| Show I ACK OF SEWER SEVER MENACE 10 LIFE Town Authorities of Bingham Severely Censured for Un Unsanitary Unsanitary Unsanitary sanitary Condition JAILS ARE INVESTIGATED NO REFERENCE TO FOOD COM COMBINE COMBINE BINE SINE IN PARTIAL REPORT The special grand jury called primarily for the purpose of Investigating the com corn combine combine bine causing the almost prohibitive prices of food In Salt Lake and secondarily for forthe fo forthe the purpose of ot investigating the public Institutions including the tha Jails and pris prisons prisons prisons ons made a partial report to the district court yesterday afternoon The report was relative to the condition and manage management management ment meat of ot the Jails tile the county infirmary and the sanitary conditions In Bingham and did not touch upon the main purpose for which the Jury was Impaneled The Tha investigations of the ther grand jury hereto fore have been somewhat preliminary and to date there has been but little tes I taken with wIsh reference to the food rood trust Now thae that at least some of the theother theother other matters have hae been reported on it Is believed that the grand Jury will Vill proceed with its investigation Into the tue cost of oC living In Salt Lake Bingham Jail in Filthy Condition A feature of the report was the severe severs criticism of ot the city Jail at Bingham Its reference to this jail follows The Bingham town jail Is a disgrace to any civilized community It is filthy un unwholesome unwholesome unwholesome wholesome and filled vermin venn In A hu human human man being should never be required to enter much less to be confined therein The grand jury also criticised the un uncleanly uncleanly uncleanly cleanly condition of ot the Murray and Bing ham Junction jails It found both the tho city and county Jails of Salt Lake Lako in a good condition The grand Jury recommended that the county jail be enlarged In a review of the conditions prevailing at the county Infirmary the report of tIle the Jury JUI praises tho work of ot the attendants and recommends that their salaries be in increased Increased Increased creased It tt also recommends that a new building fee c erected for the men that a separate building be provided for the de do demented demented and that the provisions for tor the tha institution be furnished through competitive tive tire bids The sanitary conditions at Bingham can canyon canyon canyon yon according to the report are a con constant constant constant stant menace to the health of its people and are responsible for tor the alarming spread of typhoid fever It criticises the tha action of ot the town and county authorities and the state board of health in not con constructing constructing a sewer to carry off the refuse matter The Bingham officials says the tue re report repot repot pot port show a complete disregard for the tha health of the Inhabitants of ne me town an and of ot those who must constantly go to Bing ham on business The report of the grand jury jur follows in full The grand jury for Salt Lake county on Oct 9 t W partial report r port the It I f e gation gatlon into the tile condition and management mana ement of the seven jails located in Salt Lake county the county infirmary and sanitary conditions in Bingham Canyon Management Is Efficient The Utah state prison the Salt Lake county count jail and the Salt Lake City CIt jail are In good condition The Tile management of each is efficient humane and econom economical economical economical ical The state prison is modern and very vcr well kept The health of the prisoners as a shown by b the hospital records is much better than it would be with as many per persons persons perSons sons outside pursuing th ordinary voca vocations x The Salt Lake county jail is nearly twenty years old but modern plumbing has recently been installed and the whole structure Is well kept It Is not large enough for tor present needs and another ro rotary rotary rotary tary should be added With the doubled capacity the jail would not be too large The Salt SaIt Lake city jail is new and mod modern modern modem ern em The inside of ot the building needs paint and some repairs to plumbing and other apparatus The prisoners at these institutions make no complaint as to the food rood they are furnished and upon Investigation we find the meals are clean wholesome and well suited to men closely confined a large part of the time Jail Is Overcrowded In the Salt Lake county and Salt Lake city jails each prisoner should be placed in a separate cell If It this is done less im immorality Immorality immorality morality will result from such confine confinement confinement ment There is also less opportunity for forthe forthe forthe the exchange of information upon the sub subject subject subject of crime and the methods of ot crimi criminals crIminals criminals nals These Jails have too many occupants at this time to give each man a separate cell but a cell ceIl should never be permitted to stand vacant while another cell has two tW occupants The rhe county and the city should provide preside a sufficient number of ot cells at each place so that this plan can be car carried ned ried out The general health of the pris prisoners prisOners i oner would be Improved and much more i good and less harmful results would come from the enforcement of the penal laws The quilts now in use at these Jails should be discarded and replaced with blankets blanket Quilts cannot be washed and andare andare andare are more difficult to disinfect They har bar harbor harbor barbar bor bar vermin and retain filth Blankets can be washed at regular intervals and can be easily