The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-08-02

Meeting of the Commissioners OF Health.
xfUsAL or CR0rOk Ao-EDUcr BOARD TO FUR.
EnH WATER TO CLEANSE THE STREETS AND
The Com mssioners OF Health met yesterday, at noon
aa the City Hail. the President Isaac Barker Esq, in
Che chair and Walter +. Concklin Secretary.
The bark Thomas Walton from Port an Prince, arrived
uncen days since having complied with the previous re-
Saulsiious Of thr Commissioners, allowed TO send It's
cargo on hli.ters to the city
An application OF the captain Of the steamship repnes
eee from 81 Thomas, TO land hides 10 the city,
ceived and ueLied.
An ap ,ica,on OF the steamer Isabel from Guayamas
arrived the 10th ult to be allowed to up i'm.
meda,ely the city, denied, with directions that tho
vessel remain thirty days Quarantine from the
date Of IL arrival request to allow tho passengers 20
come TO the city was denied
Tho brig Twilight from the place with the last
vessel, arrived twenty days since put In similar appli
cation With the decision that remain At Quirau
<iLe the full term OF ten days.
petition from the captain Of the brig J. II. Hunt,
srom Ponce r. arrived the 9th uit to be allowed
O. IA cargo lighters this city Brooklyn
dad the table.
Similar petitions TO the last Of captains Of tho brig Ere
donis, from Cenfuegos arrived the 10th ult from
che captain Of the brig Hope, from Cirdenas, arrived on
Sbe 1<h VII, from the captain ot the bar< Erueatne
iddings, from Cardenas, arrived on the 23d ut
rcceived aud laid over Tor future decision.
The following communication from tae Croton Al te.
duct Board received aud orde red hle:-
70 CUrsisSioxxRs oY HAHN
GssuKsES-rhc Croton Alueiuci Board has the honor
% acknowledge The receipt OF the following resolution OF
Jour Boaid. passed the 2sth instant L.
Resolved That the Croton AquedCct Board be- a1d they
hereby, requested TO ali the Commissioner OF
Ssree,s and Lamps tue free Croton water
chat he may, in accordance with the suggestion OF the
of the city 10 be thoroughly clsansed every night,
answer the Croloa Aquednci Board beg leave 10 say
chat they have considered the resolution with the deep
al Mi m
eort for Le preservation Of the public health Aer ths
esies, dcibers,on however nc Croton Aaueduc Boari
cannot feel Justified In scceding ~ your request
In the arst place, even assuming that there vas 40
abundance of water for this purpo.e, this Board does
Rroy~aiion made " enable the department having the
matter 10 charge 10 keep the streets and cutters pcreety
Wan The materials in the cutters we're removed there
would be nothing 10 wash from them II this material be
not removed and IS washed into The basins and sewers
A ony carried out of sight for the time, u not elcc
Tle Fewtrs arc not intended nor are they constructed
ar the purpose Of ofcarryng OF the surface at 0r DO
polieke there would be necessity Cor department
Tor kecprs the rccis clean The cleansing The strees
% the most expensive method which could be adopted
10 threw the ma,erss gathered in heaps the surface
Snto comparatively cheap process. Let as
eume for the argument that u costs hgh
Der yard thus loading the carts Now, IL this mate
Hal INSTEAD q beng taken immediately from the streets,
be washed nt6 the basins and sewers II will AFTER all
be setessary u from them. II needs nte az
Guinen to prove that - send men INTO sewers only tour
10 whs et that deposit 70 the nsarcst manhnc-o place
IN buckets and then 10 draw M 10 the surface wOnli
cet some twenty umes A. much a. the mere u owing u
into cats from the pavcmcnts.
But granting that the Chief portion Of the materials s
Iod ged in the ba ms and that the expense OF removing y
xh refrom IA lees than ON the sewer, s the cost even
from Tho basins, ten mes that Of loading from the sur.
Ghre.
Br, the expense does no, end herean especial odi.
and rules Of the City Inspector orbt the pa-
cling Of any material from the sewers Or basins upon the
streets. and require that be put directly into water
eight Cart snc taken away places much more disttut
Chan the ordinary dumping gronnd for street refuse
The distance Is TO be CARED and the Unavoidable
~ate of time when the laborers occasionally tug
foy cart makes the cost OF every cubic yard thus re-
moved amount 10 upwards OF tko dollars and in many
<nsss 10 double that sum.
Tits y the estimate for the materials from the basin
aiose Coui any efcctual pap &C adding TO the
exIerFe a. cleaning the streets be dcvisedg
TtS Rdan 3aN expense would, by the plan pr0g osed
nc ihroen upor This departntrt Th's y I, ron
sent 90 % NIX which mother dCt.at.Vl.b ta 7. ..
forr and VAL san be Jae b, - ... III
shsr ono nreenth The cost
Ifey s'.oc, 70 On the score d i. uie,y, asl 4ag