Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-08-08
A LONG SESSION
HgLD BY THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE on
HEALTH, LAST NIGHT
The Report Of the Health Officer on the Garbage
Complaints, Rejected, and the Bill Not
Pald-DiscusNons Resulting.

The Council Committee on Health met
at the City Hall, last night, aud devoted
about two hours to a consideration Of busi-
ness matters before them. The session,
like most of those recently held, was a
quite interesting one, and at times sp-
preached liveliness.
The first business taken up was the re-
port of Health Officer Garrison, submitted
in accordance with the following resOlu-
ton adopted at the meeting two weeks
sgo:-
Resolced, That the Health Officer tabu-
late all complaints Of not removing garbage
and night soil, whether by letter or by
telephone, giving name, number of house
and street, aud forward same to Health
Committee, once week.
The report of the Health Officer consisted
of fourteen pages of legal cap, written with
a typewriter, aud embraced about four
teen hundred complaints, covering the
months of June and July. The entire city
was covered by the statement, streets and
numbers Of houses being given in each in
stance, together with the frequency of calls
By the garbage contractors, and the dispo'
sitions made of the garbage By the house
holder in the absence Of the collectors.
In presenting the report Of the Health
Officer Chairman Campbsll asked the com
mittee whether the report cane within the
meaning aud object of the resolution.
In reply TO this, Mr.. Hadlioh said he
understood the Health Officer was to make
a reDort of the complaints from the time of
the adoption of the resolution, and there
after oucs per week, and was not to cover
the complaints OF the past two months.
Mr.. Pollock wanted to know whether
the ordinance required the Health Officer
10 do as the resolution required. The
Health Officer was elected under an Ordi-
nance, and it might be he could follow the
mandate of the resolution or not, as he saw
ut
TIE chairman said he supposed il WIGS
true that the Health Officer was acticg
under On ordinance, bat the committee
wanted to get at the facts, so as TO be en-
abled to take intelligent action upon the
situation. His idea was 10 get fresh COM
plants and then investigate them.
DR.. Carlson have $50 complaints TO-
day, if you want fresh ones.
DR.. CAmpbell-What action will the
committee take?
Mr.. Pollock suppose the only thing
TO he done ia to file it.
DR.. GaTrison-I suggest il be read be
fore il is disposed Of
Mr.. Pollock-It will be here for every
msn to read, if he wants to. Ii would
take the remainder of the week TO get
through it.
Mr.. Emmert said he believed there was a
good deal Of spite work, among the people
towards the committee. Some people lock
ed their garbage up, fastened the gate, etc,
and then complained about the garbage
men. If the charges Of complaint brought
by the Health Officer were investigated,
about half would be found to be false.
Dr.. GARRISON don't know that they re
false.
Mr. Enmerlh-Neither do I know it.
Dr.. Garrison-Well, l believe they're all
true. No garbage man has reported TO me
that any one refused him access to the
garbage, although it is their duty TO do SO.
Mr.. Emmerth-What we want is COM
plants only one week old.
Dr.. Garrison-Wel, can make affidavit
to $50 cases where the garbage was not re-
moved yesterday, as required by law, and
in one week can get 1000 cases II the
committee wants evidence, l Can get it.
think can show by Superintendent Serig
that in some districts no gsrabge is hauled
up on certain days, and / haven't talked
with Mr. Serig, either.
Mr. Sarig said two or three such districts
could Ia found.
Dr.. GarrisOn-Has there been any dis
trict, within a week, in which 10 garbage
was hauled for a dayP
Mr.. S.rig-Yes. Sometimes it is every
other day.
Mr.. Farrell-Whst districts?
Mr.. Ssrig-The fifth and first. Some
times they haul in one district in one day,
and sometimes in the other. Again, there
will be two loads from the first and one
from the filth, and the next day two from
the fifth and one from the first.
Mr.. Pollock-Tnen cone days they skip
a day 10 ore Of those districts?
Mr.. Serig Yes.
DR.. CAmpbell-This is ths first time this
has been brought up. / suggest the clerk
be required TO notify the men that they
must work in their districts every day.
Dr.. Garrison-It is not the first 'ime it
has been brought up. It has bee1 port
ed both here aud in Council that there Is
hut one horse between the first and fifth
districts.
DR.. Edwards-You have heard my sug-
gestiOn.
Mr.. FArrell-What is il?
DR.. Campbell the clerk notify
the collectors iu the first and fifth districts
that they must have q cart running in each
district every day.
Mr. Farrell-Mr Ssrig, do you know
that there is bat one horse to those two
districts?
Mr.. Rumble-There is only one.
Mr.. SsIig-There Is no doubt OF it.
Mr.. Pollock second that motion.
The question was put by Mr. Farrell,
and wss unanimously carried.
The chairman here asked Mr.. Ssrig how
the cTematOry was doing and in reply got
the information that he vas burning all
the stuff that came up, but could not han
die shy more. Sometimes people had to
wait little while.
Daring the previous discussion, City S.
licitor White arrived, having been sum-
moned to attend the meeting Dr.. Camp
bell addressed Col White, and said the
committee desired to know something
sbou. the rection Of the health ordinance al
lowing the Health Officer toexpend not more
than $50 on any one occasion, without
coming to the committee. This was an in
PRODUCTION calculated to lead up to the al
; Indication of bill for 81 from stenOera
pier for making out the statement of COM
plants submitted By the Health Officer.
The Health Officer made a statement 10 the
committee, reciting that he had gotten up
tie report in compliance with q resolution
passed by the committee and directed to
him by the clerk. He had acted under
the instructions of the committee, and felt
that the bill ought to be paid.
After some discussion, the Solicitor gave
it as his opinion that the bill did not come
within the $50 section, but was based on
= resolution passed by the committee.
Dr. Garrison-The ordinance has nothing
IN do with the matter.