St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-24
The Fuel Question Causes a Hot
Discussion in a Committee Meet
ing.

AS OlUucISs Will Tic tAGSpIlOu Vi
GoodenOw & Lawther, the lowest bid
derS. as shown by the table, protested
against the entire fuel contract going to
one firm. and Aid. Rand moved to let
the contract for each separate kind of
fuel to the lowest bidder on that par
tlcular style. This motion was lost by
a vote of to 2.
1t was found that Nash & Ferguson,
instead of bidding upon screened pea
coal, as called for by the specifications,
had bid upon buckwheat coal, guaran-
teelng that it should be as good = every
respect as the screened pea c5Sl fur
nlshed I'd the city last year. This bid,
Aid. Lackey justly claimed. was in
formal and not in conformity with the
specifications, and it was moved to
throw it out on that account.
This motion created very lively dis
cussior, during which Mr.. Nash fatty
contradicted some of the statements
made by Aid. Lackey, and called him a
liar, but the matter was finally com
promised by the rejection of all bids
and the adoption Of resolution recon-
mending that the council direct the city
clerk to advertise anew.
The same committee considered the
placing of the $4,000 of insurance car
ried upon the city hall. 1t was found
that EichOrn 81 Son had large amount
of the insurance on other of the city
buildings, and il was decided to with
draw the $500 carried by it on the city
hall. Of this $1,000 was given to Barney
IL Ware. s., 500 to McGOwan & Schultz
and $1,000 to n. r. Thompson.
The 5000 heretofore carried by NJ.
w. Hoffman was transferred to King IL
Co. The balance was placed as fol-
lows:
Cheney & Co, $500; Barney & Co.,
$1,000; y. Nj. Larraway 81 Son, 5000;
Christie Il Morgan, $4,000.
The committee OH fire department
considered the petition of the Chester
Oh company for permission to construct
an oil tank at Sixth street and Four
teenth avenue southeast. and. after
brief discussion, decided to recommend
that it be denied.
The only other business of impor-
lance was the auditing of bills.
The committee on gas audited ex-
pense bills to the amount of 81, 300. and
the committee on painting also confined
itself to bills.
The committee on health and hos
pitfalls held rather prOtracted session,
part OF which was carried on with closed
doors.
James Lawrence appeared on behalf
of the Side estate to protest against
the report recently presented by
Drs. Leonard and Norton upon the
sanitary condition of St. Anthony
hospital. This report, he said, was
unjust unless it were accompanied
by a fair report of the condition
of all the other hospitals in the city.
When questioned closely he admitted
that the objection was based not so
much upon the claim that the report
was unjust as upon the fact that it had
been made public in the columns of the
daily press.
Aid. Schwartz moved that the COM
missioner of health be instructed TO
view the premises and make such rec
concentrations to the officers of the hos
pltal as he may deem necessary for the
sanitary improvement of the same. The
motion was lost, but later Aid. Gray
offered an amendment providing that
the commissioner report to the board
before taking any action, and the mo-
ton as amended was passed. Bills
amounting to $l,226 were allowed.