Daily Republican., 1882-06-28
THE HEALTH BOARD.
Mere Trouble Along she brandy .
Wine-AEitAting q system Of
Sewerage.

wino-AEitsting q system Of
Sewerage.
A stated meeting of the Board Of
Health was held last evening, Presi-
dent Bush In the chair. A number of
nuisances previously reported to the
Board we're said to be abated, while
others were in the course of abatement
under the supervision of the executive
officers. The usual number of new
cases were reported to the Board and
referred to special committees OF the
executive officers for abatement. The
secretary reported that he had from
time to time referred certain cases to
the City Solicitor for his opinion, but
that it was almost impossible to get an
answer from him. Considerable dis
cussion was entered into regarding tha
practice of truckers who throw gar rbage
upon the street on market days, and
the executive officers were directed to
have all future offenders arrested.
Executive Gay nor reported that he
had found the mouth Of the sewer lead.
ing from the slaughter house into the
Christiana creek in a terrible condition
at low tide, and that he had ascsrtained
who the party was that emptied refuse
matter into said sewer. The Board,
upon melton, directed him to have the
party brought before the Mayor If the
otfense WAS repeated.
K. +. Kane offered the following reso.
luton which was adopted:
Resolved, That the Street Committee
OF City Council be requested to have
the cutters flushed with water at least
once week during the months Of July
and August.
The attention of the Board was called
to the spring on Monroe street, above
Seventh, by DR.. Bush, who stated that
1t was used to great extent by the
people In the vicinity, and the matter
Of the fitness OF the water for drinking
purposes was discussed.
President Bush submitted the follow
ing, which was On motion adopted and
referred to special committee COM
posed of Drs. Springer and Draper:
June u, 1S82.-Some three weeks ago
the engineer of the Oity Mill called upon
me to state that for several hours the pre-
ceding evening, the water OF the Brandy
wine race had been highly colored with
dye stuff, as 1t was afterward ascer-
tanned, was from Bancrofts mills, and
by some oversight, although notice
had been sent, it failed to reach the
engineer.
It appeared, as was then stated, that
there is portion of the tank into
which the Bancrofts discharge their
exhausted dyes which lies below the
outlet conducting to the north side of
the Brandy wine and that 1t becomes
necessary occasionally to discharge this
sediment into the creek. This is a
serious matter and to q considerable
degree neutralizes the advantage gained
by our city in its drinking water by the
drain pipe above mentioned.
/ would therefore ask the board for
= committee to visit the works of the
Messrs. Bancroft aud ascertain the
actual condition of things as above re-
ferred to and report to the board at its
next meeting. Respectfully,
L. P. BUSH, President.
The President, DR.. Bush, also sub
mitted the following resolution, which
was, on motion of DR.. Draper, accepted
and ordered to be entered on the
minutes and copy sent to the City
Council.
10 the Honorable City Council of
Wilmington, Del.:--The Board Of
Health respectfully represent that some
two months since there met commit
teee from the City Council, from the
Board of Health and from the Board of
Trade, to confer upon system of sew.
erage for the city Of Wilmington. The
importance of the subject was fully
discussed, especially by Mr.. Bogart,
and the superiority of the separate sys-
tenn of drainage was acknowledged. A
resolution was passed at that meeting
addressed to the City Council asking
that a survey of the city be made with
a view to the above mentioned object
and an estimate made of the expenses
incident to its accomplishment. This
board therefore respectfully ask that
any vacancies in the Committee Of
Council be filled and that the said COM
mittee be authorized to employ . con-.
petent engineer and well acquainted
with this system of sewerage 10 carry
out the objects suggested in the resolu.
tion of the joint committee above men.
toned.
There being no further business the
Board adjourned.