The daily gazette., 1883-09-12
BOARD OF aEALTH.

Eta Busy Meeting Last Night--CuuDciI TO
be Informed - to the Streets That Be-
long TO the City.
At the regular meeting of the Board OF
Health held last night President Bush occu-
pied the chair.
The nuisance complained of at the foot of
Lord street was again brought to the 'atten.
tion Of the Board, as both the city and the
r., W. 81 B. railroad authorities here dis
claim the ownership of the ground on which
the nuisance exists tho secretary was ordered
to notify the president of the p, W. e. B.
railroad concerning the nuisance, on motion
OF DR.. Grimshaw.
A communication from j. T. Heald g.
Co., disclaiming the ownership of the bed of
Liberia street, complained Of rs a nuisance,
was received and upon being read Dr.
Grimshaw offered the following resolution:
ResoIued, That 1t is reported that a nuisance
is now existing on a lot of groun lying west
and bordering on Scott street, between Thir-
called Liberia street." and said TO be the
property Of j. t. Heald and wife; therefore,
Resolued, That a committee be appointed to
view the same and report TO this Board at its
next meeting.
The resolution wac adopted and DIR.
tfrimshaw and Allen Gawthrop were ap-
pointed Committee of Investigation.
The Messrs. Mary and Annie Plunkett,
owners of the Western Hotel, have decided
to remove the privy well comp aimed of and
notified the Secretary to that effec'.
Messrs. Gawthrop and Feaster were ap-
pointed a committee to examine into the
complaint of Mrs. Ellen Bush of the annoy
ance caused by smoke from Davidson g.
Brothers smoke-stack entering her house,
Chief Engineer of the Surveying Depart
ment Frederic H. Robinson presented his
m 1nf NJ q Hon do
streets. Complaints Of this lot have been
before the Board for several years past, and
every means tried to abate the nuisance
bave been unavailing. The lot is one deep
hole, and all the garbage, sewage, etc., of the
entire neighborhood is thrown or drained
into it. Mr.. Robinson stated that four OF
the houses now had drains running through
the back part of their yards into the sewer
on Adams street, and the remaining houses
adjacent to the lot could be similarly
drained. AS the remedy lays with the peo-
pie of the neighborhood themselves the
board dlsnisncu the
The following resolution, offered by DR.,
Grimshaw, was adopted and ordered sent to
fhe City Council.
Resolved. That in the matter of the sance
Race street In the Ninth ward of this city.
the atte tiOn of the City Council is avn t
the alleved fac that when that part of the city
now called the "Ninth Ward, was incorp rated
| In the city all | mes and alleys therein were
given int charge Of the city and Decamt
| streets and lanes of the ty.
The nuisance complained of is that there
is no gutter on this street and the water
| flows all over the bed of the street. The
Board was complained to and notified the
Street Commissioner, who reported to the
Board that the street did not belong to the
city, hence the resolution.
Abram B. Eastwood, 1890 Pleasant street
complained to the Board that water came
into his cellar from the the stable and roof
Of the property adjoining owned by Victor
Deham. 1t was referred to Executive Officer
| Shultz.
No new cases of small pox were reported
and not single case of smallpox exists il
the city at resent. A number of minor nui
sances were reported and others abated. Tn
following orders were directed to be drawn
James Stuart, So; Samuel W. Schultz, IS.