The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-19

Respectfully submitted
JOSEPH HOLT. NJ D..
Sanitary Inspector. Fourth District.
Endorsed:
OFFICE BOARD OF HEALTH, July 16. 1873.
Respectfully referred to tho Honorable Ad-
minisrator Of 1mproyem9nhts fer hiF act1on
President Board Of Health.
Mr.. T. j, LeBreton. the first witness examined.
testified IN substance as follows: Last spring
a R2Vs ISy ,S5 o street. to my place
stopped 1t there. l i've about the middle OF
the block. between Hospital and Barrncks
planning of tho matter and afterwards called
on him personally at his Office. He promised
to have the nuisance abated When rs vent
had been covered with about two inches Of earth;
the next day after carts had gone over the
mained SO until it rotted. Galvez street was au
old shell road, in very good condition ut the
time the garbnge was dumped, a9d ! eann l
or his employees In having garbage dumped
| there. The stencil was SO. great IN tho
PEELED to stay inside Of tho house in tho eVen
To Mr.. Cockburn-From what I could soc the
w TtS desd b h g %
ETC. Even now the sraolI exists. The dumping
commenced qbo4t the month Of :, April last. A
| TO Mr., McCaffrey--,I moan that on my visit to
your office, l asked that the garbage should be
| removed, but it remains. There was no more
dumped nfterward. however, do not know Of
| any petition movement In my Immediate
neIghborhood to have lots or streets filled to
| preserve from overflow from tho Orleans canal.
| [ spoke also to the sanitary officers about the
did not.
| crete foundation Of the Lee Monument, was
Whence Tivoli circle was filled / think it was
Mr. benjamin AlIiston next testified live at
1862 Franklin street. between Poydras and La,
| fnyette. A lot of garbage was dumped about
tho corner of Lafayette and franklin streots.
among which were dend animals. sometimes so
doeomp posed that you could not say whether
u"d for much longer than week. The princi-
pal complaint around tho neighborhood was
bdy the f no cT da for not hfee mona
We had to dump our Kitchen oral IN the street.
| never made any com plant because knew
Mr.. Toohey had made several complaints He
by hmy md n S to T Mr. McC
frey There is II lot between No. 1862 and Poy--
drns street whore garbage is dumped, but that
Mr.. John Kaiser testified: am the street con-
tractor for the Fourth District. Since July, 1877.
dumped garbage wherever instructed to 30 SO
in several different places on Liberty, between
Philip aud Jackson. IN the month Of December
s OF an 3rrd OF Mr. n BgShg war
superjntondont of Mr. Mcynffrey. I hauled
garbage and dumped on White street, WHICH
winter months The filling consisted Of garb-
age mixed with cinders from foundry didn't
do any filling in April. Here and there,therte may
have been an old load Of garbage: but it was
mostly cinders: but there WIS no smell; there
was sauar., or rather two lots Of low ground:
that were filed with water and smel t. bad Il
| animals among the filing and had them taken
to the dump and buried. Mr., Kaiser intro
to obey the orders of Mr.. McCaffrey in the NUT
ter OF dumping garbageD | filled UP on st.
George and White streets with the same mate
few bridges on Second and Willow streets with
dirt from the dumping ground; | can't
say who took gHrfbg ge from tnt th9 dn n n
me that garbage as being taken away from the
dump. was informed that those who t2ok liz it.
here produced the following order:
Mr.. Kaiser. on the first day Of February; 1873,
you will proceed and haul E! ga !,, on White
A''' ''i0 'i''''' - ''''o LEO ) BIESSING,
Superintendent Tenth Ward.
LAfter answering some questions about sick
be ng oeeare Mr. kser
made no suggestion TO Mr.. McCaffrey to move
the dnmping grounds to another place. The
elsewhere but Mr.. Mccartney told me the super
intendent had no orders to do so. did not
suggest o place for dumping ground to DR..
To Mr. Bosworth-It was general kitchen gar
bage that was used to fill the stteets t. Peop1e IN
used in filling. Objections were to dead dogs.
etc, and they we're buried about two. feet deep,
TO Mr.. Neutrality-suspicious. I received verbal
Der whether it was in your office received in
I stEuetiens that ene feet deep IF street oilines
Wa 62 gSed BYE to
than one hundred rum ng feet with garbage
before, covering. Animals were removed the
SC a y that they men to ana spe
according to the letter. was intended to spread
the filling and have removed the dead animals
bury the animals and take care of the roadway,
and to prevent the garbage from being taken
70 Mr.. Bosworth-I never saw the hogs root
M Mr. ~ Boz V1R ue saw them roofing
there. They are sold to the butchers l under
stand !?
Fred. King testified: attend to the general
streets. At f st objected to dump without in
struc'ions in writing. took the responsibility
streets. The filling was put in cold weather
and was not very offensive At that time 9o no no.
b9dy oo 81 one Gfed a h. woo o ha 90
have his lot filled.
Mr., ooekbur9I;He didn't care how much other
MI. King, resuming: The banquette Of a lot
ct the corner Of Third and st: - streets was
filled up. understood that they had permit
for 1t. That was covered with cinders; I have
seen fifteen carts at time hauling from 3l the
are among those that remember. don't know
how much was taken. Those who hauled did
so sometimes by swapping permits. refused
to bury dead animals on the streets. ,r.
Witness introduced two notices from Mr.:
Blessing. ordering that exposed carcasses, Of
animals should be kept off, also, one from su-
perintendent Conway. of the eleventh ward.
ordering garbage to be used on Clara and VIII
low. at Second Third and Fourth Streets ana
to bank up bridges. The filing was done and
within two hours afterwards the dead animals
were taken away. Our cart drivers were ar
rosted at the time and the carts taken to the
pound. AL the other neighbors were IN favor
of the filling up.
Witness here produces a note from Mr.. Nc
Caffreys department authorizing Mr.. Kaiser to
take twenty-five loads of garbage from the
dumping ground to I'll I'D streets with. Also