New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-11
ROAD SIGNS HAVE
: CLUBS ATTENTION
COMMERCIAL BODY ALSO TAKES
DEFINITE ACTION ON BAD
PIECE OF ROAD
DISCUSS NUMEROUS MATTERS
OF IMPORTANCE AT FIRST
MEETING

MEETING
Whether to erect sign boards directing
tourists along the roads leading to and
from New Ulm, was one of the principal
questions discussed at the first meeting
held at the New Ulm Commercial Club.
after the summer vacation. at the cluh
rooms, last Wednesday evening. The
Improvement of the bridge crossing the
Minnesota river on the Kuehnel road.
was also given considerable attention.
While the attendance was not so large
as President G. A. Ottomeyer hoped for,
those present displayed great interest in
any matter that might benefit New Ulm.
either from financial or civic stand
point.
Black and Yellow Trail Marked
A letter from E. F. Soaring, secretary
of the Mankato Commercial Club, read
by President Ottomeyer, said that his
organization had completed marking
the Black and Yellow trail from Mankato
to New Ulm, and from Mankato to
GAINESVILLE, a distance of forty-seven
miles in all, and urged the club here to
continue the work westward, and also
through the city of New Ulm.
1.-The Black and Yellow Trail" the
I0ff0r
greater part of the way across the state.
There is little stretch west of New Uln,
and little stretch east of GAINESVILLE.
but we are taking steps to have the latter
marked. The trail, which goes from
Chicago to the Yellowstone National
Park, is the shortest road by 800 miles,
and is the best graded and graveled
road in Minnesota Z i -.,.-s..-
The Good Roads Committee to which
had been referred the matter of placing
signs on the. roads leading out of New
Ulm, reported that nothing had been
done so far. The committee will make
further investigation of the matter
and was instructed to report the result
to the board of directors Of the club.
If the latter body finds it advisable.
action will be Immediately taken.
Direct Autoists Through CITY
H. N. Somsen and w. B. Mather
volunteered to place signs on the tele-
phone poles from the CORTLAND bridge
to the Loretto hospital, directing strang-
ers through the city, over the Black and
Yellow trail. Mr.. Somsen called at
tention to the fact that the first impress
sion the visitor receives of a town is in
variably the most lasting, and automo-
ibilists passing through the city found
that had the citizens taken some little
pains to aid them, that town would
always be favorably remembered.
To Raise Kuehnel Road
Probably the most important business
transacted was the taking of active
steps toward raising the bridge across
the Minnesota river on the KuehneI
road leading to New Ulm from Nicollet
county and that of thexroadway on
either side of the bridge A committee
consisting of j. A. Ochs, H. N. Somsen
and Fred. Crone was appointed to make
arrangements towards getting the work
started, so that the the high water may
not again impede travel to the city. The
matter was brought up by Mr.. Ochs,
who said that now is the time to begin
action, and not wait until the water had
tied up traffic on that highway again.
The city council and the county COM
missioners will be asked to make ap-
preparations to cover the work as soon
as the cost has been ascertained.
Community Picnic Dropped
". B. Mather reported that, as chair
man Of the committee appointed last
spf q arrange for community picnic
nothfar was done, as the committee
foo13 that there seemed to be but little
inte,a in the proposed affair and it had
been ali0Wed to drop.
Fer various reasons the White Way
lights from Minnesota street to the
the Minneapolis & St. Louis depot and
also to the Chicago & Northwestern
station will probably not be installed
before next spring, Mr.. somsen, chair
man OF the committee in charge of the
work, reported. He said that $500
had been subscribed for the project.
The annual meeting of the club Will
be held next month. Three new members
were reported, Elmer Backer, w. G.
Haynes and u. G. Kiland.