Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-04-22

Ebiqoa LEAbHai--Our PobIc Square now o..
hblia some fut specimens ~ Inodefh arthheoturt.
% the N. r. corner stands tbe now Government
structure, dispayiog handsome ahd solid exter.
iof, and, within, perfect ia All % arrangements
of The dispatch Of business. IN The several depart
mtnls Of Post osice, Custom House and The .. S.
Court A little farther west stands the First Pres
byieran Church, "ahorn OF its beams, II IL true,
BY the late Gre, but still IA imposing ediace Just
beyond, the judloiOusly designed sruciure intended
for the Court House, rears its bold aud elegant
front All the windows on the,wert side Of This flne
building command fall view Of The Jail and the
yard attached to IL, ofthe lattert II is my object
more particularly 70 speak This yard iorms--
what shall say. Well, an immense cess pool. or
collection ofoess pools, some covered up and some
open, not only in sight Of the Court rooms, but
ready, whenever the weather is hot, and the wind
In that direction, to pour their pesiiferous exha.
tons into every open window (arbe SMELL"
said one Of The Jail officials, "is awful when a
warm spell comes.') All the feces and urine OF
the prisoners Is conveyed, BY WOodenvtrough
fixed on the outside Of the buileng into the yard,
which is stated 70 be so full Of pits that there s
scarcely room for any further excavations
The iail itself Is kept in excellent order
(better, II is said, than Il ever was before) but
iu this matter the sheriff IL powefless intolerable
as the nuisance is be has neither means, nor au
thority 10 abate t. But this must be done, and
cannot be done too soon. Such an abomination
ought not to be suffered 10 exist In the suburbs of
our city, much less in the best and most crOioded
Part Of As TO the imperative necessity Of an
Immediate remedy for the evil, there can be but
one opinion, and that the only efficient one Is by
well constructed sewers, will perhaps be conceded
by ALL To effect this will require considerable
outlay, and the only question seems to be, by
whom shall the cost be borne, the County Com
missioners or the City, or both There is, un.
derstand, sewer already formed on Lake Street
but without any outlet this is intended TO be
made into the Lake, somewhere above the Marine
Hospital when the city authorities have done this,
it Is understood that the commissioners arc pre-.
pared TO complete the Senfca street sewer, already
made as far as the City Hotel, Shall this not be
done
The health Of community is of paramount i'm
pOrtance, and it is obviously the duty Of those to
whom the government Of town, or city is entrust-
ed, TO apply in the premises, the most efficient
means at their command. It is therefore earnestly
hoped that our newly elected Council will take up
the matter,in good earnest and act upon it With
promptitude. anticipate the queslion--Why did
not the Grand Jury, after having their attention
called to the state Of the yard by the Sheriff report
upon III Ny reply is that they knew nothing Of 1t
until they went to Inspect the jail which being
done, their other busines having been got through
with, they were ready to present their report and
be discharged, The subject was taken up but 1t
was found that no satisfactory conclusion could be
come to without adiourning to the following day;
but some Of the jurors were at q con siderable dis
tance rom home, and the motion for adjournment
fell 10 the ground, 1t is hoped that at the next
court, should previous action be taken, the grand
jury will be directed to give this important matter
their special attention.