Show cleaning the ditches for some considerable length of tine the water ditches in all parts of the city have been in a most deplorable condit condition lob iob filled with all kinds of filth and it is with a degree of satisfaction that we have seen of late some disposition manifested to have them cleaned out and put in proper condition before the ment of winter the city water master one day last week caused one of the ditches in eat east temple street to be partly cleaned of tha the tb filth that had accumulated in it till the water was unfit for use and probably the other will win receive n ere long if the property holders who are the most interested in tha the th matter do not take the work in hand ai as some have done and each clean out the ditch in front of their respective shops and residences A f few ew hours labor on the part of each citizen would thoroughly clean out every water course cour running 0 through ah the city and thereafter they could have the privilege of using good clean cleall wholesome wate of the filthy kind now generally in use in many places the ditches are badly out of repair and should be fixed up before the commence commencement ment of the extreme cold coll weather that may be shortly expected otherwise the tha water will soon be overflowing the streets and they will be filled with ice as they were in many places last winter every useless temporary dam of which thre there are many should also be removed so 10 that the water vater can have free course to run without overflowing the side walks as it will soon after freezing weather sets in if these obstructions 2 are permitted to remain much damage was done to dwellings gardens etc last winter by the overflow overflowing inor of water needlessly and the same may be expected again if the ditches are not fixed so that they will carry off the water which whid can gan be done at a trifling expense it if attended to in season beason |