New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-05-08
NAY MEETING OF
COMMERCIAL CLUB
CLUB PLEDGES TO CONTRIBUTE
100000 TO HoFMEIsTER
y - BAND +. -.-,
SUNDAY NIGHT. PARK CONCERTS
FAVORED. PARK BOARD TO
BE SO INFORMED

Pursuant to call the Commercial ChHs
held its May meeting last Monday eye
ming at the Club rooms, with President
G. A. Stolz in the chair. ...-..
After the meeting had been called tp
order by the President, Secretary w E.
Meile read the minutes of the preVious
meeting which were adopted after fey
corrections had been made. He .alsr
read the minutes of the last directors
meeting stating that bills for the amount
OF $37.45 were audited and ordered paid.
Benefit for Hofrneister
The most important business causing
a lengthy discussion was the benefit Tor
Capt. Hofmeister. Some club members
were of the opinion that the concert
given by the Hofmeister Band few
weeks ago was for the benefit of Capt.
Hofmeister. The manager <of the banas
John Henle, who was at the meeting
gave the desired information. He stated
the band had been under considerable
expense for notes; the concert referred
to was the annual concert of the band.
the proceeds Of which had always Howea
into the Golfers of the band and no ex-
ception was made this year. This was
considered but fair, and all the club
members were satisfied. But since the
Club stood pledged to support the band
with contribution of $4,000 month
to be paid to the leader it was considered
necessary that something in the line Of
a benefit concert or dance should be
given in the near future. Arrangements
were left in the hands of committee.
Park Concerts
, In. connection with this matter the
question was discussed on what day the
concerts at the park were to be given
Various suggestions were offered, SOME
members thought Saturday or Wednes-
day evening more suitable than Sunday
evening. Manager Henle explained Is
made no difference to the members Of
the band, but they would like to know
the sentiment of the business men ON
this point. During the discussion t.
was pointed out that laboring men had
no desire to dress up and go to park
concert on week day; they would GO
on Sunday because they had been rested
and were dressed for the occasion,
Businessmen and clerks would also be
prevented from going if the concerto
were given on Saturday night, because
the stores are open and had to be kept
open although the crowd would aae IA
the park and not in the stores. The
plan of having the concert on Minnesota
Street Wednesday or Saturday evening
was considered ill-advised The matter
was finally brought to "a head bymaking
the motion that it is the consensus of the
members of the Commercial Club to
have the concerts, on Sunday evening
at the German Park. This motion which
prevailed is to be brought to the atten-
ton of the park board. -. H.. s..
New Uln Heating Co.
F. w. johnson referred to the work
of the New Ulm Heating Co. the found
ing of which was directly traceable to
the Commercial Club. He pointed oth,
how much money had been saved to
the city during the past year. The
total amount was at least $5,OOO.Oe
which was like finding money on thu
street. Besides this nearly million
gallons of water had been saved to the
city from the condensation pumped back
to the station and which had been trans
formed into soft water. AS a result No
boiler compound was used and the Life
of the boilers was conserved.
For complete report on the meet
ing of the Heating Co. the reader =
referred to another column of the Re
view.