New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-05
Getting Ready To
Improve New Ulm
PROF. cADY OF UNIVERSITY IL
NEW ULM TovIEW POSI-
BILITIES
WILL REPORT LATER ON A PLAN
TO IMPROVE CITY STREETS
AND DRIVES

AND DRIVES
Friday afternoon Prof. Leroy Gadg
of the University farm, was in the city
for the purpose of conferring with sa
local committee with reference to baex.i
flying the city and inaugurating SYSTEM
of boulevards and parks. Mr. GaaysK
professor of horticulture at the UNI
versity farm and an expert On smatten
pertaining to the identifying of ecides
He was asked to come here bysa CON-
mittee consisting of Charles Nogtei, N.
Henningsen and Joseph A. A1aes. Of
the park board and F. w. johnson ard
Albert Steinhauser who were appointed
at recent meeting of the Commercial
Club to take up the matter Of improving
the city.
Enough of the surrounding country
and the city itself were shown to Prof.
Cady to give him a clear idea of the lay
OF the land so as to be able to prepares
report which will be subm: ted To the
Commercial Club at a future meeting
Prof. Cady was agreeably surprised at
the natural beauties of the city and the
possibilities for further improvement,
especially with reference to boulevar6ng
the streets of the city and inauguratmg
a system of Drives. From statements
made he will no doubt recommend center
boulevards for both Broadway and
Center Streets, the widest streets in the
city, and the widening of the boulevards
on the other streets so that the roadway
will not exceed 81 IL feet.
This is plan that has been followed il
Minneapolis for some years and only
last year the city of St. Paul woke up
to the fact that they had been derelict il
their duties and are now giving the
matter of identifying the streets a great
deal more attention than they have In
the past.
In the matter Of planting trees Prot.
Cady will it is believed make some
startling recommendations. He will nc
doubt recommend the use of only the
hardy trees for shade trees, and have
them planted far enough apart SO that
the growth and the development d
each tree will not be interfered with,
wood and the box elder has gone by and
that the blackberry and the elm and
other hardy trees should be substituted
in their place. He advocates the use
of the same kind of tree for the whole
length of the street or where this is not
practicable for at least several blocks
to make a finer and better appearance.
This is being done in the Cities where
the matter is regulated by ordinance.
As soon as the city is ready to take
up the matter of Drives he would suggest
that the first improvement along this
line would be the grading, crawling and
boulevarding of Summit Avenue. This,
in his opinion could be made into an
ideal drive, not only for automobiles,
but also for other vehicles and would
prove fine walk also for pedestrians.
When it comes to the matter of parks,
according to Prof. Cady, we have all the
other cities of the size of New Ulm
backed off the board. He knows of m
city where are such splendid public and
private parks as are already established
here North German Park with its
fine band stand appealed to him very
much. He was also delighted with
Hermans' park, with Hunters Rest,
Turner Hall park, and last but not
least, Schelps Deer park. Altho he
did not see all of the natural beauty
spots that New Ulm boasts, he saw
enough to know that the city has the
finest opportunities for extending its
system of parks into the country and
inaugurating a system of drives and
boulevards on the outskirts of the city
that will, if once completed, rebound, to
the credit of the citizens of New Ulm.
Prof. Cady could not help but express
his admiration of the founders of the
city OF New Ulm who with SO muck
foresight laid out the city on such large
lines and with abundant places for
recreation.
The School Board Of the City Schools
will hold their meeting this (Vednesdav,