Shall Ann Arbor Have Sewers?

The importance of Alderman Wines' resolutiou at the common council meeting Monda}1 evening cannot be too highly estirnated for the welfare of Ann Arbor. It looks to a separate system of sewerage. Our city is noted for its beauty, and its healthfulness is certainly up tothe average; but no city can attain the attractiveness and healthfulness which it ought to have if it does not systematically remove its filth to a place where it is not dangerous. The expense ought not to be considered for a moment except for the purpose of insuring that the work is done as cheaply as is consistent with thoroughness. As the city increases in population, this question is sure to be of more and more importance. Cholera threatens this country, and may break out at any time. If it appears in two cities, the one which is the best sewered will suffer less in proportion to its population, other things being equal. If it should invade an unsewered city, then look out. The same i true of typhoid fever, as has been abundantly demonstrated: its ravages are greatest in those communities that have no good system of disposing of sewage. Of course, the introduction of good general water supplies also bas a bearing on the question. Ann Arbor has a general water-supply ; we shou!d now have a system of sewerage.