St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-18
FOR CITY EXTENSION.
A Trio ofCOmmittees Recommend that
the Ramsey County Legislative
Delegation Ask for an Increase
of st. Paul Territory.
A Committee of Four Physicians to Examine
Into the Question of the Relocation of
the Hospital.

ulllLccS vi Tue County commissioners
and chamber of commerce met the legislative
committee of the common council last even
ing at the council chamber to discuss the
matter of the extension OF the city limits.
DR.. Day was chosen chairman of the meet
ing and Aid. OConnor secretary. The discus
sion Of the subject was taken up, and a gen.
eral interchange of views followed. Mr.
Robbins, representing the people of Merriam
Park, spoke at some length, covering the
same ground as at the meeting a few weeks
since, that TO take Merriam Park into the
city of st. Paul would. in financial sense,
injure the former by producing a prejudice
in the minds Of the people of Minneapolis
intending to settle there and cause many of
them TO 90 elsewhere, City Attorney Muir
ray, Aid Van Slyke, Aid. Otis, Mr.. Berkey
and Mr.. Mitsch favored the extension of the
limits, while Mr.. Bell urged that the inter
ests Of the county would be best subserved
10y allowing the portions under discussion to
remain outside of the city for a time. To
get the matter before the meeting squarely,
Aid. Otis offered the following:
ReSol,ed That the delegation from St. Paul
and Ramsey county in the state legislature
be requested to secure the passage of a bill
charging the city limits SO as to include all
of Reserve township, all Of Rose south of
sections -, IA, -, 10 and Il, and sections
10, 30, 81, % and "a, aud the northwest
quarter of section IS of New Canada, and
sections 3, 10 aud "a of Mclean township :,
provided, however, that said territory shall be
exempt from all Of the present bonded in-
debtedness of said city, and that said new
territory shall not he taxed for schools, for
water or police service until the same shall
be furnished said new territory.
Mr.. Bell moved to amend by inserting
clause to exempt the new territory from any
Indebtedness arising from bonds authorized
by the legislature prior TO January /, 1856,
the object of the amendment being to pre-
vent the city from collecting anything in the
way of taxes from the country districts for
the construction of the proposed Robert
street and Sherman street bridges.
The amendment was lost, and Mr.. Bell
offered another that the new territory be er-
empt from the city's bonded Indebtedness
for ten years to come, but there being NO
second the matter was dropped.
Mr.. O'COnnOr then called the roll on the
the following vote:
Yeas-Messrs. Berkcy, McCiuug, Mitsch,
Kerwin, konartz, Otis, Dowlan, 0'Connor
and Van Slyke-9.
Nays-MessTs. Day and Bcll-2.
CITY AND COUNTY HOSPITAL.
As soon as the limits question was settled,
discussion ensued as to the ACCESSIBILITY of
the extension OF the present city and county
hospital or the erection Of 4 new one at Como
park. Dr. Ancker and Mr.. Wright spoke for
the board of control, urging the necessity of
making more ample provision for the sick,
and stating what was needed
to make the OLD Stewart mansion
answer the requirements. They both thought
that it was not advisable at present 10 seek
4 new location aud a new building. They
favored the erection Of a wing on the old
hospital. DIR. Ancker said from July |,
1888, to July /, 1854. there were $50 patients
in the hospital, while from July /, 1884, TO
January /, 1885, there were 263, but 81 less
than for the whole year previous. "Only
last night he said, "four patients had TO
be accommodated on the floor" Mr. Berkey,
Mr.. Ludden, DIR. Murphy and others favored
new hospital at Como park, while Aid. Van
Slyke opposed the location Of a hospital az
that point, because 1t would be detrimental
to the place as park. Mr.. Ludden read
letter from Dr. Boardmau, warmly com
meuding the location OF the hospital I Como
and stating that Drs. Hand and Wharton
also favored Como. Mr.. Ludden offered the
following:
Hesol'syi, That II Is iuexpedieut to expend
any more meney for permanent improve
ments upon the county aud city hospital or
almshouse where they are now located.
hesosged, Tuat the forty acre tract upon
which he wOrkhouse is built is a suitable To-
cation for both hospital aud almshouse.
After some further discussion, on motion
Of Aid. Van SlYke, the resolutions were laid
over aud Drs. Smith, Ancker, Hand and
Boardmar were appointed a committee TO
examine nto the feasibility OF n relocation
and report to an adjourned meeting.