New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-04-23
FOUR COUNTIES TO
BUILD SANIT0RIUM
FIRST STEP TAKEN BY COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS AT LAST
MEETING.
BOARD MAKES APPLICATION FOR
~ =.
ROAD AID; DIR. VOGEL
COUNTY, PHYSICIAN.

The ACCESSIBILITY of establishing and
maintaining a public sanatoriun for
the treatment and care of persons afflict-
ed with tuberculosis was discussed by
the Brown County commissioners at a
special meeting held last Wednesday,
April Is. 1t was resolved by the board
members that the auditor should take
this matter up Will wifi TIE Advisory Com
missioner of the Minnesota Sanatorium
for Consumptivesand ascertain from him
whether he could get the three neigh
boring counties Redwood, Nicollet and
Watonwan to unite with Brown County
in acquiring, establishing and maintain
ing such public tuberculosis sanatorium.
Ask For Road Aid.
The matter of improving State Rural
Highway No. "a between the cities of
New Ulm and Sleepy Eye again was
taken up and the Board by unanimous
vote passed the following resolution:
''BE 1T RESOLVED, that the County
Board of Brown County, does hereby
make application for an allotment of
S15OO0O from the Federal Aid funds
of the State to aid in the construction
and improvement Of State Rural High
way No. "a from the city limits of the
City of New Ulm to the city limits Of
the city of Sleepy Eye.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
that upon Federal Aid being granted in
the above amount by the Commissioner
of Highways, subject to approval OF
the Secretary of Agriculture, the County
Board does hereby agree to complete
said project as a Trunk Highway, ac-
cording to the requirements of the Coma
missioner of Highways and the Secre-
tary Of Agriculture, the estimated cost
of said Improvement being 100000
The County Board hereby agrees to
provide necessary funds in addition
to the Federal Aid either by making
special tax levies or by issuing bonds
when available County Road and Bridge
funds are insufficient.
The auditor was instructed to forward
a copy of said resolution to the Com
missioner of Highways.
Appropriations.
At the morning session of the meeting
several applications for appropriations
were before the board. The three follow
ing We're granted: $500 to the town
of Prairieville; $1,000 to the town Of
Mulligan; and $500 to the town of
Lake Hanska, all for road grading and
gravelling.
Commissioners Graft and Palmer were
appointed by the chairman to cooperate
with the supervisors of the Towns Of
Prairieville and Mulligan, while Com
missioners Johnson and Meyer were
appointed to cooperate with the super
visors of the town of Lake Hanska.
DIR. J. H. Vogel, County Physician.
Only one sealed proposal was received
by the Board, for services as county
physician for the first and third COM
missioners districts. It was made by
DR.. J. H. Vogel, who will furnish all
medicines and medical and surgical
treatments to the county paupers Of
these two districts for the sum of $500.
The Board resolved to accept his bid
and to stipulate in the contract to be
executed by the County Attorney that
the physician must furnish written re-
port to the Board at the end of every
three months, showing the visits he
made to the poor and the nature of the
sickness. The payments by the county
treasurer to the physician are to be made
semi-annually.
Bids To Be Accepted.
The County Auditor was instructed
to advertise for bids in the matter of
grading all that part Of State Road No.
2 on which no Improvements have been
made, and that bids shall be received
on or before May 18th. The Board will
reconvene on May 10Th at 10 o'clock
in the morning to consider such bids.
Bridge And Ditch Work.
A communication signed by w. A.
Kobberstein, R. w. Grausam, John
Hirsch, Herman Zuhlsdorf and Ferdinand
Rebel was addressed to the Board in
reference to having ditch repaired on
State Rural Highway No. 81, which is
about two and one-half miles west of
Sleepy Eye The complaints were in
vestigated, but the Board did not take
any action in the matter.
In the matter Of engineers acceptance