New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-26


A. IL s .eeus 10 have been Alnost ep'sIy ost sight OF
ard sy of the old foes, sth their registers placed
70 the bucing to conduct heated air through II hsve
b. ed suffer- to remain though the method OF h'asing
the bouse had BEEN changed; and they served a.
eoDduits through which uephtic gases we're conveyed
ell over TIE hOu e. Ire sewers Of the hotel are nov
nj dergoipe remodelDg and reconstruction, ~ith rsps
&C. thsre is no doubt but that With the Oh ,'ges
INC improve u ens now making sod contemplated the
house Will be rendered entirely althfu ana ssuorioua
dem it but an set Of justice TO the oro )rletors
Mean Coy & B,iggs) to stafe that they have given
every fsciiity to the COMMITTEE, TO enable thin 70
rive O. The truth and that they have sh,sn through
out tie whole time the sickness prevailed In their e'-
iab,i,f . most communicable desire to - xrtain
AND r, move the uses end IN doing evnced energy
and iterali'y sbicn deseryed better succ.es:
Very respectfully, w. o. AA'"0DI" Mayor
REPORT TO THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
The Committee sppo,I ted By the Board of Health TO
eo3oers,e vi the Mayor in sssex aiming, as far as
practicable the and cauees OF the eodemc DIS:
tse which has recently PRIV ied among the guests sad
smrlo, tts Of the stopa Hotel beg leave sub nit
brief report condemned from the testimony OF persons
examined by the COMMITTEE.
From the testimony of Drs. j. c. Hall sud Cornelius
Boyle, We learn that the dsease made rs appearance
about the lstt&r part of the month Of January and
copt,pusd during the severe weather; tst Ceased for
sbou, two xeels during the mild weather In February.
osipg they suppose TO the house being then better
tated and that inc easeo again and Ame very
rite urpp the old weather that returned about
the LIST o. March. -.
This disease according to DIR. Boyle. was different
from apy usuai torn Of disrrhee Both Of these poy
sciaps ss.ure us that the attack came Oh suddeny,
generally early in the morning; that the operations
were jrt auent and thin light coored and ffotoy or
,esty. According to DR.. Hall. venting occurred
when diarrpea was checked, and rice rersd Tue
,hu Va. Usually great and the pstents often desired
sc,d drinks Botn of theee hyscIsos further testified
that II oisease was never cured at once bat con-
tinusd to reurn At short intervals for consi cradle
length of time. A removal from the hotel did not
a., m TO contribute TO tbs recovery of the p.ea:s a.
the di,ease with the latter cont ued o. violent Snd
for % long time as among those who cont nued in
the building There was no esieeDee, In tns opinion
Of these gentlemen. Of anything IKE mineral poison
having b. en- taken into the etomsh th-re sas no EVIL
d. Ice o. Inflammation of the ntestipes ia concur
in regarding the disease % one OF blood poson,"
produced by the inhalation of poisonous m; asn gen.
Grated by animal and VEGETABLE decomposition, which
the S1 b strs ct sewer.
As further confederation of this fact We are assured
that peculiar and offensive odor pervsded the prsmI-
the water closets This odor c.used one Of the ply
,jciaI % become naussated The consucfiJn OF tue
stencil trsp at the corner Of Sixth street add Pennsyl
vsnia nue., by preventing the gases from csc .Png
into 81 street. considered the principal cause of tne
oo1ious ga psseDg into the cellar Of the hotel Tue
boiler in the oelsr according to Dr. Hall aid 10 DIS
tribu,iDg the f9tid Rases through the boildng In
loom t,ecoDd stry) No. ~, In which the Counties
z
wss rsd to communicate sith the cellar and from this
al tfe svt door could be distinguished entering The
room. Two Of your Committee have TIRE que ntly reoog
Dsed the offensive odor spoken Of by Drs Hall aad
BOYLE in different parts of ibe building. Thesans fact
i. certified 10 BY Mr. j. d. Fairbanks, Thorn - Mellow
ell Allied +. Gosa, Chaies WstsoD, &c.
