New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-04-03
COUNCIL ACCEPTS
CITY HALL PLANS
MEMBERS OF THE BUILDING
COMMITTEE AGREE ON
GENERAL LAYOUT
COMPLETE ESTIMATE AND THE
SPECIFICATIONS READY
BY MAY FIRST

It a meeting OF the City Council
held Monday afternoon preliminary
plans for the new municipal building
were displayed by Architect lyric
and accepted. Instructions were given
the architect to go ahead and pre-
pare the complete plans and estimates
for the building.
Fronting on Broadway
TIE initial plans provide for build
irg 72x112 in size, fronting on Broad
way. No decision has been reached
with regard to the material which is
to be used in construction as that will
be decided after estimates have been
made of tie cost The floor plan has
been laid out in general altho there are
still unassigned spaces and no doubt
a number of changes will be arranged
before the plans are accepted as COM
plete The main floor will house the
business offices of the city and the ap-
paratus room of tie fire department..
Tie second floor contains the Council
chamber, and Judges apartments and
the sleeping rooms for the fremen.
Location of Offices
Passing from tie vestibule which
opens on Broadway, one enters a hall
and turning to the right the Mayors
room is located. 1t is room II IL x
IS IL in size Beyond it still further
to the right, running along the First
North Street side of tie building is
the City Clerks room, II "a. On
the opposite SIDE Of the hall the Fire
Chief has an Office the same size as
the Mayors and on the second North.
Street side of the building is located
rolice Headquarters, the same size as
tie City Clerks Office. Back OF the
MAYORS Office is a small room for the
use Of tie public and the vault is located
back of tie City Clerks office. Again
back of tie vault the Treasurer's office
is found. This is a room II 22. On
the opposite side of the building behind
the police headquarters there are locker
and toilet rooms. These are just across
the hall from the vault. There are a
number of otker small rooms for the use
of the ianitor and the accommodation OF
the public.
Recreation Room Planned
In the center of the building, little
toward the back, a space is provided
for a recreation room. This is ~
% in size and fills in the space just
back of the vestibule and halls ana
stairway.
Apparatus Room
With these rooms completed there IS
still left 40 feet of space running to the
back end of tie building and this 40
feet of space clear across the u feet IN
width will be utilized for the fire ap-
paratus.
Second Floor Plan
On tie second floor above the front
entrance tie Council Chamber is located.
This room is "a 81 feet in size. At
the right TIE engineers room, Is IL
- is located and at tie left Of the Council
chamber tie committee rooms and
toilet rooms. Tie stairs from the
first floor open back of the Council
Chamber and there is a hall leading
from them to the various other apart
n1ents. Behind the stairway the vault
extends from the first floor and in front
of the stairway the Judges chamber,
II x 16 in size, is located.
Provide For Municipal Court
The Municipal Court room, II %,
occupies the center of tie left side of
the second floor and across the hall on
the right side the Board of Health is
located in room IL IL II. These
various apartments open on light
court occupying % rs feet of space
and on tie farther side of this light court
are found the larger unassigned spaces,
one directly in the center, l6 26 in
size and one at the left II Fl IL.
At tie right of this unassigned space
the fire chief has another office II X
II 1-2 in size with private toilet.
Quarters For Firemen
This brings us back again to the space
above the apparatus room and here are
located the dormitories for the fire
men. Each one is IS x SO in size, with
bath and toilet facilities.
The permanent plans will be ready
in about three weeks of time to be
submitted to the Council and various
changes suggested at the Monday meet
ing will be embodied with the costs
worked out. 1a,ss .ss..s