St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-08
QUESTION OF ITS DISPOSITION
is CAUSING A HEAP OF
TROUBLE.
HEALTH OFFICERS VIEWS.
BE ADOPTED In A SHORT
TIME.
PREVENTION of A MONOPOLY
Also Engaging the Attention of
the PerpIexed Representa-
tives of the People.

The joint committee on garbage
met last night for the purpose of
considering the protests of West Side
citizens against the dumping of night
soil in certain portions of the Sixth
ward. Upon assembling, the COM
mittee discovered that the two pro-
tests received by the board of alder
men Tuesday night, which were re-
ferred to the committee, could not be
obtained, inasmuch as they were
locked up in the city clerks office.
But that did not prevent the COM
m1ttee from Informally discussing
the matter and listening to state
ments from other parties interested
In the matter, among whom were AS
semolyman Lewis and w. R.. Shaw.
OF Burns & Shaw, whose lumber
yards. are located in the vicinity of
one OF the dumping grounds.
Inc result was that the committee
decided to recommend the passage of
an ordinance prohibiting the bury
ing of night soil anywhere within
the city limits. Mr.. Johnson. the
chairman of the garbage committee
SAID that he had already prepared
such an ordinance and would intro
uuce IL at the next meeting of the
assembly, Which occurs tonight. Mr..
Johnson's ordinance will also provide
that all scavengers must be licensed
and that all night soil must be dis.
posed of either by cremation or bv
the flushing system, whereby the ma
ter1al is washed through a sewer or
pipe into the river.
Health Commissioner Stone, who
was present, agreed with the com
mittee that the proposed ordinance
was absolutely just as to the citv
ana that no night soil should he
ourled Within the city limits, but he
thought that there were MANY farms
outside the city limits that could he
enriched by the citys night soil
Dr. Stone said that. he was satisfied
WIN the artesian well plant of the
northwestern Sanitation COMPANY
under the present condition. The
only question was would it work az
we'll in the winter time. DR.. Stonass
chlef point was that no one sbo,Id
De permitted to enjoy monopoly of
the gathering and disposition of
night soil. All he wanted to see was,
competition, fnasmuch as the peo-
pie We're entitled to it. -
Give u.s." said DR.. Stone. Gan orr
dlnance providing for some one svsT
tenn OF disposing of the night soil
and then permit competition" II
Assemblyman Lewis, who, with Mr..
ROOD, inspected the plant of tho
northwestern Sanitation comnanv
yesterday forenoon. and also visited
some OF the dumping grounds on the
west side, said that he detected &
most uncomfortable and disturbine
door in their immediate vicinity. IT af
once occurred to him that the stuff1
ought not to be buried within the
city limits. 1t ought to be burned
flushed into the river or taken outside
the city limits. Mr. Lewis added that
number of Sixth ward citizens had
already been instructed to institute in
junction proceedings to prevent the
companies from burying any more
night soil in their ward.
w. K. Shaw also declared that the
dumping grounds were a. nuisance
and that the people would not tolerate
the stencil any longer. Mr.. Shaw had
visited the plant of the Northwestern
sanitation company, while it was in
operation, but could detect no odor
whatever.
The result is that the competing san
1tation companies will soon find their
occupations gone, unless they pro-
coed with considerable expedition to
equip themselves with crematories or
some apparatus for flushing the ma
terial through a sewer pipe into the
river.