The herald., 1896-11-26
THE GARBAGE QUESTION.

Editor Herald: Many citizens are
rejoicing over the protests of your cor
respondents and yourself against the
unsatisfactory work done by the gar
bage collectors, and their present efforts
to undo the proper order for having the
garbage collected from the rear of the
houses and again--to save them trouble
put upon the sidewalk. The night
hours may be an improvement upon the
earlier ones; but the unwholesomeness
will be none the less, nor Will the sight
of the overturned can and its still cling
ing contents be an attractive one TO
citizens or to tourists.
Let the agitation go on, Mr.. Editor,
until we have this city work properly
done, and not slammed.
One feature of the proposed return
to the old method will also bear inspec-
ton and rebuke--the motion to allow the
householder to burn the garbage, pro-
vided it be done 'in an incinerator ap-
proved by the board of health a
harmless clause it may appear at first
reading; but some of us are still smart
ing under a similar approval by the
board of "closet" which we were COM
PEELED to put in under the emphatic as
sertion that it was the only wholly
sanitary one, and that its two chambers
made it absolutely certain to empty
itself thoroughly and leave no odor or
remains.
On trial this new model proves much
less satisfactory than the one which
we were ordered to displace, the second
chamber almost never emptying itself
thoroughly. difficult to reach for clean
Ing and so always remaining more or
less foul. Why were we obliged to dis
card the one which had served us well
and put in the other? Was there job
in it for political favorte? If so. may
ha toy. iy,t t1.n
cirera tor?" And have we no redress
for such attacks upon our health and
purses?
At least there are the brave journal
and the ballot May all honest men pat
ronize the one and WELD the other'at
the coming election effectively:
P S.-Two other items of ways that
are dark to some of us may be COM
mended to your valiant critic of muni-
cipal crookedness, E. l.. Hutchison, for
investigation. One is the fact that after
divers and sundry movings and post
ponings by the council of the matter of
the extension of Westlake park under
Seventh street, to cover the low lands
which seem made by nature for that
purpose, and after finally passing the
order to have this done. as was reported
by the daily papers. the public was sur
prised to see contractors suddenly and
NlSolouSiy dl Noik Oh lHe spot, IllllnS
in the pretty raw ee to a fiat surface.
later laid off in lots ard built upon. 1t
may be too late to redress this fraud
upon the people. but not to learn and re-
member the guilty parties.
The second item is the fact that so
large a portion of the time and labor Of
the police commission is consumed by
the granting Of licenses to saloonmen,
and especially to the transfer of such IL
censes. without regard to the conditions
imposed by its own act-that such trans
fer shall require the same number of pc
titioners as in the first granting. and
shall be equally distant from public
school buildings.
The taxpayers who believe that these
places are not only cruel tempters to
our youth and those diseased and weak
OF will who need protection. but that
1t would be as sane a proposition busi-
nesswise. to license and legalize train
ing schools in vice, theft and murder
these have at least the right to ask that
the restrictions imposed by the author
tiles upon this destructive and inhuman
business be thoroughly enforced and
not as now, applications and transfers
recklessly granted. or turned over to the
chief, to throw the responsibility upon
other shoulders. equivalent, also. too
often to grant, if favorite is the pc
titioner. or if no vigorous protest be not
at once set up.
The dear people" have a right to
know how these things are done. and
they will not cease to ask until they
learn.
November 25th.