Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-23
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Use of Rotten Saver r',ps-A Report Show
ing Its Neutrality-suspicious. Called on
tho CITY Eugineer-Why Does He Use
Ono Pipe and Recommend Another p
Tho Road GU alton Improvements
Ne. ded-sawdust Obstruosing the River
Fifteen Dele gates to Quincy.
The chamber of commerce meeting yester-
dsy was moro important than for several
weeks. designations were received from ID
McCaine and B. Magoffin. Jr. The formers
resignation was not accepted, but q leave Of
absence granted.
SEWER PIPE
Cart. Barney, from tho committee on manu-.
features, submitted the following report:
To the Chamber of Commerce:
The committee on manufactures, to whom
was referred the following extract from the
Chicago Times of Sept. LIST, respectfully reports
same back to the chamber as follows:
which has already appeared in the GLOBE. The
article states that the glazed pipe in that city
very soon becomes worthless. the glazing COM
ing off. and the ripe then absorbs matter, gen.
crates sewer gas. and ia even more unhealthy
than wooden drains. GLOBE.
More than a column of the Times is devoted
to the subject. from which it appears that the
people are beginning to realize the necessity OF
protecting themselves from the sewers; that
fever., diphtheria and other diseases are pro
duced by sewer Las escaping into the houses.
on account Of the pipe used, defective plumb
ing. defective flushing, defective connecting of
the pires from the houses with the sewer,
by which the water closets, sinks and cess-
pools become foul and the atmosphere
poisoned. Tho health department is over
run with applications for inspection. and in
spection reveals an alarming condition of at
fairs. Your committee ia informed that the
same pipe complained of in Chicago Is used In
St. Paul. and that defects in plumbing. and
other particulars similar to those in Chicago
exist in the house drainage and ventilation in
St. Paul.
Your committee are not advised of the true
state of the facts sufficiently to report more
specifically; but the subject IL OF suoh trans
cendent Importance to the health and life OF
every ctiz-n, to the reputation of our city IA @
sanitarium for invalids, and in financial
point of view t" every tax payer that we thn k
the subject should be referred to the city engi
neer and the board of health to examine and
report npnn the material used in our sewers
and the condition of house draining and ven
tilation. with such recommendations as may
seem adv sable.
This city and all the cities Of the State are
spending or must spend hundreds of thousands
of dollars in constructing sewers, and 1t ia al
important that no mistakes be made. The
subject is worthy of more than q passing no
tice or superficial report, and we recommend
that the city engineer and city physician be
respectfully requested to examine the subject
in thu mr. thnrnuuh in all ito detail Is
and report to this chamber.
THos. j. BARNEY,
DANIEL MCCAINE,
j. w. McCLUNe,
G. GOTHAM,
Fl. A CASTLE.
Referring to the report, Capt. Barney sale
he bad U.S. d the St. Paul cement pipe for foul
or five years, and the pipe was as good, or even
better, to-day than when it was put in. II
was in use in the vinegar factory ir his build
ing on Seventh street, and did the service we'll
He did not know about the glazed pi pc, save
what he saw in the papers, but he knew the
cement pipe was good article for sewerage
ventilation in water closets. He noticed Mr.
Jones, proprietor Of the cement pipe works
present and he could probably give some in
formation on the subject.
Mr.. Jones said that the longer the cement
pipe lay in the ground the better and harder il
became. They had taken out pipe after it haC
been in the ground four or i've years and founC
it absolutely perfect and uncbange. excep
that it had grown harder. They had had this
matter up before and the city engineer had re-
ported favorably upon it. He had promised
before the chamber that cement pipe shoult
be need. but the first job after that glazed pip'
was put in. In response to questions MI
Jones said the pipe in use here came from st
Louis, and was not equal to the Akron glazed
- 10 MI
sixteen and a half cents per foot
while cement would cost but twelve and one
half cents. They were ready to warrant their
pipe. Tho city engineer demands a writer
guarantee, but he never asked it of st. Louis
and he could not get it if he did. A test hac
been made, with the engineer ard committee
and it was found the cement pipe would stanc
than the glazed.
W. L. Wilson defended the use of the glazed
pipe. If Sewall recommended it, it was be
cause he thought it was the best.
Mr.. Lee laid be had served ON n committee
to examine this matter, and they had recon
mended the use of the cement pipe. He hat
had cement pipe in use ten years and it wa
harder than when put in and sound ~ evcfy
way. MIR. Sewall must either have some pc
cubiary interest in the glazed pine or stron,
prejndices. He did not believe he had any pc
cupiary interest, and the refusal to uso tn,
cement pipe must come from prejudice. H.
wanted Mr.. Sewall to explain to the chambe
why he recon mended the cement pipe and uset
nothing but the glazed. 1t the glazed or ella,
lutely forbid it's use.
The report was adopted, but at O later perio,
in the session Hoe CO Thompson again calls'
attention to the matter, speaking in strouI
terms of the apparent attempt to crush out
branch of home industry. A further motto,
was then adopted instructing the COMMITTEE
on MANUFACTURES to follow the matter up ant
ask the city engineer to explain to the chambe
why he had recommended the cement pipe ant
then refused to use it.
OUR HIGHWAYS.
Mr.. McClung, from the committee on roads
submitted quite lengthy report urging tn
improvement of roads leading into the city
and especially within the city limits. Tho re
port cited in detail roads needing repair, thos'
leading into Dakota county especially requir
ing attention. The report and the following
resolution were adopted:
Resolved, That the common council of tn,
CITY and the board of county commissioners b,
requested to take such action as will insure thu
immediate repair of all roads leading into th'
city and in keeping them in constant repair
and that copy Of this report be forwarded t.
the city council and the board of public work.
and the boa,d of county commissioners by TIL
secretary Of this chamber.
opsTRUcTNa THE RIVER.
Mr.. McOlung offered tho following resolu
ton:
WHEREAS, The navigation of the Mississippi
river 10 being INSTRUCTED by the formation o
sand bars, caused by saw dust and refuse lum
Der thrown into the river from saw mills at tn
Falls of st. Anthony, and.
WHEREAS. 1t is the opinion of government
engineers that the navigation of the river viii
be permanently injured, and tho money ex
pended for it's Improvement lost, unless tb
prao' ICE causing these distractions are pre-
vented; Their, fore,
Resolved, That the Hon. 8. j. R. Mcmillan
Uni, ed States Senator from the State of Milo
nesota, is hereby respectfully requested to c",
fer with the attorney general IF the Unittt