The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-03
STRONG WITH THREE CIPHERS
ADDED.
FAT PROFITS IN GARBAGE.
JAMES ". ELWELL THINKS HIS
SHARE WOULD FOOT UP
$4,000.
P1LLSBURY IN WASHINGTON
How He Would Work the RecfprO-
city Screws on Germany and
France.

James T. Elwell says that the clear
profits on the city garbage contract are
$4,000 up to date. He wants $4,000 as
his share and has gone to law to collect
it. AT the time the contract was so
hotly discussed and finally passed, it
was vigorously asserted that the profits
mat would accrue to the contractors
We're unjustly large. J. C. Haynes, then
an alderman, succeeded in having one
or two minor notifications made in the
proposition, and 1t was on this plat
form that he made his campaign for
mayor against Eustis in 1892 Every
ward club and precinct circle heard
that garbage contract thoroughly VEN
tIated, and some speakers, carried
away by political zeal no doubt, did not
hesitate to call 1T steal. The con-
tractors have never made any extend
ed statement Of their business, though
doing quasi-public work. They have
animated that the removal of garbage
was their own affair and that the
profits were no more than reasonable
The suit is brought against John
GoodnOW, James Macmillan. George
w. Merchant and Willard P. Andrus
the city of Minneapolis, A. c. Haugan.
as city treasurer, and w. G. Nye, city
comptroller. According to the com
plant served on Mayor Pratt, and now
in possession Of the city attorney. Mr..
Elwell wants $4,000 as his share of the
garbage contract profits and also a
receiver to run the business for the
coming eight months. He states in his
document that in 1892 he associated
himself with Messrs. Goodnow, Mac
Mullan, Merchant and Andrus for the
purpose of securing a contract with
the city for the removal of garbage.
Each was to use all his efforts to Sc
cure the award of the contract the
business was to be carried on for the
mutual benefit of ALL and the profits
were to be divided equally.
1t was agreed, however, that the con-
tract should stand in the name Of
James Macmillan and that John Good
now should manage the enterprise. Rv
the terms of the contract the city was
10 pay $4,000 for the removal of garb-
age during the first year, ST., 900 for the
second and third years and $40. ZOO for
the fourth and fifth years, with an ad-
dltlonal sum per annum for the re-
moVa1 or dead animals. The concern
was also licensed to charge a fee for
every load brought to the dump.
ElWell states that the concern has
secured about $4,000 from the city and
according to the best information the
expenses of the business have not ex-
ceedei the dump charges by more than
$lO'OOO. Ergo, the net profits to date
have been $65, 000
1t is nice little profit, but Mr.. Ell
well claims that he was not in on the
division and that there never was an
accounting as far as he is concerned
Hence he wants to get the aid of the
courts IN securing one-fifth. The con-
tract still has license to run eight more
months and Goodnow will receive the
sum Of $1,666 a month unless restrained
kIWeu wants the restraining influences
applied by the court and also wants a
receiver to run the business. collect
the money and apportion it in a inst
and equitable way.