The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-11
By Mr.. BOsWORTH,

as follows:
By Mr.. BOswoRTH.
Questionable charge here is that there have
been b large number OF loads Of kitchen garbage
hauled from the dumping grounds In the rear
of the city to the front, to I'LL up streets Do you
know. OF your own knowledge, that the thing
Answer will give you all the evidence
have sir.
Q.-Personally, you don't know it2
A.-Personaly didn't sse the carts carrying
away the garbage. That is something which
have not personally seen; [ am ready to make
o statement bearing on that particular, point.
| Q.-You made ageneral health reDort-that Is.
| q sanitary repOrt2
Ayes, sir. concluded that the thing had
0.-What We want to get at here is, if this
thing has been done If garbage has been hauled
| from the old dumping ground In the rear Of the
| Alt Is my desire to bring forward witnesses
| At about this point Of the examination Admin
| isrator MeCaffrey expressed q desire that the
| witness should conf1ne himself to the charges
proper. that kitchen offal had been taken from
that If the doctor went beyond that he should be
checked by the committee.
| DR.. Holt wanted to know whether Mr.. McCaf-
| frey wanted to cut him down.
| MIR. Howell expressed himself Of the opinion
that the scope Or. Holt proposed to take was
Mr.. Bosworth wanted to know how objection
could be made to DR.. Hollis statements before
| he had made them.
| Dr.. Holt In his turn declared that he must be
allowed to make q full statement, else he
would make none ct al, .r>
| Mr.. Cock burn asked DR.. Holt: DO you think
that the presence Of garbage in the streets Is in
jurious2
Dr. Holt Most certainly, ..,
| Here Mr.. Cockburn took occasion to remark
| that every street comm ssioner before Admin
| strator McCaffrey permitted the Same thing.
| By MR.. NJ CAFFREY
.Qqessttion-You have no personal knowledge
Answer have no personal knowledge that
| 1t was Carried to any particular place. have
bhad personal knowledge, from personal inyes-
mense quantity Of old dumpage has been re-
moved from there. That have personal knoWl-
edge Of. -
Ougstlon-You are aware. SUPPOSE there is
| O. difference between what Is termed Kitchen
garbage and common street scraDings?
onsTfi charge here, is that kitchen garbage
has been hauled to the front; some 1000 loads
hauled from the. dumping grounds tha 3f, what
we want to arrive at; to ascertain. Inls re-
port Of yours, this SAM tary report Is excellent
but tho charges made here VIII ich We are called
to 14Ys nd E9pq ra on 81 city o Tie
front in the streets and other places?
Al am ready to tell you all know On that
} point. -,.,-
Ouestion-Atthe same time t you can. state
where the garbage was removed from ,
Answer Removed from is exactly what !
} wj 5ln tS TEL s yGa'
H.-Frorn the old dumping, ground, corner Of
Washington-ther on Washington street. &E
the corner OF Roman street,
Q.Removed from there?
O.-What time in the year, Doctor, was this
A0During the spring and winter, according
to my information; YVES not there Watching
'n 0.DYou saw this stuff On the streets in tbe
front and PLACES where It ought not to b9l
stuff to my knowledge. -
8 O.-Have you any one who could give Us more
o information about this matter; any one Whf
81. A.I have the one who reported the facts t, t
O me: would ask that he, and some others' bt
n called as witnesses in this matter,
i O-Tell US who can prove the taking away
the garbage from the dupln ing g gro ana rzo 70
ported Anf h 20 me-. A Vent IN n buggy S With
and he showed me the original level Of tn
dumping ground, As it was then, notice.
Q and leaving considerable elevation, and snow
ing that an immense amount OF matter n ~
s9aded and tta ken nay ro aads ba
Il been taken away from there, back into the city
If as he said. saia e him, 'By whose author
1 n T gsasd from tho City Hall by Mr. Mccall
frey ,,.-.-.,-
q Yourself what did that stuff st the dump1n
e ground appear to be composed OF
Il Al saw new dumpage. I can tell you VIVA
the new dumpage was composed OF: an man
clndine the carcasses Of nnumerable dngi
cats, and so on, which saw with my own eye
This was the original dumDage from al th
q city, which had nndergoneits primary, deeon
IL position, and had returned to the condition
earth, you know, sir, and which having so re
turned. had been hauled back into the city.
Q By Mr.. HOWELL.
! This matter Of street scrapings has been don
here for years and it Is hauled out to the froL
and filed in The levee and streets.
q The Witness-This Is the general dump1n
b ground. where everything, garbage. scraplng
}, and everything of that kind is carried, MAD
?. a special report to the Board Of Health. cor
planning Of the filing Of Liberty street % T