New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-08-23
CONTRACTORS ARE
BUSTER THAN EYER
NO INDICATIC MS OF WAR TIME
EVIDENT IN BUILDING
INDUSTRY
MANY NEW HOMES GOING UP
HIGH PRICE OF MATERIAL
NO BAR

Who said lumber and other building
materials had advanced 40 percent
and more? No one would ever know it
to take a look over the city and see the
number of new building that are in pro-
cess of construction. Even this early
in the year there are as many houses 60
ing up as were built last year and always
there are a number more which are
started late in the summer so that the
owners can get them just far enough
along that the inside work can be COM
pleted during the cold weather.
Not so many business blocks and
changes along Minnesota Street perhaps,
but the buildings that are going up are
good ones Which will greatly improve
the appearance of the business section
of the city. There is the Weiser Block,
the Bastian store buildings, the expansion
Of the Forster Furniture Store and the
contemplated addition to the Vogel
building, all in one block.
One entirely new sort of building,
that is, new to New Ulm, is the apart
ment building going up on South Broad
way. The New Ulm Investment Com
pany is putting up this building and it
represents the growth of population in
New Ulm by indicating demand for
renting properties which has not hereto
fore existed because nearly all citizens
of the place were formerly property
owners. Now there are great many
people who come here to make their
homes temporarily because Of business
connections which are extending with
the growth of the city and it's industries.
I Municipal improvements include the
building at the Cemetery which is in
tended to! be used as a sort of chapel
during inclement weather so that mourn
ers need not face the dangers of ex-
posure in wet and cold. The other
city building to be completed this
season is the shed for municipal machin-
cry to be built near the city plant.
Another quasi-public building is the
new Rural Telephone Exchange struc-
ture on German Street and Second
North. This will be. one of the really
notable improvements of the year in
the city.
Among the homes that are soon to
be ready for their owners may be men
toned the following:
Jake Vedder, N. Washington St.
Alfred Rein, N. Washington St.
P. c. Schueller, N. Washington St.
Jacob Hauer, N. Minnesota St.
Hubert Berg, S. Broadway.
Chas. Tamsching, N. Broadway.
Improvements on Vogelpohl house,
N. Broadway.
J. M. Meyer, S. Broadway.
Peter Subelia, S. Broadway.
Jos. Tastel, on N. Broadway, on
N. State St.
John Vogel, S. Valley St.
Geo. Peuser, S. MINI. St.
Mike Schuster, N. Minnesota St.
Albert Flor, 2 on N. Minnesota St.
Mrs. H. Zimmerman, S. Franklin St.
Babtist Boyer, N. Franklin St.
Mrs. j. Prokosch, N Franklin St.
Jos. Schwing, N. German St.
Adam Goblirsch, N. German St.
Dave Albrecht, S. German St.
Aug. Pullman, Center St.
Fischer, Center St.
Frank Wolf, N. Jefferson St.
The countryside is also busy with
improvements as may be seen by the
following list of buildings going up
in the immediate vicinity of New
Ulm:
Geo. Grossrnann, Cottonwood, house.
Peter Fesenmaier, Cottonwood, house.
John Haas, Cottonwood, Barn.
Henry Gag, Cottonwood, barn.
Henry Portner, Cottonwood, barn.
John Seifert, Milford, barn.
Aug. Frank, Milford, house and barn.
Fidel Schneider, Sigel, house.
Albert Hanger, Brighton, house.
Andrew Haager, Lafayette, house.
Thos. Fostner, Sigel, intends to build
a house.