New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-04-19
EXPENSE OF 0lLlNG
CHARGED At LARGE
WATER WILL BE USED ON ALL
DOWNTOWN STREETS AND
BROADWAY.
NEW ASSESSOR APPOINTED BY
MAYOR QUALITIES FOR
POSITION.

At an adjourned meeting of the city
council last Friday evening Alfred
Schlumpberger was appointed city as
SCISSOR for the year, Fred Setter, the
Mayors original appdintee being unable
to qualify as a freehoder. The salary
of the assessor was fixed at $500 for the
year and an assistant, sChas. Grussendorf
appointed at salary of 5000. Both
have qualified. Thewor of the assessor
this year will be considerably greater
than ordinarily, because all the real
estate must be reassessed in addition to
the usual personal property assessments.
City Engineer Minimum also was re-
appointed, but there was considerable
argument over the salary question of
this official, some of the aldermen being
of the opinion that the engineer did not
devote enough of his time to his duties,
as he also holds position of county
surveyor which necessitates more or less
work outside al the city. Mr.. Minium
wanted a raise sof $40 per month, or
salary of $3.50 per month, but this the
council refused to grant at least for the
present and the old salary of $11O per
month was re-established. 1t was the
sense of the council that the city engineer
take complete supervision Of all of the
street work, giving the street COM
missioner all necessary orders as to work
to he done. Should the engineer find
time to execute these duties the members
of the council were; agreed that his, salary
should he raised to theamount asked for.
During the discussion of the question
of oiling the streets, the matter off pre-
pairing the roadways for oiling was dis
cussed and it was finally decided that
the city should purchase steam roller
with which to pack down the streets be-
fore they are oiled.
The expense of ,oi1tng will he borne by
the city at large as under the charter
assessments for this purpose cannot be
levied against abutting property as is
done in the case of street sprinkling.
Just how many streets and what sections
of the city are to be oiled will be decided
at later meeting of the council after
the committee on streets has made
thorough investigation and has become
familiar with the oiling proposition. 1t
was decided, however, not to include
State, Washington and Franklin streets
and these connecting these thorough
fares in the sprinkling district, conse-
quently these streets will be rolled and
oiled. 1t is also possible that the ap-
proaches to the city both on the south
and north sides will be given applications
of oil as it is believed that the city at
large would be benefited if the great
clouds of dust which sweep down Mime
sofa street from either direction during
the summer months can be prevented
by the use OF oil.
The meeting was rather warm one
and it would seem as if the present
council is likely to be less harmonious
than was the body which recently went
out of existence. President Behnke
aroused the ire of Councillor Filzen and
the latter was quite frank in expressing
his opinion of the presiding officer.
Things were smoothed over, however,
and no serious rupture is anticipated.