Show ABOUT KEEPING THE STREETS CLEAN THESE THERE is in existence a very salutary ordinance to prevent the accumulation of extraneous rubbish on the streets and sidewalks of this city it makes itan it aix offense for any person to dump or place substances that would naturally come under that hat head upon the public thoroughfares the following is quoted from section 31 no person owning occupying or on having control of any premises stall shall after reasonable bolce by the city marshal or any police officer suffer to be or remain in front thereof upon the sidi sidewalk walk or the half of the street next besuch te such premises promis est first any broken wars ware glass filth rubbish refuse matter garbage ashes tin cans or other like substances substance s 11 I 1 at the session of the city council held march a proposition was made to insert among the offensive materials enumerated amud mud snow enow r joe ice there did not appear to be any ny deci led opposition to the offered amendment to the ordinance except from councilman hall who seemed I 1 to be struck with its incongruity the subject was laid over till tuesday april let itis it is necessary that the streets and sidewalks be kept clear of obstructions aud all offensive substances but the city fathers should pause before pawing passing such an amendment as the one now considered it is doubtful whether the city cun can extend the requirement in relation to clearing away mud snow and tow ice beyond the outer edge of the sidewalk the streets are the property of the corporation and it is the duty of the latter to keep them in repair hench the super visor ship of public thoroughfares the amendment is I 1 iu u the nature of superfluous legislation because it would be inoperative suppose a depression exists in a street it fills with water which freezes to a thickness of two or three inches teams come along and break it up making an unsightly accumulation of ice I 1 will it be contended that it is the duty of abutters to remove it Is so where shall they dump it certainly not on the streets for that if against the ordinance that would requite require its removal should they cart it into their own lots hardly in cities where property owners are compel compelled had to keep the sidewalks clear of snow they are allowed to pile it by the edge of the street this would not only ohly be a contravention of the proposed amendment but the parties would he be required to remove what was on the street as well they would thus have something white on their hands bands if not a white elephant again where would they put it snow being an awkward substance to stow away in cellars especially if a person happen to have a collar cellar the rho mud part of the amendment would be a equally difficult of solution in fact it is not quite as soluble as snow indeed in some cases that substance constitutes in damp seasons the chief if not only ingredient of the thorough thoroughfares tares As a 4 result its removal by the abutters would t be going a long way toward a t transposition asna of the streets besides there being no place provided to dump the upper layer of the avenues in the softer portion of our city the residents would dislike their dwellings to be on an elevation too great above the grade of the streets the council will do well to pause before concluding to paw pass this anti mud snow enow aud and ice amendment |