New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-01-20
Cemetery Needs
Are Conside
COUNCIL AGREED THAT BURY
ING PLACE HAS BECOME
INADEQUATE.
CITY STREET ASSESSMENTS FOR
SUMMERS WORK ARE
CONFIRMED.

At the special meeting of the city
council held Thursday evening ]. P.
Smith of the New Ulm Gas Company
appeared in person and asked for per-
mission to lay high pressure gas mains
to the city limits near the Loretto
Hospital. Mr.. Smith stated that he had
made application to the city council Of the
city of Sleepy Eye for franchise and
that if such franchise is granted it is the
intention of the local gas company to
supply the neighboring city from the
local plant and that in this event it
would become necessary to have the
permission of the city council to extend
the mains to the city limits. No action
was taken at this meeting and the matter
was laid over to a future time.
At this meeting the council definitely
decided to reject the new engine pur-;
chased some time ago from the Union
Machine Co. F. A. Bailey, the COM
pany's representative was present and
urged the council to accept the engine,
claiming that it was running satisfactory
ly and that it complied with the terms of
the contract. The council members
were Of different opinion, however, and
did not hesitate to tell Mr.. Bailey so.
They told him that the engine did not
come up to plans and specifications and
that the only reason they had not re-
jected it before now, was because the
company had at intervals sent several
experts here and thatthey had hoped that
the company would be able to get the
engine to work satisfacte il,r llaus.
placing the city ina position to accept it.
AS Mr.. Bailey desired to know definite
ly what the council intended to do,the
members of the electric light committee
went into executive session and drew up
written statement in which they
formally rejected the engine. What the
next step will be is not known but it is
presumed chat the company will replace
the present engine with a new one as
soon as the change can be made.
Some time was devoted to discussion
OF the appearance of the city cemetery.
All OF the members of the council were,
agreed that the public cemetery is not
beauty spot by any means. The fence
around the cemetery is in poor state of
repair and something should be done to
improving the appearance of the Gene
terry were also discussed and the adj
visibility of securing the services of a
local landscape gardener was considered.
No action, however, was taken at this
time.
The request of the Manhattan Oil &
Llnseed Company for permission to place
a wagon tank station on the right of way
OF the M. &. St. L. was referred to the
proper committee with full power to act.
President Theo. Mueller announced
that he had appointed councillors Ha-
mann, Pfaender, Behnke and himself as
committee on plans and specifications
for the new city hall, the appointment
OF which had been authorized at a pre-
vlous meeting. This committee is to
report at future meeting.
The assessments levied by the Board
OF Public Works for sprinkling Minnesota,
Broadway, State and Washington
streets were confirmed, as were also the
assessments levied for grading, crawling
and boulevarding Broadway from Fifth
to Seventh South and for building side
walk on Center Street from South Garden
to Summit Avenue.