The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-03

| IdlB Oh Ihe AIJeruoou WAS hs-
signed to Mrs. Jones, Who Is Presi-
dent of the State Sanitary League.
Suggestions She Made.
The Womens club, of Green Ridge.
is making considerable stir in that
portion of the city and the agitation
is spreading faster even than the con-
| tagious diseases which frequently
originate in that vicinity.
Yesterday the secticn of Household
Economics held a field day. The af-
ternoon was spent in hearing remarks
which alternated between descriptions
of the horrible sanitary condition Of
Philadelphia. the perfectly sweet and
wholesome state of Scranton and its
perfectly vile and abomipable plight.
There was a wide range of opinions
! from which to choose and while at
times the listeners formed intentions
of going home patting themselves on
the head because of the nice things
said about their city, there were other
times when their noses went up in the
air and they imagined n dessicating
factory must be in the vicinity.
the meeting with admirable grace. At
her left was Mrs. Mary a. Jones, of
| Philadelphia, in a fascinating blue
waist adorned with real lace. At the
right gathered around for mutual pro-
lection were Mayor Moir, DR.. j. II.
O'Brien and Dr. Fred van Sickle. The
remainder of the persons present con-
sisted of ladies, with the exception Of
Rev. DIR. l. ]. Lansing, who was hid
den away in a far corner and nearly
escaped observation until he made
telling address as a finale.
MAYOR MOIR SPOKE.
Mayor Moir was first INTRODUCED and
gave some interesting facts. Accord
| ing to his point of view everything
that a reasonable city can possibly re-
| quire is going to fall to Scranton's lot
in the near future. He spone of the
i recent decision of the supreme court
which states that the city must pay a
| certain percentage of the cost of
main sewer system and also told of the
ordinance now to be presented to the
common council authorizing bonding
the city for $4,000 to provide tor an
| improved sewerage. He wished to
contradict the statement sometimes
heard that Scranton is on the verge
of bankruptcy. No city of it's size
is in better financial condition.
The question of appropriating more
money to the sewerage system is to
be submitted to the public at the
polls in February and he urged the
interests of this aggressive body of wo-
men in it's behalf. AS to the water
supply he was much interested in that,
since he drinks nothing else. He ad
mitted that the Providence water was
not as good as it might be.
Mrs. Jones, president of the Sani-
tary league, of Philadelphia, and also
of the State league was introduced
and spoke for a half hour on many
subjects of sanitation which these soci-
cites are taking up. Her description
of conditions in Philadelphia struck
the audience as appalling. 1t seemed
not generally realized that 10000 cases
of typhoid fever have flourished in
that city during the epidemic and that
1000 have died all as the result of
leakage in a great and costly inter-
cepting sewer. She told with humor-
Gus effect of the appeals to the mayor
and the political influence which had
prevented applying the appropriation
of So, 200 which had been previously
made toward the improvement of the
system.
TO FILTER WATER.
Experts have now submitted recon-
mcndations for a flterng process cost
ing S12, 900 600, which will be submitted
to a popular vote on Tuesday next
1t is not decided what system of fill
tration may be adopted. The idea of
conveying water from the Delaware
Water Gap is not considered possible
at present.
In the course of her remarks Mrs
Jones suggested that the vast water
supply of Scranton of which she heard
so much, does not necessarily imply
that the water is pure. Quality, not
quantity, is the requisite.
Official inspection is what the sani-
tary league recommends for the
sources of all water systems, cess
pools, pig sites and out-houses on the
banks of tributary streams are the
menaces to good health.
Other work taken up by the women
is that of protesting against issuing
slate pencils in schools for use in COM
mon and also against the general
drinking cup. Cellar inspections, the
official inspection of public laundries.
inadequate seating capacity and heat
ing apparatus in street cars and eXpec-
torations in public places are other
branches of work occupying the at
tention of the women's organizations.
She protested against the masculine
method of house-cleaning as exempli-
fed in the streets, where the next day
after these have been swept the ash
man proceeds to go about scattering
paper far and wide, or the street
cleaning brigade collects heaps of dirt
and then leaves the same to be distri-
buted by the wind.
WOMEN URGE REFORMS.
The women of Philadelphia are en-
deavoring to secure legislation to or
der the separation of waste paner
from the ashes. Carelessness regard
ing public funerals whore death has
been caused by contagious diseases
ana in the use of school and library
books in infected homes was depre-
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