San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-09-21

Mayor Paschal.
DEAR SIR:-Should there still
be kickers from Kickersville
against the incineratiOn of the city
garbage, it may perhaps be well tC
have the board of health make out
a report for the city council. Then
goes on to say that he is quite sure
their report would be favorable
that it is only a suggestion of his
and in support of his suggestion
states that the health for the past
two months thisyear had been bet
ter than corresponding months for
years previous, and finally winds
up by prescribing the following
bitter dose of unadulterated gall,
as follows:
wf we only had already a COM
plete system of sewers, then the
city could we'll do without the
kickers or issue burial permit to
such still kicking"
Now, in all candor, does it not
seem out of place for Dr. Menger to
send in such veriest of bosh I'M
called for by the council or any
body else, unless it was also Eat
the request of Mr.. Garretsonw Is
it possible that our city NJ. d.,
whose mission it should be to look
after the welfare of those nearest
and dearest, to sally forth with the
statement in fact, that if any choose
to protest against the pollution of
their homes by any nuisance, he
stands ready and willing to issue a
burial permit for their special ben
eft, dead or alive? That was car
rying the thing too far.
But to cap the climax and put
the glittering ball of fame upon
the tOpmOst point of the pinnacle,
he comes forth again, after the
whole thing had been rejected by
the council, with windy cOmmu-
nicatiOn, asking the council to re-
consider its action, repent and
come back to the path of his ideal
rectitude, accept the two furnaces
(at Sl3,00O,D then tear them down
and merge the two into one Cat an
other cost of $4,000 or $4,000 and
bury his night soil, notwithstand-
ing his unqualified opinion at first
that they could burn that dirty
stuff. His wonderful persistency
even led him to the scenes of the
past, with two cigar boxes under
his arm when like a hen
in barn-yard, tiuttering in the
dust, he filled these cigar boxes
with ashes, actually with ashes,
labeled and belabled for the city
dads to smell for themselves-sOr-
ry, very sorry CD, but the fruit of
his labor, like that gone before, lies
weeping on the table.
Now, dear Doctor, if this should
catch your eye, let me console you
by making few suggestions"
"Keep on with your good work,
take the first steamer going down
the San Pedro, collect some of the
filth that lines its banks, tell us
the cheapest and best way to dis
infect and clean it up, send
and get the best ard latest
plans for garbage furnaces,
Tell us in your capacity as an NJ.
d., of the latest and best garbage
carts, to take the place of the old
open mOuthed wooden concerns,
which pOllute the very air we
breathe every time one of them
passes your door; tell us the cheap
est and best way to disenfect the
garbage as it is put in these new
metallically lined, Theoretically
sealed carts. Tell us how to keep
our city clean, while we are discuss
ing sewers; ride around occasion
ally and see for yourself if fruit
and vegetable vendors are selling
wholesome goods to us.
These and many, many other
matters could profitably take up
your time; and my word for it, the
fruit Of your labOrs will be appre-
ciated, and further more iii do my
best to get East Commerce street
fixed up. Yours Respectfully
JACK DAUGUERTN-