The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-02
DIR. STONE DECLARES HIMSELF,
VIII Consider Public Health Before
Sanitation COmpanfes

SANITATION companies.
II am perfectly willing to adopt any
suggestions made by the council and
any on us committees, but 1 will see all
the san1tationf'compa in - be-
fore l will endanger the public health
by waiting five days or forty-eight
hours before ordering vaults cleaned,
winch in my opinion should be attended
10 at once, or within twenty-four
hours
This was the statement made by
HealUh Commissioner Stone at a. meet
Ing or the assembly committee on
streets yesterday afternoon. The COM
mfttee had before 1t the resolution di-
rectlng the health commissioner to
post In his office for a period of five
Gays, the location Of all vaults which
had been ordered cleaned by his de-
partment.
There had been some kicking to the
members of the council to the effect
that one particular company secured
all the work In this line, and there had
been suggestions made that the sue
cessful company had close connections
with the health department office.
Representative of the Independent
sanitation company appeared before
the committee and stated that the reSo-
luton had not been brought up at
their request. They contended that
that they were getting the worst of
the business, however, and submitted
Lhree afndavlts from Stephen Bird,
Sarah Schwartz and Mary Webber.
setting up that in September, last
Health Officers Sharood and Storr had
visited the residences of the deponents
and ordered the vaults cleaned Ac-
companyfng the health officers were
employees of the st. Paul Sanitation
company, who presented orders for
them to sign which required the work
to be done by that company. The affi-
daWts and the Statements made by the
representatives. Of the Independent
sanitation company were to the effect
that by the employees of the ST. Paul
company going around with the health
officer that company got an advan-
tage over the tOther companies in the
same line of business. Messrs. ScannedI.
Hendrickson and Strane, representing
sanitation companies, explained that
they had received no favors from the
health commissioners office and that 1t
had been the practice for employees of
the various companies to follow health
inspectors, and by so doing pick up
what work they could
DR.. Stone explained to the committee
that 50 far as he was concerned there
had been no Partially shown any COM
pany. Every health officer had been
sons, who were notifyed to have vaults
cleaned, that there were three or four
companies engaged in the work and 1t
was optional which one was selected.
Last summer, DR.. Stone said, 1T had
been called to his attention that In
spector SharoOd had been riding about
with an employee Of the st. Paul SAM
tation company, and he had called the
inspector in and given him a lecture
Since then, Dr. Stone said, there had
been no further complaints of this
kind. AS to Inspector Storr doing any
such thing as stated in one of the
affidavits. he was doubtful, and not
withstanding the statement of the aff-
davft he did not believe the charge.
The health inspectors, the doctor said,
we're followed every time they left the
office by employees of the various com
panies, and this could not be prevented,
although 1t was very annoying to the
men. He was trying to make the city
healthy and clean and could not do
so if he was obliged to give five days
notice before ordering a vault to be
cleaned. The matter was finally set
tied by DIR. Stone announcing that in
the future all notices served by the
health inspectors should have the
names of all companies engaged in
the work printed on the notices.
The mayor, city engineer, street rail-
way company representative and the
street commissioners will hold a meet
ing at o'clock tomorrow afternoon
when the matter of cleaning the streets
of snow will be considered. The COM
plant is made that the street railway
company does not do it's share Of clean
ing the streets along which their lines
run.