Show HEALTH H OARD DENY CLAIMS MAD 6 COUNCILMAN FERNSTROM Councilman Ferns S. S Fernstrom with his fund of ot knowledge of city affaire irl mado made things to order last evening in inthe inthe inthe the City Council Council and struck a a. harder snag than he had run against In some time For once he was called to order order order or or- der regarding his figures which the City Council In the past had been accepting as aa accurate V The matter came up th through ou h a communication com corn from the Board of Public Works reminding the City Council that It had not confirmed the contract awarded the Dixon Engineering and Construction company of Cleveland forthe forthe for forthe the enlargement of the crematory plant and also asked for instructions Fernstrom op opposed the ratifying of the contract He contended that the city was wasting wasting- money by increasing the size of the plant He declared d that the plant was not being used to its full capacity He declared that about seven seven seven sev sev- sev- sev en loads of garbage w was s being being- burned burneda a day while the capa capacity of the plant plantis is twenty loads He averred that to increase the size of th the plant would be bea a useless waste of money and he opposed op posed it Councilman 0 Donnell ODonnel believed that something was wrong and called for an explanation from the Health C Commissioner Commissioner Commis Commis- M. M R. R Stewart In response Dr Stewart declared V that Fernstrom's a statement was untrue He said nid that there was nearer thirty five loads of garbage bein being destroyed each day at the He said that the plant was not of the type that would readily cremate animals He said the fire lire was wa's was crowded all the time and that paper had to be burned on the ground around the plant because the plant wasso was wasso wasso so crowded with other things An incinerating incinerating in in- plant he sai said 1 was necessary necea sary but even this was not always the the- most satisfactory Fernstrom endeavored to reply to the Commissioner He asserted that h he might be mistaken as to the capa capacity ity of the plant but that the records of the health department would bear him Mci out in his statement as to the number of loads consumed He declared d th the Commissioners Commissioner's own figures had bad been bee taken V The records of the hes health th department V I again put Fernstrom to rout when it was was shown that loads o of or garbage and animals were consumed in May The matter was referred to the Sanitary Sanitary San San- committee and Councilman Fernstrom Fernstrom Fernstrom Fern Fern- strom will wilI be given an n opportunity next Thursday to e expose pose the records of t the e health department if he can The Council adopted a resolution ordering or or- dering the Sup Superintendent of Streets to clean out all the drainage ditches along Fourth North street from Sixth West Vest to Ninth West street Th The work Is to be Kept ept within a limit of The Council ratified the appointment made by City Treasurer Frank Swenson of Frank Godbe as his chief deputy In place of ot R. R S S. S Wimmer who has resigned to go Into the stock brokerage business The veto of ot the Mayor to the ordinance passed a week ago by the City Council I fIS rt giving t the e City Engineer I supervision p over overall overall all public public- Improvement work wark Instead of ot the Board of Public Works as now Is th the case was laid over forone week The Ma Mayor Maor or refused to sign the ordinance because because be because be- be cause he declared it U took away some of ot the powers granted the board by statute The City Recorder reported report d to ther the Council t that t the receipts e from both h the I r g cW Criminal r 1 and cIvil II divisions of the City court for May amounted to City Auditor Alft presented the department payrolls for the last half halt of May amounting to They were referred referred re re- re to the Finance committee Chief of ot the Fire department C. C T To V Vail Vall reported the following appointments to the Council and they were confirmed Samuel Roberts in place of W. W H. H C. C Drake resigned George Clausen In place of C. C J J. J E. E Gulbranson resigned Andy Dahlquist In place of N N. L. L Hel- Hel rick resigned and George Walter Joseph Joseph Joseph Jo Jo- seph Peterson and H. H O. O Bourne to vacancies vacancies va va- va- va In No 5 S company |