Show A cumbersome AND COSTLY SCHEME THE bill drawn up bythe by the health commissioner and which be intends to pro press for adoption by the city council in neds edo close scrutiny and some chandes before it is ie put into the force of an ordinance di dina nance ace its ite text will be found in another column it consists of two baraf one in relation to wells the other to vaults and cesspool it will be seen on close examination that under its provisions vo no present well however excellent it may be in every particular oan can he be used to turn furn leh drinking water in any part of this city the bill proposes to make every peron son whose property abuts on or has access to the city water system either connect with that system within thirty days or make a well as this this scheme requires he must not use any well he has bass nor go without he must feed toe plumbers or contribute to the city treasury by way of fine no person is to acoba ba allowed to take a drink from any well that is not piped with iron and is not a hundred feet deep or sunk below an impermeable formation nor must he construct even such a well without ft a permit from the board of health and without inspection by an officer every vault and cesspool has baa to be made of certain dimensions of brick or stone with cement mortar and plastered with cement I 1 inside r side and made perfectly water tight dry earth closets may be permitted above ground but not below these vaults must also be constructed u der permits and inspections ions from city officers both provisions require needless expense and appear to be framed for the purpose of pestering and ani dying property holders and making work for plumbers masons inspectors and others A ground vault prop prep erly dug treated to dry earth when needful is far low lose of a nuisance than a watertight water tight brick or stone receptacle A well properly walled up does not need to be iron pl pi ed 04 and may have a I 1 ure spring of healthful water at far less than a hundred feet deep the city council ought to do all that to is reasonable to preserve the public health but it should not be played upon by any public officer to introduce fads fade that are unnecessary and impose upon the taxpayers additional burdens which will be resented throughout the city we believe chere are vile nul that ought to be abated and some gome wells that ought to be filled up but those these can be attended to under present ordinances di din ances and proper inspection there Is in no need to resort to a scheme that will pile up expenses mountains high hleb to make a harvest for plumbers aad public officials itis it is a good scheme to sit alt down upon |