New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-02

Whole. AID subsequently, referred to the New. York
Senator'S aud Dr.. Br,pd'eth, who have perfected
ard reported it complete 1t provides that
Dane +. Tiemaaa, Thomas MeSPeion, Charles
G. Cornell, Eij,b F. Pur5y DR.. William Rock
we'll. Dr.. Jsdedi.h Mler and De- Il. II. ThOmp-
con (Or whoever tie Mayor NAY select IN
pl6cs OF Rockwell ard Mi,er) shall o. the Board
Of Health. four Of whom sh,l be quorum. Az
the Health Officer il at St.petoO, asd will soon DO
at Orchard Shoals or some more distant point
b, ATTENDANCE cannot be expected; go the Board
viii be composed exclusively Of active Demo
cratic politicians the chief Of whom i,
hoping, praying, ond libotiog for the Tam
mMy nomination for Mayor But names without
poy,e or sre not enough, aud in order to make the
coup d'6tst complete, the bill gives this Bosri the
light 70 open and close streets, tear down aud build
Up, embargo trade, tax, foe AID punish at deere
ton, SO lorg as they choose to cay they deem i!
necessary for the protection OF the public health
and al ,bi. msy be do9e in secret with closed
door. Ard in order to overcome any resistance
which q Republican Controller might make to TN.
locking the morey-boI, il is provided that the
"RoaTd ,tal bsye pOyer to direct the hesd Of
arg cf The Executive Departments OF the ciIJ 70
" 30 any act OF thing relative to any matter OF duty
" coming within the cogrizance Of said Depart
"ment which the said Board shall deem necessary
" for tie protection OF the public health, and
every such cficer must obey without question and
without delay. It is further provided that the
Health Commissioner shall have power TO appoint
as many Health Wardens-ssy 4 thousand, or one
TO esch blOck-sud other officers as the Board may
direct All the powers and duties Of the City IGspec
tors Department are transferred TO the Board Of
Health and sill State laws and city ordinances con-
Il citing With the new act are repealed. This over
rides the section Of the Charter which Icquresstreet
cleaning TO be done by contract, giving the Board
Of Health that fat job, together with tie removal
Of oaal and garbage, ard other NECESSARY matter;
and this jobbng lies at the foundation OF tee move
ment. With the present enormous patronage of
the Street Department, the proposed absorption Of
tie City Inspector an unlimited RICH. Of interpre
tatOn as TO their own duties, and the thunb.screw
OF the law upon The Controller, the lsmented
power which the Legislature is cured for taxi
ing from tire Mayor would be more than fully re-
stored AID the Government Of the city would be
as perfect an autocrscy as that of st. Petersburg
Ia The Spring Of 1854 TIE Board Of Health, al
now constituted embracing tie whole Common
Couuci), used their extraordinary powers 70 spend
S7i coo in lump, upon their mere assumption,
made in secret session that Arcul,rius the Indo-
lent lad permitted tie City to get so duty that
there was imminent danger of pestilence, although
it only the beginning Of March, AMI the weather
bitterly cold Between the CITY Inspector and the
Board OF Education, over $500, OOO we're expended
from July, SO to July, "a; and Jet the City wa.
not clean A similar occasion now Offers an ex-
cuse for Mr.. Elys bill. There is no City Inspector;
Mr. Mortors time 10 out, sid the Aldermen refuse 10
appoint successor. D. and by the cry of - pesti-
"lerce" W IL be raised, ana this bill will be urged
as TIE only thing to save the City. Once passed,
the 100000 in the Tax Levy for street cleaning
would be but q drop in the bucket. 1t may be
ssid that there is no further appropriation; but
th,t does lot matter; TIE Board cf Health possess
plensry power, and if they say, in their secret
sessions, that million more shall be spent, the
people must p,y Il. The order Of the Board is as
good as judgment against the City.
That the City Inspectors Department should be
reformed is true, but the reformation pro2o'ed By
Mr.. Ely's bill is out of the frying pan into the fire.
Cannot the assembled Weldon give US something
that presents at least the outward appearance Of
terg for the benefit Of the city, instead Of such
barefaced political maneuyer' Ii Mr.. Morton
would retire from the place which he assumes TO
I'll, there would be no difficulty in conducting the
Department at least enough topreserVe the pub
lie health If he will not retire, he ought to be made
to co. There should be in that Office capsule and
honorable physician; the street cleaning should be
contracted for at least Eve years at time the du-
ties of Street Inspectors should be performed By the
police aud those Of Health Wardens by about ten
medical practitioners And all these should BE men
jealous in public duty instead Of the creatures of
SOY party. Must our health n,y our very lives, be
at the mercy Of scheming and ambition, politicians
Can We not have dead dog removed unless il be
carried by DemocIatl