A Health Boom

A Salnried rugillst for Health Offloer anl a System of Seirors. But fcw people will dispute thc opinions of our eminent fellow townsman, Dr. Geo. E. Frütliinghani, respectingany qucstions rclating tO madleal jurisprudencc, medical ethies, or tlic necessitics of a conmninity from a medical standpoint. Tb.Il gentleman accosted a Coi uIU representativo upon the street the other day, and gave liim an extended opinión upon soine of Ann Arbor's necessities. "If yon people who are engaged Ín boonilng the city want a point or tv," said the Doctor, "I can give yon a few siigïestioiis. The best way I can thiuk of to boom the town is to appolnt an able-bodied hcalth offleer to start with, and pay liim a good salary. It is not necessary that he be a physician, In fact it is better that he should not be, but some one who is fearless, and asks favors of no man. Then stand back of hiin, every man of you, commou council and all, and haveliim go tlirough the city and compd, every owner or occupantof propertv to clean out their cesspools and privy vaults. Why, we seldom hal a case of dlphtheria in tliis city until within a fcw years, now they are of frequent occurcnce. Ann Arbor never onght to have B case of that di.sea.se. It is a filtli disease. Teople U-ave thcir vaulls and cess-pools until they lili up then they cover them over and dlg new ones, until tlie soil is fairly reeking will filtli. Upon my honor there are one or two blocks n this city that I have had to hold my nose in going by, the stencil is so greal on them. It is only ¦ que.-tioi of time when somctliing radical wil have to be done, or an epidemie wil sweep off the people by the hundreds. ! can't imagine anytulng more ilesirable to help Ann Arbor than to expend a few huudred dollars in comjielliig people to keep clean. You know it is fomething we all neglect. It is not a desirable or pleasant job, and we put it oñ as long as possible. We all ihtiI to be Btlrred U about it. There wili oever be efficiënt Moltarj service until somebody is paid to liun out these nuisancos. Every hog and pi. OUght to be banished trom tlie city - foo legged oiir. Thll is very important to KOod lieaith, but you know, neighboi lil iki1 to complain of eaeh other." Hul the Doctor thouglit that the (TTM need of Ann Arbor is A STSTKM OF sl'.WKU-. ''Ann Arbor lias got to have a systen of sewers, sooner or latei," suid he, "aiu the sooner the better fur her people. There U nothing in the woiltl tha costs so much as sickutss, and we canno lmve a tborouffbly licaltliy city until vl have sewers; 110 matter what they OOI they are okeaper than lil health or death I have spoken about tlie ground belnj Mlturated with this filtli, nnd now that wt have water works, the ground is kep nui.-t all the time and irjstead of being allowed to dry up a? heretofore, these rernis are constantly breedirig during the hot weather." To a question "what will sewers cost?' the Doctor thought perhapa $50,000 o $7."),0(K) wouUl put in a good system 'But ropposinjl tliey cost $150,000, WOllll 'they not be cheaper than ill health ? Tlie most valuable thinj; that man eau posses i fro'id health; It is worth more to him and his family than all the uealth he can aceumiilate. Tliis city eau be sewered the cheapest of any city that I know of. There II i decline from every seclion of it, no matter where you ro, exeept perhapt a Miiall portion of the 5th ward, and I ain not sure about that. One large sewer, w Ui smaller ones running into t from the streets it crosses, is what we want and tlien coitpt'l (put that in italic) compe evcry tomelioléer to make connections therewith. Tiien you wil] have a hcalthj city, Kinl not til! thcn.1' "Xow about the matter of paying for tlicm. Oi' course we can't ]iay thU al down; we shall have to bond the town. We ought to pay $10,000 in one year though, without even wlnclng. The taxpayers can easily aflord to do that Then bond the city for the balance, pay. $2,000 or $5,000 per year, as the case may be. Tliat is tlie way otlier cities do, and we shall have to do likewise. Let those who come after us and enjoy theae luxuries help pay for tliem, is the rlght prtneiple." "Bul, Doctor, where will you liavethis sewer einpty ?" "Well, I have glveu tliat some thnught. There is no luw preventitig its emptying into the river, tliat I know of. Bnt supthcre was. We can do as otlier cities do, dig an immense well, and hive the contenta pumped out and sold for fertiliziosr. There would be a good demand for it. Engineers who know about this part of the business can be easily obtaincd who will readily solve it. There are several places into which the sewers might einpty, and be properly cared for so as lo dllturb no one." The Doctor said many more tl.ings, too, and very sensible ones also, that the reportei's peucil was not quick enough to note down, for be is a rapid talker. lint theM are the principie pointn of a "talk" given us lst Suturday on the subject of "booming A tin Arbor,'1 and we jrive ilic deas to our readers to ponder over and think about. When the time comes lor ¦ution, we have no doubt tliat our cltlzens will take such action as muy be deenied wise and best. The improvements beiug made by the M. C. H. B. Co. in the freight house, are of a eoatly and tubatantlal order. The track heretofore runnlog loeide the buildng on the north side has been takeu out entirely, and the Hoor enlarged just that DUOb, 13 fect. A truck has been luid on lie south side of the building for the jeueflt of thoe desiring to unload cars ïere in the city. Upon the imrtli Blde Ol lic building a dock has been built and a rack run along side for uuloading fiei'ht ntended for the warchouse. The enltre iiiilding has been raised up and a sul)tantial foundation put uncler it. On the east end where the office is, the building vill be two 8toties high, the upper part eing used for storing the records of the ompany here. The maoner in wbfcb lie M. C. are flxing up Ihlngi ben la iraiseworthy and ought to be apprecluted y the public - and we believe that it is. The fipjlowlng table sliows tlie stuud ng of tlie league clubs up to date: Won. Lost. Per cent1 )etruit ,w H .