Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-03-19
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DR.. =. q, Hall and Five Aurrs or Iruwnu ~.
crement- Reply BY Dr. Verdi.
Eplroa og RnPvnLfoAE--sirs We have seen
ot,a n IN, stfangs things In this great q pitai
lately s"Ses s. sVS g. 8 S s:lsP; = SSso9 :,
We most pesuierons nuisance that ever An Ic,eI
aPsopls Y 20 strange - % be sensational. ''''''"
hates 70 80 any srs ~ ~ Per ss,,
Offensive defaeed 81 the lnesnulty q The Bro.
gFs.,ps age Ttgsto himself he stands Tor ths
have shed bitter tears evsr ~ , ~ wi peeps
uons. Ihe Board q Public works have iaid
violent hands on that stream which he. from Nj
az. When ts ssa rsiag Iad IlInE with the
oomPtlled % elAncs further over Inc liovarins
garden Of the Smlthsonian Inttituts. ana ~.
msa Oy "a 'ns IIppln! saree q The proud Poyo
IA E'Aa lot our'slveA Such IL humanity
The Board Of Pdbllo work. Ar. ,.,,.,. ~,
cannot % sxpsotsd 70 Admire ,bst .hs.s M
stream. Dr.. Hall may be excused ror invsish.
dna nsainss them. WHAT right have they 70
Fos is.t ne shl pso'Gr hs 2, sh; sublime vista
nan Tor dredgiua, tseysrson, fsjolcs b q nss.
Il ana a. Somm s@ %s e isSs aSgnE la.o
VII n0urish. We understand the feelings OK
shs poetor, oas why h. should take this oeca,
s,on e ''aamn me Board o. Health with falnt
aekncvledges in complaining tone thst tbs
board Of Health did "ln nye lines denonnce All
Ruipo.eY aenonnced, the present condition o.
the Bo1rd OF Health used 10 pronounce thelr
nnathema' upon the canal, wills he, Dr. Hall.
n mn three columns o. ths Psirioi 10 Il. dssnes
Hoard @ Health than In the three columns on
W. HAIL that he lectures 90 plauslbly Yes
Dr. Hall the Board Of Health. like an inteilIi
Of IL friends and foes, have deciared Inc eansi
gully' IL Is short word, bat ii has tho
1 Ss q tho scientific minds u tue country. |
through the country Tor gianti IN mes,ai mi.
tnrp whose desire would bs ID ime n man
supreme law. They h.yS studied the question
Baltt (anknown, suppose, 70 "ms'J have
The modes.y q Dr. Hall, Ia requiring that
.'him," IA truly sublime. He again imnIies
blame on the Board Of Health for not inteffsr. /
Ing with the hlliny Of the canal, aud declares
.esndns "Sa'a nn,. client on calamity far tran.
Health knovs that earth IA the beSt dlslnIeotant /
Au1 deOdorirer, and that six o. elrht feet Of /
49, I'M ~ me e.nal VII not oay bury the nuls
leKration Of The futid stratum into elemenIs
nat have ahnity tor tho earth, and In that SEP.
s "a. ne stratum VIII beoOne tnnocuoas.
,tsIn l satursuoni when the surfAos 10 elevated
Ind propefly drained the moisture OF the Ann.
, ,,T val 30 absorbed By the earth Around IT,
az Ike the White iot, receptacle Tor drsIps
md percolAtinR waters, and the eight fest On
,srth VII ptevsnt civilizations No one pro.
lery good way vould be % make hiEh Tosd
0yered With aaphaltum pavement
d, AN not writing Asan authority for the Board
verifying that Il dear 70 him In ths eitvr n
y Washington. The commercial enterprlse q ~
nIn MN, .oI we're u even poAslble 70 deepen the
ng from nve thousand tuns Of eSerem.ni an
Nal that will now TO II per Annum. and kens i
here y the sddles q the tdei the railroads afe
ySaa ~ s. 10y ySsr. p az. Ali the bu.iaess
~ ~, ~ tne eountry; The STATE Of Psansyiva-
", emulAted By the suocoas ofths Erie, went ,
'ss. sas S.nA speculation % ia great sorrow
sss absorbed II TIE baslSs ass', in' railroads
1pt y spits q the sorrow which a1aleta Or.
acknowledge that "the condition of the cansi | n
shameful aad disErAesfulir aud yet he, a. one 4
~ .h a. s!ui.sn, .who have bssa rOo.od 70 this
LIP, business, and properly, % ne mo ,smish, /,
luluPly anthoritieS the opinions o. any OF " i'm u
aoali oatwelgh that % i've hundred WashinT
. has never been able In those ,.llflv yrnrr,, Z,
iggest OF bring Aboul feasible plan 81 abstins y
= nal..ncs ~, not nnti nov Thai the board q
4 II ssssesss All * Hoard ~ a Psb dle ws
nnng ~ grave would rsfraih from a
AklnE any eommeau upon thosa people who d
lowed an artery Of health % become cause on Of
,ath % our CITY. Ihavs nodoubt that many Of Vi
EN- have paid the penalty Of their criminal :,
,gllgenoe with their own lives. Nov tho 10. y
4. dtious heirloom 70 pessed 70 our care, aud We 81
~ Esay assist 10 barying II deep, even out % do
We have seen how the tidal currents, uu.bls .,
bear away the sodimentAry matter beyond m
2 power Of returning waters, thla halfdssolyed to
'uumept material, with the foul additlnns III
'thered In their iaggard course, IL broarnt wi
81 and conveyed BY eddles IN the canal, only fo
rnnkle aud fermeht, ~ the refiux Of evory b.
" when Il ls exposed 10 q radi citing sun. con. Va
the surrounding atmosphere With ty
Ynensive and psstiferoas sfiipvia This q 90
lat has been done In the nfty years during 81
ll9e She Docser has been rooted % this spot 90
n aspA.ligm, which Ia /" PER ~ 1dfiihi,HP =.
And while, on one aide, eapil larry attraction sp
Only arect the Adiaeent sewer, on the other III
may enrich the earth lying on tho borders Of It
. park, from which luxurious trees and novers IT
" grow, Tho deadly hIoremme Of Tuscany n
70 boon rendered salubriOus by plantinx col
~; Let Us do the Same by the AIDE o. the III
nal Only let the canal b filled lis whole In
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