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Evening Star, Issue 3944, 15 October 1875, Page 2

About noon to-day, at the corner of Frederick street, a man, in a not very skilful s yle, was busied watering that portion of George street where there were no shops nor any goods to spoil. Proceeding onward, in propoi tion to proximity to the centre of trade in the c ty, the dust was allowed to be played with freely by the wind, and right merrily it rose in whirling columns, blinding people on foot and horseback, spoiling their clothes, and covering the goods in various shops with a thick coating. To remove this will necessitate loss of time snd labor, in addition to the inevitable deterioration of quality and value that must necessarily result from so unwelcome a deposit. The sanitary and cleaning arrangements of the City are remitted to the Corporation by the inhabitants, who have consented to bo heavily rated in order that these desiderata may be properly att. nded to, but the neglect of laying dust by watering tho streets is flagrantly overlooked. Wo should like a member of the City Council, or two if one is unequal to the task, to estimate the cost to Ouaedin of one day’s dust. In order to do this, ho or they will have to consider the difference between books new to day and sold as second-hand next week t drapery goods faded and dirty, groceries uneatable because sandy and gritty, butchers’ meat coated so that outside cuts must be thrown away, wear and tear of dusters, clothes brushes, and clothes, loss of time in cleaning and dusting, and loss of health through breathing a dust-impreg-nated air. Then let him deduct the cost of a few hoars’ work of one man in using a hydrant, and ho will find the difference a serious addition to Lily rates. The Corporation should see to it that the main streets are watered early in the morning, so as to insure the opening of shops without damage to their contents, and that until this is done no othtv* part of the City m watered,