The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-03-31
LITTLE INTEREST IN SUBJECT
Leaders in Movement Demand Thas
City Appropriate More Money and
Secure a Better Organization of the
Health Departments.
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It was the consensus, of opinion pE
the sixty people who attended meet.
ing held at the Y. NJ. @. A. building
on Tuesday might for the discussion of
plans to secure better sanitary condis
tions for the city, that the blame for
existing conditions in Kenosha should
be laid upon the shoulders Of the mem.
bers of the common council 1t was
declared by speakers that the alders
men though lack of interest or ideas
of false economy had for years over.
looked one OF the most importans
things in connection with the govern.
ment of the city and In order to make
an effort to awake the council and geo
some action on this important question,
the meeting appointed a committee.
The members of the committee in.
clude: John O7Donnell, Doctors, G. II.
Ripley, G. Fl. Gephart, j. B. spald-
ing, G. Windesheim and the Rev. E.
I. Farrill. Tt is proposed to have
this committee wait on the council be-
fore the new organization of the
board of health is made with the or
ganization of new council and seek
to impress On the aldermen the neces-
sity Of giving more money and more
care to the health department of the
city.
The meeting proved a very interest
ing one. James C6vanagh, tie chair
man of tsa special 4hea9th committee
of the city, presided and addresses
were made by a large number of the
leading men of the city and all of them
were along the same line. All Of the
speakers bewailed the lack of interest
in the important matter of protecting
the public health. Suggestions were
made that the council name a non-par
tisan health commission or at least
a special committee of the council
which will have for it's duties the en-
forcement Of the Wisconsin health
laws which were declared by the
speakers to be far in advance of those
of many of The states of the union.
The important question of the collec-
ton and disposal of garbage was dis
cussed at length and it was the sense
of the meeting that the city should
take immediate steps to solve this i'm
portant problem in municipal life. 1t
was suggested that the health com.
mission of the city should take the
wider powers given it by the state
law and that the city arrange for the
Of health officer who
would receive salary enough to give
his entire time to the work. It was
suggested that the city should appro-
pirate a sum not less than $4,000 for
the defense of the public health of
the city.
It had been expected that every
candidate for Office at the coming city
election would be present at the meet
ing and express his views, but this
was impossible on account of the fact
that the city council met in special
session. Mayor Scholey sent letter
to the meeting pledging his aid to
plans for the -bettering of sanitary
in the city and Frank Marx.
the Republican candidate, has given
a similar pledge to the committee.
The members Of the committee plan
several meetings in the near future
at which these questions will be dis
eussed and it is thought that by the
end of the year the committee will be
able to get some results along the line
Of better organization of the board
Of health of the city.