disinfected The Murray city eit Jail is M the old county jail at that point and is being used by bythe b bythe the city while the new city jail is being built It is not kept clean The fact that I its use Is only temporary does not nol ex exI excuSe I I cuse its present uncleanly condition Bingham Jail a Disgrace The Bingham town jail is a disgrace to toan any an civilized community It Is filthy un unwholesome unwholesome unwholesome wholesome and filled with vermin A hu human human human man being should never be required to toI enter much less be confined eon fined therein If a anew anew anew I new jail Is to be built the old one should I I not be used during the period of construe construction I tion It should be abandoned and de do destroyed deI I at once The Bingham BinKham ham Junction jail is comparatively new having been hen built three years ago but it is neglected n Judging from toni its appearance it has not bon been swept in the tho last six months It should Continued on Page 3 LACK OF SEWER MENACE TO LIFE Continued From Page 1 be e cleaned up and painted Inside and from now on should be kept clean cleanThe cleanThe The rhe Sandy town jail is old and prim prImItive primitive live but Is clean and well kept It may ma manot not be the most secure place In the coun county county ty y to keep a hardened criminal but b t it is well veil cared for and is as strong as the town requires Should Advertise for Bids I We have devoted considerable time to the he county infirmary to talking with the he inmates and to going through the books of accounts The build lag Ing ng is new thoroughly clean well weIl venti and homelike The mens build Ing ng Is old and dark It is clean and well kept but should be replaced by a modern building The inmates are well clothed well cared for and well fed f d We Ve have lave been through the books of ot account kept ep at the institution anti and find them all straight and that the buying is economically economically cally done The flour cost of ot which amounts to about sm 70 per month and the meat cost of ot which amounts to about Siti 73 7 per month should be purchased after advertisement and competitive We bids Each contract should cover a period of one year and the successful bidder should be required to furnish a bond satisfactory to the county count commission commissioners ers era for the faithful performance of o the contract 1 There are several demented persons persona among the inmates The effect of their presence upon the old folks whose only fault Is s their poverty is distressing They should be removed and cared for in a separate Institution Urge Increase In Salaries The salaries of ot the attendants at the institution are ridiculously low It is no wonder that tl at it is difficult to keep help heIp The matron who has constant charge of ot the institution and of the private af at fairs of ot the old folks receives 10 per month The engineer who attends to the heating lighting and plumbing or of orall orall all buildings receives 35 33 per month The rhe laundress and nurse whose time is occupied all day and frequently a large part of the night and whose work re requires requires requires quires great tact and patience receive 30 o per month each Each of ot these per persons persons perSOns sons receives board and lodging at the Infirmary This is necessary because their constant attendance is required but even then the pay is far too little The Theold Theold Theold old folks are exacting and hard to please day and night they require patient kind attention and wages should be paid at that will justify their remain Ing and will encourage them In their work A Menace to Life In Bingham canyon canon the absence of a sewer js Is s a menace to the lives of the residents and of ot those who must go there on business In main Bingham canyon from upper Bingham to the lower end of the town limit all tile slops and offal go into the creek It is the natural and only drainage for the camp The canyon is narrow and the bed of ot the stream is rough and uneven Outhouses are propped up on poles over the stream and waste matter from res rca saloons and Is thrown into it The refuse matter lodges on the rocks where it becomes putrid and every foot of the way wa for a mile and a half the stench is very ery repulsive In J 1903 1905 over fifty cases of typhoid fever feer reached the Salt Lake hospitals from Bingham canyon We Ve have no record of the num berless cases that during the same period were treated in private places In 1900 the state engineer after measurements carefully made in the canyon reported to the st fe board of health that the supply of water Is sufficient for an un sewer system and that such a system s stem was as feasible More than one half of this sewer would be within the town limits of ot Bingham the balance in Salt Lake county Blames the Authorities Bingham has a large and constantly Increasing population and an income from licenses fines and forfeitures alone of more than per year Certainly the town can easily bear Its proportion of the expense Salt Lake county can ill afford not hot to bear its share The con there existing have been repeat repeatedly repeatedly edly called to the attention of ot the town and county authorities by b the state board of ot health but nothing has been done don though the evil constantly Increases The Bingham officials show a complete dis disregard disregard disregard regard for the health of ot the inhabitants I of the town and of those who must con constantly go to Bingham on business This report Is only partial The Thc jury jur has been and still Is engaged upon the investigation of other important mat |
