Salt Lake Herald | 1908-02-09 | Page 26 | Must Cease Spitting on Walks; Chief Insists on Observance

MUST CEASE SPITTING ON WALKS ALKS VI CHIEF INSISTS ON OBSERVANCE 9 Spitting upon uon upon the sidewalks sid w must cease In Salt Lake That is the mandate Issue yesterday esterday by Chief of Police Pollee Pitt The chief was stirred to this action by he the con of women who have been caused much annoyance by the unchecked practice of expectorating upon the sidewalks which in some parts of the city cit has be become become become come a positive annoyance It was explained that the habit of spitting upon uon ubon the sidewall sidewalk l is not nt n t only disgusting but and a n men menace m menace n nace ace to public health The skirts o oi 01 wo women women women men are soiled and whop wh when n the wearers return to their homes they are ot forced to the unpleasant Lask of ol cleansing the garments but also to face the fear of carrying Into their thelt hopes homes ho es the germs of dangerous dis di diseases eases Advocates of the enforcement of the tho law against expectorating upon the sidewalks claim that if are an re n required required to go to the curb the HId flow of waters in the gutters vH HI in a great measure carry away the tho th sputum and that this will result in greater safety to public nubile health h alth Even this is looked upen as but a astep astep astep step toward a perfect system of guard guardIng guardIng guardIng Ing Salt Lakes citizens f from orn the dan danger danger ger gel of disease Some of the rigid ene enemies enemies enemies mies of insist that a ban should be put upon all spitting in the streets and that the th gutters gutter as well as the sidewalk walk should be kept koot clean cleanThe cleanThe cleanThe The old system of Howing men to spit spi whenever and anil wherever they uy de Ired it is claimed made Salt alt Lake sidewalks a nursery of er 0 many varieties f undesirable germs