The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-20


from now on should be kept clean.
The Sandy town Jail is old and prim-
tive, but is clean and well kept. 1t may
not be the most secure place in the coun-
" to keep hardened criminal, but il is
Wei cared for and is as strong as the
town requires.
Should Advertise for Bids.
the county infirmary, to talking with
the inmates and to going through the
DOCKS of accounts. The women's build
ing Is new, thoroughly clean. well venti-
ing is old and dark 1t is clean and
Wen Kept, but should be replaced by d
inooern building. The inmates are well
Siotned, well cared for and well fed. We
nave been through the books of account
kept at the institution and find them all
stralght and that the buying is econom-
cally done. The flour cost of which
amounts 10 about $40 per month. and the
meat, cost or which amounts to about So
per month, should be purchased after
| advertisement and competitive bids.
Each contract should cover a period of
one year and the successful bidder
satisfactory to the county commission
ers for the faithful performance of the
| contract.
There are several demented nersons
presence upon the old folks whose only
| fault IS their poverty is distressing
| They should be removed and cared for
| in separate institution.
Urge Increase in Salaries.
The salaries of the attendants at the
| Institution are ridiculously low. 1t is no
wonder that it is difficult to keep help.
Inc matron, who has constant charge
| OF the institution and of the private af-
| fairs OF the old folks. receives $40 per
month. The engineer who attends to
the heating, lighting and plumbing OF
all buildings, receives s35 per month.
! The laundress and nurse, whose time is
occupied all day and frequently a large
| part of the night, and whose work re-
quires great tact and patience, receive
$50 per month each Each of these per-
| sons receives board and lodging at the
| lntlrmary. This is necessary because
| their constant attendance is required but
| even then the pay is far too little The
oId folks are exacting and hard to please.
day and night they require patient kind
attention, and wages should be paid at
PENDANTS that will justify their remain
ing and VIII encourage them in their
work.
A Menace to Life.
I'm Bingham canyon the absence of q
sewer IS menace to the lives of the
residents and of those who must go
there on business. In main Bingham
canyon, from upper Bingham to the
lower end of the town limit all the
Stops and offal go into the creek. 1t is
camp. The canyon is narrow and the
| bed of the stream is rough and uneven
Outhouses are propped up on poles over
| the stream and waste matter from res
| taurants. saloons and dwelling is thrown
| into it The refuse matter lodges on the
| rocks, where il becomes putrid and every
| foot of the way for mile and a hall
| the stencil is very repulsive. In 100;
| over fifty cases of typhoid fever reached
the Salt Lake hospitals from Bingham
canyon. We have no record of the mum
oerieSs cases that during the same period
were treated in private places. In 1eOl
| the state engineer, after measurements
| carefully made in the canyon, reported
| to the state board of health that tbs
| supply of water is sufficient for an nm.
| foreground sewer system, and that suct
| a system was feasible More than one.
| half of this sewer would be within the
| town limits of Bingham, the balance in
| Salt Lake county.
B!ames the Authorities.
Bingham has a large and constantly
| increasing population, and an income
| from licenses, fines and forfeitures alone
| OF more than s2S,000 per year Certainly
| the town can easily bear its proportion
| OF the expense. Salt Lake county can ill.
| afford not TO bear its share The con.
! ditlOns there existing have been repeat.
edly called to the attention of fhe FOUR