, 1872-12-12
kBATE3 E!3NE TOO SOON.

The Into!crub1e S:cnches That Have Pre-
ka1etl 81 The City Hall for the Past Three
Weeks accounted for and Abolished.
The official occupants Of the city building, es-
pecialy Of the quarters assigned to the Mayor,
Corporation Counsel, City Clerk, Comptroller,
Ind the Police Department, have, for the space
Of three weeks, been prosecuted by foe whose
Hire presence could not be avoided. Mortice and
Yale locks could not keep the enomy ont; notices
nailed on doors failed to bar it's entry; tho
irinity that hedges about the Mayor WAS unre-
tpectcd. Day after day the subtle and uncom-
promising enemy appeared in these apartments,
lcattering misery and deEolation around; driving
before i the magnates Of the city as readily as
It e1iled tie mercenary rentals who obey their
bchests- Those whose duty or inclination has,
during the past two or three weeks, tempted
them within the precincts above described, will
suTnise that illusion is here made to tho intoler
able stencil which no human capacity Of assin-
lation could render endurable, and no human in
Eenulty successfully bar out. 70 describe the
oaor would be impossible. It clung to ones
garments in an INGENIOUS, loathsome way for
hours after occ had been in the building. It
nauseated those who were compelled to tolerate
it, untn sickness ensucd among the officials who
were sub bJecIel to its prosecutions.
For three weeks: IS has been observed, this
state OF things has been going On. During that
period the Sanitary Superintendent has fre-
quentlv been in aud out of the Mayors Office,
has s1nellcd tho atroclous stencil. but has failed
TO take any action upon it. Tbs Board Of Pub
Lie Works have been in day after day, but the
smell Was not in their rooms, and, therefore, did
not concern them. The Mayor bore this con-
dition Of affaira with exemplary patience, daily
expecting that some one of the city officers
would do his duty; but finding no official alton
ton paid to 1t, and being warned by premonitory
symptoms TINT his health would stand the poison
no longer, ho notified the Board Of Health. Tho
official notification laid over to come up il its
=: = did come mp, Was referred to
49, =. forks. The Board referred
= ~. partment which circumlo-
days, and the sewerage de-
':'!- .:- rk on Tuesday afternoon.
!; fter three weeks triumph-
~. 49, = ) building, the enemy was
.:,,> f.. =. Mr. 11cDermott, who does
~ ~ -. for the Board OF Public
:. ';:: :: at the smell had two-fold
>-,..@1> r.: ':' City Hall was built, the
'.-:h>- '':o . charge OF connecting the
:-.e -,-.---,> in the building with the sew-
80 :: - - Quincy streets neglected to
~':.--s :. ;.:>--: the junction, SO as to make
:tr' s'-' 81 the contrary, st the end Of
s:.:-. *:t :: perture, through which ones
-. =. i adi1y thrust. Through these
>.H4 '...c::'-. he air rushed with force
::::,..- =. - tainting and poisoning
!: ..':: .,;;:t: it'll most virulcnt feculence.
j, :: J =. so :. plumber to whom this work
=: ..-::,''t>: :, 11r. George Powell, then IN
"a -'-.S3S, =, these connections we're made
y:.: 49,, ' the smell appeared only three
...i' *Ht, =: .son why the odor was not per-
-. :.:o-.' does not appear. The other
- --i2c = that the valves Of the water |
,....AI r. ~ open. This also has been the |
~: :H ''.''s month. without producing any