Show THE SANITARY ORDINANCE THE garbage ordinance is in passed again at last the mayor will do well to take time in critically examining it two garbage districts are organized which may be perfectly right prom from one of them the business district the removal of garbage and ashes to is to be at the expense of the city from the other it to la to be at the expense of the owner agent or occupant Is this an equitable provision or does it not give special privileges privilege sto to one clue clam of the population why should not the city remove the ashes and garbage from the whole city as well as from the part that to te specially laly designated fa age no 0 house slops ashes or garbage snail shall be deposited within these gar garbage liage districts except as herein provided tor for says tile the ordinance but while it provides for a nie metallic taille with handler handle for receiving arshop etc in IB the business district it provides none whatever for the other and much larger district therefore in all that extensive distich ashi ashes a cannot be deposited at all what then to is to be done with them bat a suitable vessel free from leakage is to be provided for every build ine in the larger district as a receptacle for all garbage and liquid refuse that accumulate on the premi premises sev to be emptied not less lea than once a week except in winter when it is in to be 0 emptied o every two weeks As an no other d deposit than this Is if lawful slops slope and garbage are to be kept to stink in this vessel whatever it may be till it is in removed to a place designated by the board of health A person may haul away garbage and refuse with his own team provided he gets a permit from the board of health but cannot hire a neighbor or friend to do unless that person is engaged in the busi business of such removal and has the word scavenger and abd the number of his permit painted on black ground in white letters on each side of his wagon bed these are some of the notions la in the ordinance that we hope will be scanned by the mayor before tie he affixes to it his official signature there has been considerable improvement over the first draft of the bill which was an ungrammatical absurdity A measure of so much importance ought to be made as specific and understandable as possible ble and there should be in in it no class legislation |