Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-11-23
IT DIDN'T GO.
Tbs PROPOSED INVESTIGATION OF THs
HEALTH OFFICER POSTPONED.
Owing 10 The Absence Of Dr.. Garrison From the
Oty-Ths Text Of the Charges Before the
Committee Last Evening.

The pending investigation Of the charge
preferred against the City Health Officer
nv William Woodwa and Others. as here
tofore noted in this paper, has been post
poned.
The special investigating committee
APPOINTED by the City Council, at The last
session of that body, to institute an In
yestigation upon the charges preferred,
met at the City Hall, last evening, in ac'
cordance with notifications previously sent
ont. There we're present the full mem
osrship of the committee, City Solicitor
White, and the prosecutors and witnesses
summoned TO subslantiste the cbarges
About the time the committee got to
pether, Col. White stated that be had been
informed by Senator Sommerville, that
Health Officer Garrison was absent from
the CITY. and he thought it due the COM
mittee that they be informed Of the fact
The COMMITTEES held a conference. and de-
termined to read for Mr.. SommerVllle,
they having bsen informed by the clerk
that he had received proper notification OF
the meeting, bat Just at that moment Mr..
Sommerville came into the room. he
said he had received letter from Dr.
Garrison, stating that he could not be
present at the meeting, and rtq1esting tnat
nothing be done in his absence.
The committee held another conference
over this. and finally agreed to ADJOURN,
TO meet at the call cf Chairman Seeley.
The full text of the chTgss presented to
Council, aod by that body referred to The
committee, are as follows:
"To the Honorable Mayor and Council
"GENrLEMES:-We, the on iersigoed
petitioners, respectfully petition your hem
orabe body to take some action in regard 10
the following complaint, against the CITY
Health Officer:
al. That when any o! the men who
have a license to clean privy vaults and
Gees pools, 20 to his office during his Office
bours he is not there. and when be is
there. he will not lei them enter his office.
He will take their order, apd shut the door
and make them wal. outside.
so. That be does delay these men from
doing their work in the proper time, and
then complains that they are not doing
their duty, and they loose from 50 to -
every time they have to hunt him up.
"3. That he did, on several occasions,
tell William Woodward, Ike Smith and
William Banksrd, engaged in the night
soil business, that if they wanted any as'
sistsnce from him, they would have to
assist him TO get new furDsce.
"4 Tbat be did, on the 3lst day OF Dc
tober, 1889, refuse William Woodward
permit to haul ON ash vault to the coun-
try after he had received permission from
Thomas ]. Garden.
"5. His office hours are from 8 to 10 q.
M, and to and 7 to 8 p. M, and he has
set aside the hour from to o'clock a. m
for us 10 get our permits, aud if we do not
get there during that hour we have to wait
a ntil the next morning 10 get permit.
1--WE think that the Office of the City
Health Officer should be in the City Bald.
ing or the duties of issuing permits for IT,
purpose of cleaning pivy vaults and Gers
pools, be given to some competent person IN
the City Building.
"Hopipg your honorable body will take
suitable action in regard to this, we are,
Respectfully yours,
"WM WOODWARD,
"DAE RICHEY,
"WM. BANKARD.
"JOs LINwEAvER,
GEO. MACK,
IKE SMITH,
GEO. w. ADRIAN,
JAS CONRAD"
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