The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-06-08
TIE BOARD OF HEALTH.
Splendid Sanitary Condition OF the City
Reported--The Enterprise RAILROAD
to be Prosecuted.

Splendid Sanitary Condition OF the C''y
Reported--The Enterprise hailroao
to be Prosecufed'
An important meeting OF the board OF
health was held at the Office of the city regis
,rar with Mayor Wagner presiding, and Drs'
p,lzer, GeddiDgs and ,Chazal, and Messrs.
Hanckel. DeSaussure, Dolterer, Small ana
Moff.,t. present. After the reading OF the mln-
utes of the last needing an Interesting report
was presented By the city registrar, Dr. Pe!zer'
upon the present sanitary condition ot tne
city. and the measures that have oeen takeh
during the past five months to secure lts clean-
Illness and promote its heathfulnes5. ACCOM-
nanyiop The document were reports from the
chief police, and from the city inspectors, CIV
Ing in detail the steps that had been iaken oy
their respective departments, under lne
orders of the Mayor, for the accomplishment
of the same ends. These reports emEracea
substantially The same facts in regard 10 lne
present sanitary prospects of the city and tne
exertions of the board of health that were con'
tanned in a recent article upon the auo)ect ID
THE NEWS, and, having been ordered by the
noard to be published officially, they Will ap'
near in full in the next issue of this paper.
The report of the chief of police contained q
,,st of streets and localities in the several
wards which, from their present condition or
from the nature OF the use 10 which they were
mt. would require especial surveillance our-
;no the summer, and these were ordered 10 oe
conied and referred 10 the representatives ol
The respective wards in the board OF health
for their information aud guidance.
The subject of the breaking up OF ground In
various parts of the city by the Enterprise
Railroad Company was next introduced, and
the correspondence upon this subject which
has passed between the city registrar, the
Mayor and the chief of police (Which has al
ready been published Ia full in The NEWS
was read by the Mayor. 1t will be remember
ed that the city registrar addressed letter TO
the Mayor on the lst Instant, officially calling
attention to the alleged violation of The ordl-
nance by the Railway Company, and giving 1t
as his opinion that the health of the city was
ieopardized thereby. This letter was re-
terred by the Mayor to the chief OF police, with
instructions to confer with the legal advisers
OF the city, and returned by bim with the re-
port that they advised that no action be taken
by the police, and that o meeting OF the board
of health be called at once to ascertain
the exact extent of the alleged damage or
danger to the public health. The Mayor
stated that he had appointed COM
mission, consisting of the city registrar, the
city engineer, and the two city Inspectors, to
90 over the whole line of the new work and
ascertalffwhat amount OF damage had been
done and what vas the best method of rene.
dying 1t. The Mayor then read to the board
the reports of those gentlemen. That of DR..
Pelzer, the city registrar, stated that after
going over the whole ground he had found the
work In an unfinished condition and still open.
thereby exposing the city to danger from dis
ease, and putting the merchants and others to
great inconvenience by the obstruction of the
streets, and that the expense Of taking such
measures as would Insure the health of the
city would be about fifteen hundred dollars In
the cost of disinfectants and of applying them.
The city engineer, Mr.. Barbot, and City In
spector Lucas, reported that the expense to
the city of replacing the pavements and of
repairing the streets that had been torn up
would bs sl5,s36. City inspector Ferguson
disagreed with this estimate, and reported
that the expense would be $4,000. These
reports were also ordered 10 be printed, and
will appear In TIE NEWS Of Monday.
A general discussion followed the reading Of
these documents, DR.. Pelzer, DR.. GeddiDgs
and General DeSaussure taking the ground
that the action of the Enterprise Railway Com
pany was In direct disobedience OF the city
ordinance, aud should be punished by prose-
cution tor the recovery of the penalty provi-
ded, while Messrs. Hanckel, Dotterer and
Moffett were of the opinion that a far more
practical and speedy protection Of the health
of the city would BE- effected by seeking con-
terence with the directors of the new compa-
ny to see II they would not undertake at the
earliest possible moment to cover up their ex-
cayations and restore the streets to their for
mer condition. Finally, the following resolu-
,ion, offered by General Desaussure, and sec
onded By DR.. Pelzer, was adopted by vote of
FIVE to four.
RESOLVED, That the ordinance prohibiting
the breaking OF streets from June to 0ct0-
Der l, being police regulation for the pre-
servation OF the public health, that the board
of health, as charged with the execution of
such ordinance, do request his Honor the
Mayor 10 instruct the ci Y attorney forthwith
TO institute proceeding under the ordinance
against all persons violating such ordinance.
The board then adjourned to meet again at
the same place next Wednesday at twelve NJ,
sld every Wednesday thereafter during the
season.
SUMTER SOCIAL CLUB.-This popular organl
zation will celebrate their second anniversary
on the 18th instant at Mount Pleasant. The
maroon will be rendered more entertaining by
A. 49, - rot- a tla It.