The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-23
TRANSFER Of FUNDS
ASSEMBLY APPROVES OFF GIVING
THE SCHOOL BOARD $1,000 FOR
REPAIRS.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT BUSY.
DIR. STONE SAYS SEWER TO DOUG
LAS SCHOOL SHOULD BE CON-
STRUCTED
Inspection of German School Shows
1t in Fair COnditfOn-HancOck
to Be Visited Today.

Only five members Of the assembly
were present at the adjourned meeting
of that body last night. Corporation
Attorney Markham gave as his opinion
that it required only a majority Of the
members to adopt the resolution pass
ed by the board Of aldermen directing
the transfer of school funds from one
account to the other With this I'M
derstanding the resolution allowing
81, 600 to be drawn from the teachers
salary and officers salary funds, the
same to be placed in the supplies and
repair fund. was passed. After this
had been done the assembly adjourned
until next Thursday evening, the city
clerk informing the members that the
other business to come before them
would require a two-thirds vote Of the
| assembly.
1t was understood that the board Of
public works would send to the as
sembly a communication calling atten-
ton to the need Of a preliminary or
der being passed for the construction
| of a sewer on Orleans or Stevens street
so as to allow sewer connection with
the Douglas school The communica-
/ sembiy.
Health Commissioner Stone made an
informal call on the board Of public
works yesterday afternoon and called
| the attention Of that body to the neces-
| sity of taking some action to have
sewer constructed that would allow
! connection to be made with the Douglas
! school. In a general way DR.. Stone
/ said all schools where the Ruttan Sys-
! tenn was in use should be connected
with sewers and the systems done
away with. The condition of the Hend-
| ricks school, the commissioner stated,
was but little better than the Douglas
| school, with the exception that there
! was no water in the basement. AS
| to the condition Of the German school
| he was not prepared to say, but an
| inspection had been ordered, and as
soon as the report was submitted he
! would advise the board.
Aid. Allard had called the attention
| of the health department to the con-
ditiOn Of the Hancock school and this
! also would be investigated by the
health department as soon as possible.
DR.. Stone was of the opinion that the
sewer to connect the Douglas school
! should be constructed in spite OF the
protests Of the property owners in the
vicinity. The drain pipe which was
supposed to take the surface water
from the basement of the building did
not even serve this purpose, and was
! responsible in a measure for the con-
! dition of the building at the present
! time. ..-.....~.....s .-.a .-.t-
President Copeland said the matter
! Of a sewer on Stevens or Orleans
| street had been considered last fall,
but owing to the almost unanimous
| protests Of the property owners it had
not been pushed. AS soon as the coun-
Gil would pass a new preliminary or
| der the matter would be taken up. DR..
Stone informed the board that he had
notified President Zimmerman, of the
school board. that unless steps were
taken to remedy the sanitary condi-
ton of the Hendricks school it might
| become necessary to close that build
ing. He had been informed that the
board had no funds to do anything
! with. This was a very serious mat
ter and he thought it was due to the
children and teachers in the several
schools that there should be the best
possible sanitary condition in each of
the school buildings in the city.
Inspector Sinks, accompanied by
Superintendent Gerlach, of the build
ing department Of the school board,
| visited the German school yesterday
| afternoon, complaint having been
! made that the school was in a very
bad condition. The inspector on his
return said that the German school
/ building was in a fair condition and
! the situation had been magnided con-
| siderably The Outbuildings were 100
feet from the school building and the
! statement that the cellar or basement
of the building was in a bad condi-
! ton was not correct.
! AS to the Hendricks school there was
| about the same conditions that We're
! apparent there last year. The Ruttan
! system was in use there and last fall
! it had been recommended by the health
! department that sewer connection be
made with the Concord street sewer,
about 400 feet away An examina-
ton, the inspector said would be made
! of the Hancock school this morning.