Daily Republican., 1881-08-03
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1881.
GArbAI Q IsensOY val,

tSDUlt otlfsI pan lLhh Inv IA Wv WI
should be adopted for keeping the cit
clean. Either the remO2al OF gaThag
snould be placed under the tNc!usiy
control of the City Counsel or the Boar
of Health. AS it now stands he Boar
of Health have the employment Of ia
garbage contractors, but the City C"un
Gil furnishes TIE money TO pay then
with, and requires that proposal >ha.
be III ade and the contract AWARDED I,
the lowest and best bidder, The pr"pp
sal system works well enough If til.
contractors are looked after and con
PEELED to do their duty. Anxious % Sc
cure permanent job and TO MAKE a,
much out oft as possible, contra tor
bid too little for the work aui thrl
slight it, or leave much oi it uudoneii il
orGer that they may not lose ugnDy or
their contract. During the past ye.I
some of the contractors detau al il
doing their work. Thi, was To De tx.
pected as they had taken the work 10,
low. Under these circumstances the
Board Of Health was 20 have the wor'.
done and charge it to the de.au,tinc
contractors, but as the Board la, no
funds, they cannot pay for the extra
work even if it was done.
A the matter stands the law pro'eg;,
the defaulting contractor in hi. rrcA.G4'-
rancy, because the Board has no mean,
by which it can enforce the contract.
This is case Of clear legal hnLIn1.
The garbage cannot be removed with
the appropriation made for the purpose
The sum is entirely insufficient. We
are clImoriDg for clean streets ami vet
the City Council does not furnish &. ,ut-
ticient amount Of money for c.elutng
them.
Some places in the city during these
sweltering hot days are rerkin- with
NTH Garbage vessels that have not
been touched by the hand OF a couttac- |
tor are bubbling and becoming l!yirgl |
monuments Of gross neglect or iuetjj-
cheney. The mo~tility list is inrrp.,jus
to fightful degree, and The victim,
are principally children. 1t is 40 Won
der complaints pour into th4 Bgar1 -,
flea'tA thick and fast and 50 accu,t n
Gu 40 we hecome to complaining that
comp lint is made OF everything and
everybody save that and wherein It
most concerns. To sta'e the case uiain-
ly, the city undertakes TO remove ,he
garbage and clean the streets and goc~
around Robin Hoods barn to do it, Isl
it not about time that the garbage wa,
removed on business principles? ? When |
an individual wants job done, he goes
right down to busincs, a. / fit is dirt |
or gravel he wants removed, he pay, a |
stipulated price per load for hauling and |
no man ever failed to have his work |
done properly so long as lie plid tie
price stipulated.
If the Board of Health mus, have
charge of removing the garbage, why
not ordain that it shall engage men to
gather and haul away the waste at So
much a load? The carriers wonld ace ,o
1t that not many lo.'s remained. I'll
would be to their interest to get a, MANY
loads as they could possibly rake and
scrape together. Men will not lr'vr
down in the filth for ncthiI =. They |
cannot be asked to cart away cara
as cheaply as they would remove dirt or
gravel.
Our whole system is bad Neither
the cl"ahlng OF streets nor the removal
of garbage should be- let out by contact
TO the lowest bidder 1t ought to hc
done by private enterprise or by cor
porate enterprise. At present the
Board Of Health stard. cAarr.I y',,, !
the cleaning Of the city and the worl. f. |
not done for the smp.e reason .14t moi
enough OF money i, Given for rnauinp |
IL. This is one Of tbn Departments, ,hat |
should not be Sligh'cd, in fac. il will |
moi bear to be oigltcd, bccau 4 nc-
Slect to remove garbage and c,ill luao
result in engendering disease ard ,lrari
Garbage should be Immediately .cnoy.
ed, especially in the hot weather, no
matter what it cost. The health Of the
city cannot be rcgu ated hy any speci.
fied amount Of money. 1t i, u cOntin
gency that knows No bounds and can
not be kept within any circumsrribcd
limits. Contracts do very well for the
digging OF cellars, the building Of
houses, the grading aud curbing OF
streets and such things, but it never
has worked right in the removal Of gar
baBe and the cleaning Of streets. These
are thihgs that admit Of no delay. The
Mau VINO removes the garbage is The
plollc physician, and he il needed at
AL times. 1t is high time this business
was properly understood and the Board
OF Health given power TO remove the
garbage by the 'oai or day. and the
money needed for having it done fur.
nished for them.
WE ARE PLEASED 20 be informed