Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-06-22

lty OF where the old ~pest-house stood in
former days, to be Q sort of or
. repository for all offensive litter convert
ible from the town, together with dead
carcasses of animals hauled from various
quarters, and left there to decay by time,
or be deyoured by the beasts Of the vicin-
lty, and fouls the air. Coupled with such
as mentioned above, there are a few Chinese
novels, with hog corrals and pens, also, q
pond OF water, all of which combined
might be fifty termed q sink Of impure
ties. and tends to fill the atmosphere with
a sickening odor, both offensive to the in
habitants Of the town and to those whose
industries compel them to travel that thor
oughfare. The committee would earnestly
recommend that some action be taken by
the proper authorities to compel the Chi
nese to remove their hog corrals and pens
from within the city limits, and that a city
ordinance be passed by the City Trustees,
imposing a heavy fine on any person found
placing any dead animals or obnoxious
matter within the city limits, and that
proper safeguards be exercised for the full
enforcement Of said ordinance.
four committee also find the two slaugh-
~ter-houses west Of Mob Hill, and owned by
j. Martilletta and J. Winzell, the situation
of which is offensive to the community /;
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taken towards having them removed from
within the city limits.
Also, your committee observed two Chi
nese houses; the yards fronting OF Adams
street are without a parallel with litter and
filthy matter. piled up in heaps and scat
tered promiscuously over the premises and
all around the novels to such a degree as
to be both offensive and obnoxious to the
surrounding community. Committee was
unable to obtain the names Of the owners
Of the premises, but they are situated OPP
posite to Mrs. Straus' residence would
recommend some action in that quarter
severe enough to break up the habit Of dis
regarding the standing laws Of the COM
munity.
Also, your committee found a pipe lead
ing from the store OF Yink Lang, into
Monroe street, and there depositing sewer
age aGd offensive matter, against which we
would recommend that some action be
| taken.
Also, the committee observed THAI ma
nure in large quantities, from the stables
OF John Stewart, Albrinizo, Antonio, Sail
yer and j. II. Anderson, was being thrown
into the big ditch, which tends to collect
| sediment and back up the water, thereby
filling up the ditch, which, in the event Of
a flood, may work serious injury to the
city, and against which we would recon-
mend that some action be taken sufficient.
to correct the evil.
Also, your committee found that Riley,
Lockwood and Hayworth are in the habit
Of hauling manure from their stables and
depositing the same on vacant lots in the
centre Of the city and vicinity Of the ditch,
and would recommend some action be
taken to prevent such practice in that quar-
ter.
Also, the committee found water leading
from the rear of the Cosmopolitan Hotel ON
to Buel street, and here left to form a pool
and make its way to the big ditch, against
which we would recommed some action.
Also, the committee noted that in the
rear Of Zottman's residence, Henderson
and Barlow's blacksmith shop, and Noel
| roy's Hotel. on Buel street, large quanti-
ties OF refuse litter was being permitted to
accumulate, and against all of such petty
annoyances the committee would recon-
mend some city ordnance, and the same to
be strictly enforced by the city authorities.
Also, in the yard and rear OF Mrs. Moch's
restaurant, and fronting oil Spring street,
was found o great accumulation of refuse
litter, in such quantities as to be offensive
to the residents of that locality, against
which the committee would recommend
some action.
Added TO the above, the committee would
recommend the adoption Of some general
system Of sinks or vaults as receptacles for
all LIQUID matter, and that the same be
closely covered over to prevent the escape
OF the offensive odors.
Upon o close examination Of the big
ditch, the committee finds it to be used as
general receptacle for all refuse matter
accommodating in its vicinity for its entire
length, but as the abuse has been brought
up by other Grand Juries, that have pre-
coded the present one, we are unable to
suggest any remedy against the existing
evil other than city ordinances, and q strict
enforcement OF the same.
Your committee find that there are pipes
leading from the various wash-houses and
restaurants into the big ditch, the deposits
OF which. when exposed to the elements,
create offensive odors, but as the ditch is
the only drainage to the town, we are unable
to place before o any remedy which
might tend to give relief, other than that
the ditch be fumed, and reserved as a gen.
eral drainage for the town, which sugges-
ton loses most of its force when we take
into consideration that, in the event OF a
flood, the town requires that all the chan.
nels be open and free from distractions.
Four committee can see no improve
meut WHICH, COulu 10 hA9dc "a a. AS~A "a
the big ditch to better its condition any
at present.
Your committee would state that the
public highway leading from the town to
the railway depot is now almost wholly
| shut of. The only passageway existing Is
both inadequate and dangerous for the
| travelling public. We would recommend
| that the County Commissioners be re-
| ouested to take immediate steps to open
| up a thorough and permanent highway
from the town to the depot, and II neces-
sary to the end in view. that appraisers be
appointed and have any and all property
condemned which may stand in the way or
obstruct the immediate prosecution OF the
project.
from Adams Hill, Ruby Hill, ard the sur
rounding country west leading to the upper
end Of town, would be greatly facilitated
by the opening Of Gold street, from Mon
roe street to Pioneer avenue, besides being
a material benefit to South Eureka, your
committee would recommend that the
Commissioners be requested to lake action
to . up said street.
The committee find the various streets
and ~thoroughfares Of tow outside OF
Main street to be greatly in need OF grad
ing and filling up in places, 80 as TO estap-
lish something like a uniform grade, put
the complaint is SO general that the COM
mittee believed the funds now on hand and
available for that purpose to be entirely
inadequate to place the various streets and
highways up to the standard of q moderate
condition, and they would recommend that
those streets now in q state OF moderate
condition be let remain in place. and that
the available funds now on hand be applied
to the worst places, and where the i'm
provements are most needed.
The committee have learned that there
was a probability OF the passageway oelng
closed up between Adams street aud O'Neil
avenue, over which q large portion OF the