The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-03-21

an ordinance which seeks to compel the
street car company to keep it's cars
clean. Street cars are properly fumi-
gated and c1eansed in other cities and
there is no reason why it should not b.
done in Salt Lake City. This particu-
lar ordinance provides that no car shall
be operated that has not been thor
oughly cleaned within eighteen hours.
That means that each car, after being
taken to the barns at the close of day
is cleansed before it goes out again. A
cleansed before it goes out again. A
continuance of the bad practice of al
lowing conductors to sweep out cars
during the day while they are in use
is also prohibited. A provision is also
made for the posting of card calling
attention to the ordinance prohibiting
expectoratlon in cars. For any in
traction of the law, a. fine ranging from
twenty-five dollars to one hundred dol
lars Will be imposed. We would sug-
gest that another clause be added to
this ordinance making it obligatory on
the part of the conductor to enforce the
health ordinance prohibiting expector-
atlon on the car floor, as is done in
Washington, where this restrictive
measure ls carried out more efficiently
than IN any other city in the country.
Municipal Journal
Members of the police and fire de-
partments Of Wisconsin have been
st1rred up over an attempt to take the
control OF these departments from the
civil service and place them in politics
again. In 1897 the law establishing
the police and fire departments in the
cities OF the second and third class was
passed by the legislature after three
years effort on the part of the chiefs
OF police of the state. Grief of Police
ii. B. Byrnt. Of La('r s*e WAS instru-
mer'al in having the legislation pushed
Dy mt CHIEFS ass. citation. The bill
PROVIDED Tor an establishment of a.
pol'2e and fire civil servi. = BOARD to
c'ntrcl these departments in the cities
OF the second and third class. The
commission was to consist Of four
members, two from each political party
and the appointment of these members
was placed in the hands of the mayo,
Of the cities and the terms were for
-FOUR years one to be appointed each
year.
The result Of this law has been most
satisfactory, having taken these two
departments entirely out of politics
and providing for their greater effcien-
cy. Any change; therefore, to the old
methods Of spoils system is calculated
to arouse both citizens and members
of the departments concerned and
pressure is being brought to bear upon
the members of the legislature to pre-
vent any movement towards taking a
backward step by passing a bill re-
pealing the above law. A circular let
ter has been sent to chiefs of police
Of the State warning them of the con-
ternplated action and urging them TO
protect themselves by interviewing
their senator's ana assembly men that
no bill Of this Character might slip
through st i an 5y.!'nguarded moment.
A pure milk supply for city comes
next in Importance to pure water
supply. In fact, for the younger gen
GRAFTON it is more important and as
the milk supply is good or bad so the
infant mortality, especially in summer,
is small or large. A great hue and
cry is continually raised about typhoid
and other bacteria in water and great
sums are spent to secure the purity of
the supply, but the fact is often lost
sight Of that as much danger to health
turks in the milk as in the water we
drink. Unless stringent rules and reg
ulations are enforced by the health
officers Of cities. it is very easy for
the milk to become contaminated with
filth and cause an immense amount of
sickness, especially among the child
rem. Were the general public as we'll
educated regarding the requirements of
pure milk as Of pure water, milk deal
ers would have to live up to the rules
of sanitation. Spasmodic efforts are
made by health boards to purify the
milk supply, but the excitement soon
dies out and things drop back into the
old rut. The indifference and ignor-
ance of consumers is mainly respon-
sible for impure milk.