New Ulm review., 1917-02-14
HEATING MANAGERS
HAVE BEEN CHOSEN
CITY COUNCIL AND MUNICIPAL.
CORPORATION SELECT MEN
TO HANDLE BUSINESS
NEW ULM FATHERS INTERESTED
IN PLAN TO IMPROVE THE
:, KUEHNEL ROAD.

The managing board of the municipal
heating plant consists of Fred W. john
son and A. J. Vogel for the Heating
Company L. B. Krook and Fred Ha-
mann, representing the City Council.
At the council meeting Tuesday evening
a committee from the New Ulm Heating
Company appeared before that bodv
and notified it of the appointment of the
Messrs. Johnson and Vogel, and re-
quested the appointment by the president
OF the council, the members of the city's
representatives on the board, which was
promptly done. Mr. Johnson, who is
also secretary OF the heating company,
read a report of the earnings of the COM
pany, sinceit began heating the buildings
OF its patrons about November 1. While
heat was installed in many of the build
ings early in November, and few even
in the last days of October, the meters
were not installed until the first part of
January, and the cost to the patrons
based upon their readings during that
month. The report showed that the
earnings for that month amounted to a
total of about $1,000. The heating
company recommended as Decem-
ber was not so cold month as January,
that discount of rs per cent from the
January readings would be about fair
for the December charges and so per cent
for the month of November The coun-
Gil concurred in the findings of the heat
ing company's board of directors and
the city clerk has sent out bills on that
basis. The earnings of the company for
December was $3.50 and for November
$3.50. Only q portien of the heat con-.
sumers had their buildings connected
with the plant in those two months, so
the business has grown considerably
since the heat was first installed.
Build Up Kuehnel Road.
H. N. Somsen, A. J. Ochs and Ferdi-
nand Crone appeared before the council
as a committee from the Commercial
Club, to urge action on the part of the
city regarding the improvement of the
kuehnel road at the earliest possible
date. This highway by which most of
the Nicollet county people reach this city,
is often made impossible by the floods
which occur at frequent intervals during
the spring and summer, and it is for the
interests, not only of the New Ulm busi-
ness men, but of hundreds of residents
on both sides of the Minnesota river
that the road be passable at all times.
Mr.. Somsen explained to the council
that there are several ways by
which the road could be taken care of
and made passable at all times. It is
generally agreed that the highway should
be raised from two to three feet on
the Nicollet side of the river. Mr..
Somsen argued that it would be just if
the City of New Ulm, Brown and Nicollet
counties would each contribute onethird
to the cost of the enterprise and there
would be no trouble in providing
permanent road across the river.
Seek Aid From Two Counties.
President Behnke of the council,
designated the committee on streets and
bridges as a special committee to act
with the Commercial Club committee
to go before the Boards of County Con-
missioners of Brown and Nicollet t
urge action, and incidentally, apprt
priations sufficient to bear their share Il
the expense in improving the .roae
Estimates of the cost will be obtaine
before definite action is taken, howeve
Acting City Attorney George D. Eric
son submitted a contract which he ha
received from the officials of the MINI
apolis & St. Louis Railway Compan
relative to the spur track which W;
built for the purpose Of delivering &C
and other supplies to the water and lig
plant. Mr.. Erickson pointed out t.
defects in the contract, which the ra
way company wished signed and return
and he was instructed to draw up O.
that would leave fewer loopholes for t.
company's benefit and send it on
those officials to sign.
The chief fault in the agreement
submitted by the railway people
that it might give that corporate
authority to connect up with other sp,
and render the track useless SO far
the city is concerned.
City Clerk William Backer was
structed to prepare the city's poll l
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