New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-08-12
BOARD or BEALTH.

The Board of H,a b met ster, ay afternoon III Tue
Council Chamber, City H-l; AID. TUCKER III tne
chsir TIE minutes having been reao mon ID ""S
nane and carried that the session be held with opea
dOCTs. " r,,,.
Mr. Smith moved that the resolution offered by bin
AZ the l-st meeting relative To asking the op mo" Oh
the counsel to the Corporation ~ to RAISING money 'of
clear The street, be taken from tae t,6e L's'.
TT following resolution offered by Mr. ARsER;
Re,ose6 That the Commissioner OF streets AID lamps o.,
D :. f.rs sss deSs .0 refusal
VI be Contr oner pa, the exp.rs-s 4 no s,m.. &c
Mr. IHuLIPs contenued that the Commissioner oi
Streets ard Isups was IN no way ACCOUNTABLE vi ie-
eporsble to the Board OF Health. .,.,..:o
MI WARNFR replied in support OF his resolution
Aid. TucKER now took the floor, Mr. APPLEBY IN
Mr. TrcErR said that oil this talk was nonsense
The sree's were not in such condition as that tue
BOARD of H. alth could declare toem 3 ru' ance ana
be hoped thst the matter would De snowen 10 NO
over at least until the next meeting OF the Conimon
Coupcil At prest Mt the Board were not IN POSI-
.on to Justify them in exercising any ex'raofainary
powers ,. .,. an.
o. mi con mtt.e of fvo be appointed t. committee TO
wait upon th. Commissioner OF Streets and Lamps VINO
fss abandoned CLEANING the stret' The garbage ana
fifth wee rot removed and 1t had been matter OF
complaint il the Board T. at many persons we're CON-
., LED to remove it at their expense and respon.
sib,lity AID t Aid. Tucker had argued the momeot
had not vet arived for the Interference OF this ara
AID EULnER thought the Board we're possessed Ut
am lie o wers and tnot power was Unlimited and not
upo er the control either of the Mayor or Controller
Ii wac enough that the Controller had SAID no *ouid
nav no n ore There was time to iose, ana he
tmt pcy ought to be met tic thought care should
be tsken before actual mischief was upon US. Inc
| Controller worn out man-a superannoated maui
CO nscentious perhaps, but ve'y iAole TO eT In (ndg
III, nt He had no objections 70 special c)mmiue",
but st0ulo ike to have written statement obtained
+ Ou the Controller setting forth his course. rle
Board would then know how to act IL wso hign TIM
to act; the Bard had now nelo Se'erai heelins' ou
| had cone otbDg.
AID. TUCKER asked the gentleman to point out what
streets were nurance: He thought the CITY was IN
a el. AMY condition. Mr.. Ebling had salf that he
would 90 on and clean the Streets aod the Board mght
! wait till be had discontinued the work.
Mr. " ARsER thought tney shou not wait Il tn n
Why Lot prevent the occurrence OF inevitable ds'a
arc peste nee He hoped that the reporters prese
would pCte the fact that have urged the importance
| OF iinmeC late tction. =, :.
MIR. PHILLIPS stated officially that the garbage IN
III. l. call,y +, m lined unr- moved. he urged the a.
poip,m, nj Of Committee Of Five to s-ceitain ot-
| hcialy and formal the move mems OF Eonng;
Toe notion TO lay on the table the original resolu-
MIR. TAYLOR thought that Mr.. Ebling had spent
mop,y enough, and be not in favor Of giving him
Mr.. WaRsrR hoped Mr.. Phillips would withdraw
Mr. Philips declined inasnuch as the Board
could take 10 oenitt action urt in possession OF the
ofLcia int. ptioD Of the Street Coda'isssou'r
Mr.. BRADY 81 the Co dition OF the Fifteenth
Wsro was good, ald only this me ring he ba seen
SIR, tsw.ep.os at work thee. He did not zee tue
neces.i', II giving Joe Ebng enormous ana nm
n-, essay spm Of money for stieet-cl-anng Every
tbi, must have b. iii ming and when yellow fever
actually ~ ptaed lerr il would b. lime enough to raise
~ l. hue anc cry W. bao been got up 10 parry pdr-
poses only He serted that there ~ers NO. 30 men
! in tie board Who knew anything about the condition
|, Of n. city, and little about their Tn wards.
| Mr. MtRRIrr ssid he was great traveller, and on
sur d.y be saw box Of garbage in Twenty foata
street that would give 400 persons the yellow fever in
| lee. than two mil ut@s.
Pending the noisy discussion that now ensaed, 8
motion was made aud carried that the Boar adjourn.
No d, finite time having ben specified for meeting
sga1 the adjournment si"e de- or until the call Of
| the Mayor.