New Ulm review., 1922-02-15
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MAYOR ASKS COUNCIL TO FIND
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CITY WATER SUPPLY MUST BE
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BY NEW WELLS. ...a.


ell last Tuesday evening, chief of
which concerned the water supply of
New Ulm, the project of an auto camp
for tourists and an application of
property owners on North Washing
ton Street for q water main was also
discussed. The council will grant al
hearing to these property owners Feb
ruary 20, two weeks from last night, /,
at which time all interested are re-
quested to present themselves at the
council rooms to discuss the matter.
The Tourist Camp Question.
The project of an auto camp for
New Ulm was brought up for dis
cussion and Councillor Otto Oswald
said that he believes Her1nan's Park,
can be secured without any great diff
1iculty. This is one of the sites which
has been under consideration but there
has been opposition to it because it is
somewhat out of the way. 1t would
really be convenient only for people
entering the city from that side of
town. The college hill, is not chosen
usually by people who wish to leave
town going west and it is thought
that if the auto camp is established on
the college hill the people who wish
to make use of it might not do so,
prefering to go straight through and.
out of town by way of the hospital
hill rather than to make the hard
climb. Besides being on hill Her.
mans park is a considerable distance
from the business district, and tour
lists who might like to visit the stores
prefer to go into the camp first and
freshen up. After doing this they
might not feel that they cared to go
sOfar back to town.
Councillor Mueller reported that
many favor an auto camp near the
old vinegar factory That would be
nearer town and if the tourists wish
to rest in the shade of trees, German
park is near by for their pleasure. 1t
is expected that site will be selected
and camp obtained before the first
of the tourists arrive.
City Water Supply.
The question of the city water sup
ply is grave one and has caused many
people concern. Almost every summer
there is shortage of water and at
times in the past it has been neces-
sary even to suspend street sprinkling.
The city is growing steadily and
greater supply must be provided for.
Our supply is all taken from deep wells
and according to two experts from the
Charles L. Pillsbury Company, Min
neapolis engineers, it will be neces-
sary to continue the placing! of deep
wells in. order to assure proper sup
ply. These experts, Henry C. Lyk-;
ken and E. M. Gulloh, spent several
days in New Ulm last week investigat-
ing conditions and studying the geo.
logical formation of the ground in
this vicinity. /
According to the experts there
Minnesota between Mankato and the
Twin Cities but from Mankato west
ward the geological formation is.
quite different. East of Mankato the
surface and many feet deep, consists
of sandstone where in ages gone there
had been a lake. Granite is not
reached for hundreds Of feet below
the surface. In this section and eI-
tending to the Dakotas the granite
comes almost to the top and does not
furnish any water for flowing wells.
The question of fltering plant was
next discussed by the expert. It was
stated that Minnesota River water,
even when filtered, is very hard, even
harder than we'll water and it would
cost good deal of money to make it
suitable for use as a city supply. In
his opinion this left only the one way
of securing New Ulm's supply that is
from deep wells. ,,.
Improvements Suggested.
He suggested, however, that the
wells be made considerably larger than
those in use at present, and he also
recommended that water be pumped
with an air lift which would make use
of the entire supply that a we'll coule
furnish. 1t was also stated thai
several wells could be put down in tht
same vicinity and the water could b,
pumped with the same apparatus
This would cut down on the expense
He suggested pumping this water d:
rectly into a, reservoir where it woult
be epossible to extract such Ingredient
from the water as may be objection
able. Iron is one Of these objectionabl
elements. The expert stated that tn