El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-29

there must be air enough and light
enough for evry workman. If it is to
be a store, there must be sufficient
amount of light entrances and exits in
plenty, saitaTy accommodations both
for customers and employees, and the
like II it is to be tenement house for
factory workers, it must be constructed
in accordance with laws which guaran-
tee to the tenant the same blessings OF
light, air ana sanitary conveniences
possessed by his richer brethren. The
building laws are enforced by the or
binary police as well as by a special
corps Of technically trained inspectors
and curiously enough in the eyes Of an
American, the inspection is made each
day, and not after the building has
been finished and has collapsed.
Municipal Fairgrounds.
Fifty years ago travellers laughed at
the German municipal Fairgrounds for
children; now the Americans are begin
ming to initiate them. Every city has
its Fairgrounds for children, and it's
athletic fields for grown people, as well
as free municipal club houses for those
too old or too lazy to play games. There
are streets in German cities which may
be used only by roller skaters. There
are walks sacred to pedestrians. There
are bride paths which may be used
only by horseback riders. There are
carriage-ways closed to all but those
who wish to drive horses. There are
speedways closed to every vehicle but
motor cars. There are municipality
owned beer gardens and moving picture
shows. The German municipality looks
after the pleasure Of its children, no
less than after their safety and health.
Care of FOOdstuffs.
In German markets. meat, milk,
bread, fish and other food products are
rigidly and scientifically inspected, not
ENTHUSIASTICALLY, but every hour of
every day. In Berlin. for instance, there
is no such thing as bad milk. Every
quart sold has been scientifically tested.
There was an inspector at the dairy in
the country, and another at the mar
ket station when the milk arrived in
the city The cans were sealed and
only the government could unseal them.
And in this work Of inspection the gov
eminent has the hearty and honest CO.
operation of the dairymen. The abba
toirs are municipality controlled, and
often are owned by the city. The mar
kets are practically always under i'm
mediate police supervision.
No Public Service Corporations.
There are no public service corpora
lions. The general government owns
and operates the telephones; the city
owns and operates its water plant, its
lighting plant and all its rapid transit
facilities. There are still a few German
cities where the street car lines are
owned by private companies, but they
are exceptional and even they are sub
ject to the same regulations controlling
municipality owned lines. The German
city operates its street car lines at a
profit usually of from to percent,
upon the actual cash capital invested in
the purchase, extension and mainten-
ance Of the plant. The political ques-
tions arising out Of the relations be-
tween the city government and the pub
tic service corporations which continu-
ally embroil American municipal poll
tics, simply do not exist in German
towns. Whether the same methods
would produce the same results in the
United States, no one knows. The facts
are that the average German city now