The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-21
|DR. AAlE Is INDIGNANT
THE HEALTH COMMISSIONERS SAYS
OMAHA EXTENSION rs FATAL
TO PUBLIC BATHS
ANSWERS ADvERsE OPINION
Chamber of 0Commercc Character
ICES the Commissioner ssand
as Foolish, but He va
Stand by 1t.

so e. b. Doran says it is rank foolish
ness because L am opposing the extension
| of the Omaha on the West side" said
Health Commissioner Ohage yesterday.
when informed that the Chamber of Com
| merce had gone on record as favor1ng the
project and Incidentally injected a few
caustic remarks because of the opposl-
ton shown
Foolish, eh? Well the only difference
I between myself and those of the Cham
i Der of Commerce who think I am trying
to throttle enterprise, is that l am Tor
the people and they are for tie few.
Mr.. Doran and the other members of the
Chamber of Commerce have their marble
bath tubs, but there are thousands OF
others that have not. l am not opposed
to the extension of the Omaha road as
long as it does not encroach on the one
breathing spot in the city that is net
now contaminated by smoke and made
dangerous by flying engines and cars. If
the Omaha road will so nearer the bluff,
1t can find plenty of room. but it won't
find graded streets there, and that is the
reason. It's idea is to get something for
nothing.
81 have made a personal canvass OF
that section of the city, and the only
enterprise L find benefited is the Gedney
pickle factory which, to my knowledge.
at no time ever employs over ten peo-
pie, eight men and two women. This is
only in the summer time and short
period at that All the factories above
his place are served by the Great West
ern.
Children are among the prime pal
patrons of the public baths, and 1 dent
propose if 1 can help it to see their little
lifes endangered. Tho proposed track
would pass directly in front of the en-
trance to the grounds in addition to part
ly encroaching on the island 1t would
simply mean the ultimate destruction of
what in time wilhl be the beauty spot
of St Paul They3ctelI me only a single
track will be put In, but I have heard
that before. In time yards would be es-
tablished and the flats fairly burdened
with tracks. q f.
you can say5for me that / VII oppose
it with all my might, for l think I have
the public with, me. The thousands who
patronize the baths are not likely to
stand by and see their rights encroached
on even if the pickle factory is incon-
Yen.enced."
CHAMBER APPROVES IT.
DR.. Ohagea burst7 of Indignation came
when some Cn6 informed him that the
Chamber of Commerce had approved the
project and characterized his opposit on
to the movement as foolish.
Inc ana OF the 'cnd1HDef at us meet
ing yesterday was invoked by General
Manager Scott, OF the Omaha, who said
numerous petitions for the extension of
the road had been received as far back
as 1892 The lots desired from the city
were practically worthless, being under
water, but Dr. Ohage opposed the adj
vance, and trouble in consequence he
said, was being made. -
He informed the members that the
road would spend 100000 on the I'M
provement and in time would extend the
line to South St Paul
It was here that, DIR. Ohage and the
OPPOSITION came in for a mild scoring,
F. B. Doran being credited with the
statement that the opposition was surely
foolish The bath house, he said, should
not be allowed to interfere with the
commercial enterprise of St Paul
Others who thought the doctor and his
friends were standing in the way of the
city's progress were Messrs Fairchild,
Howard, Dorr, Lindeke and Waterous.
1t was unanimously decided to send a
committee to the council to urge the
passage of a resolution giving the road
the desired right Of-way.
The resolution on the subject adopted
by the chamber reads as follows:
Resolved i" M the committee on mer-
camille and manufacturing affairs be in
struceed to afford all aid and assistance
n their power TO the Chicago, st. Paul.
Minneapolis & Omaha Railway company
to secure from st. Paul such rights and
facilities as may be required for the eX-
tension of it's trackage down and along
the west side OF the Mississippi river to
the Wabasha street bridge. in st. Paul.