Mr. j. Ferry sewer builder, testfas that Z" he
examined he cellar Of the hviel and found az opening
in the southwest corner, connec ing with the sewer
leading is'o the street. through which there was con
tinpslIy passing current OF fetio gss which marty
eltir gushed candle held over the opeong.' Pre-
vious 70 the trap being placed at the o'rner Of the
s'ree the current OF air he states, passed from tae
ceilsr into the sever These cellars are very damp
tsee A. +. Goss's testimony. Chss. Watson, who Is
tpRsged in the BARRIERS shop testdes n St toere Is
door ping into the hotel from the chop, ~hch RE-
N The chop spll TO thst which arises from the sewer
at the corner Of Sixth and stees), especially 10 the
N, rpipg
The Committee sought IN vain for evidence OF the
water food having been poisoned BY s'sn or any
state thst they drank The wster-Dr Hall sa5s troely
9 with. ut being sfec1c BY IL" Capt. A. X. PIt:s
states that be has taken his meals at the hotel reguary
and, sl.hosph bis stomach is easily dsranseo BY in
o. oper diet he has had DO symptoms OF datrhes Mr.
Potts had room and sleep, out OF the building hr.
Tbomss Mcdowell states that he ate and drunk 1t The
botel without beb made ,icS; ne occupied room
Csutier Chief cook and All. G %, steward, bo,o
tesfy that the water used whom the disease appeared
for ID, second time not the same q that USED when
the disease was prevalent in January and early In Feb
ruaJy The latter assures us that ths wa'er.tsnk "
built Of brick and lined With eate, completely closed,
90 that could not possibly have entered the sAnk
The steward further states that when the disc ass t
spptasd at the sugsesdoo Of some of the boardsrs,
fesb soppy of coski utensis, OF tea sugar c'h-e,
acur sno milk wee Obtained. He rts that ne cop
per vessels were well lined and perfectly clean, sod In
better order than be tad seen them before he had
been tessrd Of the Revere House, Boston. for ave
sno bali yesr. One Of the greatest sufferers seems
TO haye been the Oh ct cook ". q. Gauuerl he vas
one fret attacked by dianbea he Continued to
have IT, more less for Elk or seven weeks, SOME.
times twenty operations per Day, aioough 10. "a 2)ect
to dafrbes &c sleeps Ia the house has avoided ~a,sf
u n ucb az possbpe and prepared his o~n f1od DC
sstets thar The iood vas Always OF good qaAsy .oa.
b. kept the keys of the mestooX None BAT ihe COOKS
aIe p:esens wheo the fooo 10 beng prepared AL toe
Cot ks five in nuubeI have D. en- s'cs ana &c OIans
among the eervaDn; much 90 that ct one tine tue
r.r u sr duties of the hocss were Interrupted Otoers
sho did not eat dri, water in the hotel OUT ne
qDen I'd The building OF occupied rooms connecxd WIZ
it acc idrs to Dn. Hall and Boyle aud to the eyi
q. nce of Cbas Wst,oD barber = d y. II Phe'ps, o.
era or in Houses Telegraph Office, we're sJmsuaes
affected eth ihis peculiar form OF disir1es' Ar.
ANS Davis aleo decleses hat during several former
ois,rbes During one Of these visits be neither ate nor
CRANK at the hotel and yet was mere tck tnan wne1
be hs5 done co. Duri tAiApseesnt visit DO has pr
tsAtn freely of both food and wster and hss not oesa
attacked by diarrhea Hea,ss that during bis peseot
vii, he has the window Of his room constantly open,
and keeps up coal ire.
With the psp~n sppe dea 10 the report WI be fn1nd
ID. staff NE of Mr.. Rndepn Coye, Civil Ea. en-,
concerning the saect sewers, together win diagram
OF the s.me
Ths COMMITTEE hsve TO roget that time has not
been slos cd them TO procure the kstiDouy Of several
other ply scsns Who Fave attended c~es IN toe hos
srd hkes,e to have Consulted coDpetsn. s:chi ec:s