St. Paul daily globe., 1884-12-31
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.
Enlarglng the City Remedies for De-
feets IN the Sanitary System En-
larging the Power of the Police
JeDartment


Department.
/ At the meeting OF the legislative committee oi
the council last evening. Aldermen Otis, ST.
Peter, Starkey, O'COnnor and City Attorney
Murray were present
II was voted to ask the legislature to enlarge
the limits Of ST. Paul, by placing its boundary
lines asfOlows: Commencing at the Mississippi
river and running between sections IL and -
northwest TO south line OF Reserve; thence ives,
one quarter OF mile thence west to south line oi
section ?, thence west TO east corner of section
-, town %, range 20 thence west one mile t.
northeast corner Of section 80, town 92, range
-; thence east 10 east corner Of section -, town
p, range u, and thence west " the Mississippi
/ river.
These boundaries VIII include in the city limit
the village OF Hamline, the Harvester Works,
/ MOntyille, the stock yards, Hennessy's farm
/ Merriam ard Union parks, and the larger half o.
Lake Phalen.
| The matter OF enlarging the precincts, making
an addition thereto, and Of larger representation
'Of aldermen in some OF them was discussed n,
length This matter was finally referred to tn,
city attorney and city engineer TO report plan ol
/ the precincts as re-arranged, mot TO increase
their NUMBER to report at the next meeting oi
the committee, with an approximate estimate o!
the population in each precinct, with view I,
The future increase OF aldermanie representa- OIL
in the Fifth and Sixth wards.
DIR. A. e. Anker, city physician, appeared be
| fore the committee, asking that the Legislature
be asked to pass bill authorizing the improve
ment and enlargement OF the city and county
hospital. The old Stewart mansion, or main par,
Of the hospital, was purchased when st. Paul was
village, the wing built on when the
city had 1000 inhabitants, and to-day
capacity. 1t was heated by a furnace in the
/ wing and sixteen stoves in the main part, which
| jeopardized the lives of every inmate. There
was no means OF isolating infections disease
/ therein. and when diphtheria patients werc
/ brought there they had 10 be placed In a loWei
| room OF the old part, endangering the lives
/ all the inmates. Dr. Anker advocated the al
dition OF another wing 10 the Institution, anG
/ the addition of steam heating plant
outside the building 10 furnish
steam heat throughout it. Also the
building OF pavilion or the grounds separate
/ from the main building, to contain six or eight
rooms, FOR isolating and caring for cases of in
fections disease, the only guard against the
spread OF which in the city was the pest house
| for small pOx. He thought the Improvement
would cost under $751; 900 and they would accom-
modate the city for the next fifteen years.
The doctors statement of the city's hospital
wants was so plain and convincing that the com
mit,ee and Mr.. Murray made thorough inquir,
into the state Of things at the hospital. The
doctor fully satisfied them that steam heat wa.
imperatively needed, and that with thirty bed
IN the new wing and twenty two IN the old build
/ ing in all hfty-twO, the room was insufficient
while the new wing to accommodate forty
/ beds was inperatively necessary, whicn would
make in all 100 beds. Then, too. il was shown
/ that room was needed for nurses and the medca.
II
/ hospital now, and he had been obliged to refuse
admission 10 patients who should be admitted
but cOuld not be, as the remaining four beds
| must be kept for cases Of accident or sudden i'll
/ ness. The hos pital was mostly crowded in the
fall and winer, and last year he bad sixty cases
/ Of typhoid fever there.
In adiscussion relative TO selling the hospital
and brilding on the poor farm, it was shown the
latter was too far away -four miles) TO carry the
/ sick AS the subject which the CITY
and county alike interested in il was voted 10
4 postpone IL 10 joint meeting Of the legislative
| committee Of the city council and county com
/ missiOners.
From the committee on police, Alderman star
key reported their unanimous request for legis-
/ lative act empowering the raising OF the salary
Of the chief, captain and sergeant's salaries: al
\ increase of three in the detective force and for
/ three outside police stations. de stated that
this committee desired 10 raise the salary of the
chief from 81 800 10 81, 500 the same Us received
\ by the chief Of the fire department: the captains
/ from 81, 200 to Sl,50O, anu the sergeants from
1 81, 900 to s., i,2OO; that the outside stations
/ to be placed in the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth
wards would Decesstate the addition TO the force
I OF four more sergeauts and two lieutenants
whose appointment could be deferred until the
/ stations were quilt; that chief detective, at a
salary OF 81, 500, should be placed over the de-
iective force, 10 be alone amenable to the chief
OF police.
Mr. Murray said the city had authority 10 es-
/ tablish the station houses without going TO the
| legislature. Two OF the aldermen were in favor
increasing the chiefs salary 10 5000 and one to
81 500, while all agreed his present salary was
was too low, and that good chiefs of police and
/ OF the l-e department should be well paid; ar
/ Murray in favor or raising money TO build
the outside stations by tax levy ins tead Of by
/ the ISSUANCE OF bonds; il was shown
that Chicago and ST. Louis paid their fire and pO-
/ lice chiefs the same money, and that the police
| chief in Minneapolis received 81, 800 year and
its captain Si,5OJ, and that they had eight ser
/ geants 20 help them.
The matter came up in this connection of OBJ
/ tanning legislation for future increase IN the
number Of ratrOlnen, il being shown that other
! cities have one patroiman TO every 1000
/ inhabitants, which would entitle ST. Panl
/ 10 a force Of 100 men, when it now
/ has hut IS. sliding scale in the salaries Of
/ patrOlmen according 10 time OF competent ser
/ vice was also discussed, plan which is in adop-
/ ton in-other other cities with good results The
l plan discussed was TO pay polio eman $50
/ fo- the first TWO years, then SO and afterwards
I SIS, and as be grew old in the service putting
/ him in the easiest positions and decreasing his
pay in the same ratio.
The whole police matter was finally put over
/ to n meeting OF the full board, and the session
adjourned to the call Of Chairman Otis.