San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-09-23
DR.. MENGER
Puts on His War Paint and Comes
Back at Daugherty.
To the Daily LIUHT.

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To the Daily LIoHT.
Although nearly Overburdened with
official work, having just vaccinatGd 81
children gratis for the city schools and
gone through with over forty sick pau
pers at the hospital and besides visiting a
number of outdoor patients. | deem it
my duty to make SHORT reply TO the en-
tirely unCaled and mean prOvOcatiOn of
Alderman Daughertv in your esteemed
paper of September y, 90. That gentle
man should have more respect for the
position he is holding than in this mann r
10 assault an official of this city. My
communications. stated in his public
report. were not all directed to the
city council, some OF them were
directed personally to Mayor PaSChal
and two. not stated by Bonn baStuS DaugE-
erIy. should have come before the council.
but were omitted for reasons not known
to me. As an official | have the right to
call attention as much as deem neceSSa
~ TO any sanitary matter. and | am IN
the habit of giving a straight forward re-
port, instead OF creeping around the cor
ner. And now allow me to state, Mr.
Daugherty. that You are to blame your
self that the garbage furnace was built in
front of your beautiful residence. Had
this furnace consumed 10 the last atom
every obnoxious gas. you would ANYWAY
have kicked against the hauling of
the city filth to your neighbOrhoOd.
before it could bes destroyed by fire and
this you should have known as a south
breeze resident and alderman of the
Seventh ward. | for my part did not
know that the furnace was being build
that close to any Inhabited building. as
neither you nor any one else called my at
tentiOn TO same else | would have kicked
against 1t also and | shall maintain that
the garbage matter should first have come
before the Board of Health, and we GER
tainIy would not have them to be built
on the southeast and southwest part of
the city. And again. Mr. Daucherty,
have you or any one else ever stated if
the garbage sent there for destruction
ever has been destroyed? WHAT
has become Of the 9Sl carts full
of city filth in the month of August. in
GLIDING 9S2 dead animals. are they de-
StrOyed to ashes. or are they dumped"
awaiting slow process Of decay and con-
slant foul OdOr? Believe me, if there is
any one wishing the very best for this
city, it Is me. was born in this very
town, and ! will defend myself in any
shape or manner, if assaulted unjuSty.
have the endorsement of many physi-
clans, including the Board of Health OF
Dallas. and the president of the Dallas
city council in the statements made by
me. and | refer Mr. Daugherty to
these gentlemen, to whom have
written the following data: IF
the people would more closely
consider the Importance of the city gar
bage question and be more publicly
educated on the matter there would be
less kicking and adverse opinions. If
they would more fully understand this
Etiology OF disease, they certainly would
pay more attention to city sanitation
Extra police authority or sanitary officers
have to be employed TO remind a majority
OF the people the duty they owe TO them
selves and Others regarding sanitary
matters Some believe that If the trash
and filth is dumped away in some old or
new dumping grOund-''that settles the
matter But they are not aware Of the
decomposition, foul gaSSeS and patho-
genie bacteria developed at
such places. these very breeding
places OF disease; they are not aware that
all the decOmpOSing foul animal and veg
etable matter is in a very short time deS-
trOyed to ashes by the immense heat of
an incineratOr, and that this destruction
Is everlasting whilst the slow decOmDOs-
Ing material at the dumping ground is or
can become source of peStilence and d.
Scase, why? because LIST. the filth of the
cities Is destroyed so inCOmpletely as
compared with cremation, 2nd. the prob
ability OF development of pathogenic
bacteria under certain favorable cOndi-
tons is constantly present. Bird. the air
and water can more easily be contain
mated, the latter by rains and
washOutS. 4th, obnoxious gases
in prOfusiOn. 5th, Inocculation OF
animal and human beings by flies. etc,
feeding on the debris of dumped filth, G.
The trouble in keeping the cows and
other cattle away from these dumping
places, if not fenced in properly :. Re-
moval of filthy material back TO
the city by rag diggers, etc, etc.
In conclusion, / will state, that have
absolutely nothing to do personally nor
otherwise with Mr. GaretsOn nor his in
Generators and the assertion Of Mr..
Daugherty in the following sentence is
incorrect: I'm the first place. when
GarretSo9 sentin proposal to the coun-
Gil. April Bird, 49, before ever the coun-
ell had acted on it, at the bottom of said
proposal, DIR. Menger endorsed it as fol-
lows:
After carefully examining the above
proposition, and realizing the extreme
need to our city of this measure we
heartily endorse same.
Signed. DIR. R. MENGER.
Health Officer.
Now. right here you get left again