New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-03-21
CITY HALL BONDS
MEET OPPOSITION
FRIENDS OF PLAN POINT OUT
~ NECESSITY OF PROPOSED
BUILDING.
SPRING CAMPAIGN IS QUIET
ONE; CLEAR SAILING FOR
ALDERMEN.

While the forthcoming vote on the
Jfoposition to issue bonds for the con-
/struction of City Hall in this city is
scarcely being mentioned in audible
tones, it is said there is being vast
amount of quiet work being done both
for and against it.
The opponents base their arguments
entirely upon the expense to be in
CURED, and the fear that it will necessitate
greatly increased tax.
Building Badly Needed.
Those favcring the proposition point
out the actual need of the building. One
of the greatest of these, they say, is a
proper place to house the fire apparatus;
then comes respectable police head
quarters and an office for the city engi-
neer.
"For many years it has been hard on
the fremen of this city to work under
the conditions afforded them by the
poorly equipped building used for a
fire hall, which adjoins the City Clerks
' >ofice," said Henry Engel, chief of the
department.. 'The men have always
given not only their time and often their
own money to keep the department in
trim, and to fight the fires for the city.
But as the old members drop out it is
going to be hard to recruit new members
under present conditions, and it is only
question of time when there will be no
volunteer department and the city will
be forced to support a paid force suf-
ticientiy large to manipulate the depart
ment, as is now the case in most towns
of the size of New Ulm.
Firemen Are Loyal. q
Every man on the force is loyal to
the city, but they begin to feel that their
efforts are not appreciated. Especially
will this feeling sink into their hearts if
the voters at this time choose to turn
down the chance that is now put up to
them to secure new city hall, which is
so badly needed
Discussing the expense of building the
proposed City Hall, a citizen said:
fUnless City Hall is built at once
Xhe old shack now used for fire hall will
have to be entirely rebuilt or overhauled
at least, before another winter, and that
will cost several thousand dollars, more
than the interest on the bonds for several
years to come.
Would Save Expense.
''The city is now paying rent and
buying extra fuel for an office for the
police force, and it will be but a short
time when an extra office will have to be
provided for the City Engineer. He is
now compelled to do his work in a
cramped up space in the City Clerks
office, where he can scarcely be expected
to do his efforts justice, either to himself
or to the city. This of course, will
necessitate another additional expense,
all of which would be eliminated if we
had a City Hall. The city formerly
rented room fol the engineer, and it is
probable it will be obliged to do so
again.
Inc coming Guy eiecClOn Itself, Is
y, causing scarcely ripple on the even
y Surface of New Ulm politics. There
only are three officers to be elected, an
alderman from each of the three wards.
So far only one candidate has filed for
the nominations Alderman L. B. Krook
in the Third, who seeks reelection,
which is apparently without opposition.
Alderman Fred -Hamann, of the First.
and Wd. Eibner, of the Second, have
petitions in circulation, and will probably
file before the end OF the week. Satur-
day will be the last day for filing.
So far as is known at the present time
there are no other candidates in the field,
and it is probable that there will be no