St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-01
ON THE SIDE.

'Thc GLOBE is a model newspaper" said
S. S. Eaton TO a reporter yesterday. 1T is
credit to the city, and every time 1 meet a
visitor to the city give him copy to carry
away with him. And every time / take trip
East l never forget to stow away a few
GLOBES in my satchel. 1t compares with
any Of the papers of to-day"
The council will have number of i'm
portant matters to dispose of this month,
and those who know say that there will be
few lively wrangles when certain subjects
come up.
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The everlasting Langford park sink hole
affair will once again make its appearance,
special conference committee having been
appointed to arbitrate upon it. If the com
mittee reports to compensate the contractor,
Aid Dobner will fight the proposition to the
death, and he has sufficient votes pledged in
the commons to carry the day.
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1t is hoped that the proposed ambulance
service will be authorized by a unanimous
vote, special conference committee having
the matter now in charge. Assemblyman
McCafferty fathers this wise step, and he says
that IL shall not be shelved i'll the manner it
was by the old council. If ever there was
anything of vital importance needed in st.
Paul it is an ambulance service. The GLOBE
has number of times called attention to the
brutal and inhuman system which now ex-
lists of carrying sick and wounded persons in
the patrol wagons
i
What will the council do about the new
city hospital building? Money is required to
finish the work, and last month the hospital
authorities asked for $4,000 in order to pay
contractors. This was refused, and the mat
ter went to a special committee. Aid. San
born opposed the grant of any money and
his words were re-echoed by his brother in
politics, Aid. Sullivan. Yet the hospital
must be finished or the work which has been
done is OF no use. A building cannot be oc-
cupied unless it is fitted up: and in the re-
port of City Treasurer Refs, issued yester-
day, the sum of S232.11 appears to the credit
OF the hospital building fund. Do the gen
tlemen who oppose the granting of the
money think that the building of the city
hospital is of minor importance and, like a
street grading, be put off from year to year?
II
What would the good and pious gentle
men who are always bowling for the SUI
premacy of st. Paul, say, if the medical pro-
leSslOll u6Clueu 10 4OlQ u convention IN the
city this year? The committee on reception
would hardly include in their programme a
visit to the city hospital unless it was 10
show the wretohed unfitness of the present
building and the marvellous and heroic work
accomplished by City Physician Ancker and
lis associates.
Il
Fancy telling the surgeons Of Bellevue hos
pital. New York, or the great John Hopkins
hospital, who might visit st. Paul, that the
day nurses at the hospital had to sleep in the
beds used by the night nurses, and that pa
tients of.en had TO be laid upon the floors of
the corridors because there was no room in
the city hospital of st. Paul. Let us have in
situations in the city of which the citizens
should be proud instead of having to cover
them up from public view.
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Police officer Andy Call is the biggest man
on the force, and last evening he appeared
at O'Clock parade at headquarters with a
bulls-eye lantern of huge dimensions. Andy
was told by the lieutenant that the city paid
the expenses of street lighting. and the latest
account is that the big policeman has pre-
scented his lantern to the city railroad com
pany for use on motor as a headlight.