New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-01-13
City Wells Are
Now Completed
PLANS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ARE
ORDERED FoRETHE NEW
clTYiHALL
CITIZENS WHO ARE SLOW AT
PAYING BILLS WILL'LosE
SERVICE

At the special meeting of the city
council held Thursday evening there
came up for discussion the matter of
building new approaches on the Nicollet
County side of the Beussmann and
CORTLAND bridges. The approaches are
in bad shape and all members present
were agreed that something should be
done early in spring. It was therefore
decided to get the necessary data and
the matter was referred to the road and
bridge committee for investigation and
report and the city engineer was in
structed to prepare the necessary plans
and specifications. The council expects
to give this matter further consideration
at the next regular meeting.
Acting on Estimate No. 1 which was
submitted and filed by engineer Minium,
the council allowed the sum of $1653.75
on account of the city we'll next to the
reservoir which was recently completed.
It is planned to install deep we'll pump
in the near future and connect it with
the power plant. Before purchasing a
pump, the proper committee will visit
other cities where deep we'll pumps are
in successful operation.
When the application for transfer of
liquor license from Jos. ]. Dietz to
August KALI came up for consideration,
the council took note of the fact. that
neither the applicant for the transfer
nor the one to whom the license was to
be transferred appeared before them.
This has happened SO often recently that
the cornell decided TO pat an end to this
pernicious habit and decided that here
after no transfer will be granted unless
the applicant appears in person. In the
matter of the transfer which was before
them, the council granted it.
Two further bills were allowed, $728,
final estimate for the new fly wheel which
was recently installed at the power plant
and one for 1858 for 213 feet of pipe for
the new well. Permission was granted
to Supt. Mueller to plug up we'll No. 2
at the water works station. The casing
in this well is in bad state of preser-
walton and it was thought best to fill it
up with concrete.
At the regular meeting of the council
held Tuesday evening, the council went
on record favoring the enforcement OF the
rule recently adopted and promulgated
by the light and water committee pro-
viding for the discontinuance of the
electric and water service to all patrons
who fail to pay their bills by the goth of
the month in which they are rendered.
This ruling became necessary because
some of the patrons were derelict in
paying their bills promptly, it being
found that several were in arrears for
their October bills.
Health Officer Otto J. Seifert sub
mitted report on the garbage collections
made during the past summer. From
this it appears that garbage collections
were made once week from 419 cans
that were distributed over the city at an
average cost of Is cents per week for
each can. The garbage collecting |
worked very satisfactorily and DR.. seifert
gave it as his opinion that several
hundred more garbage cans would be
placed during the coming summer and
that the expense of collecting would
thereby be materially reduced.
An informal discussion of the proposed
new city hall led to the adoption OF a
resolution empowering the President OF
the council to appoint a COMMITTEES OF
four, which, with the chief of the fire
department. is to have plans and speci-
prepared for a suitable building.
All members of the council seemed to-
feel the necessity of going ahead with
this improvement at once.
According to a verbal report made by
Supt. Mueller it appears that the new
well near the city reservoir back OF
Hermann's Heights has been completed,
that the water is clear and that the flow
is fully 200 gallons per minute. Nothing |
was done at this meeting to put the well
into service.
Upon the recommendation Of Chief
Henry Engel the council decided to con-
tinue heating engine house No. 8 near
the Northwestern tracks with stoves for
The balance Of the winter and make no
attempt to connect it with the New Ulm
Roller Mill Co. for heating purposes
Until the frost is out Of the ground. The
.hief's appointments Of Jos. F. Groebner