Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-03-05
MINNEAPOLIS REFUSES
TO enter A CONFERENCE
Declines to Discuss Vital Questions on Armour
Site Controversy With Representative ST.
Paul Men
EFFORT TO Reach settlement A failure
Unfair Attitude Causes c. NJ Griggs Formerly Of State
Fair, to Address Open Letter to People Of Mime.
apois Forcibly Presenting Whole Question and
Showing Absuroiy Of Statements That St. Paul Seeks
to Drive Industry From the State: .hisrepresenta
tons Are Vigorously Demolished


smell. Wont the trains smell-th
cars ssmell-the animals smell-an
smell to high heaven?
Will ten thousand hogs penned u
smell? And how many cattle penne,
up for how long a time will 1t TAX
to raise just one little bit of smell?
| l, will be just as reasonable TO
the farmers Of this Northwest t.
claim that they have discovered {
methoc-a modern, up-to-date" meth
cd of breeding, producing and raising
non.smelling, rose verbena scented
hog, and a sweet scented, perfumet
steer, as for your business men to t.
you that they have discovered mod
srn, up-to-date, odorIess packing plant
What they have discovered is {
modern, up-to-date business maj
WHO WILL RAISE MORE Smell
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY OF MIN
NEAPOL1S THAN YOU HAVE EVER
DREAMED OF.
He wishes the choicest piece OF
ground he can find, nearest to the
centers of both cities for economic
reasons and for police protection. He
does not care in the least for your
noses or your homes.
You have also been led to believe
that If there is any kind of a smell
you will get the least of it. Do not
be deceived in this. The weather blu.
feau reports show that so far as the
wind is concerned 1t blows more days
from the northwest than from any
other quarter. This would take the
odors directly to the agricultural
school, the fair grounds and to Ham
line and thence on through st. Paul.
It would also affect St. Anthony Park
to a large extent. The reports Of the
weather bureau, however, also show
that during the spring season, par.
&icularly in the months of April, May
and early June, that there are many
breezes from the north and northeast,
accompanied by moisture; winds from
this direction would, of course, blow
towards the University of Minnesota
and straight into the heart of Min
neapOlis. - - r. w
The fact is that many days and
many times during the late winter
months and during the beautiful
spring season, and even all through
the summer. you will get a draft Of
air from the north and northeast, par
ticu'arly at night, which will be. shorn
of all its beauty and delightful eff.
feets, after your proposed plant is in
operation. 1t lszan acknowledged fact
that with humid atmosphere the
odors OF the packing industry are par.
tcularly obnoxious, and that With a
little or no wind they hug the ground
and travel long distances.
DO YOU THINK ES1AT NORTH
EAST MINNEAPOLISSOR ANY PART
OF MINNEAPOLIS WILL Re Elk
EMPT IN SUCH WEATHER FROM
THE STENCIL ZONE? ,
Now why did Mr.. Armour and your
men locate this plant at this spot?
Why not three miles further north on
the old New Brighton site? The pres.
ent site 1t not the New Brighton site
at all. It is just half way between the
university and the old New Brighton
site.
Why have your men SO carefully re.
ferred to this as New Bright0n?" We
believe 1t was done to keep you in
ignorance, first, as to its proximity
to your city, and, second, to keep you
ignorant of the fact that the sewage
from the plant was to be dumped into
the river at any point within or near
the city limits of either city.
If called New Brighton your people
would think it went in far, up the
river. The farther up, In your minds,
the better. Now that the location is
really known your surprise and con.
sternation is appeased by information
that the sewage will enter the river
below you and on top of Your neigh
bors in st. Paul.
We do not believe that the mass of
your people relish being put in amy
such position in relation to their
neighbors. But you are in 1t and you
therefore hold your peace.
The sewer will empty all the matter
which escapes from the plant into the
sti'l waters which you have made for
Z above your upper dam. It will lie
there under the noses OF your people
and of our people who have been so
unfortunate as to locate their homes
along the beautiful river until 1t is
allowed to pass through and into the |
placid waters of the next dam now
being built below; then it will go on
% sweeten and tructify our lowlands |
n times Of high Water and to perfume
our public baths as pest it may in
Tines Of low water. - -
We thank you. How many of you,
elbow Citizens Of our sister city, were
e party to this arrangement I.
You are told and we are told to
lllay our fears-that the sewage will /
y al: right-win be absolutely free |
rom all taint-much sweater in fact
han ordinary sewage-that from the
,Acking house proper there viii be
absolutely no Objectionable matter-
here may. be some Questionable mat