St. Paul daily globe., 1892-07-01
: Final Settlement Of It Is,
However, Now Coming
Along the Road.
Minnesota Universalists De-
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the Worlds Fair.
Another Newsboys' Home
Talked Of--General Min
neapolis.

nonsense and unSeemly Squabbling
usually part of a council meeting in
Minneapolis. The meeting was pro-
ductive of no fights, as was anticipated,
but was interesting. nevertheless, from
the devotion of the aldermen to buSi-
ness.
All the week there was persistent
rumor around the city hall that the
report of the committee on fire depart
ment would precipitgte fight last
night There were hints Of charges of
bribery i'll connection with the purchase
of hose, and of two reports from. the
committee. But the fight never started.
1t had been strangled in committee.
The event of the evening, the report
of the health and hospitals committees
OF the bids for removing all kinds of
waste material beyond the city limits,
came Oh about $50. There was chance
for squabble, but the aldermen seemed
to appreciate the Importance of the
question, and most of them handled 1t
from non-partisan point of view.
Readers of the GLOBE are already
familiar with the two bids submitted on
this question. The majority of the
committee presented the same report
outlined in the GLOBE yesterday, accept
ing the bid Of James MacMullen, with
couple of minor notifications.
All But Settled.
"We-l-l. what will you do with the reports?
inquired Aid. Parry, who had been called to
the chair.
Il move adoption of the report said Bra
Zie.
"Mr President" said Aid. Schwartz 81
move substitute that the question be
Tecommitted 10 the committee. and that one
alderman from each ward be added.''
Ala. schwartz. as member OF the COM
mittee on hotels and hospitals, explained
why he wanted the matter recommitted. 1t
was matter cllling tor the expenditure of
good deal of money by the city and should
be carefully considered not rushed through.
Ali day ne had been investigating and col
lecung figures from reliabIe sources on this
garbage question. He thought the primary
charge in the MacMullen bid, an average of
$4,000 year for five years. extremely rea-
sonable. But MacMullen wants to build the
dumps, maintain them and charge the pro-
use of the dumps. This part of the bid
Schwartz opposed MacMuleu will charge
four cents cubic foot for all night soil de-
hvered at his dumps. lie figured that Nc
Mullen would receive from producers $15, 120
year for receiving night soil alone. The
majority of the committee had cut down
MacMullen's proposed charges on stable
mature from 80 ceDts to 40 cents for two
horse load and from 80 cents to 20
cents for a one-horse load Schwartz thought
these still too high. Seven cents q barrel on
garbage he also thought too much Schwartz
had not Investigated as thoroughly as he de-
slred. He was satisfied, though, that by
adding the cost TO the city treasury to the cost
falling upon the producers of the garbage, 1t
would be found that the city of Minneapolis
and the people of Minneapolis would, to-
gether pay MacMullen nearly $4,000 year
for caring for the garbage
Brazie. chairman Of the committee on
health and hospitals replied to Schwartz.
His reply consisted of the same plea for the
Satfl Of In hail
been heard at regular intervals in the city
council for the past five years. added to the
statement that SchwartZs figures were
wrong. Under this bid, he said. the city of
Minneapolis would have its waste material
disposed of for less money than any city i'll
the country gets similar work done. He said
Schwartz had been negligent and had not
worked on and investigated this question as
the other members of the committee had.
Gray too, had a few words TO say. Again
was Schwartz taken.to task for seeking to de-
lay the solution of a grave problem just at
the moment when the first practicable solu
ton of the problem had been proposed.
Gray also pleaded for the ratification of the
committees report, on the ground that it
would be long step toward stopping the
pollution of the waters of the rivers of the
United States. The letting of this contract
will put Minneapolis in position to demand
that the cities up the river stop dumping
their refuse into the river and poliuting the
water supply of Minneapolis.
Haynes. Lackey and others spoke for re-
committal. They were not opposed to the
report but they wanted more light, the ques-
ton was so important. 1t was Haynes
opinion that the committees report showed
progress. He entertained a doubt as to the
city's right To give MacMullen the privilege
of making dump charges, leyylng a special
tax on citizens. He thought the city attorney
should be called in, and every phase OF the
question: examined.
Grimes substitute, that action be post
poned for one week. was lost. The vote re-
CURED on Schwartz's motion to recommit to
committee OF one alderman from each
ward and the committee on health and hos
pitals. BraZe feared that the committee
would be so large it would never get TO work
and that the city would go on dumping
refuse into the river under the Washington
avenue bridge. The motion TO recommit was
carried. 10 to 10. The following were ap-
pointed 10 act with the health and hospitals
Loye, Lowell. Rand. Parry, Flanders. Nc
Guire, Reeves Lackey. Peterson and Farms
worth. The committee will meet at the city
hall tomorrow afternoon at . o'clock.
Pay for a Bead Horse.
The appropriation TO pay forexpenses in
CURED in the census war of two years ago
created II little breeze. AS the GLOBE has eX-
plained before. the council gave $1,000 two
years age to help pay for Ed Stevens census
bureau annex. Then came the midnight
raid and the subsequent trial of enumerators.
The business mems union took up the mat
enumerators concerned in the alleged census
padding conspiracy The B. NJ. U. did not
get all the money needed and came to the
council again with its hand out The other
day before the committee on ways and
means the request for money to pay these
old bills was for only Sl.500. Last night it
camerp as a request for S2,000 and recon-
mended by the committee on ways and
means But the required three-fourths vote
for approprialing money from the contingent
uad was lacking. The vote will be recon
eidered at The next meeting.
Health Commissioner Kelley s bill for S60
for attendance at the quarantine hospital
during June was opposed. Aid. Lackey
moved that it be Withdrawn from the budget.
He was supported by Aid. Schwartz. The
objections were that Kelley already draws q
large salary from the city ard that no one
knows whether the bill is correct, as there is
no means of knowing that Kelley goes to
acharge for visit. Brazie defended the
bill The city attorney has decided that
Kelley has the right TO make this charge
BraZie further said that the committee on
health and hospitals had authorized Kellev
to do this work or hire some one to do it.
Schwartz secretary of the committee, de-
MED that the committee had ever taken any
such action. But the council voted to pay
EelIey's bill. nine Democrats opposing ii.
Acting Mayor Potter notified the council
that ne had vetoed the resolution providing
for the insuring of city employees. He sent
with his veto long oplnon from the city
LEGALLY enter into such a contract The veto
was sustained by a vote of p TO i.
The acting mayors veto of the resolution
transferring 81 TOO from the contingent fund
10 the rolice fund. on strictly legal grounds,
was sustained by vote OF IA 10 II. AID.
Earnsworth here introduced a resolution for
the appropriation of Sl,G26.97 to pay police
Officers for working overtime during the con-
Sention. Aid. Ingenhutts was the only vote
recorded aghinst the resolution. This will
rive the working patrolmen the munifcent
Sewerd of SIS each for working six 10 eight
hours overtime for a whole week.
The police commission asked permission to
make arrangements with the telephone com,
papy for sixty-two telephones to be used in
The new notice signal system. Most of the
aldermen thought the company putting in
The system should pay for the telephones.
The question was referred to the city attor-
Rey.
The street railway company has not Kept
Its promise 10 run every other car on the
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