Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-06-06
THE NEW ORDINANCE.


Tho trick turned IN the City Council
on Tuesday evening, by which the
Mayor was apparently outwitted, was
very neatly manipulated. The meas
ure substituted Tor the ordinance We
toed seems to meet the objections urged
by the Mayor and it has merit In IL
self We believe the general sentiment
is in favor Of placing the sanitation
and food Inspection Of this city in
charge OF the health department
If the board will study the welfare Of
the people, and leave out political pref
erences and the providing Of places for
pets the change now proposed VIII
work well. It is neither pleasing nor
profitable TO see the different depart
m,n,s Of the city government pItting
themselves against each other trying
TO circumvent the plans one may make
and playing into the hands OF another,
for private ends and petty PURPOSES
Apart from such considerations, 1t
looks Ike good sense and fltnesl to put
TIE drres Of keeping the city clean. and
detecting unwhoIesome food offered for
sale. under the direction Of the de-
partment specially appoiated 70 watch
over lie health of the municipality The
osienslbe object Of the ordinance Is
therefore praiseworthy. whatever other
pL.tcses may be lurking behind the
proposition. II the work needed TO he
done r. accomplished under he new
management, the public an he satis-
fed, aLt the officers duly appointed
win reeve the supper, Of the puollc.
There Is much that ought 10 be done
In the city by wan OF sanitation Out
houses and yards are in many places,
in a very unsatisfactory condition Men
with good noses ought 20 be employed
70 find cut the bad spots IN tive city 5
sanitation, Much decaying matter is
suffered to lay arouni on the surface
OF the giol nd, that ought to be buried
oe burned The officers appointed 10
see that such stun is clean % up, ought
not 70 le Of the sort that Is more Of
f4ryiye even than the refuse.
SO with the food inspectors, We may
not expect TO have refined and polished
gentlemen in that position But they
should be courteous though firm, and
devoted TO the interests Of the public
rather than 10 the profit Of the pur-
veyors who offer unwholesome articles
FOR sale to the poor buyer. At this sea-
son. spoiled fish and chickens are some
times 40 frozenly iced that they pass for
good until they are thawed, when their
true condition is smellingly revealed
Sickness and death frequently result
from ptomaines bred In the decaylng
flesh Of fowls seasoned and used for
food. The vlgiant inspector can save
much suffering and prevent much I'M
position by a fearless discharge Of
duty.
These are health matters, and Il
would seem ought TO be placed under
the direction Of the health department,
even II some disappointment may be
the consequence 10 political aspirants
or dispensers Of patronage. Political
debts ought 20 be paid, Of course, II
they can be discharged without injury
10 the public, and with a view TO fit
ness for the positions 10 be filled, Also
every public functionary should be sup
ported In the position which ne Is called
TO occupy, His authority should be
maintained and his privileges re-
spected
The various departments Of the city
government have each their defined
rights aud limitations. one ought not
10 attempt to encroach upon the other,
or to interfere with the powers specials
ly conferred. Il would be we'll hove
ever, n mutual efforts were made look
ing 70 general harmony This cannot
be reached without mutual understands
ing. The executive and the legislative
have separate functions, # Is true, but
they ought TO be exercised with due Tee
gard for each others position, and
above all Tor the public welfare.
The people Of Salt Lake would bc
pleased to know. that IN the manage
ment OF municipal affairs. personal and
political differences were obliterated
and the greatest good 81 the entire com.
muniiy was made paramount 90 AN The
treasures devised and the appointment.
20 be filed