Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-23
here was no need of hearing further tes-

there was no need OF hearing further tes-
timony.
J. S. Mackenzie, residing on Vernon
avenue, said that he had taken about
eighty affidavits of people residing in the
district, all opposed to the sewage. He
said that sewer water WAS good for fertil-
izing the land, but it was better for fer
tilizing the graveyard. He said he had
seen lettuce sold in this city which
was raised by sewage, and when
opened there was found In the heart of
the bunch solid sewer matter. He said
he had seen many people in the district
where sewage is used who were sick,
and the sickness had been caused by
the sewage.
Mr.. Knox moved that some evidence
on the opposite side Of the question be
heard. Carried.
j. E. Throop was called and said he
had lived in the district five years, and
had used the sewage three times a
month. He had never been sick, and
none of his family had been. He had
never heard of any sickness caused by
the sewage. He said that the school
had never been closed through sickness
of the children, but it had been thin at
one time mainly on account of scare
which lad occurred. The people resid-
ing next to Mr.. Kendall at one time
used sewer water, and had not been sick.
Then they used fresh water and sickness
commenced. Witness said that the sew
age water was cleaner eight hours out ol
a day than the water which ran in the
zanjas. He repeated his statement that
he had not heard of any sickness caused
by sewage irrigation until he
listened to the witnesses, and he thought
their testimony was very largely imsgin
ary. He said that there were twenty
sewage, but there were only two present
They were not opposed to the use o
sewage, but were anxious to use it if they
could get it.
w. A. Field, residing in the city, said
he had It's acres of land rented to severa
families and they all wanted the sewer
water. He had never heard of any sick
ness where the sewage was used and the
land brought more rent with sewage
than without. In his opinion the sewage
was better than water from the zanias
tie mad been unable IL get city watei
until this year, and his tenants had ueee
the sewage for five years without having
felt any bad effects. The savage Wal
not needed go bad in winter time as il
summer, but it did no harm to flood tht
land with it and let it soak in.
Joseph Mace, of Florence, said that
after the sewage had begun to be uset
by several people around his place i
smelled very bad. He gave the manner
of various parties who use the sewage il
that vicinity, and cited several instances
fywhere people had been forced to move
AWAY. His health was good but he did
not know how long this would last. HI
owned twenty acres of land and ha(
been offered the sewage, but he woul(
not have it if it didn't cost anything. HI
had raised good crops without the sew
age and did not want it, although peo
pie on every side of him were using it.
An objection was raised at this point
to the hearing of testimony as to the
amount of crops raised with or without
sewage.
Major Jones thought this was one o
the important points to be heard.
| Mr.. Cohn said that the question wat
as to whether the sewage could be used
or whether it would have to run to waste
into the ocean.
Mr.. Wall said that he had raised with
out irrigation this year on twenty acres
270 bushels OF corn, 25 tons of hay, 3 tom
of pears, and he had 300 fruit trees othe
than pears, besides which he raised
enough to keep three horses and from
four to six cattle. He objected very
strongly to the smells which came from
the sewage, and said he did not thinl
life worth living if he had to.stay in sucl
a place.
Adjourned till 9 O'CLOCK on Friday
morning.