The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-09-03
NEWSPAPER MEN
AS SANITARIANS
MAKING A SEARCH FOR PEST
HOLES.
NOT NUMEROUS WESTWARDLY
But There are Some Cases in
That Section of the Town
That Should Beceive I'M
mediate Attention.
T NUMEROUS WESTWARDLY

u ~ WO representatives
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| N.,-1e, Y'@A the HERALD started
@SE ~ SSHE1 out yesterday after
| LrkS, I1.TiH noon TO see or get An
| RN<+-A AV'nNNa idea of what the con-
| VI lgl an, ,ysiEs$ dition of the public
| /R.6N 'y4lEIas@ thoroughfares of town
| Nv / w ~ are and form some
| ~ dH' idea of the trouble
that would be required for the public au-
thorilies to put public property in condi-
tion 40 meet the requirements ofthe cholera
sanitary regulations.
To the credit of the borough be it said
that the most part of the town lying west
of Main street, the section taken in by the
newspaper men yesterday, is in q remark
ably good condition. There are some parts
that are in bad state and others are in a
very bad condition, but these places are
comparatively few in number. When you
leave Main street, walk west and cross Pear
alley you see, upon looking northwsrd
that the gutter on tbe east side of the alley
is filed with a stream that is far from being
pleasant 70 the eye. But with cleaning
| Ohb " buElOudllJ lndb btcJlOu Vi Lub hllbY
will be above reproach
Jsrdin street, north of Coal, is little
better than Pear alley. Neglect in keeping
the gutter clean on the east side of the street
is also the fault here. The same may be
said of the same part of West street. All
along Coal street, on the north side, the
guttershows want of cleaning. On the south
side of the same street the only source of
complaint seems to hinge upon an l. nor.
ance of grade, whereby the street is about
three feet above the top of the curb stone.
This part of Coal street should receive the
attention Of the survey and street COM
mittee, else there will be some trouble
there.
Going to the end of Coal street and cross.
ing over the drainage grounds to the west
end of Centre street, at the corner of Cath.
crime, the newspaper men found culyert
at the rear Of the house i'm Immediately west
of the Greek Catholic church that slowly,
aud very slowly, emitted stream of thick,
black stuff, the smell from which was sick
ening. This easy going rivulet flowed
over the Gilbert estate lots and unopened
| Catherine street towards the gutter on the
north side of Centre street and then took
that gutter for It's course. This was one of
the worse evils found during the trip.
Nothing else was found until the news
paper men got to Catherine street and
Huckle leberry alley, There they found
nice miniature lake of,the vilest disease
| breeding stuff imaginable. In the centre
of it was beer keg which will no doubt be
gathered up some day and refiled for use
in town. The borders of the lake were
garnished with old wash boilers, tomato
cans, powder kegs and other reputed
gastronomic favorltes of the historical
goat.
The residents Of the vicinity call the lake
"Killarney." 1t is easily identified by its
green surface.
Catherine street, from Oak to Poplar, is
comparatively clean and good yet the
supervisor could find wagon or two of
rubbish scattered along the street and a
man could find several days work there
putting in curbs
Gilbert street, from Cherry south to
Poplar, so far as guLtering is concerned is
in a bad condition. The gutters have a
razzle-dszze appearance and are filled
with Shiny stuff of all kinds On the
square between Mayberry alley and Poplar
street there is veritable hogs delight.
West street from Poplar to Laurel is
sorely in need of curbing. II would seem
that Council should insist upon the borough
ordinances being complied with on this
square before expending several hundred
dollars in opening the square below. On
the latter square a filthy stream A pws out of
an alley at No. 1858, flows past 965 and
and then cuts diagonslly across the street
to the last house on the north side
At the foot Of Laurel street, Just west of
the railroad, there is swamp of most dis
gushing stuff. The stencil that arises from
it is almost unbearable.
There is really no other public place to
complain of save Pear alley. This thor
oughiare, from Laurel street to Line, with
very few exceptions, is in bad condition,
There is but little curOing and where
natural cutters are found they are filthy.
1t took the newspaper men but an hour
to locate all the places specified and it is
safe to say that if the Chief B Irgess, Sani-
taTy Committee, the Supervisor and few
workmen would get down to work for two
or three days all these public nuisanees on
the west side could be averled, and at
very slightest
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