New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-09-10
STREET DANCES TO
Be FEATURE HERE
PROMOTERS APPEAR BEFORE
CITY COUNCIL; PERMIT
81 IS GRANTED.
COUNCILLORS DISAPPROVE OF
& FURNITURE FoRsNEW CITY
HALL.

FURNITURE FORsNEW CITY
# HALL.
IS New Ulm will be in line with other
cities OF the state in the matter of public
street dances. Permission was granted
by the City Council at its last session
to make arrangements for this innova-
ton for local lovers of the Terpsichorean
art County Auditor Louis G. Vogel
and Sheriff Vim. j. Julius appeared
before the city fathers and made strong
plea for this community dancing. They
asked permission to rope off one block
or half a block of the paved street one
night each week. Considerable dis
Fcussion arose over this proposition the
members Of the council in general. being
in favor of trial of the plan.
The amusement having public char
acter the proceeds are to be used for
some community purpose, the promoters
explained. They either will be made
the nucleas for community Christmas
tree fund or for some other undertaking
along this line. The season having
considerably advanced the dances would
be restricted to a very short period,
Messrs. julius and Vogel stated. In
case they prove successful they will be
s7 ade a permanent institution for the
inning years.
g First Dance Next Week.
The first dance Of this kind will be
held next week, it is said, the soldiers
having dance at the Armory this week,
Thursday. Originally it was planned
to start in this week but adverse condi-
tons made this impossible. The hours
ssiH be from about 8 o'clock until half
past eleven. No decision was made
regarding the price Of admission.
Dislike Furniture.
The furniture for the new Municipal
straighten up sent here recently by the
langley & Ewart Co., Of Minneapolis,
contractors, came in for a severe criti-
csm on the part Of several members Of
the Council. President L. B. Krook
told w. F. langley who was present
at the meeting that hehad stopped the
unpacking of the different articles when
he came to the city hall recently and
noticed the bad condition of several
pieces Of furniture. Mr.. langley ex-
blamed that he also was not satisfied
with these articles and that he would
do everything to satisfy the council
members and himself before he would
leave the city again. He would even
60 further than the council in this re-
spect, he said. He also stated that in
recent years it had become very hard
to get perfect articles from the factories
but that he would do everything in his
power to remedy the defects Of the fur
niture sent here. Virtually all furniture
for the City Hall was on the grounds,
he said.
The objections of the council members
were directed against certain tables and
desks and especially against the kind Of
drawers contained in the tables, with
the exception of a few.
The first estimate due to langley
&. Ewart amounts to $3,384.75. This
includes all pieces Of furniture, except
the desks and tables. The full con-
tract runs up to about $500. Moth.
ing was done by the council in regard
to the estimate.
To Enlarge Bee Hive.
The owners Of the Vogel Block, DR..
j. H. Vogel and ALT. J. Vogel, were
granted permit by the council, to
build an addition Of 3Ox25 feet to their.
building. This is to be occupied by a
part Of Mr.. Och's Bee Hive store, the
present quarters becoming to small
for this fourishing dry goods business.
The addition will be so feet high and
the cost Of erection is estimated at about
$4,000. Work on the new structure is
to be begun Immediately.
Theatre Requests Granted.
Mr.. Reed, owner Of the Lyric Theatre,
formerly the American, asked for per-
mission to place a new sign in front OF
his theatre. Together with the grant
+ ! $ III { 3e.s