New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-09-15
CITY FATHERS MEET
IN REGULAR SESSION
TAKE UP MATTER OF USING OIL
FOR SPRINKLlNc CITY
STREETS.
UNION HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
PROTESTS AGAINST DOUBLE
TAX.

The regular September meeting of the
City Council was held last Thursday
evening, having been postponed from
Tuesday evening. The matter of oiling
the city streets instead of keeping down
the dust by sprinkling came up for dis
cussion and it was finally decided that
the street committee be instructed to-
investigate street oilers and secure
prices ON the necessary apparatus for
oiling streets. A number of cities in
southern Minnesota have been making
experiments with this method of prevent
ing dusty streets and have found oil to
be more satisfactory than water both as
to cost and efficiency. If the inxestiga-
tions of the street committee result in a
favorable report for the plan some OF our
streets will probably be oiled this fall.
w. B. Mather, chairman of the COM
mittee appointed by the Commercial Club
at their last meeting to confer with the
council members regarding the pro-.
miscuous begging evil in the city, ap-
peared before the council and asked that
something be done to curb such practices.
The matter was referred to Mayor L. "A.
Fritsche, City Attorney Albert Pfaender,
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council, who are to cooperate with the.
committee appointed by the Commercial
Club, w. B. Mather, Prof. A. Ackermann
and H. H. Walters, in investigating the
subject, and report at the next meeting.
Councillor Eibner, chairman of the
Electric Light and Water Works Com
mittee, stated that the committee re-
commended that monthly statements
of electric light and water service be
mailed to consumers hereafter, that bills
for supplies for the Electric Light plant
be discounted as they become due, and
that the city enter into a contract with
the ENerling Electric Co. to supply
electric light globes for a period Of one
year. The committee also recommended
that a sewer be constructed for the
drainage of a cistern at the electric light
plant. The report of the committee was
accepted and approved.
G. H. Dirks, Secretary of the Union
Hospital Association, appeared before the
council with an application and protest
against the assessment of $455, on ac-
count of the laying and constructing of
sewers on State street, since the hospital
has no connections with this sewer, but
uses the Broadway mains. A resolution
was then adopted that the assessment
be abated on condition that the Hospital
Association agree that if at any time in
the future connections are made with
the State street sewer the assessment
shall. become due.
An ordinace granting the M. & St. L.
Railroad Co. the right to construct and
maintain spur track over LIST South
street and the alley of the Park addition
South of Center street was passed. The
matter of receiving permission from the
M. & St. L. Railroad Co. to cross the
right of way in constructing a sewer from
the electric light plant to the sewer on
Center street was referred to City At
torney Albert Pfaender.
City Clerk William Backer was in
structed to enter into contract with the
New Ulm Roller Mill Co. to furnish heat
in Engine House No. 3 at the rate of $35
per season and the request of Chief Henry
Engel to purchase two smoke protectors
for the use of the Fire Department was
granted. The contract and bond of
Puhlmann Bros. for constructing the
pump house on the large reservoir site
was presented and approved, but the bid
Of the same firm for the construction of
the curb, gutter and alley approach pave
ments on First, Second and Third North
streets between Minnesota and Broad
way streets was rejected and the City
Clerk instructed to advertise for new
bids for the work. The minutes of the
proceedings of the Board of Public
Works and their assessments for local
improvements were read and approved
and various bills allowed.
Monday nights rain was one Of the
heaviest of the season as .85 of an inch
ell. The lightning was very vivid at
intervals most of the latter part Of the
hight but popularity of the thunder
forms Of this season is the little wind II
accompanying them. In fact. the wind .
las blown very little the. entire summer. ,