The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-12
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Cut Any Figure with AIdermanic
Committee ON Claims.

Gut Any Figure with AIdermanic
Committee on Claims.
The committee On claims from the
board of aldermen a before them
yesterday the bill of Fielding q Shop
ley, amounting to 81 ,227, for removing
garbage during the month of January.
The council, by a resolution passed
in December, 1896. requested the firm
who had the contract for 1896 to con-
tinue doing the work until a new con
tract was let. The amount to be paid
was the same as during the past year.
$1,227 per month. Accompanying the
bill, which vas not approved by the
health commissioner, was a letter from
DR.. Stone, stating that the provisions
of the contract had not been complied
with in three. important particulars.
The first, DR.. Stone said, was that the
garbage had not been removed at spec
flied intervals. The second was that
the garbage has not been removed to
New Brighton for disposal. His health
officer reported hat only forty car
loads had been delivered there during
the past year, none had been hauled
by teams and not a pound delivered
there during the past five months.
The third objection to the approval of
the bill was that, while the contract
provided for the disposal by a rem
dering process, his health officer reports
that not one pound Of garbage had
been so destroyed since the date of the
contract, but has been dumped and is
now lying IN open ground near the
rendering plant.
The commissioner suggested to the
committee that, in case the bill for
January was allowed, fines to the
amount of $251 for failures to collect
garbage (~resting on 904 complaints in
vestigated by the Department. be de-
Quoted. Appended to the communica-
ton was a statement showing that in
January the number of calls made, ac-
cOrding to sworn reports of the con-
tractor on Thirteenth street, was 432.
From Investigations made by his in
spectors, it was found hat at several
of the numbers mentioned there were
no houses. AT Others the occupants
burned their garbage or had not been
called upon by the garbage collector
during the month.
Mr.. Shepley said the complaints
charged were not on written COM
plants, but were arrived at by the
inspector recently appointed to attend
to this branch of the work. The con-
tract had expired on Dec. 81 last, and,
under the contract, only complaints
in writing could count in the fines.
There was only e~ighty-five written
complaints at the office of the health
Office, and, under the resolution which
the work was now being done, the
arrangements were to be the same
as during the time of the contract.
Mr.. Shepley said much OF the garbage
claimed to be piled up at New Brigh-
ton was rubbish from Minneapolis.
There was, he said, 40 rendering plant
at New Brighton or any other point
in the Northwest.
Aid. Kenny said he understood there
were only 0 u teams now at work,
and, if this was SO, he objected to
81, 200 per month being paid. Mr.. Shep-
ley denied this and said he had more
teams at work in January han at any
other time during the past year. AS
to the rendering process, he admitted
that he was not advised. This con-
tract was to have the garbage rem
dered at New Brighton, and he sup
posed the work lac been done.
Deputy Health Commissioner Sinks
brought UP the book IN which COM
plants are entered. The 9O4 complaints
MI. Sinks said, did not include only the
complaints for January, but also for a
number in September, October and De-
cember. The complaints had been Veri-
he'd by the Inspector n all found 10
be we'll founded. The complaints, ac-
cording to the health commissioner,
as reported, included $50 from Dearborn
street On the West side. A number of
N+1O VI GAS okAN&A ~ u =
and denied that the garbage firm lac
neglected to collect garbage. They ex-
planned that what garbage they lac
was disposed Of by them, and while the
contractor a not collected he had
| called for the same.
Aid. Lindall thought the January bill
should be based on the work lone and
not on the provisions of the contrac-
tors, as they had not been lived up to.
The bill was finally approved, less $23
for fines, the claim being approved by
a vote of three to two, Lindahl and
Kenny voting against it and Larsen.
Bell and Kaldunski faVoring it.
The pay roll for Commissioner Cope
land and his staff during November,
1896, amounting to $645, was discussed.
Aid Kenny questioned whether the
city was liable for the amount. He
appealed to Comptroller McCardy as
to whether it was right to pay it. The
comptroller evaded the question in a
mastery manner by suggesting that
the city attorney was the prope person
to decide. Assistant City Attorney
Phillips said he was III doubt as to
whether the city was legally liable for
the amount The work had been done
and the city had authorized the en-
pl0yment of the commissioner and
clerks. He suggested that the city had
the right and authority to pay the bill,
and it was ordered paid by the conn
mittee. The bill of n. r. Frost for 1920,
az rent for the board Of public works
office during the time they were out
Of the court house. was also ordered
paid.
The police coal bills for October and
November, which have been s~eesawing
back and forth for a couple of months,
were finally passed. The committee
cut the price per ton to SITS instead Of
1886. at which it was billed. The
chief Of police Informed the committee
that the Lehigh Valley Coal company
refused to reduce the price from $S.35
per ton. Aid. Lindahl stated that the
same company had cut the price Of
$S.35 to other departments and he saw
no good reason why the police depart
ment should be excepted il the cut
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