The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-09-10
BUTCHER SHOPS
CAN'T BE CLEAN
ON HASTINCS-ST.,
-INsPECTOR LINCOLN.
State Official Finds Filthy Gar.
bage Heaps, Breeding Places
for Flies and Vern,in
CUTTERS AND CURE
Uttered WITH REFUSE
City Partly to Blame for Condi.
tiOns-Several Meat Deal
ers Fined $25 Each

The alleys and cutters Of Hast
ings-st. have been allowed 10 get 30
dirty and filled up WITH garbage" said
state Food Inspector Lincoln, Tues
day morning. that no amount OF
cleaning up In butcher shops or. res
taurants could do any GOOD.
you cannot keep places clear OF
flies when the very cutters in front
OF their doors and the alleys behind
them are breeding places for fiies and
vermin. The neighborhOods are so
congested and landlords are SO care
less in keeping areaways and alleys
clean that the tenants cannot be
blamed if their kitchens and meat
markets smell bad"
The inspector went into the restaur-
ant of Jake Hellman, No. 81 Hast
ings-st. 1t was clean and wholesome
and there was an evident EFFORT on
the part of the proprietor to keep 1t
so. When the back door was open
ed, however, Whit OF vile-smelling
air came into the kitchen. =
Right at the back door not three.
feet away was heap Of garbage and
refuse that had been there Tor
TSe I5.opr,etor said that Joseph
" etsman No. 9S watssh-st.,; who
owns the building, had refused 10
clean the areaway. Inspector Lincoln
intends to call upon Mr.. Wetsman.
and II he does own the holding, will
inform him of the violation OF all the
rules ot sanitation which have &C.
Cured fer long time on his property.
Other alleys were found in STINT
la, c. ndition. and all along the street
the cutters and curbstores We're lit
tered with refuse and smelling with
s,aenant water. Several of the mer-
chants complained that the garbage
wagons do not move quickly through
the neighborhoOd, but delay the gath
ering up of waste material, and thus
contribute their share to the general
aroma. The complaining citizens were
referred by the state inspector to the
city health department
M. Lyman, No. 12S Benton-st., was
found selling -four in packages upon
which the weight was not stamped.
He was warned. r. Newberg, No. 598
Hastings-st., had clean little shop
end several other pla es were passed
as quite satisfactory. Il. GildolhOrn
had some very bright led hamburger
rteak TN HE ice box, OF which the in
spectCr took a sample. The butcher
asserted that he had just ground the
meat. but the sample will be analysed
for sulphite authorizations.
Inspector Lincoln il intending to
start next on general examination
OF weights and measures In the city.
He has on several occasions expressed
great confidence in Lieut.. Austin, city
sealer. but the city police department
does not go out among the merchants
and examine the scales after they
have been in use for some time. The
inspector. who is specially In charge
OF the weights and measures examina-
ton for the state. WIN visit scales
while they are II use and examine
them for changed adjustment and
faulty balances.
Michael Weiss. a butcher of No.
ll49 Mt. Elliott-ave., was brought be-
fore Judge Connolly, Tuesday morn
ing, by Inspector Rake, charged with
selling sulphite sausage. He pleaded
guilty and was 1ned $25.
joseph Kukielka, who at first de-
fed the inspectors In his meat shop,
No TAB Riopelle-st., and then was
persuaded to clean up that place and
also shops on Canfleld-ave. east and
Dubois-sts-- pleaded guilty before
Judge Connolly to keeping an unsani-
tary shop, and was fined $25. He had
promised before that he would plead
guilty, but the inspectors were pres
ent when he was brought up for fear
he might change his mind.
John Coats. No. 243 Grand River
ave., pleaded guilty to having sulphite
sausage and was fined 326. Robert
Hirt, Jr., charged with selling oleo-
margarine without q proper sign. and
Joseph Lansky. No. 38S Hastings-st.,
charged with selling sulphite sausage
both waived preliminary examina.
ton. and were bound over for trial.