, 1876-04-04

HOW THEY FIXED THE NidHT-sotL BrstsEss.
That exemplary body, tho Board Of Health, de-
serves great credit for sonso Of tho deods tlses
have done. IL tue frat place, they vauqulshcu tho
priigoross stluk long boforo 1t hogan to ticklo
the noasrila OF oil suffering public, and long
before II WAS dsivou into their Doufbonlo hoads
that such smells wero d nuisance. That 10 what
tley themselves would say, but tho no"d-
psporu would say that IL took them
thrco yoara to effect It, and even sn, a. It.
expected to breaA loose at every moment. An
othor crying outrage for yoara was tho manner
Of removing ntghs-soll. Aftet deal OF banter
ing and fighting tho Board were inuuccd TO pass
M ordinance that IT. should be 1ono In certain
odorless snanncr. Under th!n ordinance, winch
was approved by tho Common Council !ho 1oalu
OF Health lot out tho contract to A. Duchor tE
Co, but ttloy novcr lntondcd to koop thnt con-
but violated o;ber aud moro rigid ordinances in
allowing othss acayengers to 90 right Oh doing
tue work without license, and to-day
night-soii Is being, removed from no
tho wagons reach. 0raceiapd tue leaky convey.
hnccs a1c emptiol along tho road. The Bto1y Of
Buchor's contract Ia nhous as follows: ln laI4
tho B,nrd contemplated chanso III tho buha-
ness, to tako place April ! Ut tho following
| ycnr They passed an ordinance requiring tho
| work to be done IN an odorlesa rnanuor. THIS
WA approved by sho Council. Thpy noxt adyer.
t,sod for bids, and. after valnls striving TO lot
fotcod f to give it to lucher & CO. 4
contraet for tlrco yeara was givan them:
aud signed BY all tho members OF
tho Board. The contractors rot up, expensive
machines under tho direc. supervision Ct tho
board Of Health and tho Police Chmmttsoo OF
| tho Council, to whom tho matter bad been ro!er-
ing. Aftor nii this lad boen dono. tho bohiu OF
Health allowed other scayengars Wlth common
conveyatces to come In aud do tho work as thoY
had baen doiuG 1t before, thus virtually oxclud-
Cd tho contractors frum my bonoilta olthor
from lhuir superior machines or from their oon'
tract. 'rhoy vls!sed tho Mayor, In April,
1878. and TINT official at once closed down
uuon the Issuing OF lioeuses for such business
Seven such acepseb had already boon isauea
md thcse tho Mayor revoked and Bsut word &C
tho holaerr to call and got their license feo
5l7.50, refunded. This they failed to do. pro
ferrine TO hold On to lcense which thoy claimet
From time TO t,mo some OF tho unlicensed
. scayenge1a wero arrested by the Doasd Q
, Ucn1tlit eaeh ttmo on o pona1 Bcotion to th
ordinance which they themselves had passed
tho Law Department informed them ropcatcdl
sbst they bad To authority to pass any pcua
ordinance, but novorsholesa Tho Board con
tIuued to make afsesta end all wore promrtl
discharged uyerY timo thov cano up IN Polc
Court. Theao arrests might haze boon mud
| aud sustained under tho Council ordinance !
relation to nuisaucas. but tho board virtual
refused to acknowledge tho superiority. Matter
thus grow worse and worse. tho ntght-sotl schT
engere, like nuDdreda Of saloon-keorcrs. d
: BUSINESS without license, aud Duchor b G
: failed to realize q cent on tho expousiv
) machines which Tho Board contracted to bn
truiin them wlion they wcEo released from Il,
, contract. All tho NconBea oxplro April
, nud in few days Ducher j. Co., #
tho purpose Of reaching Bonc sottlcmen
viii br,ug suit against tho city Tor 800 900 datl
ages. and at tho samo time will apply for all Ii
junction to ressraa other scayengcss from Pei
forming any work. ..
It is hardly probable that they will bo 1ucces
ful IN either case, owing to detects in tho tram
q anctions, but IL all goes to show what = total
J. Inefficient Board tho Board OF Health Is tn aor
r matters. Mayor Colvin Las repeatedly CALI
!, t!oir attention to the fack that tho Ireaau
;. romnined,n waus of forty-two acayenger licons'
at sl7.60 each, but they faAIcd to take Al
i coantZsnco whatever Of his request,