New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-10
New Ulm Wants
Better Station
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$42 OF MUNICIPAL CHRISTMAS
TREE SURPLUS RELIEVES
DESTITUTION

At the regular monthly meeting of the
the Commercial Club Thursday evening
the Chicago & Northwestern Railway
came in for general roast. The ball was
started rolling by James F. Garrow who
called attention to the narrow sidewalk
leading from First South Street to the
station, it's unevenness, the deplorable
condition of the roadway leading to
the station and it's inadequacy for the
traffic that is daily imposed upon it.
His remarks found hearty response from
all those who were present and it was stat
ed when this matter was up at a for
mer time, Superintendent Doyle had
had conference with committee from
the Club and had faithfully promised
to see to it that proper walk was con-
structed and that the thorofare should
be widened. It was stated that he had
even admitted that New Ufm is in
reality the best station on the North
western this side of Winona and that he
felt that the city has right to make de-
mands such as the one made.
While this matter was under dis
cussion attention was also called to
the waiting rooms proper which some
claimed are never sufficiently lighted
and are never kept in clearly condition
as stations of the size and importance
of New Ulm should be kept. No fault
was found with the local officials of
the company because it was made to
appear that at different times efforts
had been made by them to improve
conditions, but that nothing had been
accomplished because the Company
had entered upon a period of retrench-
ment and is making not any substantial
improvements anywhere. The matter
was disposed of by referring the matter
of sidewalk and street to the good roads
committee and the other matters to
the committee on transportation.
Another topic that brought forth vigor-
Gus comment from the members present
was the condition of the untrimmed trees
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part of town. Sentiment, seemed to be
unanimous that this evil should be cor
rected at once and a committee consist
ing of DR.. A. V. Rieke, Hugo Schleuder
and August Dahl was appointed to ap-
pear before the council at its next meeting
to request that body to take such action
as might be necessary to get the trees into
shape.
On behalf of the municipal heating
committee, F. w. Johnson reported that
meeting of the committee had been held
and that the matter had been discussed at
some length. He read from letters re-
ceived from the American District Steam
| Company wherein the writer expressed a
desire to meet with the Commercial Club
and the property owners and discuss the
municipal heating proposition. This will
be the some time latter part of the month.
Mr.. johnson reported further that he had
made inquiry as to central heating plants
in neighboring cities and found that with
out exception they had proved satisfac-
tory and that the people would not now
be without them. He also stated that he
had talked with quite number of the
business men of New Ulm and all seemed
very favorably inclined toward the pro-
ject. He voiced the opinion that the bus
mess men would in the first instance have
to advance the money for this project as
the city is not able to finance it without
issuing bonds and that voting bonds
probably would not appeal to
majority of the citizens.
| Toward the close of the meeting Prof.
Ackermann preached the subject of de-
tention hospital for the city. This is
matter that has been before the city at
various times and is usually discussed
when the city is in the throes of an epi-
demic OF some contagious disease. He
stated that smallpox is prevalent in the
city at the present time and that within
the past ten years the city has been sub
Jected to three such epidemics. During
one OF the sieges it became necessity to
close the College because quite number
OF the students had contracted the disease
and because there was no detention hos
pital here they had to be treated at the
College and the institution had to be clos
ed down. He favored very strongly the
erection OF a detention hospital and stated
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