The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-07-27
DIR. GARRISON RESPONDS
To the Criticisms Of Dr., Camp
bell Thursday Night,
DR.. CAMPBELL'S STATISTICS
Arc not Reliable, and he is u Little
on In Some of his Theory-some
Of tho Definite Data he
wants Furnished here,
70 u. Editor Of d. Inlsliqmeer.

on Health. AT the begin
ming Of my term OF office l made a prac-
tice Of reporting various subjects Of com-
plant that came to my notice, to the
committee, As the season advanced
and the complaints became more nu-
merous, the chairman grew weary Of
them, aud so informed the Health OFF,
Ger, tried to enforce the penalties
the garbage contractors for vic,
lation OF the ordinance, and the chair.
man, ably seconded by Mr., Terrell, pro-
cured the remittance OF the fines i'm
posed, and restored to them their con-
tracts, This is history. Failing to OBJ
tain relief for the people from that quar-
ter, l addressed myself to Council, My
several appeals to that body are a part Of
their records, and have been published
by the newspapers,
In regard to the garbage question,
what arc the iacts2
An ordinance, formulated mainly by
the chairman and Mr., Terrell, was
recommended to Council under protes.
OF the Health Officer, and was passed,
Said ordinance provided that the con-
tracts for the removal OF the garbage
from the five districts into which the
city isdlYided should be let to the lowest
and best bidders, provided that no man
should beinterestedi nmoTethan one dis
triCt; thatthe contractors should inquire
for and remove the garbage and kitchen
otFal once daily, six times q week, from
each house in their several districts dur
ing the months Of June, July, August
and September. LISA fact that Andrew
and Lawrence Murphy, contractors for
the First and Fifth districts, respectively,
have but one horse and cart between
them, which Is operated In each district
on alternate days. l am personally
familiar with the garbage question,
There are twenty consecutive houses on
Main street where the collector haa not
been this year. There is not Q single
house in the First ward from which the
garbage Is removed every day 40 the or
dlnanoe requires.
The closest Inquiry ".Ipou my part has
ialIedn discover a single house In the
city, where the garbage Is removed every
day. And ! would DO reloiced to learn
the location Of any that may exist, The
carts go through the streets with their
tops uncovered, emitting bad odors-
which, with a favorable wind, can be dc.
teCted at least u half square away. In
violation OF the ordinance, they are per.
mltted to have holes in their carts to
drain the liquid portion OF their con.
tents upon the streets, The chairman OF
the Committee on Health Is CognizRnt OF
all these, and many other, otIenses
against the public health, Of which they
are guilty, and which have been repre-.
scented TO him by the Health Officer and
members Of Council. During the month
OF March there were received in my office
eighty.three complaints OF failure upon
the part OF the contractors to remove the
grabage. In the month Of April 404.
All OF which the chairman had knowl.
edge from the reports submitted TO the
committee by me. AS no attention was
paid 10 the matter, ! have not since that
time kept an accurate account OF the
complaints, and SINCE citizens have learn.
ed that 1t does nogood to complain, they
have materially fallen of. / submit a
partial list OF houses where 1t was re.
ported during the month OF June that
the garbage was removed twice a week
only:
North Front 80 houses, South Esont
~, North Penn 0, South Penn %,
Ohio H., South Broadway Al, South
York Al, Vermont 10, Virginia 9, South
Huron 40, South Wabash y, South
Elm 8, Maryland 20, Zane 40, Indiana
90. Total Ala.
At the following places the garbage is
not removed at all and is fed to cows:
1881, 1888, 1887, 3743, 3745 and S746
Wetzel street; 1888, $3.50, 1924 and 1920
McColloch street; AZ Thirty.seventh
street; 90 Thirty.sixth street; S., Sc, o.,
so and 80 Thirty.sixth street; Nos. 5000,
5000, 1904, 5000, 3G0S, 1915, 36l8, 1920,
1924, 1926, 1884, 3031 Woods street.
Corner Of Thirty-seventh and Woods
streets the garbage was removed once or
twice a week during the month Of
June, $685. Woods street once a week,
1923 Woodsstreet once and three timesa
week, 30 Thirty.sixth street two and
three times u week. AT 1923 Eotf street
the garbage was fed 10 COWS in June.
The same practice was reported at Nos.
1910, 90ll, 5000, 1907, 1905 and 1908
EoT street, aud at 5000 Chapline street
and at 1909. The same was reported Of
1910, 1914, 1916, 5000, B822o, 1924, $3.50,
1898, 3640, S843, EolF street, and 1904,
1905, 1910, 1914, 1908, 1912, 1910 and
BGlS Chapline street. At 1896 Woods
street the garbage has been fed to q COW
during the entire summer-reported
to-day. On Jacob street are 81 houses
where 1t Is removed twice a week, Eoir
8, and Chapline 0 houses, where 1t Is
removed only twice a week.
But why Continue2 Everybody, in.
Guiding the chairman OF the Health ~
Committee and Mr.. Ferrell, knows the
general unsanitary condition OF the city.
In regard to the rate OF mortality in this
city I can say, that while few, II any,
have more delightful advantages OF nat.
ural drainage and salubrity Of climate,
large numbers OF towns and cities occu.
plying situations In all varieties Of eli.
mate on the continent, surpass Wheel
ing as n health resort.
The INTELLiGRNcER says Dr.. Campbell
compared Lawrence, New Bedford and
Springfield, Mass, for the month OF June,
with the list published in the INTE1LI.'
GENCRR lately the figures given by him
are for a part Of the month only. I
might quote the rate Of mortality Of
Wheeling for July at 50 in 1000 OF pop.
ulatiOn, because In one week the mum.
Der Of deaths reported was equal to that
rate per apnpm. The figures given by
him for Rihghamtop, Yonkors, Hobo.
ken, Mobile and Pasadena were Tor May,
and those given for Peoria were for The
month OF March. Perhaps the Doctor
did not know that he misrepresented
the matter. While | give him the ben.
eftoi the doubt, l respectfully request
that no DO more careful In future, as his
statements are calculated 10 DO miBlead.
Ing, ag the public 10 apt 10 take for
granted statements made by Que In Ills
position.
His statement in regard To Pasadena
wbull bh miRlBadinR were We mt In RI.