WHERE IS THE SCAVENGER?

Dunstan Times, Issue 567, 28 February 1873, Page 3

WHERE IS THE SCAVENGER?

(TO THE EDITOR OF THE DD.N'STAX TIMES.) Sir,— I’nr Iho last tlireo weeks, day alter 1 ay, I eoul. not help observing the lilthy sta;u of the tluinuels, both on the cast and west side.- ot Sim erland-slreet; but today u c..n be scon lo more advantage, as there is no water running on cither side, which ha-* exposed to view several dead rats and a combination of other filthy matter, which is e .ough of itself to produce an ■amount ot sickness and disease among the inJni,i; ant s of tire town. The exi-c.siyey dry s .'son which lias been all o\er this tow n and district, Uur Counci lo.s ought to stir themselves and cause all stagnant Matter, of u barever kind, to bo at once rent ivol irom the back smuts as well as ibe in i n streets. Peril ,ps the Municipal Council, to save their revenue lor large puiilic works they hav m coiue.iiptatiou, has disp used with '■heir oitie r who is supposed lo act in the capacity 01 scavenger. Sme months ago ou." esjceine I towns nan, Councillor Auckla.l,l, got mamfactu el by our very best machinist a model lake, which wds to work Wo.ule.s on the external appearapee of oui main -tree's and water c.i nine's ; in fact, it was to lie a kind of cure for all discab s ior mo irhs past toe omsical rattle of this wou.le.ful rake lias ceased to exist. What has l.ecom ■ of it ? Perhaps hired out to Sonieo. then Ldiboring municipalities. It the 1 übiic works Committee would take ibe trouble to iu-p t the rear of the bin.dings on the West sole of the Town, and also the water channels in Sunderland s-r, e., tuey can come to no other conclusion th ni 0..e, that the officer employed to do a certain work, has fallen very far short of doing his duty. Yours &c., FAIR PLAY.