The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-12-02

There is quite substantial objection
being made 10 the manner in which the
city dumping ground has been kept for
the last month The dump is situated
Immediately south OF the Wichita and
Western tracks, and the first street run
King north and south upon the west The
property belongs TO the old Glendale
Land company and as il IS rather low,
permission was granted by Mr.. d. NJ
kirkbride. who has it in charge. 10 make
city dumping ground Of It. Council
man Mclean recommended TO that body
that man be engaged 10 take charge OF
the dump. and keep il in sanitary con-
6ition. This was done, and Mr. Shreve
vas given the place, which he filed up
10 about month ago.
Since that time all offal has been dump
ed upon the ground, anywhere. no pains
being taken to put il where il would be
the easiest covered up, or where X would
create the least odor- Under these cir
cumstances the rubbish and offai has
been scattered all about the dump
Mr.. Shreve dug pits in which to dump
all feathers and other offal. which would
either blow about or smell, and afJerward
this was covered up by sand, thus pre-
Guiding any chance of any smell arising
fIom il All during the summer every
thing was taken care of and that por.
ton OF the city was as pleasant and
healthy as any part of 1t.
Major Burr, the sanitary officer. was
seen and he stated that in as much as the
colder weather had come on. il was
thought that the services of a man could
be disposed of, which was done. A short
time ago the people Of the neighborhooe
began to make complaint 10 the board
of health about the condition OF the
dump, and Major Burr stated that he
went over on tour OF inspection and
found il in d very unhealthy condition.
Chicken feathers and other offal from
places where chickens were dressed were
scattered over the ground and in a bad
state of decomposition. The smell aris-
ing from it was by no means one which
would be conducive TO the health Of the
Deighborhood. should IL continue.
An Eagle reporter concluded to take a
trip over there and see for himself The
place was soon found and the smell could
be easily distinguished some distance
away. Upon arriving in the immediate
vicinity, the smell did not seem to be
so fearfully sickening. But Eeverthe-
less, the place is totally unfit TO be al
lowed TO remain in its present condition.
Feathers, chicken entrails. dead fowlr,
manure hog eutrails, and other offal lays
about the place and has become decayed
to such an extent that memories began 10
appear OF the good old days when the
Texas fever scattered the prairies Of
western Oklahoma and Texas with the
fostering corcasses Of the range cattle OF
the latter place, and the pet mich cows OF
the poor settlers over the former. The
place IL totally unfit TO be suffered TO re-
main in its present condition. It might
do about some sQuawman's teepee. but
rot upon the skirts OF the Peerless Prin-
cess.
A petition has been gotten up by the
neighborhood and presented to the board
of health, who will probably make a re-
port OF SINE kind 10 the city council next
Monday night. Some have even threat
ened to bring suit against the city for
damaging the air in that vicinity or al
lowing IL 10 be done, but this will not
be necessary, as the city council will not
allow any such thing TO continue. "A
long as it stays frozen up hard, no odor
arises, but Kansas weather does not stay
frozen up al winter. and hence the trou-
BILE frequently arises.