The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-07-13
ABOUT THAT ORDER.
The Action of the Board of Health
Criticized by a Citizen of EInporia.

The action OF the bOaret Oh heaLth
Criticized by a Citizen of Elnporia.
EDS NEWS: The city council at one
of their meetings Il week or two since,
passed two ordinances looking to the
cleanliness and health of the city, by
requiring all of the people in the city
to take care of their slops, and some one
was to be appointed by the city to haul
the same oil These ordinances seemed
fair and right as they impose cleanliness
upon all without discrimination. do
not know why they failed or fell still
born. They were repealed without any
attempt being made To enforce them.
Perhaps they fell of their own weight,
as this is a pretty heavy subject TO deal
taken up the subject, as l see by "a re-
cent notice in your paper. Perhaps
they think they are more capable of
dealing with the question than the city
council Let US see, according 10 the
notice, how they propose TO handle the
subject. They propose To exempt the
great majority of the people of the city
from any trouble or annoyance in the
matter. Some five OF six thousand poo
pie who dwell in private houses (say
nine tenths or more of the whole popu-
lation) can continue to throw their
slops on their premises and in the street
and allies, while the other tenth who
live in hotels or restaurants, are COM
PEELED TO carry every pail full OF water
that they use beyond the city limits.
Now, is This water aud slup offensive
and unhealthy? If SO. those who live
in private houses and are exempted
from this order, throw out bogsheads
of il into the streets and allies
VIII, re The hotels and restaurants do bar
rels This waste water is absorbed by
the Garth and evaporatcd by the sun and
causes as much miasma or poison in the
atmosphere in one Cas-: as the other
Then why impose expense aud hardship
on the few and exempt the many, when
all are equally at fault? l supposed
| this was IA free country where all have
| the same rights and privileges. The
city government is quick 10 collect the
wafer rents from hotels, restaurants and
| b.ilI-Tnoms. Does The board of health
think il is no hardship 10 issue an order
| that every gallon of water SO used and
paid for shall be carried beyond the city
limits and be deposited quarter of a
| mile from any house, and the order only
to- apply 10 few Of the citizens of the
town, while all the balance, including
| the membtrs of the city council, and
also Of the board of health, can continue
| 10 pour out their waste water and slops
rs usual ON their own premises and IN
the streets and alleys?
We only want to see this question
treated fair and all parties have the same
law meted out 10 them. do not believe
it would he likely To cause any more
sickness in the city of Emporia to
throw out the waste water from a bath
tub in the gutter than for person to
battle in the Cottonwood or Neosho. the
honorable board of health TO the contra
~ Notwithstanding.
| Now, il is easy 10 sit in an Office and
issue orders and pass ordinance affect
ing the rights of parties very seriously,
without cumprehending the magnitude
of the question, or the rights of the par
ties affected. think that it has been
done in this ease by the board of health
| To literally inforce the order made by
the board OF health in their recent no
tice, would close every hotel and bath
room in Emporia- The fact is, il
any blame attaches TO any one, i
is TO the city council, for not pro
viding proper drainage and sewerage
Tor the city. They have the sole ant
unlimited power to tax for this purpose
and they are derelict in their duty il
not doing it. it is infinitely more i'm
: portant that this should be done, THAI
, | that the city should have water works
f gas works, or streets graded and macad
: amized Nothing is said in the ordc
d against the rotten cellars half filled will
i. water on Commercial street, over which
3 people live and breathe The owner
L of the same are not compelled To bal
t them out and carry the poisoned waite
b beyond the city limits.
), If there is necessity for such Al
q order, it ought to be against the pcopl
b of the whole city. As said before, th
e aggregate amount OF Stops thrown on
from private residences greatly exceed
that from hotels and restaurants. I'el
a haps there is not so much ia any on
n place because the latter cover muc
! more ground, but the effect upon ih
n health of the city is the same. Then VIII
!. select out some hRlfdozeD hotels an
: restaurants and make them the soap
goat of all the filth of the city?
FL don't believe that such an order q
a this was ever issued bcfore from an
board Of health or city council from an
) city in Kansas. Toe board may mea
well, but they have shown more zes
than Judgment in this matter tn
board Of health had better remove I'll
IL city council beyond the limits Of "a
city, and have one elected that will co
rect this wrong, as they alone are |
blame.
Il Equal RIsHTs AND No FAvoRs
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