New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-10-10
MOVING OIL PA
FINDS OBJECTOR.
CITY COUNCIL DELAYS ACTION
ON STANDARD coMPANY,s
ORDINANCE.

WILL BE MENACE TO cITY's
SAFETY.
Consid erable opposition to the re-
moval of the Standard Oil company's
warehouses and storage tanks from the
Chicago & Northwestern right-of-way,
in the south part Of the city, to the prop
erty of the Minneapolis & st. Louis
railway, near the New Ulm Gas COM
panys plant and the New Ulm Grocery
ICompany's building on North First
street, developed at the meeting Of the
city council Tuesday night. F. L.
Packard, district manager for the oil
company, appeared before the board
OF aldermen, and requested the adoption
of an ordinance permitting the erection
OF the necessary buildings and the lo-
cation of the tanks at the place selected.
1t was explained to the council, by Mr..
Packard several weeks ago, that the
change in location was made necessary
by the fact that more room was needed
for additional buildings and tanks,
which could not be procured at the pre-
sent location. At that time he was re-
quested to present to that body blue
print Of the proposed structure, which he
did at the Tuesday evening meeting.
Oppose By Chief.
Fire Chief Henry Engel opposed the
oil plant being located in the center Of
the industrial district of the city and at
a point SO near the water and light plant.
You will observe" declared Mr..
Engel, shat in all Of the large cities the
oil compianes are obliged to locate their
storage tanks outside the city, or at the
city limits. They are always far away
from any Of the large buildings or inn
pcstst industries
There was also some discussion as to
why the company desired an ordinance
permitting the construction Of the build
ings, rather than a building permit
Mr.. Packard said that was the COM
panys way Of doing business, but he
had never known why. He declared
that he had located some twenty five
or thirty similar plants in as many cities
and towns, and that in every instance
there had been no opposition to the
ordinace, which he said, was identical
to the one he had presented to the New
.Ulm council, except that at Mortified,
where tie council had cut the time
limit frcm fifty years, which the ordin-
nance would be in force, to twenty-five
years.
:sz Wants Building Fire-Proof.
Chief Engel had also insisted that if
the Standard Oil company were per-.
mitted to construct the buildings that
they be made Of either brick or concrete,
and that they be fre-proof. Mr..
Packard said there would be no OBJ
lection to that proposition, altho the
manner in which his compnay's pro
ducts were handled the fire risk was
even less than that Of lumber yards or
other industrial plants. Alderman
Flzen said he had made inquiry of the
various insurance agencies and had
been told that the insurance rates on
property would be NO greater
by the presence Of the oil company's
buildings and tanks than any other
buildings.
It was decided that the: matter be
laid over until a special meeting is held
and Acting City Attorney W. H. Demp-
sey was instructed to prepare an ordin-
ance which he thot would be acceptable
to both the city and the company.
Fair Gets Donation.
President Ferdinand Crone of the
Brown County Agricultural society APP
peared before the council and requested.|
the donation of $500 to the society.
His request was granted
. Henry Engle, representing the New
Ulm Roller Mill company, asked that
the amount for heating the fire house
near the mill and for taking care Of the
apparatus be raised from $35 year to
$45. He gave the reason that coal
costs SO much more now than IN the
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