Two Important Ordinances Up Next Week

Two important ordinances are now in the hands of the Judiciary committee of the village board of trustees, and will be brought up for final action at the meeting on Tuesday night, July 21.
The ordinances cover the matter of turning the repair and management of Sheridan road over to the Lincoln park commissioners and the other one is an ordinance drafted by Dr. E. E. Moore, health commissioner, to cause owners of horses and other animals to build proper boxes for manure and to abate the fly nuisance in this manner.

Draft Meets Approval
The draft of the Sheridan road ordinance was presented by Mr. C. C. Carnahan, 700 Central avenue, at the last meeting of the boarfd of trustees. The ordinance, as he had drafted it, had met with favor by the attorney for the park commissioners. Signatures of all but four property owners along Sheridan road had been secured as favorable to the proposition of placing the road in the hands of the park board. With this almost unanimous assent, it is though that the village boarfd will find the ordinance satisfactory and pass it at once.
Dr. Moore's ordinance was one of vital importance. Manure piles furnish the most hospitable breeding ground for flies. He has done all in his power to abate the nuisance this summer by suggesting to owners of animals to see that the manure was carted away each day, if possible, but he has hand nothing to back up his request, other than an appeal to civic pride.

Cement Lined Box
This ordinance, modeled somewhat after the Evanston ordinance, would require each owner to build a cement lined box with a capacity of three cubic feet for each animal. The box would have a heavy metal cover and be so constructed that flies could not get in, or so that the manure would leak out.
An ordinance similar has been in force this summer in Evanston and has been complied with quite generally. IT has done much to abate the flies. The chances are said to be good that this ordinance will be passed.