| Show yim tim THE LIVING fa first the tup subject of a supply of water for the purpose of beautifying the city alty a again a in agitated in the city council the committee with which the mayor was associated to whom was referred the matter of ascertaining certa ining as to the feasibility of a supply by steam purn pumping ping from the artesian well excavation reported the project as unadvisable the report did not appear to be approved by the council as the subject was referred ref erred back bacr with instructions to find out the probable cost etc which induces people to keep fresh and green the turf that covers the remains of the beloved dead is natural and commendable it serves to perpetua teIn the minds minas of the tile survivors tile the memory of their virtu esThe cemetery of 0 f this city has a rather dry and wilted willed appearance if a supply of water could be boe ob obtained tallied forand for and properly distributed throughout the grounds they would soon become as if it by magic touch I 1 a thin thing of beauty I 1 therefore the desire to obtain the tac means of such an improvement Is highly commendable Is one so far as minutes of the council meeting show has not been considered it la Is a matter of considerable importance c connected on with the subject Suppo suppose sethe the needed water supply krould should be obtained from the source referred to be distributed theor the ordinary process of irrigation is out of ahe he question being impracticable in a graveyard this fact la is so self evident that the reasons need scarcely be advanced it would appear therefore that a system 0 of f pipes and hydrants would be indispensable and to render them of service it would be necess necessary arv to force the water to a sufficient cleethel clent thel height ht to give thee thes proper fall and consequent force perhaps the mouth of the artesian excavation is elevated enough for that purpose we are not sure upon that point foint the ascertaining of the cost of getting the water out of the well would only be a proportion of the expenditure involved the means of distribution cutt cutting ing a considerable figure besides the necessity of its permanent management in a public place like the cemetery while the NEWS favors any any feasible project for beautifying beautify ln the cemetery there are other matters that are much more urgent to speak plainly the subject of taking steps to preserve the public health by establishing lishin preventives the people bein being taken to the cemetery in an un tin tim timely ay iy not to say unnecessary way is much more important than planting flowers upon and weeping willo willows ws over their graves after faey ge c there there may not be so much sentiment about this view as there is in the beautifying 11 of the tombs of the dead but there appears to be a heap of common sense connected with it if any interested person desires an il illustration lustra tion of this that will last a humane man a lifetime he can have it at any time we advise him to visit the higher portions of the bench land in the northeastern martof part of the city where the people are compelled to carry every drop of water they use for culinary or drinking purposes from one block to three quarters of a mile mlle in the summer the water has necessarily to be kept in the hou house seand and Is consequently used in that peculiarly nauseating condition which causes it to act adt upon uron digestive organs of ino more re than ordinary delic delicacy cy as an emetic lentlie let the visitor ask tuis question of those people which condition would you prefer r efer for yourselves and your children to be without cool clear fresh drinking water and anti thus hasten your journey to tile the graveyard and there have the surface of your tombs sprinkled with the element a proper su supply aly of which was denied you in life or would you rather delay your tinni alual visit to the cemetery take your fresh water now and xua TUB the risk of a dry surface to your grave 1 I who could doubt what the reply would be there boere would be butone but one answer therefore as a matter of course we must coincide with the remark of alderman patrick on the subject discussed in the council last night eight to the effect that in providing a supply of water the living should have the first consideration whenever there shall be more than enough for them give glye it freely to keep the memory of t the e dead alive the providing of fresh water for ifor the people is an indispensable element of s sanitation n to give it to the dead in preference looks too much like the too common hypocritical custom of abusing in a man while he lives and lau iau lauding flauding ding hi him in to the skies on his decease one member of the council expressed a sentiment of sha meat the dry and uninviting appearance of the cemetery it must be admitted that it were better if its appearance were more comely but our shame extends beyond that and is s deepened and witnessing the sun dried surroundings of the living and the absence in their habitations of one of the main essentials of life in a proper condition for some of us its chief uses on the question of water supply the supply NEWS holds to the position t thad that at the living have the first claim if the dead were to speak we doubt not they would promptly sustain that side of the question 0 |
