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Letter to Editor
July 26, 1834
Alexandria Gazette
Alexandria, Alexandria County, District Of Columbia
What is this article about?
A letter from Philadelphia agreeing with Mr. Snowden on the need for public authorities to remove foul matter from Alexandria's streets and alleys to prevent disease, arguing that all expenses should be publicly funded and workers justly paid per corporation laws.
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Philadelphia, July 22.
[COMMUNICATED.]
Mr. Snowden:--I entirely agree with you that all exciting and generating causes of disease, so far as they may have origin in any foul collection of matter in our streets, lanes and alleys, should receive the immediate and constant attention of the public authorities, with the view of preventing their accumulation, and to effect their removal. And, sir, in turn, may I not suppose you will agree with me that the entire expense should be paid by the public. This is not the case: but, on the contrary, a considerable part of it is done at the expense of an individual. This no one, who is competent to judge, will or can deny.
But, Mr. Snowden, if the public interest and public health demand all this of one class of public authorities in the honest and faithful discharge of their duties, which are heavy and costly to execute, is there not another class of public authorities who are bound, by every principle of common justice, to see that the individual who does the work be justly paid, according to the laws of the Corporation of Alexandria in such cases made and provided.
M.
[COMMUNICATED.]
Mr. Snowden:--I entirely agree with you that all exciting and generating causes of disease, so far as they may have origin in any foul collection of matter in our streets, lanes and alleys, should receive the immediate and constant attention of the public authorities, with the view of preventing their accumulation, and to effect their removal. And, sir, in turn, may I not suppose you will agree with me that the entire expense should be paid by the public. This is not the case: but, on the contrary, a considerable part of it is done at the expense of an individual. This no one, who is competent to judge, will or can deny.
But, Mr. Snowden, if the public interest and public health demand all this of one class of public authorities in the honest and faithful discharge of their duties, which are heavy and costly to execute, is there not another class of public authorities who are bound, by every principle of common justice, to see that the individual who does the work be justly paid, according to the laws of the Corporation of Alexandria in such cases made and provided.
M.
What sub-type of article is it?
Persuasive
Ethical Moral
What themes does it cover?
Health Medicine
Infrastructure
What keywords are associated?
Public Health
Street Cleaning
Disease Prevention
Public Expenses
Alexandria Corporation
Common Justice
What entities or persons were involved?
M.
Mr. Snowden
Letter to Editor Details
Author
M.
Recipient
Mr. Snowden
Main Argument
public authorities must remove foul matter from streets to prevent disease, with all expenses borne by the public, and ensure individuals performing the work are justly paid according to alexandria corporation laws.
Notable Details
References To Laws Of The Corporation Of Alexandria