The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-30

year she desired to give the contractors
notice that the Civic league would have
committees III each ward and the work
would have to be thoroughly done.
Aid. Shepard was of the opinion that
the health commissioner under the pres
ent garbage contracts had the power to
annul any contract where the work was
not being properly done. DR.. Ohage adj
mitted that this was so, but said such
action was easier to talk about than to
do. There were all kinds of legal OBJ
stacles in the way of the annulment of
a contract.
Rev. S. G. Smith said the garbage had
not been well collected in St. Paul during
the past twenty years. He made no
attack on the present contractors, but it
was to the interests of the city to see
how it could best be done. DR.. Ohage's
plan would be an experiment in the way
of municipal control.
Aid. Kenny declared it was the negli-
gence of the health department in not
annulling contracts that caused the
trouble, if there was any. If the handling
Of the dog licenses and the catching Of
dogs by the city was taken as a stand
ard, then it would cost 100000 to collect
and dispose Of the garbage. Dr. Ohage
explained in detail his plan and gave fig
ures to show that the work could be done
and teams and wagons purchased for
state board Of health. favored the plan Of
having the city do the work rather than
contractors.
Aid. Murphy said he was opposed to the
health commissioner or any other official
being given $4,000 to dispose of as he saw
fit. The present system of giving the
work to different contractors in each dis
trict was a great improvement over hav-
ing one firm Or person do the work for
the entire city All that was needed was
to have the specifications changed so
as to make the contractors remove the
garbage whether in what was now called
proper receptacle or not, and the hir-
ing Of three or four more inspectors.
w. II. Burns and w. J. Preston, two
of the garbage contractors, informed the
committee that the work was being we'll
done III the wards they had charge of.
Aid. Shepard did not see how the health
department was to double the amount of
work now being done at the price which
the commissioner had stated he could do
1t for.
Aid. Murphy moved the committee re-
port adversely on the resolution, but there
was no second to the motion and the mat
ter will be sent back without recommend
alton, to be disposed of at the meeting of
the aldermen Tuesday night
M. D. Mum, of the street railway COM
pany, presented an ordinance authorizing
the purpose of stringing feed wire on
Dale street from University to Selby ave-
nue.. Mr.. Mum admitted that the poles
and wires were put up some months ago,
after securing a permit from the city en-
gineer. This permit, however, was not
sufficient, and an ordinance was needed.
Unless the ordinance was passed the prop
erty owners could go into court and en-
join the company from using the poles.
and wires. In fact the company had two
suits threatened at present The feed
wire on Dale street was the only means
the company had of operating ifs Selby
avenue line and could not be dispensed
with.
Aid. Kenny was not sure whether an
ordinance could be introduced into the
committee and recommended for passage
until it had first been presented at a meet
ing of the aldermen. Mr. Mum and 9TH
er members of the committee We're sure
this could be done, but as the line was
in the Seventh and Eighth wards it was
deemed best to have Aid. Sanborn and
Bantz consider the measure before 1t
was recommended for passage.
The report of the special joint COM
rnittee recommending the Eagle street
market site was laid over without dis
cussion.