New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-03-24
TUE mETRcPoLsTAN N0ARD o.
HEALTH.

Meeting VcagCrtDy AftcfnceH- AN
,ior cf Wrochgym-RtpoIi OF ahe saht'
,=ry Co~mis.ee-H enOvni OF kt"S-s'e'
S,ands in Washington Marhct- An"
Dumping Ground at the E"os o. W.
sey.s,.-A Legal Debate " "e"int'
Mar&ei-The He2 Husiness-"ai"" ."
Tenement Mouse-Dead L"''Ne
and spored Fish-In'eresssnR 10 i'''
thyophsgisss.
Tho Metropolitan Board of Health heid Es
.,, semi weekly session yesterday afternoon at 10
o. Yor,.st President SCHULZ in the chair ana all
he members present. The minutes VI 'Ne '"''
gere read and approved.
REPORT FROM TIE SANITARY COMMITTEE
II, CRANE. from the Sanitary Committee, made re-
rr of the names Of the streets in Brooklyn that neueu
immediate cleaning. 1t was accompanied by let'ef
from Assistant, eIintendent Conkling stating thal nc
land on interview with Mayor Booth, who desired lh''
the report eboud he returned 10 him TO be iad neioe
the Common Council Of that city TherepoTt ooh'aineu
tie names OF nearly oil the streets fsom the Tei 10 'Ao
outskirts of the city in every direction we may Doto
fro,n is yolum,nousness The Mayor hopes tne Doau
will exercise its power 10 remove the carnage '.V -
streets and 70 abolish the pools OF stagnant Eal - ia
found IN eli parts Of the city. The City Of Churc -
rcnreseBfed in q vilanOus and abominaDe condItlO -
many localities, arising mainly from the iac that ~
cleaned yuaer contracts made uy tue AIueLLth ol ~
Wards and urGcr their direction. Ihai BOARD ~ y
law compelled give the contracts TO the lowest Diu
dcrs while in almost al cases the bids were SO low S"
tie streets could possibly be cleaned Tor inc anVru
az money Maid TIE consequence is that III nan!
Wards 10 s,Jcetcleamng coiH''aels exit ING !epoit
was referred 10 the Superintendent % oe teIt 70 lhe
niavor Of Bsoohlyn'tha it may be iaid c.t "a, oU
| CT, with ire rryv.--. -. ''''
.sHken tLeTeUpoD.
Commiseicnf! SANyIuHr reP0I.o~, -. -" Of ,
had been :" Albany TO request an sppioli
seo"J 70 be used by The BOARD 10 o.SNis e Sdc -
Tho Committee had expressed an opinion IA ~ iNo!
LAWS ASD ORDINANCES.
Commissioner BcsTwcRIB. nom TIE Commute on /
Laws ana 3rGirafees made report iLat 1e pau uVe
able 10 prOCure four copies Of tie laws OF Tue c! u
asked TO be discharged from further deratoh OF lne
subject The report vas received ana TIC Iti''s'
granted,
Dr. CRAST from the Committee te WON V V go, go
fered the subject OF The appointment! o. eerts 81 WV
Office Of the Assistant supeflnlonItyy ~ VancrdCn
made Ycpolt in favor Of employing Win T. '.NS Wv
and Tacob Johnson IL. The report was aee'Ii'" 7Nu
tie RECOMMENDATION adopted by the Board.
| TIrF REMOVAL or NiGHT-soM FROM BhcO@LA+,
| mis- question came before the Board upon verbal
reroit iiom Commissioner Bergen who wac ppIoihitu
with Or Crane to examine the sli.vCL II tlittis
that Mr.. Swift, who has q contract ioI mo}i-s we
rigbt.sol rom The cliv Las been Cnlo.ued = lit
sersod scavorcors who, i seems, act "a ne ino' g.
iensive manner. They VIII lot properly 20 iae NHiA
then selves nor permit tnt N''a'+"Nt'- -
Swift says hc Is ready 10 co me wore, NI,Ib my
auxious Int restrained by Law. Tie sc"yeIstss pc
ii NJ as aEaady stated On tte ouitEF's OF ,Ao y 70
the extent Of 1000 TINS; nunOocs ccst icos are low
oyer1o,yiIc and the necessity for immediate alloh h
imperative I've ofense Is certainly ra1k- aul dogh
less smells to heaven. The contractor was uueIeu 10
90 on and Go the work and lie hconsos o1,re o.
tbe lst Of April there viii l!obsty te no i1iiL'I
l trouble. -.
