St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-03

: Misses Sturgls, Rice and Dawson For
various reasons 1t has been decided best
| to merge this committee in the general
| work, as the children can now ENJOY, the
| fresh air in the grounds of the city hos
pital.
The report of Mrs. F. B. Wright,
| chairman of the committee on tree
! baths, was read by Rev. Daniel Nor
| gan, of the bethel boat. This reports
that an order has been secured from the
| city council for the city engineer TO SINK
! two artesian wells in Bohemian Hats,
| one above the Smith avenue bridge ana
| the other below State street on the
West side flats. Free drinking foun-
tainS are to be established in various
parts OF. the city by tapping the water
mains on Virginia and Fairfield ave-
nues ard Indiana and State streets.
The West Side Bottling company has
given the free use of its arteslan we'll,
and A. NJ. Lawton has done the
same. This we'll is located on South
Waoasha street. The city's artesian
we'll, at the corner of South Wabasha
and Fairfield avenue, will supply an
other fountain at that point. So the
flats will be abunddntly supplied with
pure water. A prominent physician
reports that the impure water near
Elevator b is the cause of 125 cases OF
typhoid fever i'll that section during the
past year. There is also great danger
to the residents near Oakland cemetery,
whose water supply is tainted by near
ness 10 the burying ground. Out in the
neghborhOod of Dayton'S bluff a pol
luted stream was discovered on East
Third street. The people in this neigh
borhoOd have been using the water. for
drinking purposes for long time,
though we'll aware of its pollution.
Many of the springs supplying SWede
Hollow are similarly tainted. These
are some of The things this committee
have set themselves to remedy.
The barge for the free baths has
already been built at the foot or Slbley
street. Sixty bathing suits have been
completed, and the baths will be i'll
working order in fifteen or twenty
days more. A friendly inn will be built
OH the barge for tramDS Of both sexes.
These will be received from the police
courts, given bath and clean clothes,
their own being washed and dried for
them while they bathe), given plenty to
eat, nights lodging, and then set to
work on the wool pile until they have
paid for what they have received. The
women will be given work suited to
them.
Mrs. Ii. B. Willis, of the garbage
committee, reports great need for
general cleaning up of the city before
the coming of guests from abroad to the
various conventions.
The ladies desire it to be understood
that they sent Mr.. Morgan to Boston,
New York. Philadelphia and Baltimore
more than month ago to inspect the
working of the free baths in those cit
les, ami they are pre- pared to handle this
new institution after the most approved
modern methods.
These are officers of the sanitation
committee: Mrs Il. NJ. Newport, pres
ident; Mrs. J. l.. Merriam, Mrs. Frank
Clark, Mrs. Charles Clark and Mrs. Ed
mond Rice,vc presidents; Mrs. Arthur
Clark, secretary; chairman OF fresh air
fund, Mrs. William r. Merriam; Mrs,
Severance. chairman of the free-drinK-
ing fountain committee; Mrs. +. L.
Wright, chairman of committee on free
baths; Mrs. II. B. Willis, chairman OF
committee OIL garbage Mrs. j. B. HoxSie.
chairman OF committee on contagious
diseases