St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-09-27
Assisted by DR.. Braeken, 1t
Puts Forth a Dubious
Resolution.
At Last the VeXatiouS Gar
bage Question Is Settled
by Aldermen.
A Dozen Chosen Freemen
Wrestling With Fanny's
Libel Suit.
Last Day of Reeves Band at
the Exposition--In Po-
litical Pastures.

During part of the session of the
city council last night thrty-five men,
bers were present. AS usual. a good
deal of business was left undone. The
opening of Mary place was untouched.
The market ordinance was never men
toned. The feature of the meeting was
a resolution introduced by Aid. Downs
| just before adjournment. As is we'll
known. DR.. Bracken, whose aldermanc
candidate in the Fifth ward was r. l..
Stillman, would like to be health officer.
| His man. as well as Aid. Downs, was
| defeated in the primaries. Naturally,
| defeat ranllleS in the Spartan soul Of
| Tom Downs, who has come to look upon
| the council chamber as his homestead,
| of which he cannot be dispossessed. He
| and Siillman'S friends want to throw
suspicion and discredit upon the present
| incumbentS in the health department
because DR.. Brazie, the successful can
didate in the Fifth ward, is believed,
| wholly without reason. to be friend of
| the present health officer; SO last night
when the courage of Aid. Smith, who
had been scheduled to do it. failed,
| Downs introduced the following reSOlu
ton:
| Resolved, That. whereas nominations
|
made. and there is, therefore, no further need
| of the employees of the health department as
either makers or buyers. of delegates, the
committee on health aud hospitals is hereby
| instructed tC inquire whether said force may
| not now be. with safety reduced, thereby
| saving expense to the city.
| The resolution was referred to the
health and hospitals committee and will
probably be pigeonholed. as it is looked
upon as the evolution of the spleen Of
defeated but ambitious politicians.
Settled the Garbage Question.
Under the head of unfinished bust
ness, after several ordinances govern
ing the widening of streets. ETC., had
been disposed of. the garbage Ordi
| nance came up. On motion OF Aid.
| BraZie, the first two sections. provid-
ing Tor the construction Of vaults and
cesspools, and requiring the connection
! of all houses, on streets in which there
are sew els. with sewers, were stricken
out. This was done clearly for political
reasons, because some of the dear pub
lie OBJ ject to paying for sewer connec
ton. They were dropped out by
small vote, only one sec
ton having been read and
two-thrdS of the aldermen not under
standing what the second section meant.
Aid. Gray had new section to be in
corporated, which would make the
permitting of leakage from scavenger
tank misdeameanor. BarrowS thought
the whole matter should he referred
garbage matter bad been delayed
long enough. Barrows' motion
to refer was withdrawn and
Gray's amendment was thrown
out as ambiguous and unnecessary.
Aid. Phillips desired that the prices to
be charged by ScavengerS for removing
night soil be fixed by the ordinance, as
he thought scavengers habitually rob
their patrons. His motion received no
second, and the ordinance passed,
Phillips refusing to vote. The Ordi-
nance is now in effect and the nuisance
caused by the DECENTRALIZATION of scaven-
ger wagons. which. in point of order,
can give assofietida casks several points
and win hands down, will be abated.
Barnard Bros. & Cope petitioned the
council for permission to construct a
tramway across Fifth street at the cor
neI OF Second avenue northeast, and the
committee Oh roads and bridges recon-
mended it. Aid. Vogt wanted it re-
ferred to the aldermen of the Ninth and
! First wards, as the people out there OBJ
jected.
miscellaneous Business.
The offer made by the Western Union
Telegraph company of $50 per month for
the room now occupied by the superin-
tendent of the poor was referred
to the tramway. His motion tc refer
was lost, but on his stating that an
injunction would be secured, the report
was amended so that the council can
order the removal of the tramway, and
thus the report was adopted. Next Fri
day night Aid. Vogt will move recon
sideration OF the adoption of the report
The report OF the committee on
licenses, recommending that the petit
ton for the raising of the general ped
| dlers license from SO to $500 be not
, | granted, was adopted. The committee
on claims reported l0S warrants, aggre-
/ eating 100000, which were ordered
paid.
Health Officer Kllvington reported a
| notice which he had received from D.
, w. Lane and G. G. Leland, owners OF
Washington avenue addition. These
gentlemen give notice that if the haul
Ing of garbage across. and the dumping
D of offensive matter OH their property
? upon which is located the city dump, is
< not stopped at once they will sue fol
damages. The matter was referred tC
the health and hospitals committee
n The proper city officers were directed
: to close contracts with E. G. Canvet and
}. j. S. kearney for plumbing and ga!
G fitting in the Chicago avenue and Jane:
avenue engine houses, respectively
r In response to the petition from the
8 judges of the municipal court, the cit!
!. engineer was ordered to pave lookup
), alley with cedar blocks. A petition wa
received from the Plymouth clothing
: house and others asking for an ordin
IS ance prohibiting the hitching of teams
# was referred to the committee on or
l. dinances. A petition for bridge owe
D. Minnehaha creek, on Lyndale avenue
= was referred to the committee on road
o and bridges. Chief F. L. StetSon wa
e authorized to purchase 5000 feet of 211a
l. inch fire hose.
e The petition of residents of Fifteenth
/ avenue south, asking that the street-ca
tracks be moved back to Bloomington
y avenue, where they were before, wa
ST referred to the committee on railroads
e The council adjourned until next Fri
r. day night, since the board of equaliZa
" ton meets to-day and action must b
taken upon their work. Judges of cleo
ton will also be appointed at the mex
20 meeting.