The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-28
COUNCIL CANNOT GET TOGETHER
ON THE PROBLEM OF
GARBAGE.
LIVELY SESSION YESTERDAY,
BUT 1T WAS FRUITLESS IN SPITE
OF ITS MANIFEST
SPIRIT. n
They Do Not Approve of the Methods
of Others and Make a
Scene.

Notwithstanding a protracted session
Of the common council yesterday after
noon, the question Of disposing of the
city garbage is still in statu quo. Dur
ing the consideration Of the matter,
occupying a greater part Of the after
noon with short sessions of each body.
sittings of special and conference COM
mittees, recesses and reconvenings,
members of both the board of aldermen
and the assembly declared that the
council was simply wasting time in
boys play, as it had done in regard to
the garbage question for the last three
months, instead of setllIng the matter
after the methods of business men.
Even this charge of juvenile conduct.
however, and the condition of affairs,
involving the health of the city. gen
orally admitted to demand immediate
action, could not overcome the differ
ences of opinion which have so long
delayed the garbage matter, and the
question was finally tied up in the as
sembly by tie vote, Assemblymen
Thompson, Daily, MabUn and Dix dis
senting from awarding the bid for
garbage removal to the lowest bidder
among six applicants for the contract
on the plan acceptable to the board of
aldermen and the other members of
the assembly i
The ostensible obstacle to a final dis
position of the matter was the cues
ton as to whether the garbage should
be disposed Of by a rendering process
or simply gotten rid of by SANITARY"
means, two different modes of disposi-
ton upon which bidders figured ac
cording to the specifications but tn
many who watched the proceedings
among whom were a number of public
ofhclals, the paramount issue seemed
TO be not so much the method en-
pIoyed, as who should get the contract.
When bids were opened and read to the
board of aldermen there was manv a
complacent interest depicted on the
composite aldermanic countenance
which bespoke a determination to final
~ settle vexing problem at all haz-
yards. The bidders were: Frank G. Nc
CURE, rendering process, $14.450. other
disposition, 3450; ST. Paul Carriage
company, by Jackson Strane, rendering
process, 81, 250, other disposition. $1O.-
zoo; FIELDING & Shepley, rendering
process, $4,000, other disposition, no
bid; Patrick Conley, rendering process,
$4,000, other disposition, no bid; Pat
rick Kiegher, rendering process. $13. 900
other disposition, $40, 800; Nicholas
Feyen, rendering process, 81, $40. other
disposition, $1O,270 .-5
No discussion followed the opening
Of the bids, and upon motion of Aid,
Stutzman the awarding of the contract
was at once referred to a special COM
mlttee consisting Of Aldermen Dona-
hover, Lindahl Stutzman, Kaldunski
and Kenny All seemed plain sailing
with the aldermanic body, and in a
short time the committee submitted a
report recommending the acceptance of
the $10,250 bid of the st. Paul Carriage
company, without the rendering pro-
cess. The temporary contract under
which Fielding & Shepley have been
operating pending a final settlement
of the garbage matter was then an
nulled by a resolution offered by Aid
Lindahl, and the report recommending
the award of the contract to the st.
Paul Carriage company, and providing
that the city attorney be instructed to