Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-08-07
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
CITY BOARD OF HEALTH.

The Board Of Health met Saturday night
at The usual hour. Present, Drs. Dixon,
Gardner aud Cluness. In the absence of DR..
Hatch, DR.. Cluness acted as Secretary. The
rNading Of the minutes and of the mortuary
report was deferred until the next meeting.
The bill Of Tufts, for drugs, was received
and approved. The report of the City PLY.
stefan was received and placed on file.
The following statement and conclusion 10
the matter Of the petition heard and consid.
cred at the last meeting was presented az
embodying the opinion Of the entire Board
The Board of Health have considered the
petition snd testimony for and against the
abatement Of What is claimed to be nui
sance on X street, between Twenty-sixth and
Twenty.seventh streets, caused by the work
of hide drying and cleansing. tallow.render.
ing and bone-boiling carried on there also.
against the Sacramento Brewery for the i'm.
proper discharge of its refuse into the slough
or ditch between Twenty. eighth and Twenty.
ninth streets and have arrived at the con.
clusion that, under the ordinance, the factory
on X street is conducted contrary to
Law, and, as being offensive I" in
the sense contemplated by the ordinance,
should be considered public nuisance.
Whether the vapors and gases arising from
fat-renderipy are positively and seriously
detrimental to the public health may be con.
sidered doubtful; yet that this business, ss
conducted on the premises complained of, ia,
under the city ordinance, nuisance, offens.
i've to the public, source of discomfort to
many living in the vicinity, and to a certain
extent Injurious to health, there is abundant
evidence to show. The offensive vapors from
this source are due TO the decomp osition OF
animal tissues-the albuminous matters, the
fbrols and muscular tissues, etc.-contained
in the fat, under exposure to the air and the
influence of heat /; and it is admitted by all
authorities that such vapors do occasion. for
time at least, loss OF appetite, headache,
nausea and vomiting, in delicate persons ex.
posed to them, and in children and that
they interfere with the public comfort, and
indirectly its health, by compelling those
in the immediate vicinity to keep their
doors aad windows closed, and thus
to deprive themselves of fresh air.
Both these facts have been conclu,ively tes-
tilted to in the present investigation. AS a
nuisance it can be abated in only one way
short of removal, and that is by combining the
offensive gases and destroying them as fast
as they accumulate. This is done in we'll
regulated establishments the fat-rendering
being done in tight kettles or tanks, the gases
and vapors passed through q condenser, which
retains the watery vapor but permits the
ffsnsiye and combustible gases to pass into
the furnace to be consumed. The same may
be said Of the odors from bone boiling, which
are very offensive, the bonss being generally
kept until putrefsction has commenced. The
offensive par. of these processes, SIS Just
stated. is the boiling of the animal tissues,
which have often bsen kept too long. The
odors from bone boiling can be destroyed, es
in the casa OF fat-rendering.
l,,a d. ,f L.
Board of Health declare the establishment in
question nuisance in the sense of Section z,
os Chapter X. of the ordinances, and direct
the Health Officer to have the same abated
by requiring the adoption of satisfactory
and effective plan for destroying the gases as
they arise, as suggested above; that until
such abatement is accomplished, the work of
carrying on the above processes be stopped.
The Board also direct that, il event of the
above order not being carried out before De-
tobsr l, 1882, the said premises be perma.
nently closed and the conduct of the business,
IL carried on at all, be done outside the city
limits.
No Efficient evidence has been adduced to
prove any violation of law, or offeuss against
che health Of the people, by the Sacramento
Brewery.
Health Officer Martins report was ordered
on file.
The following resolution was adopted:
Resclred That the Trustees be requested to in
crease the salary OF the Health Officer III consequence
OF the increased amount of labor required of him
and that he be required to devote his entire time To
the work Of the Board
Vaults, privies and drains, ETC., in rear OF
Nos. 408, 40S, 40, 412 aud 414, on / street.
and the vacant lot east of said numbers, were
referred to the Health Officer, with irstruc-
lions to Abate the nuisance.
