The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-10-27
THE GARBAGE QUESTION
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE AR"
POINTED TO INVESTIGATE
THE MATTER.

Yesterday afternoon Mr.. ?. J. Cockburn. the
chairman of the committee appointed to inves-
tigate the garbage question. directed the follow
Ing report to be sent to Mayor Pilsbury:'
| Hon. Edw. Pilsbury, Mayor OF New Orleans:
| The undersigned q committee appointed by
vour Honor to examine into charge made ~
the New Orleans Times IN an editorial, rl on shS
eiphteentb OF september last. that 1000 l0ads or
Kitchen garbage, which had been hauled 70 tne
| dumping grounds by the city carts ha9 oeat1 I'll
brought back by the contractors m hna m 4see " m
IN streets ia the front part OF the city, supihlt
| this their report. ,.
Your committee examined several witnesses. ss
and to confirm their statements proeeened 10
the dump on Washington, below Claiborne
street where they found three acres In extent
by four feet deep macs Of roehens 81 enn Mu gay w.
bage, OF dead animals and other foul sub
stances. Hogs to the number Of 200 we're ere tear
on the impurtieg below, while the stencil was
Of the most dsagrsea,ble k1nd po1s9inithg 1ioinitv
milk Of he n house IN Vev
Sn Your committee visited several persons who
were in their beds too sick to be ABOUT. ana
from them learned hat Tor WeeEa ~ ~ ee cays nre
| kent busy hauling from the dump toward the
city, city. But to what location they, did not kn2w ~
q Ih' dspoe} sp@R} f"sv' has BEEN s ested 5st
where y6ar y orfinng fGmmaee g9uo in us the
permits issued from the Department n OF IN Z,
bgt they fell short 81 of + the m amonns
for Ike defense. stated that he had obtained s.
permit for twenty loads from the Department
| Iiverad The permit, replied that permits were
| only given to prevent arrest by the police, and
| they were transferable and goodfor any amount
Therefore. the evidence given and the 90,
| pearance Of the dump Is proof sufficient that
1000 loads have been carted aWay TO nl at up nf,
| the river and the dump. Your commitiee cyan m
! ined many witnesses as to the condition OF the
was one of character that kitchen garbage and
/ offai from the markets., and other foul sub
stances were first spread oyer the 81 r9sf tnen
dump. comp eted their work. In one instance
animals were ordered buried on, the road, but
the contractor refGseh fn bnr th9 work ana nau'oo
'D The c Council our pissed an ordinance to help for
o foundation at the LEG monument. q, but tne ne
| Imaginable greeted the passers by Your com;
mlttee examined into this and the testimony OF
sanitary OF the np Erg5 ajaas Dfttot n wns
t"t' p"t in mt to iii up But the testimony of Mr. Nc
Gooe Introduced by the Defense was , that m
number ol oeob Q, and nn paydrna a5n
streets. there were mixed in ten or twelve loads
yegeeto%p IS sqHh as a Rna2e bsss eh2ny afad
To To give ye,' be language Of the witness: THE
stencil was foul when he carried it of, and still
worse SO when he nnloaded lt at , Inc monn
wharf at the foot Of Robin street and found the
stencil intolerabe, for SQUARES around. Ihe
through q funneled sheet-iron tube. into
| barge below. where the matter ts carried to the
middle of the river and let of with the a. M strehm I'm
| The 1atboat at the sugar refinery, Third Dis
trict ueed as a nuisance boat, Is aground, and
| for awhile The night soil was, dumped over The
he o9m 20 b6s e rom vew
But The attention of the. Board Of Health was
called to this mat er. and the evil was stopped,
when there should be four. ii q city having q
frontage of ten miles on the. rtyer) The State
law is explicit that matter of this kind shall be
| toWed In boats below the Slaughter House ana
! the alh emptled into the stream.
| Your committee examined the ponds in the
vicinity Of the cotton presses. and found they
that street dirt and garbage should be hauled
there as q filling, when there are thqusands o. |
cubic yards OF batture sand and the work Of
said to have caused much sickness in the
s1asnes 5us 70 yodhr tha c your
n,TW, mittee did not visit the Locust Grove Gene
tory. where bodies are shlh H. to be II impnr .ha
1eGa csmetery 0i1nu on Claiborne street whore the
rats are reported to run riot through the tomhs.
made partly tenantless by their feastings. Tho
testimony for the defense IL all OF the same
character; 1t does not deny the evidence against
the department. but 1t endenvors to W9rd OH the
evil EFFECTS by plea that kitchen chez a gaarbage an and
able material TO fill no private squares @ an ana 10
place upon the unpaved streets In the rear por,
lion OF the city. and no evii @ ehecis result from
No doubt many were sincere in their evil
denoe. but they little know, that beneath the
Goxeng 81 dir. the
covered garbage that REQUIRES to be aD5or PEG
by the vegetation but In that absence t.e Sun
sue such ti'a as ISM small pox dphthera and pernIeioqs
fevers sickness heretofore but little known IL
n Mr. McCaffrty is respectable citizen ant
long time residBn 4 5FF1 yyf ~ III TT eiej n i,
I the testimony brought forth. with personal OBJ
have shown the gr9hnet ha an
: this h So negligence and the total, disregard 0
the warnings Of the Board Of Health hay az,
os ,pra dl5 It was sresy s2 81 By
q was exhausted. When the roll OF death adde'
: new victims to the feast MI Harrlson. 70,
we're right in your testimony that the e. manslon
: of the rich were the most afflicted. The vacan
IL chairs and the absence OF the childish pratt
: viii ever remind the survivors of their sad loss
t The mechanics and citizens, men, of intelli
eenoe and muscle. who build up and enrich
city. come in for their share OF the grie1; Ihe1
and children, while the laborer with his Drawn
could not Tard 1 noW c5 a6
l. These are the claims that have fa!leI
Vt and either named Is loss 70 sotletJ
z But not an idler or vagrant. whose death Wou
s be benefit, has been laid low In this time OF 81
d Fiction. Your committee were appointed with
g out solicitation on their part. but Mr. MGOatfre
complains that he was not represented on IN
board. The gentleman Is mistaken; eafh ,t mem zen
- Der of the committee represented him put fne
also represented an afflicted community Tn
evidence Rbuse as 4 before @ u.s. anf TO
be- made fragrant by distillatiop (w1ite-wash
l. iug)
70 The comm mittee would not go into the business
NOT having been organized for that purpose
e to your committee has been carried out. me
n now leave the subject to the cit1zens in orde
o that they may select proper servants to repre-
" sent them ia the city and State government
a so that In future no cause may exist to bring 0
T. or feed pestilence like the one now coming
I o close. ~
n n r J. COCK BURN. Chairman.
r. BTODDART HOWELL.
. a. W. BOSWORTH.
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