National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-01-25
BOARD or HEALTH.
The Night-soil QuestiOn-F. P. sawyer's Con-
tract Annulled.

LLacI AnuuueQs
The Board Of Health held an adjourned meet.
ing on Friday afternoon; DR.. &C. Cox, president,
in the chair, and all the members present.
Professor JIM. LaDgston, from the special ON
mittee on the disposition Of night-sOII, SO. pre-
sented the following preamble and resolution as
the report Of said committee, which, after q
lengthy discussion, were adopted:
Whereas the health officer Of the Board of
Health Of the District OF ColumbiS, In communi-
cation addressed to the board and q special
committee Of said board, has presented facts upon
which Hon. Jos. H. Bradley an attorney and
sGunse,or at.leI, employed eSthe board, has sd-
that the contract made By the board with F. p.
Sawyer for the removal oTaight-soIl, garbage and
dead animals from the oitIes Of Washington aad
Georgetown, has been violated and broken By
said Sawyer: Therefore
Resolred, That said contract Is hereby declared
by tho Board Of Health violated, broken and for
feIted by said Sawyer, and the same Is hereby
vacated and annulled, and declared Of no further
bindtng force as far as the Board Of Health IL
concerned, and SfSt said Sawyer be notified &C
coreingly by the proper officers of the board.
Aegolved, That the special committee Of the
board having In charge matters pertaining to
night-soil its removal and transportation, be and
sud committee is hereby, directed to make ar
engagements with F. p. Sawyer, or any other per.
soil, garbage and dead animals from the cities Of
Washington and Georgetown till the first Of
April, 1875, for monthly compensation not to ex.
coed 80 dollars, and report the same to the
The board then adjourned until Saturday noon.
Mr.. Dsliel S. Jones, chief clerk of the board,
in accordance with the above Instructions. ad.
dressed the following Communication to Mr.. F. P.
Sawyer, Notifying him Of the eaneeling of his con.
tract.
whereas the Board Of Health have declared
the contract Of +. p. Sawyer with the board, for
the removal Of night-soil, dead animals, and
Georgetown, violated, broken, ead forfeited BY
said Sawyer, and said contract has been an
nuied and vacated by said board, and notice
served accordingly by said beard upon said Saw
yer, the special committee Of the Board of Health
having this matter in charge by the vote of the
Board Of Health, recommend that said Sawyer
be employed by the board to remove said olfal
till the first day OF April next at monthly COM
pensation Of 81 COO 66-the work to be done in all
respects under the direction OF the Board OF
health-and this arrangement to take effect i'm
JANUARY ~ 1875.
DEAR SIR: am instructed by the Board of
Health to inform you that all contracts here alter
entered into between It and YOURSELF for the col
lection, removal and transportation Of night-soil
garbage and dead animals from the cities of
Washington and Georgetown and the more
densely populated suburbs thereof have been de-
clared annuIled and forfeited and without force
or effect from this date.
The board reconvened at the appointed time;
all the members present.
The subject of the removal OF night-soil &c.
was again brought up for consideration. After
full and free interchange Of views, the following
preamble and resolution, presented by the spe-
cial committee, consisting OF Prof. LangstOn and
Drs. Bliss and Verdi, was unanimously adopted
and the proposition therein made accepted by Mr..
+. p. Sawyer.
Consequent on the above action, the secretary
was instructed to address the following eommuni-
cation to the health officer;
THE board directs that during the interruption
OF navigation on the Potomac river, by reason Of
the ice embargo, point or points be designated
by you, from time to time, as necessity may re-
quire, as place or places of deposit for acc1mu-
lations OF OTal now lying at and being delivered
at Seventeenth, street Wharf.-The removal and
transportation of said ofal to be made subject to
such regulations as you ma deem best calculated
to protect the public health"
DIR. Cox presented the following resolutions
which were unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the president OF the board be
authorized to advertise for proposals for the re-
moyal Of the night-sOil, garbage and dead anil
mails from the cities Of Washington and George
town from, and TO, any point or points to be des-
lgnated and approved by said board. The time
fer proposals to close positively on the LIST Of
March, prOXimO, and the work to commence
promptly on the LIST OF April ensuing. All pro-
posals to be prepared by q certain form or blank
TO be furnished By the Secretary Of the board to
such as apply for the same. Said proposals to be
accompanied by bonds to such an amount q NAV
be hereinafter determined; conditioned, that the
party or parties to whom the contract may be
awarded shall enter into written agreements
such as the board may require.
ResoLUed, However, that It is understood that
the Board Of Health reserves the right OF reject
ing any and all bids. Proposals will be addressed,
under cover TO the SECRETARY Of the board.
The statement Of tia registrar was presented
for the week ending January 16 Itshows: Total
deaths, 50: male white l3 female 10; male colored
0, female T;minOrs-male white 10, female 9; male
colored IL, female 20. or above number 81 were
under year Of age. The principal causes OF death
were: Group. 2; typhoid fever, l; dIarrh91, 3;
phthisls pulmOnalis, 0; apopexy, 2; commissions,
3; bronchitis, 2 pneumonia, 10; congestion of the
lungs, 8; jaundiee, 2. Marriages, white, COL
ored; total, Births, q white male, q females;
eolOred male; Is female; total, 81.
The board then adjourned.