New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-02
So1rvy YET CONSOLYG.

rrsDoctors OF the Health department
have been looking over the City nan WIZ "
vio,v n determining how far the apr
-. - s15 600 will 20 toward making 1t sanl-
tor arc ont with the interesting announce
,b.t ,+s condition IS truly horrible. Indeeu'
r. eo,- that IL Il were not the seat OF Hlu-
ici,al rovo-uuent parts Of II would assureuly
n. ,iosod As m example OF the state OF thlhss'
,bov declare that the building has no sewer
.o-,oc+fons whatsoever the implication Oh
course. being too repulsive for cold PRINT.
N-oy- NE have no thought OF undertaking. the
oornnotencv Of the inspectors, hut we DeiieNe II
20 10 a fact that If they were not previous!
aware Of the City Halls dependence on cess
,,ool q considerable number Of citlzeIfs were oe'-
scr informed Nor does IL necessary! icIio"
,I,o+ an arrangement which is stih extensively
- sD eli na-ts Of The country is deadly or
80, dangerous. though there may be need OF
-onlocinr or puttIng il in order. In either case
= - lilclv that Controller Grout. who ohJecteu
n the moderate appropriation OF Sl''ooV' VIII
novv have an opportunity 10 protest against
voting a much larger sum. 1t is palniul 10 ue
.,,,,s s,,ddenlv confronted with testimony De
si,,,od IA show that the City Hall is in much
worse condition than anybody had imaslheu-
IN fact is 4 centre Of contacion from WHICH
,,laruc Is likely 10 emerge at any moment anu
f,,.,etota the metropolis. But. on the other
members of the last administration whose
dr,ties reouired them 10 occupy the building re-
r,oinod I'm hapnv ignorance Of the dreadful
norils which environed them. We seem 70 re-
member that during the recent campaign the
bold assertion was made several times that Nh
low was a bad Mayor. but we believe that no.
bod- eyer accused him Of staying away from
his office at times when his presence there was
desirable. On the contrary, he hardly ever
missed day. except for short vacations. ana,
whether OF not be worked 10 good purpose, be
worked hard. Did he pine and languish and
fade away Ike a wrath? No, indeed. He
continued TO be hale and hearty 20 the last-al-
most "disgra cefully well" as President Roose-
Welt once said Of himself We never heard
even that he was unduly fatigued by his ardu-
Gus campaign for reelection and we doubt II
he ever suspected that he was breathing a
frightfuIIy polluted atmosphere.
There. too is our old friend the Hon. Jacob
Cantor late President Of the Borough OF Man
haitian Did he look peaked and worn and
fa bby while he was toiling twelve or fourteen
hours a day 10 equip the city with street
signsI Was anybody moved 10 exclaim on be-
holding him. Here's a case for the coroner?
We venture 10 say Il would have been hazard
Gus 10 suggest such a thing in Mr.. Cantor's
presence. And how about the Board Of Alder
meng Why. the impression which they in
dividually and collectively made was that you
couldn't KIN them with an axe. There were
times when 81 would have been pleasant 10 re-
feet that they were dying by inches, but in
Cenuous citizens never had that satisfaction.
Nearly all Of them stin survive and flourish.
giving no sign that they ever absorbed a single
particle Of the particular kind OF poison OF
which the city Hall is officially declared 20
have been full for an indefinite period
This Is distinctivcly the germ age Microbes
swarm everywhere. Investigators tell MS that
Il r. nothing less than suicide 20 cat n thing
which hasn't been boiled 10 rags. Water?
Never touch il until IL has been subjected 20
several analyses. II IS necessary 10 breathe. Of
course but the act is inevitably disgusting and
prcsumpuvely fatal. Can it be possible that
there is a trace Of cxaggeration in these de-
crees Of the experts? II is a rash thought but
occasionally an incident Ike that Of the City
Hall seems 10 Justify a faint and futtering
hope. However we are always for the old flag,
ami in this instance shall not object 10 nm
other appropriation. II one IS needed 10 alIay
the fears Of the city government