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

pearance-Street Railway Wants
Permission to String a Wire ON
Dale Street Put Up Months Ago.
The proposition to allow Health Com
missioner Ohage SIS, 900, with which to
collect and dispose of the garbage dur
ing the next year, was discussed for two
hours at a meeting Of the aldermantc
committee on streets yesterday afternoon.
Comptroller McCardy, Health Commits
sioner Ohage, Rev. 8. G. Smith, Mrs.
Condo Hamiin, president Of the Woman's
Civic league, and Secretary Bracken, Of
the state board of health, spoke in ia
vor of the city doing the work, rather
than the present system Of contractors.
The committee, however, was not unant-
mously in favor of the plan, even after
listening to the arguments, and recon-
mitted the resolution back to the board
without recommendation. Aldermen
Bloomquist, Kenny and Murphy are OPP
posed to the plan, and as it will take
but four votes to kill the resolution it
is very likely that the present system
will be continued next year with slight
change in the Specifications and an In
The resolution which has passed the as
sembly directing the conference commit
tee to includes In the tax budget for next
year 200 and allow the health depart
ment to handle the garbage was read:
Mr. McCardy then handed in a resolution
passed by committee appointed under
a resolution of the council to consider
the question of collecting and disposing
of garbage. This committee consisted
Of Mayor Kiefer,l City Engineer Claussen,
Comptroller McCardy, Assemblyman AL
brecht and Aid. ,Knauft, and to which
had been added by the members Rev. S.
G. Smith and Mrs. Condo Hamlin, presi-
dent of the Won1ans Civic league. The
committee held AN executive session in
the mayors office. early yesterday after
noon and unanimously Endorsed the plan
proposed by Health Commissioner Ohage.
Mr.. McCardy said so Far as the collec-
ton Of garbage was concerned it could
not be much worse than under the pres
ent system. The only remedy. was to
have the city take hold Of it. 1t would
be worth the $4,000 to experiment and
find out if it could be done. He favored
not only the garbage being taken care
of by the city, but also the lighting and
sprinkling of the, sstreets.
Aid. Kenny questioned what was to be
done with the garbage under the pro-
posed plan. He had heard no complaints
and If there were any the present con-
tracts for the removal of garbage ell
lowed the health commissioner to at any
time annula the contract. and have the
work done by the bondsmen for the con-
tractors. He was satisfied that $4,000
would not be enough to put UP a
crematory as he had some experience in
the old Azotine plant. There was not a
palce within five miles of the city where
a plant could be put up without objec-
lions from the parties residing in th5
immediate vicinity.
Mrs. Hamlin, OF, the Civic league, pre-
sented an argl5meRt in favor Of the plan
proposed by Or. Qaage. From reports re-
ceived from members of the league she
said the garbAges1@as not removed as it
should be fromileigfft of the eleven wards.
In the Fourth 9an9f Third wards garbage
was left in alleys where foreigners lived.
In some of tie wards garbage had not
been collectedfron1 certain localities all
summer, and sWhen complaint was made
the contractopdcane out and insulted the
woman who made, the complaint. If the
present system was to be continued next