New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-03-24
Council Makes
Contract Award
MINNEAPOLIS FIRM WILL FUR-
NISH DEEP WELL PUMP AND
EQUIPMENT.
BEUsSMANN AND COURTLAND
BRIDGES TO BE COMPLETED
JULY 10Th.

At the adjourned meeting OF the City
Council held last Thursday evening,
bids for the construction OF the approach
es for the CORTLAND and Beussmann
bridges were received and opened. The
contract was awarded to w. A. Adams
& Co., of St. Paul for the sum OF $4,62O,
the lowest bidders. The plans and
specifications call for steel and REIN
forced concrete approaches. According
to the terms of the contract entered
into with the successful bidder the work
must be completed by July goth. Mr..
Adams who was present stated that he
would enter upon the work at once and
would have it done sooner than the spe-
cifcations call for. The other bidders
were as follows:-Hohle Bros, Minnea-
polls, $3.50; Iowa Bridge Co., Des
MONIES, Ia, s4,75O; Chas. Loehnhardt,
New Ulm, $4,725; Decorate Wolfe,
St. Paul, $5,995; Pullman Bros,
New Ulm, $4,000.
At this meeting the contract for the
deep Well Pump was awarded to
J. C. Robertson & Co., OF St: Paul for
the sum of $4,755. This includes the
pump, pump head, motor and acces-
series and the necessary equipment and
also the connections with the reservoir.
The contract was awarded to j. G. Rob-
ertson & Co. upon the recommendation
c1CfIr ut
cilors Ruemke, and Hamann and Supt.
Mueller, who visited Oelwein, Ia. and
there had an opportunity to inspect
and see a pump of the Robertson make
in operation:
A petition of property owners, re-
auesting that sewers be laid on Wash
lngJon Street, between ISL N. and 4en
N. streets was referred to the Board OF
Public Works. The Board of Public
Works Immediately held a session and
reported favorably on this improve
ment the same evening, they also re-
ported favorably on the grading, gravel
ing and boulevarding of Broadway
from 9Th N. to 18th N. Street, the lay
ing of watermains on Broadway from 7th
to 10th N. and on 10th N. to Mime
sofa street and on Minnesota St. from
10th N. Street to 7th N. street, the ex-
tension of the sewers on Broadway to
9Th N. Street, thence to German street,
thence down German street to End N.
street and the laying of sewers on Min
nesota street, from point between
4th and 9Th N. Street to 9Th N. Street,
whereupon City Engineer Minium was
instructed to prepare the necessary
plans and specifications for the pro-
posed improvements.
The Board also reported on the street
sprinkling and recommended that the
streets that were sprinkled last year
should be sprinkled the coming summer
and that the Washington street con-
tract should include the sprinkling of
Center Street from Washington to Gar
den. The clerk was authorized to adj
vertise for bids for the sprinkling and
also for the hauling Of the Hook and
Ladder Wagon for the next year. These
bids will be received and opened in the
meeting of April 9th. The adequacy
of the rate charged the railroads and the
Eagle Mill for water was discussed at
some length, the members of the Council
being of the opinion that the present
rata is ton low. No action was taken,
the matter being left with the proper
committee, to investigate.