St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-07


scented to Its passage. but he had since
been informed that an entire block of
property owners would be cut off from
access to the street and he had there
fore asked the mayor to return the
resolution thatit might be reconsidered.
On motion of Mr.. Strouse 1t was
referred 10 the committee on streets.
Another communication from the cor
poration attorney was read, relating TO
the duties of the city in the matter Of
Langford park. 1t seems that three or
-four years ago the city undertook
to fill in a low piece OF ground
to be ornamented as park, for
which the surrounding property
was to be assessed. The assessments
were levied and part was paid, while
some Of the parties concerned entered
an objection. After repeated efforts by
the court it was found practically i'm
possible to collect by reason of defect
in the charter. And the contractor
had furnished his work and ma
terial in good faith aand had
received no pay, it was not only an in
justice to him. but also to those citizens
who had paid the assessment. The city
attorney recommended that committee
of two from each body be appointed
with the comptroller and corporation
attorney to investigate and report. 1t
was so ordered, and the chair appointed
Messrs. Arosin, Johnson, Parker and
Robb.
A resolution instructing the city at
torney to bring proceedings against
The Great Northern Railway
to test the validity of certain proceed
ings which vacated certain portion OF
Park avenue as thoroughfare and
handed it over to the Great
Northern as part of its prem
Uses was offered. Mr.. Parker moved to
recommit on the ground THAT the railroad
company had not had fair chance to
appear and state its side of the question.
This brought Aid. Murphy to his feet,
and with the consent of the body he
made few remarks in which he
alluded to champions of railroads.
Mr.. Parker replied that he was not a
partisan of any railroad or of any ward,
but was "a champion of the best inter-
ests of the city and of the people of st.
Paul. The motion to recommit was
lost, Messrs. Parker and Van Slyke
alone voting yea. The original resolu-
ton was then adopted.
The smoke ordinance was then called
up on special order. The Rev. William
c. Pope, rector of the Church of the
Good Shepherd, asked that the ordinance
be passed, and at once, as the smoke
was doing great damage, and was
an insufferable nuisance. He said
he could not sit out on his porch night
or day without becoming covered with
SCOT from the smokestacks of the Edison
plant on College avenue. His house
w as filled with it. and it was disgrace
to the city. John Wann spoke about
the relative standing of Pittsburg, Gin
cinnati, st. Louis and Cleveland as
compared with ST. Paul. and asked that
manufacturers great and small be en-
couraged to locate here, and not 10 keep
them out by any oppressive ordinance.
He thought that the city should insist
on the use of coal. wood. fuel gas. or
oil, and should not allow the use of
refuse. He spoke of various de-
vices for consuming the smoke,
and gave instances OF their use
which, he claimed, exceeded the purse
of the small manufacturers. Mr.. Metz
ger asserted that lie had a device that
he would put in TOR s175, and he
and Mr.. Wann used up about ten
minutes in war of coss-questi0ns that
developed nothing. W. H. Game read
communication from a Newark COM
pany that offers to furnish device that
will save 25 per cent of the
fuel and give practically no
smoke, only that which rises In
the form of yellow vapOr. Mr.. Parker
thought that the ordinance should be
referred to the committee Oh streets and
that it be announced through the public
press that all devices would be received
by the committee and
Practical Test Made.
He did not think it should be in the
hands of any one man who could 20 10
a man and say, Here, your stack is
smoking, put OH consumer, pay the
penalty or go to jail" This was not his
idea OF the rights of American citizen
ship. Mr.. Waterous. Of the Waterous
Engine Works, said he had had quite
various experience with different de-
vices, but had found none satisfactory.
Mr. johnson read petition signed by
about 2G0 prominent business men of
the city, stating that the commercial
interests of the city demanded the
passage of the ordinance. He could see
no use in playing at battledore
and shuttlecock with the ordinance,
referring 1t to this committee and that
committee. He had examined the de.
vice in the Lowry arcade and found
that 1t absolutely consumed the smoke.
He was not there for the purpose of
adopting John Jones' or Jim Smiths
device, but for the blotting out of
all infamous nuisance. Mr.. Par
ker then called for reading
of the ordinance. which was
so ordered. Mr.. StrOuse said he was in
favor OF any device that would abate
the smoke nuisance, but he was also in
favor of smokestacks, and would op-
pose any measure that would oppre SIS
our manufacturers. He held that in
two weeks doors and windows would he
closed, and there will be
No Longer Any Nuisance.
The manufacturing iDfernctc ~ +bo