Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-30
Our Health Guardians.
REGULAR MEETING, LAST NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. |
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REGULAR MEETING, LAST NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
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The Board OF Health held a regular meeting.
last evening. George Buzine, in the absence OF
the President, took the chair, but subsequently
the President appeared and took his accustomed
place.
The report of the Ninth Ward Committee, on
the nuisancea reported in Lammott Street was
called for, when DIR Shortlidge stated that the
matter was in the hands of the City Council, and
he had not heard from 1t since.
MIR. Gatts and DIR. Draper, who evidently are
in the habit OF reading the daily papers. stated
that the published reports of the City Council
showed that action had been taken already by
that body adverse to the request of the Board Of
HEALTH, because no petition had ever been pre-
eonted from the property owners to have Lam
mott Street graded and paved, as the ordinances
require.
Dr. shortlidge then thought the committee
might as we'll be discharged, as they had done all
in their power to have the nuisance abated!
Mr.. Hawkins said the right plan was to prose-
cute and fine the parties maintaining the nui-
sance, and if this WAS done few times the pro-
perty owners would soon petition Council to
have the street graded and paved.
The subject was finally continued in the hands
Of the committee.
The Tenth Ward Committee reported the nui-
sance at Third and Harrison streets abated, and
progress on two other places complained of.
On motion Of Mr., Bennett. the licenses of all
other and more complete arrangements are
made to regulate the question. Thomas Dixon
was also granted temporary license.
DIR. Shortlidge, from the committee to whom
was referred the bill Of Speakman Bro, for
draining row of houses on Maryland Avenue
and Front street, reported the work done in
satisfactory manner, both to the committee and
to the property owners. The committee had
only heen successful in collecting ZIG OF the
amount due, but the balance was all promised.
IA rpn rpp a1 a nj k
man Bros bill of 1868 90, and that the col
lection of the amount due by property owners
be referred to the Treasurer with instructions
to collect the same by the LIST Of October, and
after that time to he left in the hands of the
proper civil authorities for collection.
TIE report of the committee was adopted, and
the bill Of Speakman 4 Bro. ordered to be paid.
Mr. Eckel, from the committee on an improv-
ed system for the government OF night scaVen-
gers, said the committee was not ready TO re-
port in full as expected. The Committee have
been in correspondence with the Health author-
ties of several cities, but had not as yetreceved
sufficient intelligence to determine any definite
course of action He had lately received intel
lgence from Baltimore of an improved plan for
the removing of night soil, and the cleansing OF
cesspools, about to be introduced into that city.
Mr. Eckel then made motion that the clerk
of the Board be instructed to proceed to baltl-
more aud get all the information possible in ref
erence to the improved plan, there to be intro
duced. The motion was carried
Mr. Eckel, from the committee on impurities
in the Brandywne, reported that the committee,
within the last three weeks, by giving the usual
notice OF five, ten, or twenty days, effected the
removal OF 26 privies which emptied into the
Brandywine, south of Market street bridge, and
80 far as he knew not single privy remained or
that part OF the Brandywine. He said that il
was also gratifying to find that in no instance
wa4 any opposition manifested to the request oi
the committee
nuisance at the corner Of Front and Shipley
streets was reported by Mr.. Glatts, and was re-
ferred to the First Ward committee.
stagnant pool of water at the corner OF
Thirteenth and West streets into which deat
animals and other things were thrown, was re-
ported and referred to the Seventh ward com
mitteo.
The following orders were drawn Speak
man & Bro, S269. 90 John Lungren, $3.50.