The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-07-27

1t Is highly important that the sew.
age should be treated in order TO avoid
a serious nuisance and to protect the
public health, but the treatment must
be supervised by an individual who is
trained and experienced in the disposal
Of human wastes. one filter is oper-
ated at a time. While that is in op-
Grafton the other is kept at rest. In
a properly operated sewage disposal
plant this would not be necessa since
it is possible to operate a filter con
tinuously with satisfactory results.
Inadequate Sanitary Sewers
At the present time, a large part
of the city Is not served with sewers.
Many privies still remain. even in sec
tions that are thickly inhabited. These
privies are of the open, unsatisfactory
type which are capable of aiding the
spread of diseases. The eXcreta Is not
collected at frequent intervals, and the
city fly nuisance is almost always very
serious.
The open privy is a symbol of rural
conditions and should not be maintain
ed in a community which is so thor
beautiful as the city of Ardmore 1t is
therefore recommended that additional
sewer facilities be provided to serve
those sections Of the city which are
at present time without such facilities.
Refuse Collection and Disposal
II is surprising that a city having
the population and wealth of Ardmore
should be without a well-organized and
well.operated system Of refuse col
lection and disposal There is neither
a municipal system nor "A well organ
lzed and extensive private system for
the collection of garbage, rubbish and
other solid wastes. There Gre, how
ever, two private individuals who col
lect refuse from the main sections
of the city, and who also serve the
residents whenever they are called.
Most of the refuse which is collect
ed consists of inflammable material,
tin cans. bottles and similar wastes.
One wagon is used to collect garbage.
One of the scavengers also collects
dead animals and the contents of priv
les, besides some garbage.
IncineratOr Is o. X.
The eXcreta is collected in galvanized
iron cans. These are covered during
transportation and are taken to the
incinerator. where the contents are de-
stroyed The other wastes are also
taken to the incinerator and burned.
Tin cans and bottles are dumped at a
place near by. This place represents
very offensive condition, and some
thing should be done to remove this
nuisance.
The incinerator was found to be very
efficient. The man in charge is very
faithful and maintains the premises in
thoroughly satisfactory way. The
conditions at the plant were very sat
isfaotory from sanitary standpoint
Street Cleaning Very Poor
The city does not maintain or oper-
ate any wagons for the collection ana
disposal of refuse. The street cleaning
department is also very inadequate and
poor. Streets are swept very infre
quently, and are rarely, if ever,
sprinkled.
The street sweepings when collected
are used to fill in low places. Nest
of the residents in the city dispose OF
their garbage by feeding it to chick
ems. to hogs, or by burning, or bur
ial. In some cases the garbage is
simply permitted to remain on the
surface of the ground In all OF these
methods the garbage is Improperly
disposed and serves to attract flies
Many serious nuisances are created,
besides encouraging the breeding OF
flies, which naturally aid in transmits
sion of germs and diseases.
Wagon Yards a Menace
No organized attempt is made to
remove manure from the promises.
Wagon yards where hundreds of horses
are stabbed are located in the center
of the city Manure accumulates in
large amounts and serves as an ex-
cellent breeding place for millions OF
flies Conditions in these wagon yarus
are very unsatisfactory, and are really
a menace to the public health.
It would be very desirable to remoyt
wagon yards or stables to more remote
places of the city, and to require the
owners not only to properly treat the
manure but to remove it frequently.
Manure should be removed al least
once every seven or ten days, in order
to prevent the breeding of flies II
would also be desirable to treat the
manure with some substance like borax
or hclibore.
City Should Remove Refuse
The city should provide system oil
collecting garbage and other forms OF
refuse, which will reach every resident
in the community at least twice W ek
during the winter time and three times
a week during the summer. This sys-
tenn should preferably be municipality
owned and operated.
If it is impossible for the city to un'
dertake this task at the present time.
owing to financial restrictions, 1t ought |
to be possible to interest some private
TO undertake the job. such
an Individual should be required tc
make the collections as frequently as
specified above, and should receive no
from the city. The /
profits of such a scavenger would be
obtained through the sale of hogs that
had been fed on the city's garbage
II should also be possible for the scav-
enger to give satisfactory service with
out recurring a special charge from the 4
residents.
People have come TO regard the col |
lection and disposal of garbage and
other forms of refuse as a municipal
function to be obtained in way sim
lar to water supply for sewage dis
posal. If the residents are taxed for
this service it will be found that few
will employ the scavenger. 1t is there
fore urgent that free system of col
lection and disposal be instituted.
The Milk Supply
The milk supply of n community is
,ne of the important features that
r,,lblic health Ii IL of l