St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-08
CREMATORY PLAN FAVORED.
Resolution Passed to Adver-
tise for Bids for Garbage
Destruction.
PLANT TO BE FURNISHED
By the Contractor, City to
Buy 1t If 1t Proves Sat-
isfaetory.

Garbage and garbage crematOries re-
ceived yesterday afternoon the earnest
attention. of the JOINT council committee
appointed to devise some way in which
to solve that Odoriferous problem.
After arguing over the subject for
nearly two hours the committee decided
to submit the following resolution to the
council:
Resolved, That the city clerk be. and
ne Is hereby Instructed 10 advertise for
bids for disposing of garbage, dead ami
mails, night soil and all refuse matter
collected within the limits of the city OF
st. Paul for one year, from JAN l. 1895.
By Means Of Cremation,
in a satisfactory cremaiory; the said
erematory to be located on land
half an acre in extent; the said
crematOry to he furnished by the con-
tractor upon land to be- specified by the
committee hereinafter named, ana said
crematory TO become the property OF
the city at the end of the said year ::
that the details of said advertising be
arranged by the city clerk, the commit
tee on garbage and the corporation at
tOrney.
The foregoing resolution differs from
the one al first submitted by the sub
committee Of the joint garbage COM
mittee in the substitution of the word
satisfactory" for the word Dixon. !"
The change was made because of the
presence of Frederick Cain. of this
city, who also has crematory he is
anxious to dispose of. Mr.. Cain set
forth the merits of his apparatus
and offered to
Sell 1t to the City for $4,000,
or to operate it for 5000 year.
Mr.. Langan, the agent of the Dixon
crematory, which Assemblyman John
son saw in operation at EIkhart. Ind,
said that the city could have Dixon
plant for SIS. 600. The Dixon crematory
would burn night soil as well rs other
refuse. Assemblyman Robb asked Mr..
Cain if his crematory would do likewise.
Mr.. Cain said it would. but that it would
costS5,000 year more if he operated
it-that is, If he did not sell it to the
city.
Then followed an animated discus
sion,f for all of the committee, consisting
of Assemblymen Johnson. Reardon,
= obb, and Aids. Murphy, Milham and
Wolf, We're present. Chairman johnson
read letters from competent judges in
Atlanta. Ga, Boston and other cities,
speaking in the highest terms of the
Dixon crematory, which, they asserted,
Destroyed All the Refuse
without emitting disagreeable odor.
Assemblymen johnson aud Robb were
inclined to favor the Dixon crematory
because 1T was not an experiment. but
had been tried and found satisfactory;
whereas the Cain "burner and dryer"
had not been tried. Mr.. Cain said he
had model of the crematory down at
the river side. and that City Engineer
Rundlett and others had seen it work,
ana could vouch that there was no odor
from the refuse consumed, because, as
Mr.. Cain explained. 1--WE burn the
smoke"
Messrs. johnson and Robb then CUES
toned Mr.. Gains financial resources,
for that gentleman had admitted that
he did not have enough money to travel
around the country trying to introduce
his machine in other cities. They even
went so far as to ask Mr.. Cain who his
boDdsmeu would be in case he submit.
ted bid.
II Decline to Tell YOu That,o
retorted Mr.. Cain. ''You have no right
to ask such question"
Yes, we nave" replied Mr.. Johnson
II say we haven't" exclaimed As
semblyman Reardon. "It's all insult to
Mr.. Cain to ask HIM now who is packing
him. Let him put in his bond with his
BID"
Mr.. Robb moved the adoption of the
resolution in its original form: that Is,
specifying that the Dixon crematory
be used. This received 10 second, be-
cause it baved out all othsr crematur-
les. Mr.. Reardon them moved as an
amendment the substitution of the
word satisfactory" for Dixon" and
the resolution thus amended passed,
though it was further specified that the
crematory should be erected on land
hereafter to be named.
Garbage Contractor Keigher was a
spectator of the proceedings.
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