Local Contractors Busy With Their Crews Of Workmen.

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SEVERAL RESIDENCES OTHER IMPROVEMENTS

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M. E. Church And Retzlaff Garage Buildings Are Largest.

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Building in New Ulm is very slow this year in comparison with the past few years, regardless of the fact that two large new structures will be added to the business section of the city. The erection of private homes will not equal the building of the past spring and summer by a considerable amount.

Puhlmann Bros., who were awarded the contract for the construction of the $60,000 Methodist Church Building have their crews of men at work and the building is going up rapidly. It will be completed by early fall.

To date the complete plans for the Retzlaff & Sons Show Room and Accessory Store have not been completed and the contract for the building has not been let. No estimate has been made as to the approximate cost.

New Houses.

Prof. Albert Stindt will build a modern brick dwelling-house on his lot on Jefferson and 4th South Street. Work has already been started. He will be a neighbor of his fellow workers, Prof. Klatt and Bliefernicht.

Wilmar Windland, will take possession of the new brick home which he is constructing on South Franklin, early in the fall. The house will be modern in every respect.

Oscar Ulrich has let a contract for the building of a residence on his property on Minnesota and 6th South Streets.

The Jacob Klossner house at 311 N. German Street is being remodeled and arranged into a duplex, one part of which will be occupied by the Wm. B. Mather family.

Aug. Backer, retired farmer from Milford township, will move his family to this city as soon as the home which is being built on Center and Franklin Streets is finished.

The Saffert Cement Construction Company are busy supplying the architectural trim for the Retzlaffand M. E. Church buildings. A foundation of common art stone has been laid by this concern on North Jefferson street for the home which Joe Steiner will have built during the summer. Chas. Scharf, who is building a home on North German Street has used art stone in the foundation for the house.

Work has been started on the Joe Fesenmaier home which is being built on North State Street. The dwelling will be fashioned of granite faced art stone, the material for which is being furnished by the Saffert Construction Company. A garage building has recently been completed by this firm on the property of Emil Frenzel.

Plans for rebuilding the school house in Bernadotte which was known as the Peterson school located five miles from this city have been considered and work will begin on the building so that it will be ready for occupancy next fall. The school house was destroyed by fire in the early part of December at a loss of $7,000.

The New Ulm Brick & Tile Company are furnishing material to be used in the Prof. Albert Stindt, Wilmar Windland and Oscar Ulrich residences. They have recently completed the work of the garage belonging to Prof. Carl Schweppe, and are furnishing the material for a porch which is to be added to the residence of George Gag.

It is possible that as the summer season opens, there will be other contracts let for the erection of new homes. The list probably above is not complete but it covers most of the plans already made.

New Ulm is noted thruout the state for its beauty spots and the splendid buildings in the city. With the enlarging of our little city comes the necessity of providing housing facilities and this problem is quite generally solved here by people erecting their own homes making for a more conservative community and at the same time a more substantial one.

A committee from the Ladies Aid and the board of Trustees of the Congregational church met in the church parlors Monday evening with their pastor, Rev. Carl H. Yettru, to discuss the probability of enlarging and remodeling the main auditorium. Plans will be drawn for the work and announcement will be made later. The parsonage has just been renovated, and new floors were laid.

New Ulm Review,

April 23, 1924

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