St. Paul daily globe., 1895-09-04
ALDERMEN GIVE A MONOPOLY
TO ONE SANITATION COM
PANY.
TIE OTHERS MUST WAIT
UyTTI. THE NEXT MEETING BE-
FORE THEY CAN GET IL
CENSES.
JoHNsoN,s ORDINANCE PASSED.
The Assemblymnn Resents the
Accusation That He Is Corr
ruptIy Influenced.

Last nights session of the board
of aldermen was delightfully."- AMIGA
BILE, yet not without its spice. AS
senlblyman Johnson impaired this
quality to it. His scavenger ordi-
mace was under discussion, and Mr..
Johnson was invited to say. a few
words in its behalf. After he had
ceased the ordinance was passed.
Ten minutes later the board adopt
ed a resolution granting a license to
the Northwestern Sanitation COM
pany to collect, haul and dispose of
all night soil in the CITY. This reso-
luton will pass the assembly tomor-
row night, and the result will be that
all the rival companies will find
their occupations gone, until such
time as they can equip themselves
with flushing plant or a crema-
tory.
The scheme was foxy. The new
ordinance vests in the council the
power to issue licenses to scaven-
gers. A compromise was effected
just before the passage of the ordi-
nance whereby the Northwestern
Sanitation company would dispose
of the night soil gathered by the
other companies at 21a cents a bar
! rel for a period of thirty days, there
| by giving the latter companies time
/ to dig an artesian well, or provide
| some other flushing system or con-
struct crematory. Thereafter Aid.
! Hare introduced a resolution grant
! ing the Northwestern Sanitation
! company a license. The other COM
panies will not be able to secure the
! passa ge of a similar resolution un-
! til the next meeting of the board of
| aldermen two weeks hence, and I'M
til they secure a license they cannot
do business.
! Mr.. Johnson, as already intimated,
was the only speaker to make things
| interesting. In advocating his ordi-
nance, he said:
ST am informed that there are
! some interested parties in this mat
ter who have charged me with hav-
ing accepted $3.50 to espouse the
tion company. That the charge
IS AN ABSOLUTE LIE,
! I hardly need to state, for the par
ties who made it are too small to no.
tice." Mr.. Johnson then dwelt upon
| the desirability of the ordinance,
I which requires the scavenger to pay
| license fee of S25 a year and fur
nish a. $1,000 bond.
| AS the ordinance was to take effect
at once, Aid. Markham sought to have
the date of it's operation extended to
| Oct. L in order to give the unequipped
companies a fair chance, but Aid
Murphy convinced the majority of the
board in a rafting good speech that
the rival companies were trying to
stave off the passage of the ordinance,
| and that they had not shown good
faith by equipping themselves when
they had had ample time.
Aid. Brady then suggested a scheme
which melted the hearts of the oppo-
sition and secured the passage of the
! ordinance. It was this:
The Northwestern Sanitation COM
pany agreed to handle every barrel of
night soil delivered by other COM
panies for two and a half cents per
barrel for period of thirty days In
the meantime the companies would
equip themselves with a. flushing plant
or crematory. The rival companies
accepted the offer, and with that under
standing the ordinance was passed to
take effect Immediately.
There was discussion over Assem-
blyman Arosin's bicycle ordinance
which ended in it's defeat, as it failed
to secure the necessary two-thirds
vote. The committee on streets had
amended the ordinance so as to pro-
hibit the riding of bicycles upon any
sidewalk within the city limits. Aid
Markham argued that such a regula-
ton would be too restrictive. while
Aid. Murphy cited an affecting in
stance, showing the danger of permit
ting bicycles upon any sidewalk, and
followed up his story with an argu-
ment in favor of the ordinance as
amended. Aid. Hare and LindahI ia
vored the amendment A motion to
indefinitely postpone the amended Or
dinance was lost by to 3, after which
a vote to pass it was lost by the
same vote-eight being required.
This leaves the wheelmen in statu
quo.
This time the city pay rolls came
to the board fresh from the comptroI-
Ter, without any black lines drawn
through the names of the officials
whose salaries are reduced by the
Hare resolution. This was because
the assembly committee on ways and
means did not receive the rolls at
the afternoon meeting. This made no
| dlf1eTnncP q he
We're announced, on motion of Aid.
Milham, the clerk was instructed to
strike out the names of all the Off
Gals affected by the Hare resolution.
Then the board allowed the pay rolls
as to the rest of the officials, as was
| done last month
communication was received from
George W. Walsh relative to the nee
essity for enacting
A VALID PEDDLERs oRDT-
NANCE
Mr.. Walsh stated that he had found
that while fifty peddIers were paving
the city SIG apiece for licenses to
| peddle, an equal number of men were
| peddling on charity permits, and that
when five men were arrested for ped
ding without a license, an assistant
city attorney moved to dismiss the
complaints on the ground that the Or
dinance was void. Mr.. Walsh asked
the council to either pass an ordi-
nance that would protect the peddlers
who have taken out licenses or else
to refund the license money paid by
them to the city, as the only qualifica-
ton necessary to give a man the
right to peddle seemed to be poverty
The communication was referred to
the committee on ordinances and pub
lie accounts.
A communication was received from
the Milwaukee council accompanying
copy of engrossed resolutions
thanking the city of st. Paul for the
courtesy, and hospitality extended tc
the members of the Milwaukee coun-
Gil upon the occasion of their visit to
this city last June. The communica.
ton was received, and on motion OF
Aid. Milham, the board voted that