Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-07-14
OUR ST. LOUIS LETTER.
Proposed Extension of the City Limits
Campaign Against Small Dairics--
A Million Dollar Lawsuit.

A Million Dollar Lawsuit,
81. Louis, Mo, July 1.-THE APP
proaeh OF city campaign has brought
about n lively discussion of the iuun-
cial condition of st. Louis. Money
is wanted for new pubic build.
lngs that are contemplated. Tho
city cannot run into deb and
cannot increase its taxation with.
ont n vote Of the people, aud every
body understands that u proposition To
do either of these things would TO
beaten at the polls by the taxpayers
So movement is on foot now L. in,
crease the city limits, aud take IN bout
twenty square miles of rich and popu.
ious suburban settlements 10 The West.
1T is claimed tual the taxes IRON this
source wtu'd give the city all the rcve.
nue. II needs TO carry out it's plan of
public Improvement The question will
be agitated vigorously from nov Till
the election and it may be an issue in
the spring campaign for the election Of
Mayor
The big and little dairics of the city
are lighting over new milk law, the
most thorough everproposedin this city,
whic h is now pending in the Assembly.
The system of inspection which the
bill contemplated Is so rigid that il will
drive out of business the many little
dirty diaries in the city, that make
money by selling impure milk, and
they arc moving heaven and earth To
kill the bill, II the bil passes it will
put into operation II complete system
OF food inspection that will include
every article of food used on the Ia BILE.
Milk Inspector James Il. sullivan
makes telling argument for the bill
by drawing from the records of infant
mortality in the health office Chill
dren fed on impure milk die OF mar
asmus most often. Inspector sullivan
shows that since milk inspection was
begun here, five years ago, the deaths
from marasmus have decreased 80 per
cent. He argues, of course, that the
better the inspection the life of more
children will be saved The great
dairics of the city, whose reputation
depends on the quality of their milll,
are doing all they can to pass the bill,
and rid themselves of the comparatively
irresponsible competition OF the smaller
dnirynen.
We are going TO have very inter-
esting million dollar suit here. When
Thomas Smith sold Washington Park
to the city years ago for SIS, OO0 he
stipulated that it was TO he used for
ever for the purposes Of II public square
The city is now building city hall on
the site of the park having cut down
the trees, and has already spent about
n quarter of n millio.. on the structure
Now the heirs of Mr.. Smith, most of
whom live in Texas and Kentucky,
come to the United States court claim
L., 4. l.. Al
city has diverted the park from the
use to which it agreed TO put it, but
also the park itself. The park is now
worth n million dollars. Good lawyers
say the heirs have an excellent case,
but the city's lawyers of course make
light of it. While The suit goes on,
the building of the hall will proceed,
TOO, and by the time decision is OBJ
tanned the ediiicc will be finished.
Then, il the heirs win the suit, the
city will simply hand them over the
money the park is worth.
Experiments in new kind of
weather signalling are to be tried soon
in the agricultural country which de-
ponds on ST. Louis for it's forecasts
Chief Signal Officer, Mark w, lIarring-
on, is not at all satisfied with the re.
tributing signals by means of manufac-
tory and factory whistles. 1t seems
that they are COMPOUNDED with tho
whistles used for other purposes, and
often pass unnoticed by the people
:or whose benefit they are set out.
The weather officers hero have been
informed that Chief Harrington intends
10 introduce silver whistles for trans
hitting the signals. He thinks they
give out n purer, roundcr tone, Just MS
loud as the sound from the other wills.
Ties, and easily distinguished from
them. The first experiments in this
part of the country with the silver
whistle will be made in the large farm
ing towns OF Missouri and Illinois.
Don't Want Carnegie's Money.
PITTsBURG, July l2.-Last night the
Window-Glass WORKERS. union OF the
South Side made an initial move to-
ward reproving Carnegie. A resolu-
ton was passed recommending
that Mayor Gourley be requested
to ask the council to return to Andrew
Carnegie the $1,000, 600 he had donated
for free library, and that a commit
tee be appointed to accompany Presi-
dent Eberhart in waiting on the mayor
with copy of the resolution. 1t was
also decided to instruct the delegates
OF the association to the trades council
to urge the latter organization to take
the same action.
Chicago board OF Trade.
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