Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1914-12-09
The kenova Election.

FL. Reporter:
In a former communication TO
your popular paper, spike of only
one issue that remains of the many
that were wont to be considered in
our city elections, that of "Poor
Bossie," but from listening to the
conversation upon the street In the
past few days, ] gather that there
is question on hands now that
will be another issue In the coming
election and that very important
one. On all hands now we hear the
talk of sewering the city. You are
likely aware of the fact that Ken
ova has no sewerage system. A
few years ago plans and speci-
tications for paving certain of
our streets were drawn up with the
approximate cost thereof of doing
the work, and an election was called
for the people to decide whether or
not they would accept or reject the
proposed plans. The election re-
suited in the acceptance of the pro-
posed paving by almost unani-
nous majority. Conse quently bonds
to the amount Of S4O,O 900 were is-
sued and sold, and as a result Keno
va has now about two miles of what
| has been said to be as good it not
better than any paving on the Ohio
river. Kenova people are very
proud of this paying, but it is
of very frequent occurrence to hear
some good citizen say, ooh! yes,
the paving is all right but instead
of paving at that time the money
+ should have been used to build a
sewerage system" Your CORES.
pondent is inclined to think that if
the sewers had been built first We
would now have had both the paw
ing and the sewers, for it is not at
all likely that the people would
have put up with that old muddy
street all this time. Very well,
these Americans are great people for
having their opinions on public
questions and expressing them, too.
We very frequently hear the hum
blest of our citizens, as well as the
more prominent men in public life,
say what they would do if they
were In President Wilson's place
how his Mexican policy was all
wrong-how they would have sent
company of Blue Jackets "down
thar an run them 'greasers' into
the ocean," etc. But be this as j.
may, they are all good, loyal citi-
zens, aud when called to duty by
their country, they forget all about
what they would have done if in
somebody's place, and do with all
their might what they are told to
do. So it is with us Kenova people;
while we all have our ideas, when
the right way is shown we fall in
line as we did with the paving
question. So far Kenova has de
pended upon what j. known as cess
pools for the disposal of their waste
matter. Everyone who is familiar
with conditions in our city express
the opinion that sanitary conditions
along this line are bad; that many
of these are running over; that
typhoid or other germs are likely to
be carried by COWS, dogs and cats
wading through this overflow and
taken to the stables, there to infect
the milk, or into the homes, there
to infect the food supply. Many
have expressed fears that we NAV
be threatened by general epidem-
ic Of disease as result of these con.
ditioDs. One event which seems to
have started this sewerage talk
more than anything else, was that
OF the poor man who lost his life
while digging one Of these cess
pools few days ago. This event
seuta chill Of horror through the
veins of our citizens. One Of these
cess pools is said 10 cost upon an
avpraOp of 40 and about tbo -,