New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-01-03
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CITY FATHERS TRANSACT BUT
LITTLE BUSINESS IN SHORT
SESSION. .s5

ASrequest from the representative Of
the Northern States Power Company
to examine the city records with re-
ference to the cost of producing the
electricity for New Ulm, caused a lot Of
discussion at the Council meeting last
night, without getting anywhere. The
power company's representative an
peared before the council at its opening
and 3 explained his purpose. He said
that.this company proposed to make the
cityssa proposition to furnish the city
with electricity, and that his object IN
wishing to look over the various reports
and cost items that he might make a
comparison, after which an offer would
be made to the city. !.
Aldermen Object.
Several of the aldermen objected to
the request, declaring the company
should ' make its proposition after which
thescouncil could then decide for itself
whether it was attractive enuf to
warrant making contract. Chairman
.Behnke explained that there would he No
way TO prevent the power company's
agent from examining the records if he
really wished to do SO, and Alderman
kro 90 said he wanted to 90 on record as
s1alyorlng the request, because he be-
sheved it would be beneficial to the civ
TO. e DO 50. The discussion was cut off bv
q motion TO adjourn without the request
being granted.
me application Of the Farmers Inter
state Coo Operative Company for a build
ing permit for a lumber shed, Of wood
&c with galvanized iron, to cost
Sl,aoO, at the corner OF Center and
sR1 streets gas gra Ted after con-
q report Of the electric light and water
committee recommended an inyest;p.a-
5tlon OF the advisability Of placing the
light wires on North First street. from
the plant to German street underpro,,,,d
Sewer Estimates.
. Two estimates onlthe sewer work now
. az progress by the Healy Heating &,
Plumbing Company, one for s481. IS and
the other for $3.50 were allowed. Is i
said that only about two and one-half
blocks 81 now remain to be finished bv the
contractors.
The annual report of Acting Chief Of
Police John Herzog was read to the
council, accepted and placed on file 4
summary OF the report appears in another
column Of the Review. The monthly
reports OF Chief Herzog, as well as those
OF Night Policemen Girg and Harmen;no
We're presented. The police department
has ordered the pool halls to close at
@ o'clock at night. 8 Isl IA
There were 377 hours Of hand ,ahor
and 81 IL hours OF team labor done ~ J,
the streets during December, ACCORDING
to the report Of the street commissioned
The City Clerk was ordered to ad-
yertise for bids for oil to be used IN tha
streets during the summer months
Nos 4 and 5 oil is to be used.
Sewer Odors Menace.
Health Commissioners o. j. Se;fart
called the attention Of the council "a tho
disagreeable and health menacinp odors
coming from the sewers, especial,v =
the downtown district. He said tho orc
at the corner Of Minnesota and North.
second streets was particularly noticeable
and requested the council to make some
move mo- at once to put an end to the mic
ance. Some of the city fathers had also
noticed the difficulty, and the CITY enoi-.
n nee was instructed to take steps towara
remedying the evil. 81.
5a A. J. Mueller, superintendent Of q No
electric e light and water works, told tho
council that only on some Of the coldast
days last week was it necessary to use
any i've steam to keep the central heat
7 ing plant in operation, and then but verv,
little. The live steam turns on auto
matlcahy when there is an unusual de-
mand made upon the service pipes which
emptles the mains. Not more than half
2 ton Of extra coal was used on any one
OF the coolest days, he said, to keen the
pipes hot. M