ña hlcago f3 H .J563 New Vork fti 41 ,168 hlladeliihl 53 Vi osion 4 42 .WH 'Ittaburuh Ss .117 Washington S7 5 . il udiunapoll !W G(i The new-faahioned blg-legged panta look likt' " howdy." Bcbufa A Maehllg do the plumbing and ¦team hearing t'or the Jewett bloch Tbeinfantaon of Mr. and Mra. Chaa. Hutchlnaon, of the 6tii wur.i dled Mondiiy 8. in. Pred. Sohlede luis bought (lic atore of Mrs. Qrangtf occupled by Geo. U .Mi H n e's rocery. The Mauchestcr base baU tdttb II down for a guiñe witli the Aon Arbor Browni on the fair giounda next Friday. The stonc masons struck lust Tueaduy moruing for $4 00 per dy, and nine hours work. Who wouldnt ba ¦ maewi I "Lot 'er go McGarlgle!" has entlrely ovenbadowed "Let 'er ga G-allafherl" as a slang phraso, aml is niucli more a] - propriate. Company A will {o to Adrián Wednesday evening instcad of Thursday n. in., as at fiist Intended. They expeot to return Tliurfday Oight. V. Q. Burobfleld la to move lato the store oppotlte the court house formerly oootfpted by W. G. Ehlert n tlie clgar and tobáceo bualnbaa, Jas. K. IJach has bought out his partner W. Tremalne, md will hereaiter run the itifurance business alone. Mr. Tic maine will probubly remove to Wlohlta, Kansas. The Afriean M. E. Conference closed at liattle Creek SunJay. Tlie following appolntmenta were made for thls oounty: üob't Jeffers, presiding eider, Fpellantl; J. II. l'olk, Ann Arbor. The pension lists published to-day contains the name of Jerome A. Freenni nnd Joseph Linea, of this city. Jerome II a deserving veteran, and inany friends will bo pleased to learn of his good luck Frederick W. Stevens, of the law class of '87,basfoimed a partnership with Win AMen Sniith, the present state game ant Bah warden, for the practice of law a Grand Etaplds. The lirin will be :i Hlroiif, one. Dr. Maelean still keeps harptag upon the clinic removal, and the regenta seem to allow it. IIow many of them in tliii own business would allow a man towork agalnat theli iuterests and still keep lak man In their einploy ! The M. E. Siinday school of Elsie gave an excursión to this city laat Tlmrsdav several carloads of ptopie coming liere The objective point was the uoiversH; grounds, and Secretary Wade gtlldei them lafely aroMd among the ateeplnj lions of the campus. And DOW Smilh Lyun has alrcady oom raeneed t" work tor the Parmer'a Picnic next year, it haring buen decided not to meel at Wbltinore Lake agaln becauM lome of the business men tluic in irlci u , to pay thrir snbtcriptlon for expenses What'a the matter witli holding it a Cavanapgh f From all Rppearancea the Egan Trus Co. la getting to Mie front In additloi to their increasing trade tliey ree last weck an order from Stearns, Worden & Co., t San Fiar.iiseo, Cal., unouiit ing to $216, aml this week an order fron Hodfces and Co, of London, Enplnnd amonntlng to fs 0. A. J. BQtherll n I has on exhibitioi with hiin a model of his new tire eseapi ladder, which is oertainly a thing o merit, and can be utilized where al others fail, between the buildings am the telegraph wires. lf the machine it self cm n opérate as well as the model there can be no posslble fallare. Tlioreúaomi talk about inanufacturini; the same ii this city. The new temperance drink known as "Orange eider,1 (people must have ¦omethlng to drink it seems) is a "dandy' according to the State Chemits of Penn sylvania who say its ingredlents are water, 79 per cent ; tartaric acid, 1 ; grape sugar ( glucose ), lB cañe sugar. 1; ash 3. The color is K'vn by burned Mifcár and the fragranee and tii'vor impartid bl ormige oil. I. N. S. Foster whlle plowing tn a íiel apon hls farm in Ann town las week that liad heen plowtd for foity years, tnincd nj) a tliin black stoneabou loar inehes long md two acroaa, oval ii form with two holes bored thrnugh near the ends. The lurtace waa amooth, but W'iat it wf.s ever uaed for by the nborigineae R r, as it ditïers f'roin all otherknown ludían utenilk. Mr. Poa ter internis presenting it to thecointy pioneer weiety. At the fruit growers meeting on the 2Ub, the motlon that Prof. B. E. M :hols slioul 1 take charge of the whole business conneeted wlth the transportation of fruit was unanlmouily carried. Charles Parahall was tlie choice to take charge of the car to Detroit, which from different reporta seems to be a good market for peaches. Fruit gfowera are requested to Pu. f. I!. 6, .i,ii,)S in regard to their shipment of fruit stating as near as poaaible the time of ahipment and the nnmber of bushels tbey wish to hip, so that Ifone car would not be lufficient two cara can be proenred. The cara takin: the Ann Arbor Iruit will be marked Ann Arbor Kruit Car.