The state herald., 1892-07-15
bun ST. LOUIS terTkR.
rrop'Sssd Extension Of til. City Limits-
A Campaign AsxiAsS Small Dairiss-

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A Campaign AsxiAsS Small Dairiss-
A MILLION Dollar Lawsuit.
ST. LOUIS, NO., July 1.-THE mp
prossh Of . city campaign has brought
&bott lively disoussion of the fnan-
cial Condition 81 81, Louis. Money
Is Wanted for hew publie build
lngs that GrS contemplated. This
city cannot run into debt and
cannot increase its taxation With
out = vote Of the people, md every
body understands that q proposition to
do either Of these things would DO
be9tsn III the polls by the Taxpayers.
So 4 MOVEMENT 10 On foot how 10 in
crease The city liinits; ard take IN about
twenty square miles ~ rich and bopu-
lous suburban settlements to the West.
1t IN claimed that tho taxea from this
source would give the city all the reve-
nue. 1t needs 10 carry out its plan Of
public Improvement Tho question will
be agitated vigorously from now till
the election, and II may be an issue in
the spring campaign for the election Of
y Mayor.
The big and little diaries OF the city
are fighting over new milk law, the
most thtjr6tigh ever proposed In this city,
| Which Is now pending In ths Assembly.
The system 6f inspection which the
bill contemplntcs is SO rigid That IL viii
drive out Of business the many httle
dirty dairics In the city, TINT make
money by selling impure milk, ind
they are moving heaven and earth "a
kill the bill. II the bill passes 1t will
put into operation q complete system
Of food inspection that will include
Svery article Of feed used OIL the able
MIX Inspector James n, Sullivan
makes 4 telling argtthent for the bill
by drawing from eli. tsastts 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
bee0p here, aye years ago. the deaths
from fhsypsmis have dscrsaxeu5 -
cent lie ssSpcs, Of course; thu. the
better the inspee>iop the life OF more
children will he sase The great
dnirics OF the city, whose feralatipp
depends on the quality Of their milk,
are doing all they can to pass the bill,
and rid themselves OF the comparatively
irresponsible competition of the smaller
duirymen.
We are going TO have very inter.
esting million dollar suit here. When
Thoinns Smith sold Washington Parl;
to the city years ago for $4,000, he
stipulated that II WAS to be used for
ever for the purposes of a 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
a quarter of n million. ON the structure.
Now the heirs Of Mr.. Smith, most OF
whom live In Texas and Kentucky,
come to the United States court claim.
ing not only large damages because the
city has diverted the park from the
use to which II agreed to put II, but
also the park itself. The park Ia now
worth a million dollars Good lawyers
say the heirs have an excellent ease,
but the city's lawyers OF course make
light Of II. While the suit goes on,
the building Of the hall will proceed.
too, and by the time decision il oh.
tanned the edince will be iiaisj.s.k
Then. II the heirs win the suit. the
city will simply hand them over the
money the park is worth.
| Experiments In u new kind OF
weather signalling nre to Id Ifiet soon
Il In the agricultural country which de-
PteodA - ST. Louis for its forecasts.
ohisf ulRnsl O1esr. Mark w IIarring
ia = ~ q ell atis1aA.1vith the re.
suits sSta,Sed fEo. ths sysaea Of de
tributing dsaals y ss.saps q .assfae'
tory and factory whistler iE 80
that they are COMPOUNDED with III
whistles Used for other purposes. and
oftet pass unnotlced by the people
for whose beneHt they nre set out
The weather officers here have bcch
Informed that Chief Harrington intends
TO introduce silver whistles for trans
hitting tho signals. ilc thinks thcy
give out purcr. rounder tone, just n
loud as the sound from the other wills
ties, and easily distinguished iron
them. The first experiments In thi
par, OF the country with the silvc
whistle will be made In the large farm
ing towns OF Missouri and Illinois