, 1866-05-12
FIRE AND POLICE ComM1ssxosKns
Health Of the Ctiy-C1eanIn@ and Dis
tn1ecafnE-Lumbering mp tho streets.


The regular scns.weekly meeting of the Board or
Fire; Police aid Health Commissioners was held
It The Central Police Station, corner OF Washing
ton and 1asalle st1res. On Friday atte1uoou Pres
ent-T. B. Brown. President, tn the chair and Com
mlssiohets A. D. Ellsworth and Fred Gunt.
TEoN tbs CITY PuEe1clS.
The following comu1unte1uon from tho City Ply
etoan was received and read:
10 ne Honorable Boc79 q Health:
.he po;iaaee q sioptinc measnsts 81 Rhieh 10
ttsi5 pnyy ysnli., sinSs md p1s1ats dfatns. es'
demands that these extensive and fsu,tfu{ sn1.rre
Si A 9lssa.e ana oeatn e1onld be rendered harmless
~ 9inc s1<s'nso1s oasansccscd with chloride Ok
THIS can he done within sho.t tine aud with
respectfully recommend that The Health on,ccr he
instructed TO order all persons to forthwith haTr
ona as PtaES xses sn5s md pEiEa.c drans .hof-
that all premises wlh.n the city be ftrnutnsfTin.
:geetsa o5 he Health Officer of his assis:aats aad
ans soutte wha.ever, that the proprietor 81 IN. the
premises be notified TO dI-inlct thrae souSrcs f1h
| With, With the chloride Of zinc ''& VIZ
| Ihe1c can be no donht II the p1iyy yaplts. essa
pool. md sinks Of our hotels, pnbHc buildnvs snd
business biocks. whose content. how INTO puofc
quenly dislnfected, our citizens would Be In 1rrst
measure relieved rom the odor which ar,ses iruu.
lie GLicaeo River, WHICH At some seasons oi he
| The chlctide of zinc eaq he obtained OF &, n.
| Sarseant, corner Of Randolph and stafe straefs
vne gallon VII aisinlset seont one ysrd Of Material
| . s. u. BLAKE, CITY Pnysteisn.
The communication Vas pl.cea on fIe.
vAELTs Assb aIsKs.
PRESIDENT Brown offered the following resolution.
Rtsared, That ior the present tho Health ot,cer
an6esl6y condition te eithsf rea,o!e ne tae CON N
tents thereof within the time prescribed py the Or
dlnanec, Or to thoroughly deodorixe the SANG. by
r. 1se q some good dlstn!ectant. and ,hal the
boatn % recommend 10 be Used az such di:iniectant
ness Of the article and The thoroushness With Whch
It does its work.
sta'e's Attorney Charles i. Reed and .e,e,,t
otner cenIenlen, complained to the Board Of
nMs7nee existing along The line ot the Illinois Cen
oitrcd the ietlorina. WHICH was sd adop,sd: M '0's'1
Rrsotreti. By the Board OF Police, aching Is
boa,d I'd Of Health. that the slough e.tsndlas along
1werty-*eeona kfsres 70 the Illinois Central ca
WoESs, !n the sonth Division or The city, oxrcd N
Pa51 P',1a y rsr1ahd9 Mood g. New 5oEk and BY Inc
Y DECLARED to he nusssncc, and thas the 1eal,h
0fieer hcFrhy te instructed 10 nll up the same aud
charged 10 The ss50oo appropriation for T sanitary
| purposes.
TEE scAFrsakR sH1oADE.
alleys he complaincd that tne bricade VS. d. uot
son,a nasissd .iFes com Aad.on To ns1r9soS
streets IS having received very little attention.
| noCsE Nov1SG.
Deputy Superintendent Nelson desired to kuov
!: sonethfug could not be done to prevent Cbonret
or L. Jcnks from dlug up the streets OF the Sopih
l Ditlsieu With Old rooker1cs. Tic fta'ed that th.t
| gentleman had purchased large lumber OF OLD
l wooden buildings. moved item out into The Streets
| uEd there let them tematr, waiting for the Com
| mon Council TO pass m ordinance custalltuc the
| are limlte, 50 that he could set 1hem on land he
I owned inside Of the pEesent 1fmltt
! Commts sionef 1itsWorih thonght that II the
1ooker3es Ia question to be left IN the sTrets
! untti such sn ordnance was passed, Mr. jerks
| wonld never Get much use ont oi them He UNDER
stood that Mayor Rice would veto any such meas
! sure.
The President said that 10 long III %r. Jeuka
/ dfld permits nom the Bo1fu OF Public Works to
| oose the buildings. the Board Of Police had no
right to Interfere IN tho natter. he advised the
| Deputy Superintendent to sue Jcukz for obstruct-
Ing The streeis, believing that to Be the best mode
| cl settling the question.
| Mr. Nel.on assured tho Hoard be would comply
With the Presidents suggestion.
| BOATS FOR THE RIVER SQUAD,
| Deputy Superintendent Nelson reported to the
Board 1cat he hat ordered the construction Of q
new boat fol The nse or the Eivrc sqrad. The boat
Al present tn use. he stated. was rotten md un..
| Commissioner Ti!tsMorth believed ibat there
should be two new boats procured. and ctx instead
OF lbtee men detailed fnr five. sesrlce.
The other Commissioners conceded with Mr. T1ts-
| worth, and &r. Nelkon WAA authorized to contract
ioEt1he building Of ano.her boat On the came terms
ns The nrst.
On motion the Board then adjourned.