Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-04-01
ALFALES YOUNG, EDITOR
WATER.

called 10 the matter by reading IN some
eastern exchange of the many dangers
and fatalities arising from this source. It
is not necessary to go to an eastern ex-
change to learn of the danger of drinking
water from wells where there is so much
irrigation as in Salt Lake City, and
where there is no proper drainage
nor any regulation OF garbage or cess
pools. Why cannot our city have such
regulations of these things as will insure
a partial mitigation of the dangers arising
from this unhealthy state of things? As
a sample OF our streets it is only neces-
sary to cite Second East street, near EN-
igration Square, to show how all OF our
streets are more or less made into dump
ing grounds. Again, look at West Tenn
pie street, near Eighth South, which is
almost worse yet; and this is on one of
the principal driving streets, in fact is on
what is called the Drive.
But few days ago this paper said that
in our streets were to be seen dead cats
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that they would be removed, but they
have not been removed, and it is doubt
full if they will be. Last Sunday in re-
turning from Fort Douglas we saw a dead
dog in the street, and only last night
when coming from the d. & r. G.. depot
we saw dead dog in the street, and
from all appearance it had been there
some little time. To which of our many
city officers does it belong to see
that such things are not done +?
Or, are We to be told that these are
things over which the city has no con-
troll? Is it not time that something was
done to prevent the sickness that will
surely come from such state of filth
ness? When things are in this condi-
ton and we have so much irrigation. can
well water be anything else than un-
healthy? What is the reason that the
city council will not insist upon the Of
ficers whom they appoint performing the
duties of their Offices? Surely some of
the city councillors know that filth
and garbage in the streets are breeders of
disease, and that there will ALWAYS be
an increased death rate from the prevail
ence OF any disease. So long and so ire
sponsible have our city officers been in
place and power that to complain of
them is deemed rebellion against the
masters by the slaves. The taxpayers
are used merely as a means of support
for incompetent men who could not in
any other capacity than that in which
they now serve, or rather in which they
are served, command above one-half of
the salaries they now get Hamlet SOL
iloquized about the insolence of Office,
but insolence of Office was a new born
babe then and to have seen it in man.
hood and full splendor, of the size of
Thor, Hamlet should have lived in Salt
Lake City. What revelation it would
Lave been to him!
Will things be greatly different in the
future from what they are now? We
scarcely dare hope it, although man will
occasionally indulge in the illusions of
hope. But why should the Ners COM
plain about well water? The gentleman
who at present edits that paper
has been for many years vainly endeav-
oring with others on the dry bench to
induce the city to do something towards
helping the citizens to get water, not
water to waste and run in the streets. but
water for drinking and culinary purposes. |
When the fruitlessness of such efforts
comes to to the minds of the "dry bench
ers," do they ever think that they them
selves have endorsed the party which
gives them a stone when they ask for
bread; the party which when they cry
aloud, we die of thirst, gives them in re-
turn an assurance of damnation if they
leave this party whose sole interest
is their welfare, this Peoples
Party? Only so recently as
last night petition from the "drv
benchers' was presented to the City Coul-
Gil on the water question, and the peti-
ton was accompanied by report on the
ofthe undertaking asked, made
by Charles L. Stevenson, civil engineer.
On page six Of this petition we read: '.At
the time when the project of construct
ing the Salt Lake City Canal required the
sanction of the voters of this City, the in (
ducements strongly urged upon the peo-
pie of our locality was, that an ample sup
ply of water was to be proved for the
whole City. Further, those high
in authority in the City Gov
stated publicity that
upon its completion a redistribution of
the water supply would be made, and
the bench lands thereby be made !
happy" Is it possible that those who
are "high in authority" in city matters 5
,an have been untrue to their promise ?
Are you, We "dry benches" not made
happy, when you helped to hold in position
hose who are "hight in authority?" You !
lad your way at the polls, and in your 1
platform said that the Peoples Party was {
without defalcation in Office and without e
eproach in principle; then why have
lot the things which were promised :
,een done? Can it be that there
5 a doubt as to the fitness of the
nen who fill the offices and of the man.
Ter in which they are selected? Let the
dry benchers" learn that those who are
high in authority" could not be there if :
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