New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1921-10-05

HICHWATER ROAD AND OTHER
MATTERS DISCUSSED AT
MONDAY MEET.

Commercial Club held their first meet
ing after the summer vacation, Mon
day evening. Only a few matters oc-
cupied the attention of the members
present and these were salts 'actorily
of in short order.
$3.50 for Legion.
At the directors gathering held prior
to the opening of the meeting OF the
club itself, it was voted to appropriate
the sum of $3.50 from the treasury to
assist the local American Legion Pest to-
defray its expenses for the American
Legion convention, parade and fire.
works. When the matter came up
fer discussion before the entire body,
the action of the directors was approx
ed with the proviso, however, that eff
forts should be made to collect some
of this money by voluntary subscrip-
lions and John Henle was appointed a
committee of one to make such col
lections.
Tidewater Com rnissio Report.
A communication was read from the
governors office, calling attention to a
meeting to be held in the House Cham
Der in the State Capitol at ST. Paul,
Fri'a.-, October Z, for the purpose of
hearing. the report of the socalled Tide
water Commission, which had been
appointed for the purpose of determin-
ing the ACCESSIBILITY of an allwater
route from the head Of the lakes to
the Atlantic ocean, via the St. Law
renee river. Those back OF the move
ment claim that such direct waterway
with Europe would materially reduce
the transportation charges on wheat
and other commodities and in this
way help the farmers. Al. O. Olsen,
chairman of the transportation COM
mittee, was authorized to appoint some
one from the club to attend this meet
ing as q delegate.
Highwater Road Plans.
President A. L. Book reported that
matters pertaining to the highwater
road which the State Highway Con-
mission had decided to construct
several blocks north of the center
bridge, are moving along very salts
faotorily and that he has the ass rance
of the Commission that the contracts
for this work would be let some time
in November and the work completed
as far as it is possible, drring the
winter. This would mean the employ
ment of quite a number of working
men during the winter.
Car Repair Shops Remain.
Act ng, no doubt, upon a recent edi-
torial in the New Ulm Review to the
effect that there was danger that the
local repair shops of the Chicago &
Northwestern Railway Co. might be
removed from here to Tracy, the d.
rectors of the Commercial Club held
special meeting to consider this mat
ter and a committee was appointed
to get into touch with the officers of
the railroad company to secure a rever-
sal Of any order that might have been
made looking toward a removal of
the car repair shops from New Ulm.
At Mondays meeting, C. A. Stolz re-
ported, on behalf of this committee,
that Supt. Boyle of Winona had been
interviewed and that they had his as
surance that New Ulm would not lose
its repair shops, that as a matter of
fact New Ulm was already down for a
shop station, which means that a
building, sanitary in every respect, we'll
heated and electrically lighted will be
erected in New Ulm between now and
October l, 1922, large enough to take
care of 20 or more cars at one time.
At present 18 car repairers are at work
here and if the contemplated improve
ments are made, then it is possible to
take on 40 or more men at any one
time.