The daily gazette., 1878-09-03
The Health Board.

The Health Board.
| A REGULAR MEETING LAST EVENING"
'NUIsANCEs ABATED AND NEW ONES
REPoRTED-THE BRANDYwINR WA
| TER AGAIN.
The Board of Health met last evening
in the Mayors office, the Council cham
Der being occupied by the City Council.
In the absence of Mr.. Foulke, w. j.
Morrow, was elected Secretary pro tenn.
UThe Fifth Ward Committee reported
progress on the nuisance at the stables
stables Ninth and Orange streets.
| The Ninth Ward Committee reported
the nuisance at Twelfth and Heald streets
abated.
The Tenth Ward Committee reported
the nuisance at Front and Adams streets,
as being partly abated, but there was one
parry who defied the Board and stated
That he would never abate the nuisance
unless he could procure dirt at five cents
a load to fill it up. No action was taken
in the matter.
The same committee reported progress
on the nuisance al Second and Harrison
streets, also that East Liberty street had
been cleaned. Also progress on the nuis-
ance on Second street, between jackson
and Adams.
| In relation to the nuisance at Second
and Searles streets, the committee stated
that they had seen the City Solicitor, and
he had instructed the committee to have
bills printed and posted on the
owners of lots, notifying the prop
erty to have the nuisance abated
| within certain time, which if not done
for the committee to abate the nuisance
and sell tho properly to pay expenses.
The cost OF abating the nuisance would
be about SITS.
MIR. Morrow moved that the committee
proceed to abate the nuisance.
Mr.. Baily stated that the Board had
no money to spare and if the Board did
not sell the propelt ~ the nuisance could
| not be abated.
DR.. Shortledge moved to amend the
motion, instru citing the committee to sell
such property. The motion as amended
was adopted.
! The same action was taken ON nuis-
ance on Front street, between Franklin
and Harrison.
| The same committee, reported that no
action had been taken ON the nuisance
eyistlng in Plunkett's Row.
| Mr.. Sharp moved that the same medi-
cine be applied as to the ones at Second
and Searles. Adopted.
THE GARBAGE QUESTION.
| MIR. Hawkins, chairman of the COM
mittee on garbage stated that the present
contractor for removing garbage, was not
doing his duty. He was continually re-
ceived complaints, and he did not know
what 10 do. The City Council had given
out the contract, and never informed the
Board as to who the contractor was.
| Mr.. Smith. said that the way the gar
bage was being collected was abomina-
BILE, the work is not half done, and he
was opposed to the contractor receiving
any money until he did his duty. There
are some sections of the city that the con-
tractor has never visited. People are bury
ing their garbage in their yards, while
others have left 1t stand until the stencil
| was so great that person could not go
any where near it, even the outside col
lectors, are refusing to take away GER
| ia n matter.
Mr.. Hawkins stated that he had seen
| the man during the day, and that he had
let out one district, south of Sixth and
east of Market, and that the contractor
| for that district had only two carts.
Mr.. Bailey, moved that the President
of the Board be instructed to withhold
his signature, recommending the bill of
the contractor, until he was satisfied that
the work bad been properly done. Adopt
ed.
The committee ON accounts, presented
Il Al r. L. u
directed to be drawn:
John Lungren, $25, 5,96; William Hickey
$30,2S, George Coates, SO Maris Taylor,
So.
The Fifth Ward Committee reported
twelve foot s.alley between Sixth and
Seventh streets, and running from Mon
roe to Adams, as being in very filthy
condition.
On motion of Mr.. Sharp the committee
were instructed to have said nuisance
abated.
The Ninth Ward Committee complain
ed of number of piglpens in the cas-
tern part of the Ward. There was one
man who had colony of them. Refer
red to the committee with power to act.
The Tenth Ward committee complain
ed of a nuisance corner of Reed and
Adams streets, in the shape of a hog pen
and cesspool.
The same committee were authorized
to abate nuisanc existing in a 10 foot
al ley in that Ward.
THE BRANDYwINE WATER.
The subject of the Brandywine Water
was brought up by DR.. Shortlege, who
said Mr.. President, as it is getting
late, and do not wish to detain the
Board, but the matter that he wished to
speak, of, was q too serious one to be
put off any longer he referred to the
Brandywine Water. He knew as well as
the Board knew that Bancroft & Sons
had not taken any steps toward abating
the flow of water from their mills, but
continuedto empty the poisonous matter
into the creek, thereby communicating
the water that we drink; Jessup & Moore
had gone to an enormous expense by put
ting in % inch main, whereby the dye