St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-31
The Azotine Muss Stands a
Show Of Being Settled
at Last.
Joint Committee of the Coun-
ell Agree to the South St.
Paul Proposition.
a Garbage Factory to Be
Erected There Within
Sixty Days.
City Attorney Will Draft an
Amended Contract Between
City and Company.

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of delay the vexed garbage question
will be settled to the satisfaction of all
| parties concerned. Last evening the
special joint committee appointed by
the council to report upon the matter of
! advertising for bids for the collection of
garbage met in the council chamber.
Messrs. Van Slyke, Banhoizer and Elm
quist, of the assembly, and Gehan, Sui
liyan and Dorniden, of the aldermen,
constitute the committee. which APP
pointed Mr.. Sullivan as president. City
Attorney Lawler, President Murray, of
the assembly, Health Officer Hoyt,
Henry a. Freshman, j. G. Don-
nelly, of the Azotine company,
were present, in addition to
large delegation of West side citizens,
headed by Senator Lienau and Assem-
blyman Minea, the latter being on hand
to protest against the delivery of gar
Dage by the AZotine company at the cor
ner of Concord and Annapolis street, as
has been suggested, for conveyance to
South ST. Paul. The proceedings were
opened by the chairman reading the
form of bid for collecting garbage. as
drawn by the city attorney and passed
livery of the garbage to the Azotine
company at its works OF the upper levee
according to its contract" A motion
to designate the place as 1.-THE present
location i'll the Fifth ward" was made
by Aid. Gehan, but was lost, all voting
against it except Mr.. Gehan.
The chairman, for the benefit of the
committee, read the opinion filed by
the city attorney OH the whole matter
OF collecting and destroying the garbage
and the legal status of the AZotine COIN
pany IN the premises.
MI. Gehan said the council should be
guided by the opinion of the city attor-
ney. He had suggested that the garbage
be delivered 10 the AZotine company
i'll the Fifth ward, but that would raise
howl of protest from the residents
there.
Mr.. Van Slyke suggested an arbitra-
ton between the AZotine company and
the city, and the selection of a site for
its plant which would not give offense
to any one, otherwise the matter would
drag on for years.
FIeisI.man,s Offer
Mr.. Fleishman. of the Azotine COM
pany. was asked by the chairman to ad-
dress the committee, and spoke as fol-
lows:
Il have been before many committees put
ting up plants for disposlng of garbage but
If had known when appeared before the
committee which awarded me the contract
that should have had SO much trouble about
q site for my works. | never would have
erected the plant in ST. Paul. Your commit
tee, which went over the country on tour
OF inspection, reported in favor of the Merz
process, and asked me to put in q bid for dis
posing of the eity's garbage. Wherever the
works had been erected the cry always went
- ~.
St. Louis before l finished building i'll
functions were served on me. It is
not the Merz process which causes the
cutlery, 1t is the presence OF the garbage
wagons, for no one wants the wagons deliv-
ering offal in his vicinity. / think under the
circumstances should make a kick myself
II garbage wagons delivered their contents to
factory near my house. Now l want TO
make fair proposition. | am ready to re-
move my plant from its present site and
erect full working plant at South st. Paul
within sixty days, and all l ask is that the
city will designate some point where the
garbage will be delivered 10 me by the con-
tractor who collects it.'
Mr.. Fleishman, in answer to ques-
ton, said the works would be located
below the stOckyardS.
The Committee Bites.
Mr.. Van Slyke moved that The form
of bid for collecting garbage be so mod
luOu OF do W CtItdlU SiQH-
tracks on railroads where the garbage
shall be delivered to the Azotine COM
pany, who agree to convey it in spe-
cially built cars to the works at South
st. Paul.
Health Officer Hoyt suggested that
the bids should mention how often gar
bage should be collected and at what
hours, according to the requirements Of
each district.
City Attorney Lawler asked the rep
reSentatiyes of the AZotine company if
they were willing TO release the present
contract for disposing of garbage. He ex-
planned that since the fire at the works
the AZotine company had drawn $4,000
for doing no work under it's contract,
and could continue to draw the money
so long as the contract was not declared
in default. Under the new conditions
the company should either release the
contract or allow of its modification, so
that i'll the event of the works being
closed at South st. Paul the city would
not be obliged to continue paying the
company s1.250 per month for doing
nothing.
Attorney O'Brien, for the company,
acquiesced in the proposal to modify
| the contract to meet the new condi-
| lions, and the committee referred the
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tract for dispoSing to the city attorney
| and the health officer for notifications,
! as had been agreed upon.
On the motion of Mr.. Van SIyke the
committee passed resolution to recon-
| mend to the council that the Azotine
| company be instructed to collect the
| garbage until a contract is awarded, all
| present voting yea except Mr.. Sullivan
The committee adjourned to meet
! next Monday afternoon at 8 o'clock.
when the form of bid for collection and
! the modified contract of the Azotine
| company will be presented by the city
attorney and the same sent to the coun-
| Gil for passage.