Daily Republican., 1881-09-14
BOARD or HEALTH.

Regular Meeting Last Evening-A
busy Session - Numerous Com
plants About the Removal o
Cabbage.
| In the absence of the President. Or
l. r, Bush, DIR. Drape- was, on motion
called to the chair, at the weekly meet
Ing OF the Board OF Health last evening
Reports were made in reference to ;
NUMBER OF nlllsances, some of which
were referred to Executive Officers anG
some referred TO the City Council. Mr.
Otto and DR.. Springer were appointed
standing committee on accounts, and
all bills were referred to them to audit
The resignation of James O. roole, az
executive officer Of the Board of Health
for the Western District, was presented
and, on motion, accepted. His sue,
cessor, Aus>in '. Gaynor was nominal
Ell and elected, without opposition, tt
serve the nncxpired term
On motion, the following bills we're
allowed, and ordered paid H. J. Belt,
u. 10; James : ewart, $500; VIM. +.
Holland, $1,000. j. n. Ogle, $l.3j.
"A comhunlcalion was received from
Wm. Bush complaining OF filthy pig
pens at Front anu Franklin streets,
and the matter was referred To the ex-
ecutlve officer of that district. MessrS.
hane and Otto were appointed com.
initttc to look after a nuisance al the
corner of Sixth and Monroe streets,
ana to examine an obSGructel drain on
Conrad street.
The secretary was instructed to ask
The Street Commissioner to till up two
Ded OF Bradford street west of Lobdeil
and several other minor nuisances were
reported aud referred to the proper ex-
eCutlve officers.
The St..tts across the race on the
Brandywlne were reported in b,d
condition, and II was ordered that the
Street Commissioner be notified of the
fact.
Proposals were then offered for the
removal of GaIb" &c and ctt,I from the
second ddi,tlrtt, for the rrua uler of the
year enu.ns Ju y 81, lS52!, anu were as
follows.
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W. '" frtcht.t. Observation-Disclosures. l40U
The board Jtpu Went into executive
session and about fifteen minutes
thereafter, announced rh.t they had
awarded the contract to A. G.. B. An
lerson, AZ Sl,2lO.
Complaints were received from near
ly one hundred housekeepers living III
the fourth district, that the garbage
was removed very irregulariy, and in
many cases it was not removed ior n
wee X "r more, and parties had to pay a
man to tak3 IL away, Mr.. Forsythe is
the contractor for That district.
wv hat are We gong to 10 about the
matter, gentlemen ," asked President
Draper.
81 guess vold better give up the Job
continued DR.. Draper, addressing his
remarks to Contractor Forsythe, who
was present. Mr.. ForSythe offered as
an excuse thar one of his men went
back on him, and that he had some
other trouble.
The City Solicitor, being previously
instructed, had prepared the following
resolutions, which were handad to the
secretary and were read, and adopted
WITHOUT u ulSSeHtlnn vote.
Resolved, That Frank Forsythe, the
present contractor for the removal of
garbage and otfal in the fourth district
of Wilmington, is not faithfully per.
forming, and has not faithfully per
formed his said contract in this, that
he now fails, and has habitually failed
TO remove large quantities of garbage
and otfal which it was his duty, as such
to remove, and the Board of
Health have, in consequence OF the
said garbage and offal, been compelled
to supply men and teams on their own
account t. do the same and be it fur
,her
Resolved, That the City Council Of
are hereby requested to
'escind aud revoke the contract Of the
said Frank Foraythe for the removal of
he garbage and ottal from the fourth |
district Of the city of Wilmington afore-
said, for the reasons set forth in the pre-
'eding resolution; and be it further
Resolved, That the clerk of tn, board
s hereby directed to send a certified
'opy OF these resolutions t. the City
'ouncil OF Wilmington aforesaid.
The secretary reported six new cases
If smallpox since the last meeting of
he Board, and that only one of these
lad been sent to the hospital. All the
I'D cases, previously reported, were
,onvalescence but one
DR.. Hazlert, assistant vaccine physi-
ian reported that in house in which
mall -pox had broken out, at No. 4O7
Van Buren street, the other members
If the family refused, acting under ad.
ice of DR.. Negendank, the attending
to be vaccinated.
He was instructed to make one more
'ttempt, DR.. Draper stating that he
honght they would consent now.
there being no further business the
'oard adjourned.