The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-06-25
WASHING
OUT THE
CUTTERS
A Sarcastic Correspondent
Has a Fling
In the Direction of a Health
Official.

The appended communication was
received at the Journal office on Mon
day:
10 the Editor: | would suggest to
those people who are in state of
Precipitation for fear Salem will not
have a health officer that II they
would see that the street commission
er open the hydrants every morning
and sluice out those filthy cutters
which line our principal streets the
need of a health officer would be per
ceptibly diminished. Salem has had
cement cutters for years. and never,
TO my knowledge, have they ever been
flooded for the purpose of keeping
clean, except when they were so clog
ged they could not carry OF the rain
water. or when the water company
wanted to sluice its hydraut pipes.
Here is one Of the most open and dan.
gerous sources which these perspiring
individuals have seemingly entirely
overlooked. In the summer the stencil
Is sitting. But probably the smell of
S75 a month out of the treasury of the
city, is thicker. consequently we need
a health officer.
never could see why the commits
sioner don't open the street faucets
every morning and freshen up these
filthy cutters. Nobody would kill him
for doing Il. He might use a little
more water than usual, but the extra
water wouldn't amount to S75 a
month a salary for an officer to do
this to protect our health. The street
commissioners can do the work of this
new officer demanded. | suggest that
the commissioner every morning open
all these hydrants and sluice out the
cutters, and freshen up the streets, Il
can't possibly do any harm, and the
goodwill OF the curbstone politician
will be his. Salem should have rum
ming water all summer long through
these cutters. And still perspiring In.
divlduals wonder at the increase OF
crime. and the large enrolment at
the Bug. Yours for more officers,
more salaries, more taxes and more
WATER. Aunty Sweat.
Salem June %, 1909.
Street commissioners J. p. Frlzzell
was shown the above communication.
and he said:
IT is a physical imposslbillty for
any one street commissioner In this
city, to give his proper attention 20
the streets and attend TO the cutters
at the same time The work of slulc.
ing the cutters as proposed by the
correspondent, would consume fully
one.half of the time OF tho street com.
missioner. The author OF the above
communication is ignorant of the
work OF the street commissioner and
the arrangement of the city's cutters,
the care of which he assumes
TO give directions. The arrangement
OF the city hydrants in relation 10 the
street cutters Is such that the water
cannct be directly turned Into the
cutters for sluiclng purposes. The
treatment OF the cutters. as suggest
| ed by the anonymous correspondent,
would nocossitate tho taking out Of
the hose cart ana the making OF indi-
yldual connections with every by.
drnnt. At this season of the year.
when the cutters probably should re-
ceiye some attention. the time OF the
street commissioner IL entirely taken
up In street and sewer improvements.
II individual citizens would exercise
a little civic pride and see that the
cutters abutting ON their business and
residence property were kent
cleansed. the opportunity for fnding
fault with and crlticlsing the work Of
at least one municipal officer. who
has more than he can attend TO- would
be 'perceptlbly diminished