The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-05

.l;,- .,,h matters. The buildings should be
f,,;It uniformly from approved plans $3.50
The city council should also nave .me Io.
s,eJ ,,;th;n aSo feet Of a pubic sewer ,ds
nusances; and should have the rlght 70 otue'
came torn down and 10 prevent their SIeeuum ;.h
Eve,v ritzen is entitled TO like privileges WY, WY
.,.,,d m nublic sewers In the interest OF pun
iic health he should be compelled TO connect ,lis
nreu1ises with sewers when same arc pIottIueJI
within reasonable distance. On the othei Ha,iu'
4 The city fails to provide sewers close 10 we
proneriv Of any citizen, privics on such properly
sbouId be cleaned al regular intervals, IN
proper sanitary manner, without charge uhlI KY
prone-ty is provided by the city with sewer lae'i'-
We therefore recommend that clauses a. s ana
g of this section, prescribing the manner OF geal
ing prives and the penalties Tor non-CoHlP'i"''0O
with same, be stricken out Ill. e.-
the regulation of butchers and Tor INC lHspSo.
ton OF meats, and compels the party Whose iu.s
is inspected to pay for same. AnotneI C's us
regulates weights and measures and PROVIDES ''at
The owner shall nay for the inspection AS thesS
insnections arc done wholly in the interest OF
the public the city should pay for i. we turther
believe that II the city pays Tor It, IL wiz DC "oi'
The third clause OF the same section provides
that the city own and establish slaughter houses
and require all persons having animals 10 DC
slaughtered to be killed in these Siausn.el
and pay a fee for the privilege. W. suggest inat
this clause be stricken out we do not consiuei
/ slaughter house public utility, and that
clause be inserted instead OF this, allowing the
city to require that all slaughter houses shall ne
located together or in some particular section oil
the CITY, and that the city shall have the right to
regulate them by imposing sanitary rules
As the manner in which plumbing hNiureS are
lconnectcd to the sanitary sewers IS OF vital im-
portanoe to the health Of the community We sug-
| pcst that a clause he added to this section pro,
Ividing for inspection of all plumbing work, and
| for the passage of an ordinance regulating the
manner In which such work shall be done.
Paragraph OF section re-, provides Tor inc
regulation OF bakeries and prcscribcs the weight
| quality and price of bread, This is clearly
wrong The city has a right TO provide that
/ bakeries or any other establishments shall be
kept in a sanitary condition and has the tlsH'
10 provide for inspection and prohibit aauItera-
ton but has no right TO prescribe the kind OF
| products which shall be made. nor 20 NIX the
| price OF same. The right OF the individual to
dispose Of the products OF his labor IN his own
way and at his own figure is inalienable NO
government has authority 10 do this and can
only acquire such authority by usurpation.
Section 10 Of this article protects the rights OF
the public in its property and provides that every
grantee Of franchise must keep open books OF
account This is especially good and Is COM
mcnted on in the first portion OF this report
In section II OF this article, under the head OF
Contracts for Labor and Materials. notice
the following In no case shall the contract
for any material machinery or process which, or
the supply Of which is controlled by one person
or company. be let with contract for work OF
material" We recommend that this he stricken
out it would prevent the city from taking adj
vantage Of useful inventions. AS an instance, We
believe the ire alarm system now in use is CON
trolled by one firm, and under the provisions OF
this section VIC could not use such apparatus.