Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-09-22
STATE BOARD
TO BUILD BINS
FOR REFUSE?
Question of Sanitation
to Be Discussed at
Next Meeting.
REMOVE REFUSE

Steps to eliminate the breeding
places for flies by the manure piles
outside the stables at the State fair
ground, which have been 9ource OF
danger to the health of residents of
the neighborhood for several years.
are being taken by the State board
of agriculture, William n. Jones,
member of the board, stated today.
The manure, which formerly was al
lowed to lie for long periods, now is
removed every day or two before
flies have an opportunity to hatch,
Mr.. Jones declared. To make the
possibility of fly production even less
remote, Mr.. Jones announced, pro-
posal that tightly covered concrete
bins be constructed to hold the stable
cleanings will be laid before the
State board at its next meeting.
The proposal is in line with a recon-
mendation which Dr. Herman G. Morgan,
secretary Of the city board of public
health, said his body made to the State
board of agriculture two years ago. The
city board never has taken drastic action
to force a sanitary solution of the prob
lem at the stables It is contended by
residents who have suffered from the flies
bred at the stables in the past that the
city board, having Jurisdiction in ter
rltory three miles outside the city limits
could have done something if il had cared
to lock horns with the State authorities.
The Playground is Just outside the cor
>goration line.
The stables are located at the extreme
end of the Playground, directly south and
across Forty Second street from the State
School for the Deaf. City health author
tiles say they were interested in elimi
mating the fly breeding condition because
Of the hundreds of boys and girls gath
cred at the school from all parts of In
diana, having their health endangered Ly
the great swarms Of flies which few from
the stables to the tables of the State
institution, a distance Of about five hun
dred feet.
FLIES WORSE
THIS YEAR.
o. NJ. Pittinger, superintendent Of the
State School for the Deaf, said the in
stitution always is troubled with flies
after the fair, the pest remaining until
cold weather, but they are worse this
year than usual. He said he thought this
condition exists everywhere. He knew
Of no other place than the Playground
from which the flies could come, he
stated.
Residents Of the section Of the city to
the south, west and northwest Of the fair
ground say that so far the annual fly pest
following the State fair has not been as
bad as usual This, they believed, was
due to the fact that during the fair gar
bage was kept in tightly covered con-
tainers.
Race horses are kept in the stables, Of
which there are ten. Only FIVE are in use
at the present time. The stable refuse IS
thrown out the windows Of the stalls.
Mr. Jones stated the matter Of properly
handling the manure was taken up with
the state board Of health some time
ago and the plan Of moving 1t frequent
" was put into effect
He said he had been informed by the
State board Of agriculture that it takes
eleven days for flies to hatch. Since the
frequent collections were started there
~has been no time when the refuse was
permitted to accumulate longer than two
or three days, excepting during and i'm
mediately after the fair, when the rush
of other business made it necessary to
dump It in a central pile in an isolated
spot until it could be removed by the
persons who use it for fertilizer.
Installation Of the concrete bins de-
rands upon whether or not the State
board of agriculture finds the cost with
in its financial limits, Mr.. Jones stated.
'tThere are many improvements the
board wanted to make long ago" said
the board member, but we always have
had to go slow because Of lack of funds.
Our only source Of revenue has been
profits from the fair and the $4,000 per
year which the State gives us to help
out on premiums. This year we realized
a profit of about $4,000 and If the cost
Of the improvement at the stables is not
too great it may be made.
''The board should be able to do a
great deal more on the grounds than it
has in the past after it starts to re-
ceiving funds out of State taxes in 1924
The tax levy of 1928 will include pro-
vision for the State fair fund, under a
new State law.