The Morning herald., 1876-08-15
BOARD OF HEALTH.

Special Ssssio,s-R -Resolxtions Ofered-In-
vesti0attoss Ordered.
Last evening a special session of the
Board of Health was held for the purpose
Of taking action On the impurity of the
in the chair.
Mr.. Thatcher said he had been talking to
some of his committee, and they had come
to the conclusion to offer the following reso-
lutions:
Resolved, That the committee on the i'm
purities of the Brandywine water visit the
factories up the Brandywine to find out
where the impurity that is found in the
creek comes from, and especially where
that poisonous refuse came from on Sunday
morning.
Mr.. O'Niel offered as an amendment to the
above to enter proceedings against the
guilty parties, but it was finally withdrawn
and the resolution passed.
Mr.. Thatcher said he visited the Brandy
wine on Sunday morning and saw the water
was very bad and only could be imagined
by one who had seen it.
Messrs. Hawkins and Kennady said they
also visited the creek and saw the bad con-
dition of the water, and raised the flood
gates to let the water escape, and implored
the engineer to stop the pumps until after
the poisonous fluid had passed off, but he
would not for fear of being discharged. Mr..
Hawkins said he would have discharged
him himself If he'd had the power, for not
stopping. But finally they succeeded in
getting him to stop from to II o'clock.
They asked him how lsng since he had
taken notice to the change In the
water aud he replied since about half
past four o'clock. Mr. KenEady thought
they had been fooling with the subject long
enough, and that parties had promised and
promised until they were worthless and we
will have to proceed in ON other way than
heretofore. Mr.. Thatcher then offered the
following resolution
Resolved, That 1t is the opinion of the
Board now in session that the basin at the
corner of Tenth AMI Market, should be
cleaned without delay. Adopted.
Also from the same gentleman
Resolved, That the Committee on I'm
purities In the Brandywine Waters, be
Council, and ask that body to enact law
that will compel officers Of the City Water
Works, to enforce the reasonable orders that
the Board of Health have requested respect
ing the impurities in the water. Adopted.
Mr.. Thatcher did not wish to cast reflections
on any city official, yet he thought the off,
Ger In charge of the WaterWorks did not give
sufficient attention to the requests Of the
Board. He Further said he understood
from certain parties that there was q PIPE
which extended into the middle of the
creek through which they pumped the water
Tor the use Of the city, but was assured by
the engineer that this was done only in case
Of extreme necessity, and that nearly all the
water for the city came from the race. It
was very evident in Mr.. Thatcher's mind
that If this pipe in the middle of the creek
was used the water would always be impure
as the current of the stream contained
many impurities that the race did not. At
the close of these remaks he made motion
that the committee on the impurities of the
Brandywine water be empowered
to employ man to look into the case and
ascertain who the guilty party was and all
other information he could concerning 1t.
Mr.. Kennedy thought this unnecessary
as parties had already acknowledged they
were guilty and 1t would save unnecessary
expense. 1t was finally passed,
Mr.. Joseph Locke and Mr.. Thomas Bry-
son, have been spending few days at Cape
May, from whence they returned yes.