The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-08-30
CALLED IN QUESTION.
The Health Officer Auaignod in
a Lively Manner.
CHAIRMAN CAMPBELL SAYS
or' Garrison iIas Exaggerated tho
condition OF tho Public Health.
~ Lively Session OF tho Health
Committee.

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;. Tho Conncil Committee on Ueal,l,
met last night and had lively session
j, The meeting was called to take acticn
r with regard to au old sewer near Eirh.
, 'eeuttt street, concerning which DR..
Garrison presented the following CON.
munication:
To the Honorable Committee on Health.
report: Wv '''''"iNs
My attention was called to tho sewer ruaa.Be
tntouHn the excavation made for the Foundation
and cellar o. Mo proposed addition to the huu.e
gu NY hotth east corner OF Eoif and Eiehiccnih
:tieels, yes erday morning by Mes.rs Wagoncrs
iurns, Mckpwn mud others living in That
utIEhpofhoou, whose property dtAius Into tho
Mu li,swe Swet ! have inquired into ths case with
the following M the result Of tho best ihf,Imn
Nha Wa' able to obtatt: Tho sewer Was con.
sttusted about fotty.sevcn ytnis nvO by air
i,V, nnalek, WI Wus lhen Street Commissioner. Il
oiHluhlly peenh NJ point hear tho north west
corner oi Inc Four ward tcl! ,ol gyDgaas. and
extended IL II south ,wc,ietlg objection, through
what was theh marsh etohnd. to II pond situated
Ma ,n. pant n'at IN" present site OF hc Tack Fac
] KY, whcfe y emptied Into r0nd or into
Wheeling creek. Al that time there wer. no
streets OR alleys projected III that part OF tho
cty. Ihe Remains Of the oriclnul sewer eau Vt
When streets atf alleys had beca tatd OuI Ia That
portion OF The city. aud sewer had been laid on
roI street. the old sewer WAS Gu, oil hcNr ,he
street aud turned into that sewer. According
| 10 the best Information hsye been abIe ,a .,i,
tain, the sewer Gx,tuds diagonally across 10 4
rom the starting point TO about lot No, III /, IL
Eithteenih street. whcncs 1t extends due Wcs
and enters the Eoil street sewer as ALREADY o..
| tctibcd. Some years Suce portion OF ihr m ID
| sewer caved In. III lot 40. IN on Eighteenth
| street. when the city furnished tho necessary
| sewer pipe for rcpairlng The me- aud ncghbor
ins property holders mot the cSpenSe OF InyiI r
IT, There are dozen or more houses that drain
into y gu the north side Of Eighteenth strce,.
east OF Mr.. Wugoners Property.
10 cut tbls sewer aN at the eastern limo Of Mr.
We hefs Premises would cndanecr the health
by the decomposition OF Its contents wOul,.
surely iind their way through the porous soil
when Is found In that locality iuto the cela,s
ol The houses along It's line.
-, 10 lower TIC sewer and run Il uptlsr Mr.
Wagotier's cellar, SOuld entIairer tho hrpIt,,
and tiycs Uf his family '>'
:, Two remedies suggest themselves: Quo 10 turn
the excavation and run IL north TO inc ntivnir
ai'ey IN the rear, aud then west iuto tho t:odr
street sewer. A-o''
The other is to make connection for all the
houses on the line OF the old sewer with tho civ
sew rs, flush 1t and break NIL conpectIo4Y viii,
1t aud allow II to fill uD, when It can do no dam
age nut in either case the question arise, as Il,
VINO shtli ae' ay IN" necessary COS. While tho
hn'W NUT be err Inc by the pcople whot
property would be effected by the change. thn
equity OF the case. aS welt ~ tho general nrai..
tice OF corporations. wnull Indicate tnAt a con.
sas s aos portion ol the expeusc should be born
Before any Intelligent action cnull be hal,
however. the Services Of tho City Engineer
would be required 70 determine tha exact o,c,.
tim and extent Of Tbs sewer which ia iIreir ~
n th,4 In,
nlclhoH OF tht remedy. III my opinion. ihr
NECESSARY steps looking to n prompt settlement
OIL 'he diiln!cmity ought to be taken ut once;
GEO. l. GARRISON. NJ D..
Heath olle.r OF Wheeling.
Several schemes TO rem -dy the matter
were proposed, and it was iinally dec;led
to adopt Mr.. Pollock's resolution to rsn.
ommend to Council that the Eichte.n,i,
street sewer be lowered 30 that the
buildings heretofore drained into IN.
OLD sewer could be drained into that,
The bundle OF bulls which the Fir.
Branch referred back to tho commit.,n
was brought up. DR.. Campbsll hai y
statement from the City Cl.rk SHOWING
that the committee had spent go much
money that they will only have ahont
s5OO left Tor the remainder OF the vear
after the bills already contracted ars
paid, and the salary Of the Health O0ic r
and the keeper Of the Crematorv nm,
the garbage man are provided for, -.
Alter considerable talk, the bills wor,
ordered paid. "''o
The petition for permission TO enpct,
building on the Baltimore 4 Ohio I".
south OF the Public Building was reiur.
cd. at the suggestion Of the Health
Officer. 1Ae"''n
Alter all the other business had haer
disposed OF, Chairman Campbell toot
pthe communication from the H.a,,h
officer which was referred to the rom.
mlttee by the Second Branch of Oounr;l
and printed in Wednesdays ISrr'I,'
oENcER. He read it through from, ' IT,
70 last, and when 1t WAS unishci nv NJ
Pollock moved that it be receiv+J oni
tilcl: DR.. Campbell called Mr. pollnci
TO the chair, aud proceeded to moto n,
speech such us has hardly ever ha.n'
heard in Council or ut any comm;,,an
meeting. '''''o
He began by saying that Dr. Gsr,;aon
had taken advantage Of his absence from
the city at other times to present com.
munications to Council, CONTAINING % yiii:
lications Of himself, and had iurnisheJ
copies TO the newspapers to insure tns;r
publication. He said the Doctor h,,s
not the manhood 10 present the 49,
communication in the First Raw
where he aud Mr.. Farrell could haDs,
read and answer its charges bn. MN h,I
sent it to the Second, whsre h. tn.n.;t ma!t
could not be heard by either of ,b"m
and could not bs sesn by % ,ha'.
I'LL it appeared in tho newsnsn e II. ~
from iron copies specially proplr"d Ly w
me anthor to Insure its public alton
no USED the words coward and
sneak with great freedom fcr
nun OF bis siz-, and ral;ed ma Hes,,h
Oticers actions from fist 90 lan, Ia
called attention 10 the fact iha, ~ o
communication did not sDpak ~ J.! Nv
and Mr.. Farrell except hv thr;. IN ;..ii
namcs, aud repeated the S.ater,nn, ,,'n! ,u!
man who would have n.rsnn,1 'n.' "a
tack upon two !nemtera Of tha I. Tin". ~
l'raach OF Council read in ,ba "s s. rIrt5
Branch, where they could NOT t arsofu ausu?
lts cnafges, had n0t Il srark of ,nunna'Ei 1s"
and that the Health Utlicsr was t.o!u. t".;'.
10 create sympathy for himseli .n' 'uS
cause by yillilying other members ,, y, th., H,s
city administration. Uoncsf,,lnno u the ,he
statements that zymotic diseasssa ,ne are
much more prevalent, 1hat arc NJ,
phold fever and choleya ~
tantum ARE almost epileni" m m
Campbell said; 1o''' Df.
Il have taken the trouble 10 te,o,,, :.
TO sSspectable phyeiclans from s,epan senp a' nS ne
70 br!dgepo1t, meu VIII, have nra",;ca ~
an1 take eard OF the sick Of lls Iwe' tnwn
ana VINO Know what Diseases are !" Ho"p' "r'
lstence in their city; men whose o :" n Morli. rd
are are as9ood das their bonds, and thew, %Htts w;tts
ont exception asserted ,hat sym " W.
diseases much less preval.n, In.n
usual ana that cholera izfaatnm and
typhoid lever ars not in existsnce IN n an
he asAa that the doctors had said tba,
!se el.y Is quito rs healthy rs ty.r 'ha has
iors, mM, ana oprniy charged tha. the a aaitb III
HAces wad exaggerating the coudh % nm os
sho olty Tor the purpose OF st, enpth, nj n;n.. y.
ma position in the health ,lsoar,m -,