The New York herald., 1864-11-30

owed 10 mske repor,s 10 ina ,ol,ca authorities
wb@ ney loud anything their districts ia .he wa
Of ono nuisance. or anyt thing preiudcisi 10 pom
hesit ~ important impro,e meets ard rcforras wer,
IN this way Photographs been taken
nary low and shsaithy character and model msp
OF the Rour,h wsro eas been prepared, the most
needing ssntery reform. showing every house. every
sewer every stre~S Ia d. efeDt colors General veis
hae prepared sorrs Of these maps, and be 10
eaaed ON large map OF the wh,ne survey Inc grand
results OF this survey are beyond az attempt ~ oesorp
DR. Thompson placed On the table several finely exc
CURED lhoosrshs OF soms o. The worst qNaf,ers ana on
entinsnt hous's and their surroundings in "ncn
suo]ect oil earnest eAanina,ioe by the sohtemen
the ai"crty with which they entered the work. ana
pad high compliment to the readiness which at al
reform In great cities
General vSuE spoke cf the work n tho engineering
department OF the association, which they had entered
upon with the most earnest feeling 10 further and pro-
mote the object OF sanitary reform. " aen tie hrst
meeting OF the association was held various pians were
submitted for it's consideration. And In orde3 70 make
the work the more complete and comprehensive u
found necessary TO co'smenoc at the beginning, Ike
physician when called TO heal gursnot wound be lrss
probes then extracts an then applies his healing aproa
tions and 80 the board determined go work The
determined TO ascertaa whore the evil lay,
and TO remove from the city all the artificial obstrus.
sions TO health with which ID abounded and to
bring 4 az nearly as possible to OF nature Tho
Almighty 10 forming the eartS, and placing on IL,
wih disesae aud pestiIence But man drew theee evils
upon binselG Mans errors created the pes,Iience:
and " wss now the labor which the Board imposed
upou itself 70 remove these evils and 10 nake the city
what ought to beons Of tho hcblthies cities in the
world The country around pure: It only the
city wae Impure The impurity OF the city probably
owing rzorc 70 the improper marEsr In which che city
nnrrovements were conducted than anything esc Prob
abiy more han one hundred streams the several
elevations around the city into the rivers
ago. These streams have all been covered With earth
but this has not eradcated tbem for they exis. still
In our midst and the rains reqaenty before,
snd me water accunuaes and stagnaes and form .bese
Iever Spots sorumerous In the city Typographical
man was made some years OF The original lard and
the changes made IN H. showing whore all the fever
pests were covered over ard was sent 20 the Lcgsa.
ture but no action was taken In consequence II
necessary Tor the Eoard 10 examine first tho whole sub
Ject oil the dranare with view to imriediae inn
provement or II. One OF the greatest evils connected
WI the sewerage that later CITY improvements
II was often the case that larger made but
oiten two or these larger cnpod hemeeses into
one common sewer loss than other Of the ether two
comrotey choking - and throw back tho dratnsgc
water, tbae pools of stsgnant noxiOu5
deposit. which become the abodcs peseuce and dsath
the docks aud wLarvcg OF tho also preguant
causes OF disease and vet better docks could
~ iess cost % the city than the vic erectons OF tho pre-
sent day. In conclusion he sad that The reports Of the
engineers would be peted when most valuable
Information Ia nd the association Its work Of reform
would be submitted.
Mr. NATuassL SANDS made few remarks ri the close
OF the proceedings In which he reerrcd to the great
poruntty now offered To the citizens OF New York to
purify and purge the city government by electing To
Office the responsible eeuteen nominated by the Aeso
citation, or at least many &C them to form nucleus
for true reformation be election az hand
would furnish the opportunity, and the matter alto.
gethor in the hands Of the people Tie alluded to the
maas meeting OF the Society. to be held at the Cooper
Institute on thursday evening" ard called upon all tie
lovers or good government to Join in the movement |
Tho whole company then adjourned to bountitul re
past after which the meeting separated