itself and charge it up to the Adult
ing property.
In it's report filed by the Board Of
Public Works, the laying of six foot
cement sidewalk on Center Street to
the College from Garden Street to
Summit Avenue is recommended, part
Iof the sidewalk to be laid at the expense
of the abutting property owners, and the
balance to be paid 1.-THE city at large.
Z a remonstrance signed by "a citizens