The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-05-03
HEALTH FOR
NORTH YAKIMA
Matters Discussed at Meeting of
the Council That Will Bene-
fit the City
HEALTH BOARD is
EMPOWERED TO ACT
City Engineer Is Asked to Bring
in Report at Next Meeting of
Council on Probable Cost of
Adequate Sewerage System

| Following the introduction Of q
resolution at the council melting Mon
day night, from the health commit
tee of North Yakima, consisting OF
representatives of various clubs, cal
ling on the city council to remedy
certain matters pertaining to the pre-
servaton of the healtn of the city.
and a statement by Ira p. Englehart
as to the meaning of the resolution,
an interesting and, at times, an acri-
monious discussion took place, at the
conclusion of which certain things
were done for the betterment of con-
ditions. The resolution, which was
discussed at some length, without
being considered under a motion, was
not acted on as such.
The Resolution
Whereas, health committee of
| North Yakima, Washington, consist
| ing of representatives of the Com
mercial club, Business Mems asocia-
iion, North Yakima Medical society,
Wome ems, Portia, Twentieth Century.
Coterie, and Ladies' Musical clubs,
having total membership of over
uine hundred men and women, have
met and investigated and after dis
cusslon believe that the health of the
people of the city Of North Yakima
Z Is dependent to large degree upon
the proper collection and disposal of
the garbage of the city and its inhab-
| itants, and upon a health depa rim ent
properly organized and equipped and
provided with sufficient funds. and
upon a proper sewage and drainage
system; and .r ll
Whereas, in the opinion of this
con mittee the present system of
compelling each householder In the
city to pay fifty cents a month Tor
the removal of garbage works a hard
ship on many families and is not
practical Of enforcement; and.
Whereas we feel that the city
health department is not properly or
g"n'2ed and provided with sufficient
funds with which to do satisfactory
an ! effective work, and
Whereas, we feet that the sewage
and drainage system of the city is
j. adequate and has been sadly neg
leted; that our present sewer system
VIII only accommodate about 50 per
cent of our populations; and that not
in satisfactory manner, and
Whereas, we feel that thes, mat
! tcrS are all possible of being rem
edied, and that the city should guar
ah'ee It's inhabitants sanitary pro
lection as much s protection from
any other dangers:
BE it resolved that we ask tn, CITY
council of North Yakima, Washing
ton to immediately ELSA blish a uni
! form and general system of garbage
insr ection and collections; and ...
Ee it resolved that the city coun-
Gil organize the health department Of
tn" city and fully equip and provide
| it with sufficient funds to make il
effective; that the health officer Sc
lected by the city be required to de-
vote his entire time and attcnto Il
to the duties of his office as such
hca tn officer; that he be provided
with sufficient funds and ass stan.a
to effectively and promptly perform
the Cuties of such office; that such
health officer be paid a sufficient sum
Of money to enable him to give the
position his undivided attention, and
Be it resolved that the city irme-
d ately call in the necessary expert
| 4 ;aistanCe to plan a seweras1 and
drainage system for the entire city
to Lc constructed as soon as ca 4 h.
mat such system be planned W tn a
view 20 its permenancy and the fu-
tire growth of the city; and
81 /: resolved thai these ejolu-
items ne presented to the city council
| val l. n
layton.
Mr.. Englehart who was present
with a large delegat'cn of citizens. al
the corclusion of .he reading 1oi the
resolution, stated Stat he had beer
asked to present the paper, not as i
O. ii ris.n, but to h'ing the matter t.
their attention and to assist by coop
Grafton along any Ines that seeT!hd
desirable. lie sa. Il the committee
had h@d several meetings an har
It ,scd the que stems pres INTEL fol
TT COZ sideration of the council. III
the INST place. Continued Mr., I'm
Igleha!t they did not conSi Ter tns
present system of garbage 90 ctio
n success. but believed that an i'm
prcvement would result if the whol'
ruttcr was taken care of by the city
out of the public funds. The neces
Isity for doing this was immedia,e, a
the hot weather is upon us and tn,
typhoid breeding flies increasing.
in the second place, we feel tina
the city needs health officer whc
can give his entire time to the work
Even if it costs the city somethin,
we feel that it will pay in dollar
and cents and human suffering t,
pay we'll for the work. If any MAJ
can come to the city and clean it VI
we could afford to pay him for 1t.
"In the third place our sewerag,
: system is inadequate for the need
of city like North Yakima ant
what there is is inefficient to do tn
work required of it. taking for in
stance the sewers along portions o
Nachcs avenue and in the rear of tn,
Miller and Mullen buildings. We havt
q city Of fifteen thousand people oil
a gravel plain, and our system is no
, properly taking care of the sewag,
pr liSDOSiOp of n this nOllutio,