New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-05-21
JOINT COMMITTEE
FOR BRIDGE WORK
BUILDING OF APPROACHES TO
BENTzIN BRIDGE TO BE
TAKEN UP SOON.

.OIfER INTERESTING MATTER
DISPOSED OF AT COUNTY
BOARD MEETING.
The street committee of the New Ulm
City Council and the special committee
appointed by the Chairman Of the
County Board at their session held
March 26, were charged to consider
the important matter in regard to the
building Of the approaches to the Bent
Yin bridge over the Cottonwood river.
at a special meeting Of the County Co
missioners held May Is. Pursuant
to a resolution of the city council adopted
at their last meeting the street committee
consisting of Messrs. Carl Aufder-
neide, Christ Filsen, Jr., and Otto
F. Oswald, together with attorney
Henry Somsen as representative Of
the city attorney, Mr.. Dempsey, ap.
peared before the Board, calling their
attention to the serious situation of road
and bridge during the time of food.
It is now up to this Joint committee
to see to it that this matter is settled
IN satisfactory manner. It has been
said that the County Board is willing
to defray half Of the expenses incurred
by the building Of new approaches
and the raising of the bridge to a higher
level.
No County Nurse.
In the matter Of providing for a
county community nurse for the benefit
Of school children as well as for the help
Of adults, no decision was taken by the
Board. Several communications and
petitions received from individuals and
societies regarding this matter were
peesented by the chairman. They were
laid on the table, without any further
action. @
County Tuberculosis Sanitorium.
A communication from the advisory
commission of the State Sanatorium
for consumptives in the matter of es-
tablishing and maintaining tubercu-
losis sanatorium in conjunction with
Nicollet, Watonwan and Redwood
Counties, was read. This was in an
swer to an inquiry made by the County
Board regarding the feasibility of
erecting such an institution by the
said counties. The next step in this
matter will be joint meeting of the
commissioners of all four counties which
will be held at some future date.
Good Roads Meeting.
The county auditor informed the
Board that w. D. Rosenwald, LIST assis-
tant road engineer Of the state highway
department, stated that the Depart
ment arrange meetings in the various
counties of the state to discuss the good
road amendment, and that May
23rd was open for such a meeting in
Brown county. It was moved and
carried that such meeting shall be held
in the village Of Springfield on that date,
when representative of the State
Highway Commission will explain in
detail how the State and Federal Aid
will furnish 100000, or more, to be
applied towards the construction of
highways, providing Brown County
bonds itself for like amount. Com
missioner Herman Polkow was requested
to make all necessary arrangements
which he has DOE.
$1,000 For District Engineer.
Mr.. Mathers, Division Engineer of
the State Highway Department, APP
peared before the Board, with the
request that the county take over the
District Engineer on the county pay
roll He stated further, that the High
way Department would pay the salary
Of said engineer direct to the county
and that the District Engineer is at
the present time on the State pay roll
with a salary Of $4,000 per year. The
Board decided to comply with the
request and by special resolution fixed
the salary for the District Engineer at
81, 400 per year, effective June LIST, 1919.
Bar Silt Removed
The committee appointed on June
27th, 1918, at the joint meeting Of the
Commissioners Of Redwood and Brown
counties, reported that they have in
spected the work consisting Of the
removal Of a bar silt that partly OBJ
structed the outlet Of Tile Branch
No. Z, which gives said branch now q
free outlet and therefore, recommend
that the $500 which was withheld to
be paid to the National Construction
Company who had the contract for the
open work on said ditch. On motion
it was decided to authorize the County
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