New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-05-10
COUNCIL AGREES TO BACK UP
CITY OFFICIALS.

"Clean-up Week" seems to have had
salutary effect all over the city even
extending as far as the city council, for
at the regular meeting Tuesday evening
of last week this subject seemed to be
uppermost in the minds of the members
of this body polite. The matter was
first preached by Health Officer Seifert,
who stated that he was not receiving the
support he would like to have from the
police force in enforcing the sanitation
laws of the city. He stated that the
Mayor had stated that he would give
orders to the police to enforce the ordi-
nance relating to the cleaning up OF the
alleys, streets and premises, but there
have been no results. Chief Klause was
called on the carpet" and asked for an
explanation. He stated that efforts
had been made to enforce the ordinances
and that the people were doing the best
they could in removing the accumulated
refuse, but that there was shortage
of teams to do the hauling and for that
reason the work was not progressing as
fast as could be wished. Fire Chief
Engel also called the councils and Mr..
Klause's attention to the fact that
buildings were being moved through the
alleys promiscuously and that the police
were doing nothing to stop the practice.
Alleys are being blockaded in such
manner that in case of fire the depart
ment would be greatly hampered in their
work. Permits are not asked for.
Chief Klause explained that the buildings
in most cases were out in the alley before
he knew that a removal was contem-
plated and that the only remedy was to
have the offenders arrested and fined for
violating a city ordinance. Chief Engel
stated that he would be willing to en-
force the city ordinances as far as their
violation pertained to the fire depart
ment and the council voted to back up
the chief in any action he might want to
undertake.
The matter of the removal of the refuse
on the paved portion of the city's streets
was brought up by the health officer.
He favored the purchase of metal
receptacles instead of the wooden boxes
now in use. The matter of piling up
refuse on the side streets also was
preached, the editor of the Journal
stating that manure piles on Second
North street had given him severe
touch of inconsistencies during the first
warm days OF spring.
Chas. Ring appeared before the coun-
Gil and stated that First North street
between Payne and Garden street was
almost impossible on account of the old
tin cans, wire, nails and other debris
being dumped there. He asked the city
council to have this street cleaned up.
The matter was referred to the COM
mittee on streets.
Donations were made to the fire de-
partment, $3.50 for part of the expenses
of the delegates to the state fremen's
convention, and 500 to Burg's Battery,
as has been done in past years.
City Attorney Pfaender reported that
the council did not have a right under
the charter to provide for a board of
censors for the moving picture shows and
he had been unable to find ordinances in
other cities covering the subject. He
was instructed to draw up an ordinance
covering the licensing Of pool and billiard
halls and moving picture houses and pass
up the censorship proposition.
Licenses as electricians were granted
to the Everling Electric Co., the Cooper
Electric Co. and to Frank J. Temple.
Building permits were granted to AID.
Klause, H. H. Vogelpohl, Geo. B. Weiser
and Henry Simons Lumber Co. There
was considerable discussion over the