New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-07-11
CITY COUNCIL LET'S CONTRACT
FOR CONSTRUCTION OF IRON
ENCLOSURE
GEORGE HOGEN is APPOINTED
A JUSTICE OF PEACE FOR
CITY.


material is secured. The contract for
it's construction was awarded at the
regular July meeting of the city council
Tuesday evening, to the Saffert & Gugis-
berg Cement Construction company.
The fence is to be of steel with reinforced
concrete posts and will cost $1,265.
Geo. Hogen Appointed Justice
Considerable other business was trans
acted by the city fathers during the
session, among which was the acceptance
of the resignation Of John Buschers as
justice of the peace, and the election of
George Hogen to take his place. Ill
health, preventing his attending to the
duties of the office compelled Colonel
Buschers to give up the office.
Joseph Koehler resigned as city scaler,
and Charles Brust, ST., was elected in his
place. III health was the reason for Mr..
Koehlers resignation. ~
Demand is Refused
Edward A. Hoffman, sent in a COM
munication to the council, recounting
that while driving on South Valley street
his automobile had struck manhole,
which he said extended several inches
above the street level, damaging the
machine to the extent of 500. He de-
manded that the council make restitution
| to that amount. On recommendation
of City Attorney Pfaender Mr.. Hoff-
mann's demand was denied. 1t was said
that an investigation had showed that
the automobile was damaged but slight
ly, and the manhole was but slightly
above grade.
The liquor license of A. S. Dorm was
transferred to Martin Schnobrich, the
latter having purchased the saloon from
Mr.. Dorm.
The bond of Pullman Bros, as side
walk and crossing contractors, was
accepted. .". 49,. 81
Material Not Fire-Proof
i Fire Chief Henry Engel called the at
ftention Of the council to the fact that some
J, Of the contractors who obtained building
permits for the construction Of buildings
with sheet iron coverings had requested
permission to substitute so-called fire.
proof material, which he declared was
not fre-proof at all. To illustrate his
contention, Chief Engel produced several
samples, to which he applied lighted
match Each sample burned like paper.
At the request of Chief Engel the fire
men are to be allowed rs cents an hour
for cleaning and drying the apparatus
following fire, in the future. They
have heretofore been paid 20 cents an
hour, but Mr.. Engel contended that the
amount was not enough. 81
Want Wages Raised
A request of the employees of the water
and light department for raise in
salaries was referred to the committee,
with instructions to make their recon-
mendations at the next regular meeting
of the council.
The street commissioner reported that
1892 hours of hand labor and 875 hours
of team work had been performed on the
streets during the month of June
The city scaler reported that 220 loads
were weighed during the month, for which
$22 was received.
Pool Halls Licensed
Nine pool hall proprietors, owning an
aggregate of eighteen tables, whose
licenses expired July 1, made application
for renewals, their applications were
granted. They are as follows: Ben. M.
Remnant, 1; Schuler & Schleif, 1; Frank
Girg, l.; Woratschka & Penkert, l; Mar
tin Schnobrich, l; Schueller & Hawk, 7;
Mike Ranweiler, 1; John Zischka, /;
G.. H. Becker, 4. .-.
The Healy Plumbing & Heating COM
pany was allowed $3.50 on it's estimate
for the construction of the North Front
street sewer.
The bill of Pullman Bros. Of 81, 127 .85
for removing the Indian monument was
allowed. This was the amount due on
the contract price.
/ Held & Haeberle were allowed the
amount Of the estimate of $342.25 for
grading North State street.
On the evening of July 16 there will
be a Joint meeting of the council and the
directors of the New Ulm Heating com
pany, when bids for the extension of the
heating plant will be opened. It is
expected the contract for the work will
be awarded at that time.
! Plant lice thrive at this time of year.
Tobacco preparations or soap suds
usually will destroy them.
| When the larkspurs are thru blooming
cut them back to the ground and cul-
| tivate. They will send up stems for fall
4 flowers.
1 Save the seed of choice flowers. Seed