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Show SALT LAKE AND SEWEK3. 1 At a time when individual and : municipal exchequers are not full, it ia unpleasant to think cf anything , that involves a vast outlay of money. The cautious business man wants to see bis way clear before bo embarks upon an enterprise, accepts new ub ligations, or undei takes any improvement im-provement that requires money; and bo it is with properly conducted corporations, cor-porations, municipal or others. But there are some tbirgj tlut circumstances circum-stances require to be done, seine improvements im-provements absolutely necessary lobe nude, even ii' liabilities arc incurred thereby that caution might forbid. Whether the construction of a sewerage sewer-age syatem in this city is cot one of the30, the public and its reproaecta tivea in the oouncil Bhculd well con-aider con-aider at this time The matter ia of prime importance to the inhabitants, involving as it does their health and life itself. It may bo asked if the absonco of drainage in this city is not the cause of much of the dieeaso to be found here. Salt Lake has the location loca-tion for one of the healthiest cities on the continent, and as a matter of fact it has been one of tho freest from disease; dis-ease; hut we doubt if the mortality reports can long bo kept within the brief compass that has characterized then in the past, unices measures are taken for protection against the fevers and diseases resulting from filth and impurities. The nature of the soil and tho almost ab.nptly sloping Burface upon which a largo portion of the city stands, make it ol first moment to the. peoplo on the lower land that filth from above be carried 00 and not permitted to enter the earth, eeoping through tho soil into wells below. These who use water from wells are frequonlly puzzled puz-zled to understand how the water becomes be-comes "bad" when no impurities are I allowed to enter the well from above. The explanation can, in most instances, in-stances, be found in some neighbor ing closet-vault or outhouse, the porous, gravelly earth furnishing easy and speedy communication. In several cases wells have been filled in on account of vaults being dug near them thus making the water unfit for use. It is not only in the wells becoming fouled that the people are beginning to suffer from the want of drainage. The eoil iUelf, from long absorption of the Blops and filth that come from the few thousands of kitchens, stables, outhouses, out-houses, etc., is being thoroughly saturated satu-rated with tho germs of fever nnd dirt diseases. A remedy ia imperatively impera-tively called for. We are aware that to properly sewer the city would cost immensely, but at the same time" the expense must be incurred, sooner or later, and the quicker a beginning is made the better. |