The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-03-23
CITY DUMPING GROUNDS.
Health of City Is Menaced and One
of the Principal Roads to the City
Disgraced by Dumping Grounds

Disgraced by Dumping Grounds
There is more danger to the
health of the City of San Angelo
from the disposition made of re-
fuse, carcasses and trash than
there ever was or ever will be from
the presence OF Watt Camp, near
Ben Ficklin. Here is question
that demands the attention of
, San Angelo people. And not
only is the health of San Angelo
people menaced by the dumping
, grounds but the manner in which
it has been and is at present kept
is disgrace to San Angelo and
the wonder is that the county
authorities have permitted such
wholesale dumping of stuff along
the road, in the road and Just
, across the fence as has been done.
The proposition of taking care
of the health of the people is
big undertaking. Health COM
mlssioners have been paid hand
,, some salaries by American NUM-
! cipalists for the sole duty Of look
{ ing after the civic health. San
! Angelo is not large. The health
of the people is naturally good.
; But San Angelo is growing and
the health of her people must he
: protected.
: There is hardly man in the
( city who will deny that ten acres
of carcasses. refuse, otfal and lit
/, ter situated three miles west of
: this city will not in the end serve
to do damage to the health of the
: people. Mont Pelee, in its recent
! eruption, scattered lava to the
shores of Africa. Why then
: should not western winds blow
; disease germs three short miles?
: Something should be done.
DR.. S. G. Parsons, alderman of
: San Angelo and chairman of the
) aldermanic committee on SANTA
: ton, requested the editor OF The
: Press TO visit the city dumping
grounds and report to the people
Z of San Angelo the impression de-
: rived from the visit. The trip
: was made Monday afternoon and
: here is what you will see to NOR
: row if you choose to take little
: drive three miles out on THE
: SHERWOOD ROAD.
( First as you turn corner
: about , miles out in little tract
+ of unfenced private ground there
: are perhaps IL hundred loads Of
y TIN cans, iron roofing, and litter
< of every character. These, bear
: in mind you will drive right
{ through as but little attention
: has been paid to where the road
y runs. This wholesale dumping
Of trash has supposedly been done
E by irresponsible persons who
= found it too long drive TO the
city dumping grounds and conse-
n quently unIoaded their litter on
the first open space they found.
And it evidently comes Of not
having responsible men in charge
b OF the scavenger work, men who
II are not too proud to be called
il "scavenger" and who can be held
q accountable to the city for the
. proper performance Of their
l. duties.
{ Then, the dumping ground,
q proper, embraces tract of ten
s acres Of ground, enough if the
g deposits were properly made to
8 last the city Of San Angelo for a
g number Of years. At the way the
}. dumping has been done six
l. months more will find the city
needing more room,
Y Now, the impression.
# The editor Of the Press saw the
II efforts Of City Scavenger Green
g toward destroying the evil effects
a Of the carcasses Of horses and
J.. cows by fire. The bodies were
l. saturated with oil and set afre.
r In some cases the destruction was
d fairly well done. In others the
l. attempt was a failure.
Il Now there is a solution of this
n, problem and the city Of Ballinger
=. has found it. And that is a fun
~ mace. Ballinger has less than
n half the people San Angelo has
Z but our sister city is far enough
e advanced IN civic progression
q that she can follow the lead OF
,e the larger cities and construct a
v furnace for the destruction of her
e filthy dumpings. Why can not
IS San Angelo do as well?
e The pit method of burning car
n casses and trash is pronounced a
q failure at Ballinger. The open
n air method is the same here. The
furnace method is proportionately
e less expensive and has been pro-
d ven success.
q The peoples column" Of this