Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-15

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The Supreme Court has affirmed the
decision Of the Milwaukee Superior Court
| In the garbage plant case, the city being
defeated In its appeal. The agitation over
the collection and disposal OF garbage has
been perplexing the officials and aldermen
and citizens OF Milwaukee ever since
Health Commissioner Walter Kempster
made his SENSATIONAL statements In 1895
| that garbage was being dumped into the
lake and had 50 polluted the water Of the
bay that it was unit for drinking pur-
poses until boiled. The statements were
vigorously refuted by the Wisconsin rem
dering Company and by the then city
engineer, George III. Benzenberg. The
company stated that there was no truth
In the allegation that garbage had been
dumped in the lake and the city engineer
said that there was no truth in the state
ment that the water had been polluted.
An effort was made to take the contract
away from the company, or. at least, to
I withhold their monthly appropriation, but
1t failed. The agitation gave rise to all
sorts of charges and counter charges and
scandals of every sort filed the air. The
Company expired in August, 1896. There
was faction in the Council which fav-
ored municipal ownership and desired to
have a plant erected by the city and
operated as municipal plant. But it
was decided to again award contract,
and accordingly, on Dec. IA, 1896, bids
were opened. The Eagle Sanitary and
Cremation Company was the lowest bid
N had ha
awarded, however, than an injunction
suit was brought by Miller, Noyes & Mil
Ter, with j. II. Rice as the complainant,
restraining the erection of the plant on
the grounds that the city had no money
to expend for that purpose and had AIN
ready exceeded the limit of its bonded
Indebtedness. The suit of the plaintiff
was successful after being carried to the
Supreme Court.
Insurance Commissioner Emil Clio
ham has issued the following letter OF
warning to fire insurance agents, many
of whom he believed are violating the
statutes: Dear Sir-I wish to call the at
tention of fire insurance agents to the
provisions of section 1, chapter 100, laws
of 1899: also to section 1926, statutes OF
1898, which / understand are repeatedly
violated. 1t has come to my knowledge
that policies are being signed in blank by
local agents, and sent to the general
agents residing outside of this State, who
issue the policies so signed and receive
the premium therefor. This is violation
Of section /, chapter 100, which provides
I that policies may be issued at the COM
panies department offices, but upon APP
plcations procured and submitted to the
company by the local agent, and that he
shall enter such policy and the payment
Of the premium upon his records, which
/ am led to believe is not done where
policy is signed in blank by an agent. The
State is the loser to the extent of the tax
on these premiums, and other agents are
deprived of their commissions on this
business when written outside of the
State. Section 1926, statutes of 1893,
provides that any agent that procures any
insurance in any city or village that has
regularly organized fire department
must file bond in the sum of one thou
sand dollars with the treasurer of such
city or village, and on failure so to do,
he is liable to a fine of one hundred dol
lars. Any agent that signs blank pol
icy does not know in what part of the
State the risk covered by this policy is
placed by the general agent; it may be
placed in some city or village that has an
organized fire department, wherein the
agent has filed no bond, which would
make him liable by reason Of having coun-
tcrsigned the policy. 1t will be my earn
est endeavor to put stop to this viola
ton. tr'f f1t
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nual report says the banking business in
Wisconsin is just now in an unusually
prosperous condition. Twelve new banks
came into existence the past year and but
three failed. The increase in deposits
and volume Of business is unparalleled
in the financial history of the State and
the increase in the number Of banks is the
largest in recent years. The aggregate
resources Of all the banking institutions
of the State on Dec. 2, 1890, $14S,342,-
1866, compared with returns of the
same date in 1898. shows an increase OF
$40, 449, 243.76. There is also shown an
increase of nearly $26, 49,, 2S3.35 in in
dividual deposits and an increase in loans
and discounts of S1S,550, 1908. The cash
reserve held by the State institutions is
approximately 30.73 per cent and that OF
the national banks 29.33 per cent Of their
deposits. A classification of the loans
and discounts indicates that $31 Dr.
220.37, or 77.9S per cent of this class of
assets, consists of paper with one or more
individual or firm names with or without
other personal security. Af
IT.
The State board of control has let
three-month contracts for -four and meat
for the penal AMI charitable institutions
Under its charge and on both of these
supplies secured lower rates than ever
before. John III. Ebeling of Green Bay
will supply all of the -four, except two
carloads. at 500 barrel laid down at
the institutions. Kreuger * Lachmann
of Neenah will furnish the other two car
loads at the same price and under the
same terms Armour & Co. OF Chicago
secured the meat contract, their bid be-
ing the lowest of the six submitted.
About $4,000 pounds of meat will be de-
lvcred under the contract, the prices
ranging from $6.62lh per hundred for
prime native steers to $13 per hundred
for dried beef delivered at the institu-
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