Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-17
BOARD OF HEALTH.
The Mayor Talks About the supply
Com mittee.

The Mayor Talks About the supply
Com mi,tee.
The Board of Health met last night,
Mayor Hazard in the chair and Drs.
Davidson, Hagan, .Kuriz and Mr.. E. T.
Wright present. a communication ask.
ing for an extension of the COW limits
was referred to the Health Officer.
Mayor Hazard said that it was his in
tention to notify the head of every
department, that in the future all bills
incurred for supplies and other incidental
expenses, must be presented to the
Board of Commissioners for his depart
ment, and that body would recommend
the Council to pass an ordinance author
izing him to make such outlay as it
should deem necessary. Mr.. Brown, the
Chairman of the Supply Committee, had
overreached himself and his days were
numbered. He therefore notified the
Health Officer at that time, that the
board would not in the future approve
any bills; but would recommend the
Council to authorize him by ordinance
to meet them.
Mr.. A. D. Childress addressed the
board at some length on the matter of
the street sprinkling contract, and asked
for relief from the necessity of locating
barns in each district, as required by the
contract. He stated that the superin-
tendent of street sprinkling had called
his attention to the matter, and said that
such an arrangement would create con.
fusion all the time. He believed that
the contract would be literally complied
with, but in case that it should be to the
advantage OF the contractors, and not to
the clty's detriment, to form one central
camp at any time, he wanted the board
to authorize him to do so, he on his part
agreeing to have the teams on time in
each district. After good deal of dis
cussion on the subj act it was agreed that
the board could not interfere with q con-
tract made by the Council, but at the
same time Mr.. Childress was given to
understand that the board would offer no
objection to his having one central barn,
provided no complaint was made about
his not fulfilling the terms of his con-
tract.
Mr.. Garrett presented two bills
amounting to $77, for funeral expenses
OF three smallpox patients in 1887 and
1000. Lucy were dppTJV6u u Iu6 eXL6uC
of s45 on motion of DR.. Kurtz.
Health Officer MCGOWAN reported that
the pond on Flower street, between
Temple and Courthouse streets, was q
nuisance, and he wanted the board to
authorize him to have it abated at the
owners expense by filling it up. Mr..
Wright was of the opinion that as it wss
the fault of the city in grading the street
and not leaving the natural outlet of the
water open, it would be unfair to compel
man to fill up his lot. A number of
suggestions were made, and DIR. Kurtz
finally moved that the Clerk of the board
recommend the Council to instruct the
City Engineer not to interfere with the
natural water courses in laying out and
grading streets, and call that body's at
tention to this case as an example to be
avoided.
| In the matter of Jones' reservoir on
Orange street the Health Officer recon-
mended that an ordinance be passed
compelling all private reservoirs, and
this one in particular, to be cemented on
the sides ard bottom, and that they be
covered, but this was modified, on mo-
ton OF DR.. Davisson, so as to read that
all reservoirs be covered. The Health
Officer presented his annual report, but
after few extracts therefrom had been
read, it was referred to committee,
composed of Drs. Hagan and Davisson,
for the purposes of modification, and the
| board then adjourned