The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-12
THE MARKETS BAD CONDITION.
The Public Health Committee Points
Out Some Things which Need Atten-


ton.
The committee .on public health of the
Citizens Sanitary Association at its regu-
lar weekly meetings is looking into the
sanitary condition very thoroughly.
Sanitary Inspector Desvergers, at the
| committees last meeting, reported in refer
ence to the condition of the market house
that he has observed, since his report of
the previous week. hopeful Indications of
something more than mere declaration Of
intention on the part Of the city authorities
to improve the sanition of the place.
A plumber has been put to work upon the
plumbing appointments of the building
with instructIO to reopen the cess po lis
on the upper floors which had been closed
up aud repair the waste pipes which lead
down from them TO the sewers below, and
to put in each quarter of the building on
the upper floor two-iuch hydrant with
nozzle for 215-inch hose, in order to
enable the market cleaner to expedi-
tiOusly and thoroughly wash off the
floors and stalls at the close Of marke
hours. The inspector has been / formed
| that plans have been prepared for the con-
| struc,io of a cold storage box with which
the city authorities intend to replace the
filthy meat boxes now being used in the
market, and he hopes for the sake Of those
who are compelled to depend upon the
market for their meat supply, that this in
teution may not be placed in the nest in
which previously declared intentions of
sanitary improvements on the part of the
city authorities seem destined to hatch
les incupation.
AS to the long spromised and urgently
needed water C oSet5 Ia the market building,
the indications are that the city authorities
have abandoned their declared intention of
putting them in the building. because if
not abandoned the new 30 YER from the
market to the river would have been prop
erly trapped when it was bein constructed.
Before water closet can be connected with
this sewer the latter will have to be trapped
and a connection for the soil pipe fro the
closets will have TO bemade be wesn the trap
and the cess pool north Of the market, and
ventilating pipe extending from it above
the roof Of The market house. Tho neglect
to put closets in the building necessitates
continuance of the fiithy make-shifts re-
ferred TO in a previous report, which the
tenants Of the vaults and others resort 10,
consequently, one of the worst nuisances in
the city remains una ated under the roof
of the structure where the people obtain
their food supply.
The inspector reported in refere ce to
drainage that the drought has rendered the
condition of the low lands around the city
most favorable for drainage opera ions.
The morass in the rear of the Speer and
Worm farms is now in a dryer condition
than it has been for years, and the
bur 'ow pits Of the Tybee railroad, with the
exception of those nearest the Bilbo canal,
are also dry the mud on their bottoms crack
ing under the intense sun heat of the last
few days, and vegetation drying and rotting
down in than. Although such a favorable
opportunity for drainage or filling up these
bdrrow pits may not again occur for many
- .NNt- - u So tz,.k.
will be taken advantage of. On the con-
trary, the inspector mas been informed by
Mr.. Sugien, engineer of the no d, that it is
not contemplated to do anything toward
draining or filling I'D the pits
beyond the Bilbo canal turing ths present
year; and this information confronts a
letter Of r 'cAiver Myers to the inspector of
the association, dated Aprii f. 1899, which
contained the assurance embodied in the
following quotation: 1--WE appreciate the
necessity of drainage on the extension of
tae savannah and Tybee railroad, from
foot of President street, and have instructed
Mr.. Percy Sugden, our engineer, to give it
his attention, and expect during this month
to ain both sides Of our roadbed"
The Inspector also reported that there is
considerable complaint of m 4laral dis
orders on the eastern borders Of the city,
which are believed to have been caused by
the exposure OF the sedim 9nta.y deposit in
these places to the action Of the recent
severe sun heat.
The inspector reported too, that aditchn
in the Savannah, Florida and Wester
railway yard, to the east o
its work SHIPS, is in an exceed
the bane to the eastern section of the city
the Bibo canal-has OF late been sending
FORTH effiuvia intensely offensive, and that
cows, tie milk from whica is furnished to
the citizens, are daily drinking the foul
water If this open sewer, and that ducks
and geese from the yards Of market poultry
dealers are reyeling in the slime and filth OF
this sewer.
Mica cows are daily drinking sewage
water from the Sixth street sewer into
which all the filth fro the Georgia Infirm.
airy is voided by connecting sewer. The
inspector suggests. in this connection, that
it Is strange that the authorities, who claim
to be alive equal to the sanitary pro-
lection to the city, have not devised some
means to prevent the access to the sewage
water Of tle city of animals whose flesh
and milk contribute to the food supply of
the city.
In closing his report the inspector re-
ferred to the insutficisncy Of the ordinances
OF the city for sanitary projection, and | l.
stauced a case where a hog drover, who
sells from one Of the market stalls Of the
city, on Wednesday last left number of
dressed hogs .nging all day, till late in the
evening, disgusting spectacle to hundreds
of Strangers VINO visited the Market as the
hogs soon became literally black with flies,
which swarmei over them. The meat was
cut up and sid the next morning.
LOST doafJ know where, can't tell
when, don't $40 how--something of great
val g to me, and for the return OF which
shall be truly thankful, viz: a good Ape
tlte"
Found - "Health and strength, pure
blood, an appetite like that of wolf, regu-
lar digestion, all by taking that popular and
peculiar medicine, Hoods Sarsaparilla. /
want every body to try it this season." 1t
"a sold by all druggists. One hundred
doses one dollar.
TUESDAY EVE, MAY IA.
Independent Church Concert.
The following unusually interesting pro-
orornuna will a haard y,aVt T,,aedoy oya.