The morning news., 1894-11-01
MAY TURN UP THE soTL NOW.
The Prohibition Against Street I'M
provements Removed by Limit of



The Prohibition Against Street I'm
provements Removed by Limit of
Season.
The restrictions required by the sanitary
board during the summer and fall months
expire to-day. The citizens are now at lib
erty to upturn the soil for the purpose of
making sewer connections, laying gas
pipes and other similar improvements.
The city can go ahead and pave streets as
much as it wants to, though unfortunately
it has very little money in the treasury
with which to pave streets or do anything
else just now, and the street railways can
go ahead and improve their tracks, which
they undoubtedly need in many places
Health officer Drummer said yesterday
that the arrival of Nov. makes very little
difference at quarantine. Ships arriving
from suspected ports will have to undergo
disinfection just as heretofore and espec-
tally is this the case with vessels arriving
from South American ports. DIR. Brunner
is determined that no yellow fever germs
shall come to his bailiwick to hibernate
during the winter and develop next sum-
mer.
The expiration of the limit fixed by the
sanitary board for extra sanitary precau-
tions is unfortunate in one respect. The
force of sanitary inspectors will be cut
down to-day from six to two. Inspectors
]. H. Hennessey, NJ. F. Kirby, NJ. A
Hayes and T. ]. DAILY will be dropped and
only Chief Inspector Melvin and Inspector
Wall will be retained 1t is a matter Of
impossibility for these two inspectors to
keep up with the work and the dwellers
in the lanes and back streets will now
have an opportunity to resume their prac-
tipaS in throwing clone n ba
and allowing filth to accumulate around
their doors and in their back yards. The
number of people who prefer to live in the
midst of filth is something astonishing and
the public generally has no idea of the
amount of work done by the inspectors in
the way of compelling people to keep their
premises clean, who otherwise would not
do so, for their own benefit and that of
their neighbors.
DR.. Brunner was asked why it was that
the force of sanitary inspectors is cut
down on Nov l. 1t is not, he said, because
they are not needed, but because the coun-
ell makes no provision for them after that
time. The full force of inspectors, he said
could be very profitably employed all win
ter
Chief Inspector Melvin said that he re-
gFetted very much that the force was to
be cut down. I'VE have got the city in
splendid sanitary condition now" he said,
buL the result OL cutting uOWn IHe force
of inspectors will be that the city will i'm
medately start on the down grade again
and that by next spring it win be as filthy
as it was when we began work this spring
1t is a mistake to suppose that there is
no work for all the inspectors to do during
the winter months. There is some very
important work which they could do
which could not be attended to in sum
mer, because of the ordinance against the
upturning of the soil. There are over !, 900
privy vaults within the district bounded
by East Broad, West Broad, Anderson and
Bay streets for which sewer connections
should be made. This could not be done
during the summer, but the inspectors
could accomplish a great deal now by com
pelling the property owners to make con-
nectons where the sewers are within easy
reach. There is another important work
which could not be attended to during the
summer. There is a great deal of bad
plumbing which should be taken up and
replaced with sanitary plumbing. The ac-
complishments of these two things would
mean a great deal for the health of our
city"
There is no extensive street improve
ment in prospect Ordinances have been
introduced in council which will probably
be passed at the next meeting to improve
Drayton street from Bay to Broughton,
by covering the cobblestones with shells
and to improve Bryan street from Dray-
ton to Abercorn by paving with Belgian
block These two improvements, while
slight in extent, will give satisfaction to
the business men in the neighborhood in
which they are made.