The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-06-04
THE ENrERPRfsE RAILROAD.
VIII Its Continued Operations Imperil
tho Health OF the City:

The matters In dispute between the City
and the Enterprise Railroad Company having
at the last meeting of the City Council been
referred to the board of health, the following
communication has been sent by the city regis
trar, DR.. Pelzer. to Mayor Wagner, and by
him referred to Captain MiIott, chief of police,
whose recommendation, after consulting with
the law officers of the city, is, as will be seen,
to attempt no operations against the company
until the opinion of the full board of health
can be obtained upon the subject, and the eA-
act extent OF the alleged danger ascertaineo'
In accordance with this recommendatlon'
special meeting Of the board of health ID to be
held In few days, and the people Of Charles
ton, who are, of course, most anxious Tor the
preservation of the present excellent sanitary
condition of the city, can confidently leave the
decision of the question TO their duly constitu-
ted sanitary advisers. The following Is the
correspondence:
DIR. PELZER'S LETTER.
OFFICE CRY REGISTRAR,
CHARLESTON, S. c., June l, lS12.}
III, the Hon. John A. Wdge''er, Mayor o]
Charleston and Chairman Of the Boaro O,
Hsnnh.
DEAR sie-In the absence of other constl-
tuI ed mans to avert q serious and perhaps
fatal calamity, 1t has become my dnCy 10
notify you of the fragrant and Wanton dlsre'
and proprietcrs of the "Eulerprise Railroad
COMPANY, of Cnarlestion," by their wholesale
violation of an ordinance prohibiting The
opening and disturbing OF the soil, from this
date and until the first day of October IN eacn
year. r.. A.,
courts IN reference to this-road, and Wnich
empowers said company to prosecute tnelr
work Without regard to the municipal laws,
does not and cannot apply to the ordinance
above referred to. That individuals have t1e
conceded rignt to imperl their o1on health,
lif. aud happiness for mercenary or smolllous
ends cannot be questioned, as examples OF
such Insane devotion 10 selfish interests are
daily furnished us in the history OF The race,
but that an aggregation or corporation oI suSa Gu
individuals POSSESS the right to )eopardlZe tne
lives, nealLh and happiness OF large ano re-
spectacle community, embracing an GLASSES,
ages and conditions Of people, Wltno,lb t.s
faeblest pretexC Of necessity, oilC Simply auu
souarely for personal or corporate a5 5iuII,,
meDc, is monstrous error. ana empua.d,eaiS pd a.,
ann logically contradcteu auu ~uououuSeu ~ M .: = =
dangerous pE flcSC, ootu W SolAiAAoAA ~" N~~
common sense. ,
In nv official position as registrar" and,
therefore, to some extent. at least, the guar
dian of the public health, would most re-
spectfully yet earnestly protest against the
continuance of this hazardous enterprise alter
this day; and would urge the immediate and
rigid enforcement OF the ordinances now daily
violated by the said "EnterpriGe Railroad
Company" In what manner 1t Is best TO en-
force the same must be left to your wisdom
and experience as The chief executive officer
of the municipality But sit Is very evident
" the design and meaning of the said ordi-
nance, as interpreted by It's authority an
trainers. to forbid the disturbance Of the sur
face of the soil in any manner, and thus erpos-
ino the same to the sun and rain oil our sum
msr months, and regarding the prosecution
of this work ct the present season as largely
pprnlcous In its consequences to the general
health OF our city, have the honor W crave
your earliest consideration, and either by pro.
cess of law or police interference, arrest the
Impending evil, and bring to speedy termi-
nstIon this reckless and dangerous procedure.
Very respectfully,
fSIpned) GEORGE 8. PELzER, Ii. D..
City Registrar.