Show SCHOOl BOARD PROTESTS AGAINST OPEN SEWER SE Alleging that the tho open sewer sewel ditch on V. W- Second South from tho the Denver iL Rio Grande trucks tracks to tho the Jordan river rl Is a a- serious menace to the health and possibly tho the lives l es of students at nt the Franklin school and calling at attention attention attention at- at to the fact that property owners owners owners own own- ers In iii this vicinity associate five re recent re- re cent deaths from meningitis with wih vit tho the condition of ot this tills ditch Supt D. D H H. Christensen of the tic Salt Lake Lako public schools sent a communication to the cl city commission last nl night bt asking asking ask ask- ing that the tho nuisance bo be a abated aed before school opens on September 2 The Tho matter mater was referred to the commissioner com corn m missioner of oC public safety for consideration consid oration and Imme Immediate late action acton Accompanying the communication of ot Christonson Christenson Superintendent was waa a re report ra i-a- port from Dr Dl E E. Ey W. W Whitney school physician on th the condition of ot the tile ditch Tile The ditch complained of ot runs on the south ido of ot tho the street from the Dener Denver Denor Den Den- Den Den- ver or Rio Grande Granle freight depot to the tho Jordan river and und Is 18 used as a conduit to carry off ort the wat r and refuse retus washed from Second South th o and cross cros streets The street la is 1 not paved po neither neither nei nei- ther thor Is It in tho the district where hero tho the ditch runs and the tho ditch Is of or such nature that at times tho the water stands stagnant stagnant while at other times It over flows Claws the banks and again It Is 13 dr dry and the manure manuro and other refuse from tho the paved pa streets lies under the rays rava of at the sun decaying and creating a afoul foul toul stench H Residents along the street treet have ha complained complained com corn to the city city commission several times about tho the ditch and recent recently it was waa cleaned b by the tho city In an effort to relieve the tho situation to lo some extent rele e The cS city authorities do not dony deny the Justice of ot complaints made again against the tho ditch and declare that the only real solution Is ill to put in a t covered conduit which the tho city has ha no not nt mone money conduIt to do now |