The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-05
OHACE SCORES THE.
STREET DEPARTMENT
Health Commissioner Says
Methods Are Menace to
St. Paul

sioner, delivered an address at Christ
church last evening under the. auspices
of the Mems club of the church, upon
the subject: Some of the Essentials
to the City's Health" The lecture was
illustrated with stereoptican views of
the free public baths on Harriet ISL
and, smoking chimneys and chimneys
that were not smoking and various
scenes in the city's life.
A Few Ohage Observations
The talk was an interesting, instruc-
tive one, into which were interpolated
just enough Ohageisms to brand 1t
with the trade mark of the health COM
missioner "A few of them were as
follows:
The man who doesn't keep his back
yard clean and free from ash piles and
other refuse isn't a good citizen.
The police OF st Paul are under an
excellent management and doing excel
lent work: the fire department Is good ana
in good hands: the department of streets.
street cleaning and street sprinkling Is
decidedly rotten. The health department
is the department most vital to the city S
welfare.
A good many people think that l am a
chronic fault finder and trouble maker.
am not unless somebody tries TO intrude
something that l know Is wrong upon the
city. or. particularly. upon my depart
ment. When they do that they will find
l am afraid that my smoke ordinance
is going to lose in the council, but If 1t
does it will be because there is never less
than $50 persons at every meeting Of the
council to protest against il while l am
the only one to support it, All the good
citizens remain peacefully at home or go
to see Terry McGovern.
| am often asked how long the sanitary
skirt should be. / always answer: "A lit
tie over two feet"
The anti-spit ordinance is good thing.
1t has done away with the crowds Of
young sports who used to lean against
building corners and stare at passing
women and girls. They don't do it now
because it takes too much energy to walk
over to the gutter and eXpectorate.
| have just as much right to throw
garbage into the windows of your home
as building owner has to allow smoke
from his buildings chimney to feat
around and blow in.
Discusses City Departments
There were other things besides
Ohageisms. however. The doctor went
into a detailed description of the work.
ings of the health department, and of
the operation of the free baths on Har-
riet island, and of the success which
has attended his efforts to abate the
smoke nuisance
In paying his respects to the street
department he grew severe and de-
clared that their methods of working
was menace to the health of the city.
He declared this to be especially true
in the methods of the department in
sweeping the dry streets with brushes
and then dumping the refuse in vacant
lots. This latter proceeding also causes
a waste of labor, according to the doc
tor
Why" he exclaimed, Il have seen
four men unloading street sweepings
from two wagons onto a vacant lot
and there were two foremen watching
them do the job, and street commits
sioner watching the foremen. And all
they were accomplishing was to get
the dust started so il could blow away
over some other quarter of the CITY,"