The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-09-16
JURiES REPEATEDLY
AcQU|I OFFENDERS
Street Commissioner John Kuhlman
Says He Is Helpless to Remedy Ex-
listing Conditions = Councilman
Gets Bad Example-0rdinance is
Explicit.

less than ESQ garbage boxes and less
than fifty of these are without covers.
That Hammond is one of the fiIthiest
towns in that state on account of the
garbags, Is proven by the above figures.
They are facts and undisputabIe i.
A city that will stand for such condi-
tions. will not feel ashamed when the
truth is told and with a sentiment pre-
vailing by which juries permit violators
of the ordinance to go free, there seems
to be no remedy in sight. Even should
the city dip into the general fund and
provide garbage box for each family
it is hard to say whether Hammond
would be a clean city then. Hammond
seems to have class OF people that
don't care, and judging from the num-
Der of garbage boxes that are main
tanned, the majority enjoy filth and
dirt They like to pass the entrances of
alleys ana receive a killing stencil in
their nosNils. They like to go to bed
at night and have the night air softly
watt the fragrant smell of decaying
corn beef and cabbage through the
open window. Perhaps that's where
Hammond gets its inspiration from in
the way OF inaugurating big move
lments. Perhaps that's what its busi-
ness mems club thrives on.
Street Commissioner Helpless.
John kaufman, street commissioner,
held UP his hands when seen by TINES
reporter in his office this morning.
What are you going to do, Mr.. Kuhl-
man, in the way of providing garbage
boxes for Hammond" he was asked.
Il serve notice on the person who is
negligent. I give him a printed paper
containing the ordinance"
And If you find that you and your
department are ignored, then what do
you do?'
II do like 1 have always done. dc
/ the best I can"
Why don't you have the negligent
people arrested and prosecutor" was
further asked
Il have tried that. The people OF
| Hammond are so Injured to filth that in
six different cases that brought before
juries have the defendants been sci
free. The people of Hammond through
their juries, have given me to under
stand that they consider the ordinance
a dead letter.
Wants Backing For Crusade.
Are you willing to renew the agita-
ton, and depend upon the support OF
the better element" he was asked
only too gladly would 1 start the
crusade again, but I know it is of M
| avail Should I start again I would
soon feel the hand from some protect
ing alderman, to whom the culpri
would appeal. 1t was only a short tim,
ago that one of our aldermen haC
neither garbage nor manure box.
don't know whether he has either today
or not"
Mr. Kuhlman read the ordinance owe
again and continued:
The garbage question in Hammond
is the bane of my life. Hammond PEG
pie are not educated to that degree o
cleanliness where garbage is nauseat
ing to them. I have studied the prob
lem in different cities and did not nee,
to go out of Indiana to find differen
conditions than those that obtain II
Hammond.
Michigan City Clean.
In Michigan City, for instance tn
alleys are as clean as the streets. On
does not even see a garbage box. No
is it a question for the city to settle
The property owners maintain thef
own boxes and pay a man % cents
week to haul it away twice week.
Recently a woman that moved her
from South Bend said to me- I can
understand your system. No garbag
boxes obsruct the South Bend alley.
Instead each family has a covered DO
in their own yard which is emptie
twice a week and they pay the WACO
, driver. The result is that we neve
, heard of such a bother as you peopl
, have in Hammond with your garh
age
Ordinance is Explicit.
The ordinance relative the maintain
ance of garbage boxes and the dispose
of garbage is explicit and provides fo
a s25 fine for its violation. The frs
section provides for the placing of til
garbage in a box and prohibits tn
throwing of garbage into the alley. TIL
second and third sections read as 70
/ lows:
Sec. 2. The said city shall systemat
| ically collect, remove or dispose of tt
garbage of all cities, who sha
faithfully comply with all the provii
ions of this ordinance; but all person
who shall fail or refuse to faithful
comply with all provisions Of this ord
nance shall promptly remove or dispo: