New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1921-10-12
$4,000 TAX LEVY
AGAIN NECESSARY
NO WAY FOUND BY WHICH THE
EXPENSES OF CITY CAN BE |
REDUCED.
NEW MUNICIPAL PLANT is NOW
COMPLETE AND HAS BEEN
DELIVERED.

Residents of New Ulm who hoped
for lower taxes the coming year will
have to guess again for the City Coun-
Gil says it "cah't be did" The tax
levy was fixed at last Tuesday even
ing's meeting of the council at $75, 900,
the same amount as for the past year.
The finance committee members are
VIM. Lieb, Chas. Kuehlbach and Karl
Aufderheide, and after canvassing the
situation these gentlemen told the
council they did not find any, way in
which the levy could be reduced and
the council adopted their report and
50 fixed the amount. It will be divided
among the several funds as follows:
Cemetery Fund $4,000
Park Fund ......... ...:....... 1000
Fire Department 5000
Administration .. ~ go 10000
Interest and Sinking Fund 49,. 10000
Sewer .................. $4,000
Street 81, 900
& !-2EstsSt y -
$4,000
1t will be seen from the above that
the street work calls for the major
portion of the levy and that a great
deal Of money must be spent on the
fupkeep Of our highways. Sewers come
next and they, with the street needs,
will absorb more than half of the whole
levy.
Sewer and Street Work.
"A sewer will be constructed to serve
the properties of p. F. Buenger and
George Durbahn on Washington Street
and Gust Stuebe on LIST North. The
contract for the work has been let to
Charles Emmerich.
First South Street between Washing
ton and Franklin is to be put into
good condition by grading and gravel
ling and the contract for this work was
let to He'd & Haeberle at a price d
81, 022.15, which is a little more than
800 under the city engineers estimate
Of $1,131.70. 55 S. 6
F: n. Retzlaf asked for. city heat
service for his repair shop in the Post
Office bloch. The matter was referred
| to a committee to get into touch with
| the Heating Company.
The proprietor Of the New Crysta
asked that his picture machine power
service be charged at power rates. Al
present he is on a light meter and h
| feels he is entitled to power rates. Tit
matter will be decided by the electri,
light committee.
Bills Allowed.
Bills for construction and repairin,
Iof sidewalks within the city were al
lowed and payment to Puhlmann Bros
in the sum of $3O9.59 ordered made
Gulden & Vercoe were also paid $751;
| for plumbing installed in the new
municipal plant. $4,000 was ordered
Ito be paid the Lawrence CONSTRUCTION
Co. for work on the new plant, $14,
l3O4.68 to the, ]. G.. Robertson Co. ant
extras amounting to $500 8. Thes,
bills were all ordered taken care of a
this time as the plant has been turned
over to the, city and has been accepted
| as complete. 80. 1
What Il Costs.
The entire cost Of building an,
Iequipping the new plant, including. tn,
various extra which were not included
lin the original contracts has been com
lputed at 1924, 524.11 and the amour,
Of bonds voted to cover the cost wa.
1880, 600. This leaves considerably
balance to be used in repairing ant
putting the light and power lines int,
good condition.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugo Boyer Of Wes
Newton are the parents Of a daughter
born Thursday, October s.