New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-19
WANT SPECIAL CITY ELECTION

WANT SPECIAL CITY ELECTION
Last Thursday evening the City
Council! held an adjourned meeting for
the purpose of disposing Of several mat
tiers which could not be disposed Of at
the previous meeting. The most inn
portant matter receiving the attention
of the City Council was the petition
signed by number of citizens, reques-
ting that the Council call special cleo
ton in the near future for the pur-
pose of submitting the question of
issuing bonds to the extent of $40, 900.
1t appears that there are now about
$31 900 of city orders outstanding which
are drawing interest at the rate of 6 per
cent. If the sum of $40, 900 should
be borrowed from the state on bonds,
drawing interest at per cent, there
would be an annual saving to the city
Of about $500. Whether special
election will be called to vote on this
bond question will depend largely
upon the attitude of the people. If a
large number should sign the petitions
which are being circulated, favoring a
special election for that purpose, no
doubt the City Council will accede to the
wishes of the petitioners. I'll
Considerable attention was devoted
to the matter of public nuisances.
President Retzlaff started the ball a.
rolling by calling attention to the fact
that cows are permitted to run at large
and Craze upon the lawns of the resi-
dents of the city. 1t seemed to be the
concensus Of opionion that property
owners who spend considerable time
getting their lawns in shape should be
protected against the COW. The several
hundred unlicensed dogs that are per-
mitted to run in the streets of the city
were the subject of considerable dis
cussion also. It developed at this
meeting that but a small number of
dog owners had paid the dog taxes
provided by ordinance. The matter
was finally disposed of by referring it
to the proper committee which is to
take up the matter with the Mayor
and see if nothing can be done to stop
the nuisance.
For some time the city has felt the
need of having an up-to-date road roller.
This matter was thoroughly discussed
at this meeting and it was finally decided
to instruct the city clerk to advertise
Tor bids for ten ton single cylinder,
wheel, horizontal engine road roller.
The bids must be in by June LIST at
o'clock. The Board of Public Works
% whom was recommended the matter
If the construction of sewers on State
Street from 9Th South to 9TH South
Street and on LIST North on Broadway
o point 80 feet beyond the alleys
between Broadway and Minnesota Street
eported favorablyl upon the contem-
plated Improvement and thereupon tie
'ity engineer was instructed to prepare
he necessary plans and specifications
md the City Clerk to advertise for bids. !;
Under the contract entered into by
he city with M. A. Adams & Co.,
he contractor is to furnish yellow
'ine for the new floors to be placed
N the Beussmann and CORTLAND
ridges. At Thursdays meeting Mr..
ADAMS appeared before the City Council
nd informed them that it was practi-
ally impossible to secure the yellow
inc and that he would be willing to
ubstitute inch tamarack for the 3
1ch yellow pine if this would be agree
BILE to the City Council. The matter
'as disposed of by referring it to the
5reet committee with full power to
ct. sT
Alderman Behnke reported that the
ounty Commissioners of Nicollet County
ad agreed to pay 1-3 the expense of
lanking both the Nicollet and Court
md bridges. Mr.. Behnke and City ,
'ngineer Minimum had appeared be-
,re the Co. Commissioners for that
urpose. The Council passed a reso-
ltion authorizing the publication of
he financial statement in the official
aper of the city and also the printing
200 books containing this financial
eport. IL
Mrs. John Gratz of Waseca visited