St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-19
CITY FATHERS CONVENE.
Big Appropriation OF Bonds for
Needed Local Improve ments.

Big Appropriation OF Bonds for
Needed Local Improve ments.
At the regular meeting of the city
council held last evening, copies of the
resolutions adopted by the chamber of
commerce respecting an appropriation
for Dakota farmers, were submitted and
referred to the committee on ways and
means. With reference to the removal
of garbage, the st. Paul Sanitation COM
pany, which held contract with the
city covering period up to June Is,
1890, surrendered all rights to the AZo-
tine company, to which company the
city has already awarded contract for
1000 to remove garbage for the cur
rent year. An announcement was re-
ceived from Mayor Smith of the APP
pointment of Mark Costello as a
member of the st. Paul board of
workhouse directors to succeed himself,
the appointment being confirmed. A
proposition from JOnn Safranek, of the
the Second regiment band, for the fur
ishing of fifteen evening concerts at the
rate of $3.50, was referred to the COM
mittee on parks.
Mayor Smith submitted a cOmmuni-
cation relating to the needs of South
Dakota, and said that the situation Of
the people in several counties in South
Dakota was, at this time, deplorable to
a degree. Many families were de-
pendent on the charity of citizens of
adjoining states for the mere neces-
saries of life. Owing TO the failure of
the crops for the past two years, they
have no seed with which to plant their
lands, nor means to purchase any. All
the counties had already exhausted the
five per cent limit allowed them, the
counties being in the same straits in
the matter of ability to issue loan
as the state. Il am assured"
continued the mayor, ''that I'M
less material aid is furnished these
people will be driven from their homes
and compelled to scatter about to the
ends of the earth, pennless paupers.
This picture may seem overdrawn, but
it is the substance OF the statements
made to me by the delegation recently
here headed by Gov. Mellette. In the
past our city has never been appealed to
i'm vain. We have furnished aid when
appealed to, no matter how distant the
state asking it. In this case these peo-
pie are our own neighbors, and they ask
us for aid in their great distress. We
would respectfully ask the common
council to extend to them such aid as
the occasion, in their opinion, demands.
Subdivision 6 of section 5 of the
act of the legislature OF Feb. 81, 1887,
authorizes the council to appropriate
$4,000 each year to meet contingencies
of this character. Ten thousand dollars
of this fund has already been appropri-
ated for the year 1890, leaving similar
amount balance unappropriated." The
matter was referred to the committee on
ways and means.
President Marvin, of the Industrial
Union, addressed the council on the
de- titution in Dakota, and advocated
the application for the relief of the dis
tressed people of $1,000 of the carnival
surplus. City Attorney Holman re-
ported back approval Of the bonds of
Frederick DriscOll in the sum of S10,-
600 for the city job printing contract.
Instructions were given the board of
public works TO inaugurate proceedings
on the remaining lands necessary to COM
plete the construction of the West side
levee from State atreet to the city linn
its, and the bonds to the amount
of $1,000 were authorized for the
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