Show A Fihbr Place AUenlion has frequently been called in theee olumna to the fact that part of Main street IP every day in the neck but more particularly Saturdays converted into a general gen-eral feed stable and stamping place Some time ago the City Council instructed in-structed tho city marshal to fix up Washington Squire a a place for persons to drive to and keep their team when coming to this city with cal or wood or bay cr for the pur woo pose of shopping In accordance with this order the piece was QtteJ up as orer and while not in the middle XJtMain street ie anything but inconvenient and is a near the heart of the city aa citizens who have any regard for tbe cleanliness of their husinees thoroughfare can wish It was hardly expected that wood bay and coal men and our country cousins would voluntarily onto the Square but tbo understanding was that they should be made t do so I any steps have been taken in that direction they were of to tame a character a they have proven fruitless fruit-less Every day lam can be seen standitR for hours on Main street making the streets filthy arid befouling befoul-ing the water Along the east side of the Temple Block Irom tbe renter ing trough lor a considerable distance up the aida of the street niibin a ro of the water ditch is as foul and filthy aa any cow yard one could desire t u L ia i almost eee and the game s a the case on the north and west sides of the residence ot General D H Wells l the places are ever cleaned up the filth that accumulatEs from horses ealirg hay and truck and tramping tramp-ing it into the wet earth and from filth ol a muoh worse character cha-racter it is done at the expense of the city One of our principal streets is rendered a d grace by teams being allowed to stand on it in the manner and the action of the Council and expense ex-pense gone to in getting Washington Squate in a condition for tbe teams oi persona who have to remain for hours in the city and have not the means or do not care to go t feed stables was a farce aud a waste unless un-less it fills the object intended But a still wone feature and what constitutes con-stitutes an outrage is the fact that the waters running past these places are always polluted and befouled by the cowyard draininga and these waters flow down commingle with others and are used for domestic purposes pur-poses in eomo of the lower ward Ii doe not matter how few use the waters those few are entitled to what is pure and have a right to demand that it be kept so at least as regards this evil which is capable ot easy remedy Of course the teams will remain there as long as permitted wi 1 make the streets filthy render them like a barn yard and befoul the waters Unless the officers compel com-pel a cttsation of these occurrences and i is their right and duty to do so the Council might just as well undo what it has done in regard to Washington Wash-ington Square Our streets are wide but not eo wide that such extreme filth as that pointed out should be allowed |