The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-01-05
SOLVE GARBAGE
PROBLEM MAYOR
AGAIN REQUESTS
Executive In Message To
Council, Says City Refuse
Is Dangerous
WANTS LICENSE FOR
DOGS KEPT IN CITY
Mayor Says City Park Should
Not Be Rented in the
Future

Mayor Rage, in his annual message
to the City Council Monday night,
again called attention to the dire need
o. some method to dispose Of the
city's garbage, q method adequate to
prevent the danger OF epidemics. More
than two years ago the Mayor asked
the City Council 10 take some action
in this respect. A committee was ap-
pointed at that time, but report was
never made.
Time and again the Mayor has
shown the necessity for garbage re-
duction plant or some other method
10 dispose Of the city's refuse.
The Mayor also points to the neces-
sity Of improving the sewer system
Of the Normal Numerous complaints
have been made, he says in his mes
sage, as TO the carrying away of the
sewerage of this district.
Mayor Rage also asks that an ordi-
nance be enacted to limit the number
of dogs by placing such high license
or CANNES that only valuable animals
would be kept.
The fact that the City Park was
devoted TO the exclusive use Of indi-
viduals on several occasions for the
purpose of holding picnics and other
outdoor entertainments has caused
considerable dissension among the
citizens.
The Mayors message follows:
With the beginning OF the new year
feel imDel!ed, through custom as
well as sense of duty, to direct q
brief communication to you for the
purpose of calling your attention to
certain existing conditions which, IN
nv opinion, for the best interests OF
all concerned, demand that effective
action be taken during the ensuing
year.
Foremost in Importance, / regard
tbs application Of the most effective
methods for preserving the health OF
tie community. IL this respect, l
wol!d call your attention to the fact
that the rapid development OF the city
has brought the residence section
within such close proximity to the
present location Of the pest house that
an imperative need has been created
for its removal 20 a more obscure To-
cality.
,. The inefficient and unsatisfac-
tory means heretofore employed in
disposing of the city garbage is mani
festly inadequate to meet the require
lnents. and it is my opinion that III
order to eliminate danger Of epidemics
and other sickneSSes due to the ac-
emulation of such impurities, every
effort should be made to provide IN
some satisfactory manner for taking
care Of the garbage, before the return
of summer.
9. Another disagreeable and un-
sanitary condition about which COM
plant is constantly being made, Is
the means employed in carrying away
the sewerage from the Normal. l
would suggest that prompt action be
taken in the correction of this condi
ton.
In the matter of the West End
Sever, the survey and plans Of which
are in process of preparation, l would
suggest the necessity of proceeding
without unnecessary elaboration or
delay, to the completion of this high
ly essential undertaking, looking to
the establishment and maintenance Of
correct sanitary conditions.
would again call your attention to
the unusual and unnecessary number
of worthless dogs with which the city
is infested, and would recommend as
. means of reducing the number and
eliminating the ours, an ordinance
should be enacted placing the license
at such an amount that only animals
of value and worth would be retained.
l note that considerable dissension
is still being expressed among the citi-
zens as to the action of the Council
in permitting the City Park to be de-
voted to the exclusive use Of indi-
viduals for the purpose of giving a
picnic and charging admission on the
Fourth of July, and while that was
done in contradiction to my own per-
sonal denial to grant such privilege, 1
feel certain that although the council
men favoring the action may have ex-
ceeded their authority, they did not in
tentionally discriminate and doubtless
acted in all sincerity.
The continuation Of the eustnn. ~