New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-08-13

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w. S. Cockroft and wv. 'sItxisr
are Assistant Eng iineers. County
Comm issione EIass Two speeiaI
Meetinss.
B The request 81 F. d. Miniuna, Engineer
to confirm and approve the appointlnent'
of VS.. Cockr as assistant engineer,
his compensation TO be S. 90 per day and
expenses when engaged On county bitches,
and the appointment Of w. J.s PutzierI
as assistant engineer, with compen-
sation Of S. per day and xpenses when
engaged on county bitches, was granted:
by the County Cmnmissio ners at their
special meeting on August 9TH.
The Board appointed Peter Sprenger
Of New Ulm, II. f. Doh nann Of Leavens-i
worth and j p q. Bertrand Of Golden
as viewers in tie matter Of Count
Ditch No. request having been
before the Board for the improvement
Of said ditch. F. D. Minium, engi-s
neer, who had been ppointed on June
{ 10th to make the preliminary ssrVey
in this matter filed his report with the
Commissioners. Based on his report
and on the explanati ons Of q few petit
TONERS interested in the i1r improvement.
the Board took the action jlst mention
The Board took similar action IN regard
to the proposal for improvement Of
County Ditch No. 48, appointing Peter
Sprenger Of New Ulnn, p NJ. Der
trand Of Golden, and Ed. MCGOWAN Of
Eden as viewers in this matter. As in
the previous case, the engineer made
his recomm endations according to the
findings Of his survey This action was
taken at a special meeting Of the Board
held last Friday, August 9Th. &
Commissioner Meyer informed the
Board that G. a. Hers, perintendent;
Of the addition to the Brown County
Court House, has made the change Of
the water spout leading from the main
building to the addition. The recon1-
mendation of Mr. Meyer that the So. 90
withheSd be paid now was concurred
in by the Board:
The application Of John Schneider and
Henry Seifert Of New Tim, asking for a
redu elton in the assessed valuation OF
their real estate, received the approval
Iof the board. They were forwarded
to the State Tax Commission for con-
sideration.
Commissioner II. !. Meyer who was
az a to investigate the Complaints IS
, .1ess! il tie matter Of some drainage Of
County Itch No. SO, reported il
writing, that5he with the engineer Of said &
ditch investigated the matter fully and
that it was their opinion that these
tile lines could be materially improved
by the installation Of syrface i ll1ls e
'Thereupon the Commissioner was or
dered to have this work done as recon-
nnended.
Commissioner j. P. Graft recommend
ed that Joe Hogen, son Of Anton Hogen
of this city, who is now an inmate at
the State sanatorium as Cass Lake, be
made county charge The Board
ordered that the Auditor notify the
institution that hereafter all claims
for the care sof Joe Hogen will be paid
Iby the county
The claim Of j. j. II. Weisenbo rn Of
Lafayette for medicine furnished to
Esther Claus was upon motion rejected.
I'll The Auditor was insctruteda by the
Board to call for bids for repair work
on a bridge in NIL ig IN township be
tween Sections and 10, Township
! 1O8, Range SO, the work consisting Of
| two reinforced concrete abutments re-
|5quiring 47syards Of concrete and 3,l86
pounds Of reinforced steel. The bids
are to be opened on September Bird, 19l9.
I. Miss Amanda Radtke visited with hel
/ parents in Sanborn last week.
/ Miss Bessie Schlum pberger has re
1 turned from Wanda where she visited Al
1.-THE +. * schlulnp bergerE home
Andrew Jensen Of Linden township
recently sold his 100 acre farm to VIM
schaleben Of Madelia for $125 per acre
Mr.. and Mrs. liver Stone from Hansks