New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-10-01
CITY COUNCIL IN
SPECIAL MEETING B
FIRST MEETING HELD IN NEW
MUNICIPAL BUILDING
OF INTEREST.
TWO STONE COMPANIES MAKE
APPLICATION FOR CITY
POWER.

The new Municipal Building is grad
ually being given over to the different
! functionaries in the service of the CITY.
The city clerk, the police and fire depart
ments having taken possession Of their
new quarters during the course of Sep
TENDER the city fathers followed suit by
assembling for their special session last
Wednesday, in the new council chamber.
Part Of the furniture having been re-
jected it was found necessary to gather
around the venerable council table
having been in use for years in the old
council room.
A few matters Of interest were taken
UP by the meeting. Among them was
a request by the New Ulm Stone Com
pany for current from the city plant
and a similar request made by the
A. r. Voss and Daniel Ross, representing
the old Minnesota Filing Rock Co.,
quarries at Redstone. Both these appli-
cations were turned over to the proper
committee for further investigation.
OF Benefit To City.
That the use Of the city's electric
current by these companies will be Of
decided advantage to the community
plant was recognized by the city fathers.
The two companies in question promise
to do large business in the near future.
The New Ulm Stone Co., was taken
over this spring by the Mclaughlin
interests Of Red Oak, Iowa, who opera
ted the plant during the summer months.
It is planned to have Improvements
made during the winter months. The
same is true in regard to the quarries
at Redstone, where arrangements are
| being made for the erection of perma-
ment building during the fall and winter
months. The contract for these struc-
lures has been let to Pullman Bros.
of New Ulm.
May Make Change.
In a previous meeting Of the council
the question was ventilated whether
the cost of street Improvements should
not be assessed in toto against the
AUDITING property instead Of only two
thirds. This matter was again dis
cussed at the special session and it seemed
to be the prevalent opinion among the
councillors that the burden of paying
one-third of the cost of these improve
ments should be removed from the city
treasury. The improvement on Front
street may be the last that will be made
under the old custom of the city defray-
ing third of the expense.
Get Contract.
Held & Haeberle were given the con
tract for the grading, crawling and
evarding Of Front street from Cen
ter street to Sixth North street. It
amount to SO ,461.9O, about $500 higher
than the estimate by the city engineer.
A bid for the installation Of an electric
clock system in the new Municipal
Building was submitted by Mr.. Ewart
Of Langley & Ewart, Minneapolis, in
the sum Of 500. The system provides
one master clock and ten secondary
clocks in the different offices. The
clocks are made by the Standard Electric
Time Co., Of Springfield, Mass.
Langley &. Ewart, who furnished the
furniture for the city hall, were allowed
$4,000 on their contract. It will take
several months before the rest Of the
furniture which was returned because
of faulty construction will be delivered
and installed in the new building, accord
ing to statement by Mr.. Ewart