South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-06-01
THE HOUSING SURVEY.

Whether or not the announcement of Health Officer
Bosenbury that South Bend housing and sanitary
survey be turned over to government agent-or
may be turned over a government agents a move
proposed the of delay we will not attempt
TO guess The sin OF such guess might be unpardon-
able We are told that it merely because local peo-
pie cannot be trusted the job, and the govern
rnent agent cannot De secured until later.
1T will be three or four months before can get
him" says the health oficer-June July August, maybe
september. Then we have him for three or four
months if necessary" he continues which means
October November, December and possibly January.
Then the government agent will take three ad-
ditiona months in preparing report perhaps, running
largely to demonstration of his literary talents and
after February March and probably April not May
we will get manuscript little booklet telling of his
discoveries and recomme BY this the
results survey will be hand just in time for
Mayor Keller have spout about during the next
municipal campaign telling the wonders of it, with
out having to be Inconvenience by attempting
rect the various conditions Of may complain.
Which is about opinion the survey, and what it
will amount the end. While it may be true that
oC al people could secured TO do the job who
could be be too, that perhaps they could
not be trusted he right The complaint that they
would have their local friendships prejudces that
might incline them overlook certain places, just
as egmaely be answered that perhaps they could
lee trusted TO friendships partialities
of administrative superiors, least without complain
ing. This of things merely serves to confirm "a
suspicion. That the readily adopted by
the administration. may may not have been be
cause 1T could SO easily he employed vehicle of
delay.
But survey or survey, ard completed this year or
next Il does not lessen the present desirabihty that
something done. and done once TO correct condi
existing violation of the law. and of which the
city and health department have present knowledge
No survey necessary these conditions. We
have already exposed a number Of dastardly cases;
some which considerably corrected by the
owners without further hint while others have If
the city anything compel compliance with
the by latter. Kept decided
secret-aside from that nothing TO have
been accomplished.
or course. have plenty Of assurance that these
conditions 10 be corrected For instance. were
to have "a cleanup week sometime in May. but it
appears TO have gone by the boards Perhaps. never
do anythns today that YOU put OF until tomorrow,
is To be the continuous program and perhaps not.
and people viii be warned get rid of piles.
IL complaint is lodged, which all right and proper
so goes other words. We about
reached the conclusion thar IL is foolish expect much
this present administration the way perma-
nent Improvement along these lines.
We were told advance that was 10 be an admin
stration that would make South Bend city live
would be dedicated the enforcement
OF an laws consistent with the requirements OF a
growing municipality" bat there TO be only one
set OF laws that administration regards possible of
Affecting those conditions. Those laws call for a
Mayor keller seems to have gotten into such habit OF