The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-20
THE CARBON QUESTION.
AHsEzHRHsTRA T0R MCCARTNEY INTRO"
mUGER INNS WITNESSES.

oCRAT of certain reports of DIR. Holt sanitary
INSPECTOR of the Fourth District. to the Board
OF Health. THESE extracts were recently pub
lished In the official proceedings of the City
Council where they were introduced by Mr.
MeCaffreyl
DIR. Thomas Layton WIS introduced as wit
ness on the part OF Mr.. McOaffrey. and testified
In substance as follows: I am the attending
physician at the st. Alphonsus Asylum. Bev
eral times called the attention Of the mother
superior to the low condition Of the grounds of
the asylum. There are LAD inmates In the asy
lum. Their health has always been excellent.
There WIS no yellow fever In the institution
until the twentieth Of September. child
whose parents had died of yellow fever was
h9 " eayf II Is Ere
institution that has given me the least profes.
sional work. Only, four eases have occurred
during the fever. The grounds were not filled
The following letter Of this point was offered
In evidence by Mr.. MeOatfrev:
New ORLEANS, October Il, 1878.
Hon. J. McCafrey:
W haze ust hefrd Ire report to the ee
by Washington, St. Patrick, Fourth and st.
Denis streets. last April, was instrumental In
asylum. This is quite untrue. It has SO hap
pened, thank God, that no case OF yellow lever,
or any other contagious disease has eyer oc,
Cured at the asylum except since last July, and
In every instance In case Of orphans brought In
during this epidemic from dead or dying pa..
aen There have peen n9 Ies OF o bnes 81
mitted previous to last July.
There has never been but one death In orr
asylum. That was boy Of six years brought
to us In advanced stage of yellow fever, and oc-
CURED Just nine days ago. There has been one
case of yellow fever but no, deaths among the
Sisters who have charge Of the asylum.
0'''f T'HIfb SISTERS OF MERCY.
DR.. Layton. resuming- My practice In the
+ pfe " asasne sree he ve
front and then the rear of the city. In the rear
have had some scattering cases. AS far as my
observation goes the streets In the rear were
cleaner than some In the front.
Mr., Howell-Is garbage covered fit to make
DR.. Theoretically ! would suppose
not, but would rather eon1ne myself to my
personal observations regarding the filling OF
the grounds of the st. Alphonsus Asylum.
M. Chas Assenheimer took the stand; !! live
on White street, between Jackson and Philip, l
am q deputy Of Sheriff Handy, | own the
dillon, caused by overflow from Jackson
street. which is higher than White; saW that
hs 9 asfsd r egne to Ds srss
The street was filled up Whenever r. dend
chicken or other dead animal was placed on the
It away. Nobody complained; everybody WIS
satisfied. There were six lots behind my house,
ed with stagnnna W vha that tho or Hoaed e
Health. but they did nothing about 1t. There
was, no sickness, except two cases. In my neigh
borhood.
70 Dr.. Holt-The filling consisted Of garb-
age mixed with ashes.
J. G. Kostmeyer being examined testified: !
live on Josephine street between Locust and
Freret streets. I am clerk at J. Fl. Rollers
SOAP factory. One square on Freret and jose
PHI ns WaS ane To- w y s and
would like to have more put in. Nobody com
planned of it. There was nothing In the nlling
the appearance OF coming from the g, dumping
ground. 1t was not fresh garbage, There has
been q right smart amount OF sick ness In the
END of the fever. ! never noticed earron on
top tho {lll,ng: eaw Liberty and ri Toward
he we're aksn t aWav t WIS with fresh
garbage from the boKos.
az, To ID Dr. n e b.d saw Liberty street filed 1t
Mrs. Lookhart was on the stand NEXT and snid:
live on Locust street between Fourth and
Waehington-I had some garbage pot into my
back yard tho filling, from fifteen to twenty
not offensive to the smell It was exeellent fill
ps has Sesh 9a so fma s9e e my nsgh
bors got some Of 1t and had 1t put in their lots
and on he street.,
aa follows live on CLARA street, between Fourth
and Washington. [ have lived tuere for ten
years. / hauled from tho dump myself. aud
placed part In my lot and part on the sidewalk;
/ got only twelve loads, although my permit
was for twenty loads. | had to pick 1t out q
a hs dH% rev WIN PR"d9 no s%e
have two little boys; one of them was pretty
sick. Lam milkmGn; supply people around
took twenty loads because after that the carts
were arrested.
A Mr. Baechus came to mo and borrowed my
permit. to keep it for couple of dnps, to copy
it, he said He said he wanted to use It for cor
tain political points. He used to bo II Republi-
can, He wanted it. be- said fer sturekIen, WIG
on Liberty and Howard streets. | saw that they
haG oiled them up. There was no smell This
abou the latter part OF Apri or 6S s nd
1.-Two on was also parity n!led with IT.
Mr.. Bernard MeCooe was next examined and
said; live at No. 800 Tchoupitoula las street,
BOsWOrth.
Mr.. Bosworth--Yes, when you did work:
Mr.. McCooe resumipg MY carts hauled from
streets. l got q nermtt from the Department Of
Police through Mr.. Lacey, the superintendent of
and m it to Mr. tho The
deal Of rubbish to Tiyoi Circle from the IRE at
corner of Poydras and Tchoupitoulas streets,
It was understood that I should haul nothing
offensive. / did haul Offensive matter. rotten
etc. i hauled fo1ty,two loads the first day from
the building, on Poydras street; There were
ony nbout ten l9s Of Pad stuff among it
Mr.. VIM. German, tes if1ed-I live at the cor
ner OF, SECOND and st. Denis. I am not en-
ployed. I got thirty loads from the dump about
April or May last. considered it, to be, good
stuff; it had no smell. was employed In the
Department of improvements under Major
Burke, as superintendent Of the eleventh ward.
/ received orders then to give stuff from the
dump filled streets myself with it on z, Ere
There were no com plants made at the time. I
went over Liberty, and Howard streets when
they We're being filled; saw some dead ami,
mails there. There was an old man there named
Zimmerman. | asked him about the animals.
and suggested that they be taken away. He
said that the last cart that came In at u o'clock
took them away When I was in the Depart
ment of Improvements I used to cause garbage
to be dumped at the same dumping ground as
now. filled part of Liberty street (about four
cred with material from the dump.
To Mr.. Bosworth-I never used to put fresh
garbage. but, owing to the fact that there was
too much work for the carts I told Thorn they
could dump ashes, et;;., on the streets. I never
allowed dead cats and dogs to be dumped on
the streets and buried there.
Mr.. Leo Blessing was the next witness, and
said: am superintendent of the tenth ward
under Mr. Mccartney. On Liberty, Howard and