A communication from Robert Cellar re.
garding the condition of privy at Nos. 9l7
and 919 street. was read and referred to the
Health Officer, with Instructions to abate the
nuisance at once.
The Board then adjourned.
G. 7. B. SooIETY.-TEe California Tenn
psraucs and Benevolent Society met yester
dsy at Fireman's Hall. There was good
attendance. Rev. Z. 81. B. Anderson deliv
cred very eloquent and interesting addres:
on temperance, giving the good results of the
prohibition law in Iowa and Kansas the
good work the temperance people were max
ing in the Eastern States, and said he desired,
for the good of this community and the fam.
lilies that are now suffering through the eff
fects of intempsrance, that this society
should prosper. he gave as reason for the
small attendance of our churches the sale Of
Intoxicating liquors, stating that out of TO-.
600 people who fought to go to church only
$500 attended He said that the opening Of
the society without any secresy, where al
are invited, was smother feature that should
recommend it to every coed citizen who
wishes the welfare of his fellow man. DR.
Davis followed Mr.. Anderson, giving the
physical effects of intoxicating liquors or
chose who indulge. relating different cases
that came under his observation, and closed
by congFatulating the society on the base or
which it was established.
NARROW EscAPE.-On Saturday last, about
4 o'clock, ss gentleman and lady were driv
ing ON Fifth street. between and K, the
horse stepped into a large tin can lying on the
street. The animal became frightened and
ran against telegraph pole at the corner Of
the alley. The man was thrown out, and In
the fall lost possession of the lines. The
horse started on rur, and what might have
proved disastrous runaway was fortunately
prevented by j. M. Kelly, of Elk Grove
who, seeing the lady's perilous position
headed the horse and caught him few steps
west of the street crossing.
SATURDAY NIoHr's FIRE.-On Saturday
evsning shout 1880 o'clock an alarm of fire
was turned in from box So. The fire broke
ont in the residence of Geo. w. Morse, on N
street, between Sixteenth and Seventeenth
II was 6rst discovered in bedroom closet
Mrs. Morses sister, the only person in the
house at the time, gave the alarm. Ths
neighbors rushed in with buckets Of water
and 10 few moments had conquered tbs
flames The damage was slight. The Firt
Department was promptly on hand, out i
was found unnecessary to turn on the water
NEw CIrizENs.-The following person.
were admitted TO citizenship in the Superio
Court on Saturday: Wm. Snarr. nativ
of England, indorsed by n. d. Goodeil snt
ID H.Groth lJehn kasassshs natiss OF Aus
tria. indorsad by Robert Forbes and VIM
Sawcett; Henry Dohn, native of Ger
many, Endorsed by Charles Heisen and L
Lo.thauner; Lawrence Lawson. a native. o
Sweden endorsed by Thomas Waters ana
T. C. Todhnater; George al. Hsyton, ma
tive of England. same witnesses.
FREE LIBRARY REPosr.-Ths following
the report Of the Librarian Of the City Ere
Library for the week ending Saturday. An
gust sth: Number of books issued during tn
week, 7o1; fiction. 514; history, %; biogra
ply. "a; travels, 81; miscellaneous hte "a
cure, SO; religion, z poetry and drama, ~
.c,rucs snd art, 20 Average number draw
per day, 100. Percentage Of fiction, IL.
Por1cE CouRr.-Ths following business
was trapsacts ID ia the Police Court Saturday
John Connolly, drunk. fined s.; Z. FsiI
child. misdemeauer, continued to Angus
Ssh; Pat Lynch, battery. continued until te
dsy: joe Anderson and Gus Coval, battery
guilty Judgment deferred to August II i
Fivs Chinese were fined S. each and cost
Cor visiting su opium der.
: Crrr TREASURY REcEIPTs.---The follovin
were the receipts for the week endin
August 5sh: w. A. Henry, Police Coul
fines, s11 X. d. Server. water rstes, 81. 7o5
n. A. Kidder, harbor dues, S17 80; S. i
Caldwell, Cemetery dues, S24 George a
Patnan. city licenses. $3.50; George A. Pu
nam, dog licenses. S24 SO; total, 81. AIS Il