New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-09
Municipal Work
To Cost $43,00o
CONTRACTS HAVE ALREADY
BEEN LET FOR $37, 900 WORTH
OF REPAIRS.
THREE BLOCKS OF NEW RoAp
TO BE BUILT ALONG NO.
MINNESOTA STR.

10 Be BUILT ALONG kNO.
MINNESOTA STR.
This year New Ulm's municipal im-
provements will aggregate the sum Of
of about $4,000. Contracts for the
expenditure of SGT 900 for improvements
have already been let. In addition
to these there will be the grading, gravel
ing and boulevarding of North Broad
way from 9Th North to 18th North
and the erection of the pump house
near the city reservoir No. l. Work
on all these Improvements is practically
under way.
The Dearborn Constructor Company
of Waterloo, Iowa, who have the sewer
contract on N. German street started
on their job June LIST. Work on the
sewer on 4th N. Street from State to
Washington was COMMENCED Monday this
week as was also the sewer work on LIST
N. Street from the police station to
Broadway. The latter contract and
the laying of the sewer on State Street
from 9Th to 7th North street was let
to Hippert & Werner Of this city. The
Union Machine Company of St. Pau
who have the contract for laying water
mains on North Broadway from 9th
to 18th North commenced work .yester-
day morning. One piece of road swork
is practically completed now. This
was the regarding, crawling, widening
and recrowning of the road leading
to the Beussmann bridge. This work
has been done by day labor under the
supervision of Christ Filzen., Jr and win
not cost more than about $3.50. The
total length of street that has beer
put into shape amounts to nearly 1-2
miles.
The work consisted in building three
blocks of new road on Minnesota street
from 18th N. Street where it crosses
the railroad track straight out TO 18th
N. Street, thence along 18th N. Street
to Broadway street where it enters
the old road and then goes straight
out to the Beussmann bridge without
any other change The wooden eui-
verts have been replaced by concrete
culverts and all the humps have been
taken out so that the road at the present
time gives promise of good ,serviceable
road for some years to come.
The work on the Beussmann ana Court
land bridges is also nearing its completion.
Work on these bridges was commenced
about April 1st. The main work COR
sisted of building concrete approaches
on both sides of the bridges. From 8
to IL men have been on the job all the
time and the concrete part of the work
has been carried out and completed
according to plans and specifications.
This part of the work Gust $500 90.
At the present time the men of M. A.
Adams & Co. who have this job are re-
placing the wooden stringers on the
Beussmann bridge with ''I'' beam string
ers. The new floor. plan on the Court
land bridge has already been completed
and this work on the Beussmann bridge
will be completed some time this week,
The only work then left to be done ON
the bridges is the replanking with three
inch yellow pine planks. The planlx
have been ordered and are expected
to arrive within week or ten DAYS.
The replanking itself ought not to exceed
two days for each bridge, and Their
they will be treated to coat of paint
which will add a great deal to their
general appearance. Two weeks at
the outside ought to put both bridges
in shape for general traffic.
J. G. Robertson of St. Paul who has
the pump contract reports that part
of his material has arrived and that
by the latter part of this week or the
beginning Of next week he will start
operations. This contractor furnishes
the new pump, the pump head and all
the accessories necessary to install
the pump in the new deep well ready
for pumping water. It will take about
one month to complete this work.
The plans and specifications for the
pump house will be completed some time
this week and will be ready to he. nre-
sented to the city council at. their next
meeting Monday, June 18th >Atsstllis
meeting also the contract will DE let
for the grading, crawling and boule-
varding Of North Broadway The esti-
mated cost Of this improvement. is $500.
The Dearborn Construction rCprsrany
has until October 18th to complete Their
sewer contract, but Mr.. Minimum. the