Sanitury Superintendent Del.0n Transmitted TO the
Board a number Of reports concerning complaints 81
nujsances which had been referred to BIS DetaF.bohi
for examination Tic reports were TecFlcd 10 me
storIey Of The Board fer the purpose C having the
proper orders made and presented 70 nc bolru ii
indorsemont. The following statements Were s.Ll 70
the Board ior the purpose 81 having us 1e'loH ''
9 upon. from the same source. -
, HUcBsIER STANDS AT wAsEiEGIoN MAhKIf'
y Concerning the stands which eiIdIe WesilhHirt
Market ana OF which much complaint Las recently
& been made Inspector Emerson reports tl1t iLy -
tend 10 feet beyond the onrb on Wostsi pHdgns h'
gutter preventing the Low 81 WAFER hloNHt t"o cor
lection OF filth Of al sorts. and interfering W4L ~
proper cleaning OF the streets aho 10Y tAesc l-'
endanger the public health, and tAou.d be Iehoen ~
fuisances report similar 10 tLis was made IA regard
90 each standBOro than seventy IN lGmbcT; ana Goi
these reports the Board determined 70 hsue IFS oTGc
! for theil removal.
r TIE DUMllNG-GBOCND.
The Irspector also reports that tie slips Ut the loot
Of Vesey and Fnl:on-sts., North River, n.e occupied
by the boats and scoWs ~ when the cCHiIneors oi
cleaning the streets The asLes and Carriage col
Elected frola tie lower Wards OF The CIV Ibe space De
tween the stands alluded 10 and tie yei u used
dumping CIOull ltT the ttItltNe' piIFt anu 'ihcI
material ufefu fol manure whle The ashes and earn
age are thrown Immediately into the boats About oUt
cart loads OF nth are thrown upon the vacant space
daily and lie there UnN they are soC oI manure Ah.-
mass OF filth ataiIs sometimes enormous irrns.ors
running the whole length Of The head Of thc slp ana
rising q feet IN hight Frequently roiien NUT Ohai
dead fowls and purid meats lend their ncsome odoTs
10 the stencil already o1Ea.ed iom the manure heap
The carts constantly passing 10 and no inieioIe wan
regular business Of the market and also WIN VA o.
the houses along the streets, while tie oiowdihg,
racing and turbulent behavior Of the drivers add q
the pandenOnGm.like disturbance of tie neiglboT'
hood These carts, while passing through the tioeis
of tbe ua-sct lose a part OF their contents ana thus
defe them much 10 the disgust OF tue owneTs OF stands
and purchasers On the west tde OF the market TIE
manure is piled against the backs OF the stalls and in
sp,e OF the paHknC, where II - double, ard the
iuerstices are flied with saw-dust fUnl aud Iesti
entia liquid oozes through. dfusing an exceedingly
noxious smell and in many cases coming IN contact
with the vegetables exposed for sale. Inc tainted aiDot
phere spos the meats, and renders the vicinity dis.
! eustng and uDwlolesome IN the extreme.
THE PARIEHs IMPLICATED.
He further states that the farmers add 70 tho general
obuoxiousness Of the scene by throwing all then .i-e
into the street and leaving II there 70 decay They
arrive during the night sell their articles IN tie nom
ing and drive of leaving behind them sundry piles OF
vegetable matter 10 decompoe among the fin Of the
street and finally 10 find their way under The sails
that bridge the cutters.
LEGAL IEBATH
Tie reading Of these reports caused considerable de
bate The contract for cleaning the streets makes The
= point complained OF a dumping ground The rule OF
The Board allows no dumping any Of the docks or
vacant places Of the city. Tie position taken by DIR.
lSwRBUGSE seemed the general opinion Of the Board.
1t was this. The law does not contemplate that any
thing shall be dumped the docks, but that The par
tcular docks at the foot of Vesey and Fulton streets
should be used by the boats into which the street scrap
Iings and manure TO be Dumped There clear.
Ily nothing in the law the contract which permitted
1.-THE Of the docks for storage purposes for which
Ithey have been used for number Of years Mr. EAIoN
the Counsel for the Board called upon oT his opH-
ion and by number Of quotations from the ordinances
of the city ubsantiatcd the position taken by the
Board in It's resolution upon this subject passed at its
laat meeting. Commissioner BERGEN dIsseDted, stating