Cross Streets and Center

Affected By Council’s Action.

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ADDITIONAL CURBING

AND GUTTERING SEEN

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Ordinance To Be Drafted

Regulating Signs And Bill Boards.

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An unusual amount of important business occupied the attention of the city council at their regular monthly meeting held in the council chambers, Tuesday evening. Recommendations of the street committee reducing the roadway of certain streets was adopted, bids were invited for curbing and guttering five streets, franchise and lease were transferred from the New Ulm Gas Co. to the Interstate Power Co., platform on North German street in front of Minnesota Central Creameries Co. was ordered removed and a hearing was ordered on the petition for paving the alley in Block 64 North of Center street. Besides that the usual amount of routine business was transacted.

Width of Roadways Reduced

In a report filed by the street committee, it was recommended that the roadway on all cross streets between Fourth South and Fifth North Streets, inclusive be reduced from 56 feet to 40 feet and Center Street from 80feet to 60 feet, excepting that portion from State to Washington Street. This means a widening of the boulevards on each side of the cross streets eight feet and on Center street fifteen feet. In their report the committee states that in their opinion these widths are ample for all traffic purposes, that by reducing the width of these streets, the maintenance cost will be reduced and that it will mean a saving to the city and the individual property owners should the streets be paved. The report was unanimously adopted.

Bids Invited for

Curbing and Guttering

Considerable time was spent discussing the advisability of curbing and guttering some of the streets and the discussion also covered the proposition of paving. The final outcome of the discussion was the adoption of a resolution inviting bids by March 26, 1926for curbing and guttering Second North Street from State to German street; Second South Street from State to German street; First North Street from State to Broadway and the same street from Minnesota to the St. Louis track and First South Street from State Str. to the St. Louis tracks.

Lease and Franchise Transferred. Two resolutions were adopted, one transferring the lease entered into between the New Ulm Gas Co. and the city, leasing to the gas plant for 99years the tract of land where the gas tanks and building are now located to the Interstate Power Co., the present owners of the plant and the others transferring the franchise granted. A. Kennedy and P. J. Smith in April 1914 authorizing them to use the streets for the purpose of operating their gas plants.

Property owners residing on North German Street presented a request that the owners of the Minnesota Central Creamery property be directed to remove the platform in front of their building which now extends over and across the sidewalk into the street. The request was granted and the platform was ordered removed.

Alley Paving Sought

Willibald Eibner on behalf of himself and other property owners in Block 64 North of Center street presented a petition to have the alley in rear of their properties paved. A public hearing on this petition will be held March 22.

Sewer Petition Referred Back

A petition had been presented to the Board of Public Works requesting the construction of a sewer on Broadway between Eighth and Tenth North Streets. This petition contains the signatures of only 8 property owners out of 18. The recommendation of the Board of Public Works that the petition be returned for additional signatures met the approval of the council.

Ordinance To Be Drafted

For some time some of the members of the council have looked with disfavor on ugly signs that have been stuck up around the city and at the meeting Tuesday a resolution was adopted directing and empowering the city attorney, city engineer and the committee on public grounds to investigate this matter and report an ordinance regulating electric signs and also bill boards in the city.

Fred Pfaender Recommended

A committee consisting of William Lieb, John G. Gronau, George Saffert and John C. Siebenbrunner which had been previously appointed submitted a report in which they recommend the appointment of Fred Pfaender as city assessor for the ensuing year, subject to the approval and appointment by the Mayor The salary was fixed at $1,000, of which $50 is to be paid March 1,1926, $100 April 1,1926, $100 May 1, 1926, June 1, 1926and the balance of $650 when the books and records have been turned over to the County Auditor. This report was also approved.

Routine Business

Milk licenses were granted to Theo. Manderfeld and Henry Arndt. An estimate for coal was allowed in the sum of $4,228,83. less the freight which had been advanced by the city in the sum of $3,066.04, leaving $1,162.69 to be paid to the coal company.

The street Commissioner’s report showed 195 1-2 and 125 1-2 hours of hand labor during the month of February and 20 hours and 80 hours of team labor. The police reports showed two arrests during the month. The usual grist of bills was allowed.

New Ulm Review,

March 3, 1926

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