which
on
the
contrary
often
contem-
plate
their
own
welfare,
i.
is
next
to
useiess
to
write
anyihing,
more
than
useless
to
say
anything,
almost
a
pity
to
have
the
ability
to think
anything.
It is not
now
that
our attention
is di-
rected
to
the
difficuitics
many
people
nave
to withstand
since
the
new sanitary
dem :nis
are being
thrust
upon
the com-
munity
without regard
to
whather
they
are
feasibl2
or not
or
cven lawful.
We
have
heard
enough
of
i:
and
when
we
have
explained
(o
some
parties
that
these
regulations
are
not
com-
pulsorv,
we
have
been
answered
that
such
and
such
orders
had
been
given
them
anrd if they
were
not
carried
out
they
would be fined.
The strangest
pa:t
of the whole
thing is that
while
we are
being
impressed
upon
that
these
meas-
uras
are for the public
benefit
and
abso-
lurely expedient,
attention,
is oniy being
coistantly paid to these
“"reforms’’ wheie
such
wili entail
som:
expense
to private
pacties,
The
gu:ters
on
the streets
are
as
dirty
as
conld
be,
in
manv
places
stagnant
water acumulaes
and reinains
there until it stinks,
the streets
aie
sel-
dom swept
and
on which
account
the of-
fai which
has
been
thrown
out from
nu-
merous
yards
at
orders
from
the sani-
tzry
ofbeers,
is
loft
just
there,
in
our
opinion
in
a
dangerous,
and
far
more
unsightly
position
than
if it
had
be:n
i~ft inside; public wells
dn not
seam
to reqiir2 wire shutters:
a useless
trough
erected
cn the public wharf in memory
of
a person
unknown
to anybody
here,
and
itself a useless
obstacle,
excent
to harbor
mosqaitoe
larvee,
are
unobserved
while
th- sani.ary
m=n
are
busily
engaged
in
rocting
un somebody’s backyard
to inspect
the
closets
or
order
some
dry
trash
thrown out
of
the yard.
The limit of
extreme
demands
seems
to have been
reached
the other day when
we learned
of
parries
being
onrdered
to
uproot greens
planted in their vards
dar-
in2 the time when
all were
enjoin=d
up-
on to plant vegetables
and raise
gardens.
[t amounts
to an encroachment{
upon
peo-
ple’s
civil righis
to
attempt
to
control
what they shall
plant
in
their
yard
or
what they shall not p'ant,
or whether they
shall plant anything
at all. Sanitary
mea-
sures
will be welcomed
by all progressive
peopl2
and
nowhere
will objections
be
raised
to
purely
reasonable
and
neces-
sary demands,
but what
we
object
to
is
that
any
department
should
have
the
right to be irstrumental
in
incurring
ex-
penses
upon
poor
people
because
some
sanitary
feature is to be carried
out.
In
former
times,
the
prices
for doing
all
kirds
of
work
did
not
reach
the
half
of
what
we
have
to
pay
for
inferior
labor along
the
same
lines
now,
and
it
should
be
borne
in
mind
that
while
these
different
sanitary
propositiors
may
look
very
well
on
paver,
they
constitute
a
source of misery
to
those
who haven’t the
means
to
follow them.
We quite agree
with West End News
that
oy,
U IR
X
& ¥
Bok
where
the
parties
required
to
exe-
cute
the
Sanitary
Department’s
or-
ders
are
unable
to
do
so
for
lack
of
pecuniary
ability,
such
orders
should
be fufilled ;from public
furds.
It
ap-
pears
to
us
that
the
renovation
|
of cisterns
and water
closets
for the
ben-
efit
of
the
public
health
should
be
paid
for
from
rublic
funds.
There
is talk of a water
supply for
the
island:
in event
this
projeet
matures,
it
vould
be carried
out as
a measure
for the pub-
lic
good
and
the
expenses
conneciad
therewith
defrayed
from public
funds:
well likewise
when
we want
to expel or
alter
something
for
public
good,
the
resources
of
individuals
should
not
be |
taxed
and
embarrassments
thrown
up
before them,
because
ihe
work
is
to
be
parformed
on
private
property.
Cases
are
recorded
where
the
price
charg-
ed
by
the
Sanitary
Department
for
executing
work
has
heen
as
much
as
half. underbid
bdy
other
workmen
privately
engaged.
This
sort
of
thing
agets
the people riled and
largely
defeats
the intended
efforts
at
cuitivating inter-
est
in
sanitation
which
then
becomes
a
disgusting
institution
the
value
of
which,
when
compared
with
former
times,
is not apparant.
What
we have
here
said
is
intended
solely ar
.ast
2 system
and
it
should
be
entircly
clear
thai
no
personal
attack
is ".lended
against
any
of the
sanitary
officers
who
may
be
simply
following
their plans
an ' instructions.
What
we
aim
at is
to have
the
Goveramernt
take
serious
notice
of the
¢ testion
to have
ihe
sanitary reguircments
pertormed
without
arnoyance
or
disiress
to persons
unable
to stand
the burdens
imposed
uponr them,
and that attention
be paid
to
consisten-
cy which
we have pointed out
to b 2 lack-
in2,
in
that
sanitary
demands
rigor-
ously
enforced
on private
property
are
nct carried
out
on
public
places
where
there
is
as
much
danger
to public
health
from neglect
of the same;
also
that
the
sanitary regulations
provide
moderation
in preseribing
the nature
in which chan-
ges
and
additions
shall
be
made.
For
|
instance
the introduction
of backstops
to
cicset
seats
are a nuisance
which it ought
to be left to the people
to decide
whether
they
wiil have
or
not.
Now let us ask |
in this connection,
what
control
has the
Sanitary
Department
-got
in
regard
to
se=ing that the same
thing it aims
at eli-
minating
by
the
use
of
the fixture re-
ferred
to is not violated indoors
?
-
It has been saic before, and
we repeat
|
that
the
backstop
as
we
now
have
it,
|
which compels
one to lean
against
a fil-
thy, stinking
cover,
is
a pernicious
and
|
unsanitary
arrangement
that
should be
l
abolished
instead
of coercing
pecple
to
retain it.
|
When
the
people
“egin
to
see
really
sanitary
movements
around
them
in
public places
it will do
more to develop
true
interest
in
this
respect
than
ar-
bitrary rules
now employed.
OFFICIAL NEWS.
|
The Quebec
Line Steamer
Korona
ar-
.
rived at St. Thomas
on Thursday morning
-
and after
discharging
139 tons
of cargo
-
and
three
passengers,
sailed
for
St.
Croix.
The Steamer
Parima
from
the
Wind-
ward
Islands
sailed
yesterday
morning
for New
York
with
a
large
freight and
full
passenger
list.
The
American
steamer
Mossvoint
with
cargo of lumber from Pensacola
bound
for
|
Montevideo,
Uraguay,
arrived
on
Thurs-
day at St. Thomas
for minor repairs.
The
Danish
schooner
Johan,
35
days
out from
Havre
in ballast arrived at St.
Thomas
on Thursday
enroute
to Jamaica.
WEATHER REPORT.
St.
Croix,
Bar.
8809,
Ther
85,
E.
partly cloudy.
Rainfall for past
24 hours.
0.
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