Show K if LOOK WISE VISE AND DRAW THEIR THUR PAY f I Inspectors of Health Department Department Department Depart Depart- ment Fail to Cure Insani Insani- tary Evils iol f i WONT WON'T MOVE THE REFUSE 1 t Ridden Pott-Ridden et c ClI Creates Unbearable r.-l r. r t able Stench and mul 1 Admit fi r 1 r Complaints arc are still pouring Into the health department an and thc they arc bei being being be be- i ing attended to In the usual manner t I 5 Inspectors do Jo not inspect and anel plague plague- t. t spots arc a as numerous throughout hout the city elty after acter the tho complaints are arc acted U. U upon as ns they were before At the rear of or Paul Smiths Smith's dye tho rr works 7 71 oJ East gast Third South street stands a pile of or garbage e that reel reeks with filth nith and Is alive all with vermin It It t has haa stood there ever er since Inco the opening of or spring and antl complaints have ha been heen sent to the board of oC health until those I bothered bv In v tho the almost unbearable odor have ha lost lost all patience and do donot donot not now expect that the conditions on oti the premises will be bes bey y s cured rl f During warm weather it Is an nn Impossibility Im- Im po possibility to live with comfort In iii Ol fitLy feet of or the tic pile le of or garbage Its It's stench stubs tho the court COUlt In which the stuff Is h allowed to remain menaces the health of one whole block and annONi annoys annON i the thc In the thc dye works until 2 th tile they cannot work without closing the r V doors 1 i t Upstairs there thele Is a hotel and atul th the patrons of or the place have ha complained i that the odor from frum the garbage Is lck- lck 5 1 ening J Appeals Are he e In Vain 1 Appeals for fOl a remedy have been heen made continuously for or weeks s. s Once w. w hi In a n while an Inspector from ruin the mismanaged mismanaged mis- mis n mana managed etl health t department bobs j I around the Hie place holds his noo t. t he examines the pile of ridden pot t n re refuse refuse re- re fuse looks s wl wise c and wall walks s away 11 He lie tI m may report that he saw the unhealthy conditions but bul that thal Is as far as it goes goe Complaints arc coming In er c every da day r J and from flom every quarter of the city Z The rho claim that the health department 1 Is doing good work Is certainly not r substantiated h by ly the statements of property ert owners and lessees who are arc b compelled tl to endure stiflIng fining stench p tir- tir 1 from froni diseased spots plague In some cases it is a cesspool again t aln it Is a lL f 1 stagnant pool of oC water in which disease germs lurk and often orten it is a pile of efu refuse e that is iM allowed to stand through through sun sun and rain despite the tho prote protests protests pro pro- te tests ts of oC persons who arc are annoyed thereby Fall FaIt Over O Inspectors t The system of rectifying wrongs as F followed by hy the tho health department Is fj absolutely It borders on tho the 5 S- S criminal Yoh YO cannot walk wall into the ther r offices cs c's of the IJ board of health without L all uli the feet fet of oC falling failinG over Inspectors d of o this an anel all el that who Inspect but hut never act 1 What hal can cati we do co asks Acting t CI Clerk k Hanging In despair When complaints come como In ii we make a record f. f of or them send an officIal out on the case caso o and anel nerve O the tho proper persons with a notice to remedy the wrong On the back hace of each cach notice Is a statement state state- ment of tho the law providing penalty for failure allure to com comply ph with tho the notice If I the proper person docs dOes not mint can cany carmy out tho the orders In the thc notice what are arc we to do 7 Tho rho absolute helplessness of the officials of of- of the department 1 Is just another an an- otH other l' l evidence of general weakness Incompetency anti and ant graft raf have been exposed ex ex- posed Irregularities have been heen promulgated pro pro- lul and unI now imbecility Is added s to tho the list Able Allies in The Tho fact that thai F. F U n is merely mere mere- I ly acting clerk and therefore not nol le legally I entitled to draw his pay from the time city may have something to d di di to i with tho ftc acknowledged of his department The he council councI may take u tip ill the tho matter of oC his appointment and ant L having been shown hown dozens of Instances of tho the Incompetency of the health dc- dc ce- ce i officials It Is probable that thal a r In Investigation aton of oC work will vIIi wi be he started before his appointment ap ap- Is confirmed As It Il Is ho Is acting on 01 no IR authority pay without legal lelal right and ant is ruining the j 4 work of oC a vital department of the cl city i I government It 1 ma may be said sId that thal he lie I 0 finds ablo able allies ales In tho the work of oC ii bit lon Im In tho the sanitary Inspector who fJ draws pay for a horse ho does not own and amid In hl other Inspectors of or the der de- de r |