The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-27
HUGHES PIG PEN.
The Mayor Has Not Yet Been
Arrested.
Councilman Griley Finds the
Ordinance Too Narrow.
WILL GET A NEW ONE.
Board of Health Recommends
Prohibitive Measure.
By the Time Action Is Taken
Sly May BE Moved.
A Heated Interview Between
Hughes and GriIey.

Mayor Hughes has not yet been
arrested on the charge of keeping d
nuisance at his coal yard. The pigs
are still in their pen in the rear of
his coal office. and the board Of health
has not yet taken judicial notice Of
the fact.
The reason that the mayor has not
been arrested is because the ordinance
which fits mis- case will have to be
passed by the council at its next meet
ing BY that time it is likely the
mayors pig pen will be moved away.
The mayor said today that he thought
he would probably have to move his
pen away from town. IF the council
passes an ordinance prohibiting the
keeping of pigs in the city" said the
mayor, Il will move. Or rather, / viii
have the pigs move. OF course 1 don't
own the pigs They belong to my fore
man"
The question of allowing pigs to be
kept in town was brought UP at the
meeting of the board of health last
night A brief resolution was intro
duced by City Physician Judd, asking
the council to pass an ordinance pro-
hibiting the keeping of hogs within the
city limits. This resolution was unan-
imously adopted. The members of the
board expressed their surprise that no
such ordinance can be found on the
city records. The impression generally
prevails that such an ordinance was
passed three years ago, but the city
ordinance books are in such confused
condition that it is impossible to locate
such an ordinance if any was passed
This morning Councilman Griley
called at Mayor Hughes office and
had a little heart to heart talk with
the N ayor.
Mr.. Griley wanted to find out for
sure whether the mayor was hitting
at him when he said, in yesterday
afternoons Journal, Anyone who says
that people have been complaining
about this pig pen is a liar. 1 never
have had any complaint.
Il object to having the mayor call
me liar" said Mr.. Griley. Il say
that complaints were made to me
about Mayor Hughes pig pen, and 1
was quoted as saying so in the state
a liar, propose to give him a chance
to prove it in court. I won't stand it to
have my reputation for truth and YER
So Mr.. Griley called upon Mayor
Hughes. and the interview was an in
teresting one
..Oh, Mr. GriIey, my dear sir" said
the mayor, you do not understand
What I meant was that anyone who
said that any complaints had been
made TO ME- was liar. I never have
had any complaints about that pig
pen No indeed, Mr.. Griley, I did not
intend to intimate that you We're a. liar
I was misquoted, that is all.
The State Journal reporter who in
tervieWed Mayor Hughes were called
upon to give testimony in the case.
Did you quote my exact words in
that interview yesterday" asked May
or Hughes for the defense.
NO" admitted the reporter, ST
didn't"
What did I say?" asked the mayor.
I promised you I would not repeat !
your Words replied the reporter, but |
IL you will release me from that prom |
Use, will state exactly what you said"
'All right all right said the mayor, /
whirling around three times in his swi- |
vel chair to conceal his excitement.
You said" replied the reporter. that /
If Joe Griley said that any complaint I
had been made against your pig pen, l
he was a liar
Then the mayor insisted that he had |
intended to convey the idea that no |
complaint had been made to him. per-
sonally.
After the mayor had assured Mr.. Gri-
ley with tears starting in his eyes, that |
he had no desire to call Mr. Griley a |
liar, the two men grasped each other
by the right hand, and made up.
No prosecution will be commenced by |
Mr.. Griley.
The board of health has adopted the |
following resolution:
The city board of health recon- !
mendS that the city put up a shed |
dump with a shute to the main current |
of the river. located upon some avail |
able land near which the river runs, /
beyond the present crematory and as |
far from the public road as possible
THAT a. man be placed in charge to |
check UP the number of loads and to |
see that they are properly filled and
emptied In a sanitary manner, and that \
a charge of five cents per barrel be /
made for dumping; the salary of the /
man shall be $50 per month
All other private dumps must be dis |
continued and the city dump is open /
for the use of all parties properly /
licensed and engaged as scavenger who |
comply with the city ordinance"
City Physician Judd emphatically de- |
MES that the crematory has tried to de- |
ceive the city in regard to the disposal |
of night soil and garbage, as was re-
ported.
There is a growing disposition on the /
part of the people of the city to believe |
that the principal trouble with the /
crematory business is that the board /
of health is tryins-tO rush the cleaning 1
up business a little too much. The city 4
is not believed to be in any worse san
itary condition than usual, and the only /