The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-31
ADERMEN FINALLY FORCED THE
ASSEMBLY TO THEIR WAY
OF THINKING
ON THE GARBAGE QUESTION.
kFTER FOUR MONTHS DILLY-DAL-
LYING THE SUBJECT is DIS
POSED OF
AND THE CONTRACT AWARDED.
St. Paul Carriage Company Will Do
the Work in "a satisfactory Way,
Its Representative Says.

The question of the collection and
disposal of garbage which has been the
bone of contention in the common
council for the past four months, was
finally settled yesterday. The contract
for doing the work was awarded to the
St Paul Carriage company, their bid for
the remaining nine months Of the year,
commencing April /, being $40, 250, which
amount is, in round figures, $50 per
month less than was paid for the same
work last year and the first four
months Of this year.
The garbage contract has been dis
cussed and resolved about by the mem
bers of the council at all the regular
meetings and innumerable special me It
ings since Dec. l last Bids were adj
Vertised for and fourteen bidders re-
spOnded early in January but there
was some hitch caused by the health
department informing the council that
the work could not possibly be done
properly at the figures submitted. The
result was that the bids were all re-
sected and specifications ordered drawn
under which new bids were to be ad-
Vertised for. 1t was over the specifl-
cations that all the trouble arose. The
assembly insisted that the specif1ca-
sicns call for the disposal of the garb-
age by the rendering process and made
this one of the provisions. The board
of aldermen took the opposite view and
insisted that there was no such thing
Ia this part Of the country as a render
ing plant, and that it was nonsense to
put this clause in the specifications. AS
soon as the specifications reached the
Sembly the clause was duly inserted.
and when in the regular course of busi-
ness the specifications reached the as
sembly the CLAUSE was duly inserted
Special committees from both bodies
were appointed to look up the matter
and report whether there was a rem
dering plant. The assembly commit
tee reported that there was such
plant at South st. Paul, and the COM
Inittee from the board of aldermen IN
formed the members of that body that
there was no plant For a couple of
months the specifications were handed
back and forth from one body to the
other, but without any practical results.
Some master mind in one or the other
OF the bodies suggested a way out of
the deadlock, and the specifications
were amended so as to allow bids 10
be made for dispOsing of the garbage
by rendering process or otherwise Tn1s
was agreed to, and Saturday Last bids
were opened. The lowest bidder was
the st. Paul Carriage company agreeing
to do the work and dispose of the garb-
age by the rendering process for SILL
zoo. or without the rendering for $1O,-s
ESQ. The board of aldermen had all
along contended that there could be
no rendering and awarded the contract
10 the company for $40 $50, and then
passed the award up to the assembly,
mat body refused to concur, claiming
that the garbage should be rendered
Assembly adjourned without awarding
the contract, and it looked as though
the work would continue to be done
by Fielding & Shepley, who have been
attending to the same since their con-
tract expired.
Yesterday however the members of
the assembly called a special meeting
and at o'clock the nine members went
INTO caucus Half an hour was spent
behind closed doors, and when the eau
Gus adjourned Assemblyman Daly an
nouneed that the battle was over The
assembly was called to order and Mr.
K1rke moved that the rules be sus-
pended so as to allow a reconsideration
of the resolution awarding the contract
TO the ST. Paul Carriage company. This
was done. and then the resolution
awarding the contract to the firm for
SlU,Z5O was unanimously passed and
the city attorney directed to have the
contract drawn up and submitted at
the meeting of the assembly Thursday
night
Members of the assembly, seen after
the contract had been approved by
them, said there was nothing to say
except that they had backed down
from the position taken regarding the
rendering of the garbage and had con-
Cured with the action taken by the
board Of aldermen
MIR. ReardOn at the caucus had favor
ed vote Of censure against President
Rlgelow,s of the board of aldermen
owing to that gentleman having insist
ed on the members of the board stick
Ing to their decision. While the other
members felt that it was very en-
barrassing to have to knuckle down to
aldermanic dictation, they were not in
favor of such action, and the sugges-
ton of the Ninth ward statesman was
not acted on.
Health Commissioner Stone, seen aft
er the contract had been awarded. said
the elimination of the rendering pro-
vision would result in it being a very
unsanltary manner in which the gar
bage would be disposed of. AT the price
at which the contract was taken he
felt satisfied that in a very short time
the health department. would have TO
take the work in hand and charge the
expense up to the contractors bonds
men.
jackson Strane, who will have charge
OF the work for the ST. Paul Carriage
company, said the work would be we'll
Done and the company was prepared