Ordinance Enforced

With Reference to Party, Who Desired to Sell

Carload of Pears.

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COUNCILORS

HAMANN, GRONAU

IN OBJECTION

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Chas. Emmerich Secures Contract for Heating

Main Extension. All

Banks Depositories.

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The peddler and hawker activity was up for discussion at the special meeting of the city council Monday evening. The matter was brought to the attention of the city fathers, when an application for a license was presented by M. M. Flockey, an ex-service man, who desired to dispose of a carload of pears in this vicinity. Some months ago a drastic ordinance was adopted by the council with reference to hawkers and peddlers. The license fee was placed so high that it is almost prohibitive. There is no provision for the issuance of a license from day to day, but only for a year’s duration. The fee is from $50 to $100, according to the kind of activity engaged in. The council, upon motion, voted to grant Flockey the license, providing he paid a fee of $100. Councilors Fred. Hamann and John G. Gronau voted in the negative. Both voiced their opinion that it was an injustice to ask a fee of $100 for the disposal of a car of pears within the city limits.

Councilor Hamann stated many times the poor people of New Ulm would make a saving, if they had an opportunity to secure fruit and vegetables from parties, who shipped a carload to this city and peddled it out. He thought it was an injustice to ask a license fee of $100 for this privilege. Councilor Gronau stated he concurred with Councilor Hamann. It was explained that the ordinance was passed at the behest of representative businessmen of the city, and that the fee was purposely made almost prohibitive. Councilor Hamann stated he was aware of this fact and that he had voted against the ordinance when it came up for passage.

Heating Main Extension

Chas. Emmerich was awarded the contract for the installation of the heating main extension to the old Merchants hotel building, which is being remodeled into a flat building at this time. There were but two bids filed with the city clerk. Mr. Emmerich’s bid was in the sum of $943.25, while W. S. Vercoe’s was $970. The former bid being the lower the contract was awarded to Mr. Emmerich.

All Banks Depositories

The four New Ulm banks, the Citizens State, the State, the Farmers and Merchants State and the Brown County, were named as depositories for city funds. Each bank had filed a bid, and they were identical with one exception. The interest on time certificates was placed at four per cent for the next six months. One per cent was fixed as the interest paid on daily balances. The exception was with reference to overdrafts. The Farmers and Merchants State bank outlined they would permit the city to overdraw, providing interest was paid on the overdraft at the rate of five per cent. The other three banks contained a provision in their bid that overdrafts would not be permitted.

Estimate No. 1 on work on North Broadway from Twelfth North street to the C. & N. W. overhead bridge, was allowed the contractor in the sum of $499.91.

Brown County Journal,

October 30, 1925

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