New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-08-26
LARGE CREWS OF LABORERS
SPEED WORK OF TEARING
UP STREETS.
GAS PROMISED SURE OCTOBER
1ST. PAVING DONE BEFORE
THAT.

many New UlmlteS Who noted the de-
lay in getting started with the paving Of
Minnesota Street had decided that after
all there would be nothing done this fall
and that the company having the con-
tract would be up against it since they
were limited to September Goth to finish
the work. However, it looks now as tho
they would have no particular difficulty
in handling the job, in fact, they say
they will be practically done by Septem-
Der LIST. This hardly looks possible but
there is no longer reason to doubt that
before long the three blocks of paving
will be done and the contractors will be
presenting their bills to the city.
The work of unloading materials and
tools began the 18th of August. The
next day, last Wednesday, a crew OF
workmen were at the job of removing the
old curbing and the stone cutters. Ten
men made up the crew and from two to
four teams were employed to cart away
the rock dug out of the cutters. These
stone cutters were laid about fifteen years
ago and have done good service. This
work is done and the rock has been haul
ed to North German Park to build up the
surface there along the side of the M. &
St. L. switch. From forty to fifty loads
of rock were taken out of each side OF
each block and this makes total OF
nearly 800 loads of rock hauled to the
Park. When an earth filling is placed
above it the railroad side of the grounds
will be level with the rest and another
Job of city work will be completed. By
tonight ednesday-the curbing will be
completed on the block between first
and Second South and the catch basins
repaired.
It is planned to begin the excavations
to morrow. A road grader will prob
ably be used for this work. In a num-
Der of places it will not be necessary to
cut down appreciably and in other places
chiefly in the center of the street ten inch
es must come off. The earth removed
will be taken to the Parks on German
Street, to Broadway for a crown on the
street to make drainage better, and for
filling down at the New Ulm Gas Works.
A crew of sixty men will be put on the
job. The first thing to be done after the
earth is leveled off will be to put down a
concrete base. This will be allowed to
harden and upon it will be laid an inch
of sand. On this the concrete blocks are
placed. The blocks are of tamarack tim
Der and are treated with creosote for
preservation. They are slightly larger
than the ordinary bricks, their measure
ments being 4x8x3 IL inches. A tar
dressing and filler will be used over them
and between them and will sweeten the
atmosphere for some time to come. The
creosote blocks are said to be rather less
noisy than most forms of paving, altho
asphalt is less SO than the wooden blocks
The creosote makes the blocks imper-
vious to water and preserves them for a
great number of years.
Altho there was some opposition to the
paving on account of the expense to
property owners along Minnesota Street
it is more likely that residents in Other
parts of the city will shortly take up the
matter of the extension Of the paved dis.
trict and the three blocks now under con.
struction are just the opening wedge te