The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-04-19
HEALTH COMMITTEE SEANCg.

Of paving and other features OF the
city.
HEALTH COMMITTEE SEANCE.
A Pretty Lively Old.Time session Held Last
Evening.
The Council Committee on Health
gave n very clever entertainment last
and though the audience was not
large, 1t was very appreciative and liberal
in It's applause. Health Officer Garrison
was not present, but some specialties by
three night soil haulers were introduced
TO occupy the time usually allotted to
that official, and the show went on I'm.
interrupted.
Tho programme consisted OF "Imita.
ton Of Sleep" ::by Mr.. Pollock, "Puns,"
by Mr.. Farrell, "silence," by MI.
Zarnitz, %"uarangue," by Solicitor White,
Tabled Resolutions" BY Mr.. Iiadlich'
and Earnest Elort," by Chairman
Campbell. The three night soil haulers
told a thraadbare story as 10 how Dr..
Garrison treated them with scora and
contumely.
The night soil haulers were allowed 10
open the performance, They told that
Ike Smith has an order 10 clean a vault
at a house which has no number, but
which Is designated us "corner Balti-
more and Twelfth Streets" and that DR..
Garrison refuses to grant a permit be-
cause the ordinance Gays the applica.
tion must give street md number"
Ike Smith don't care particularly about
the matter, except that he fears the
vault may overflow before Council pro.
vides u number for the house.
George Woodward said that Dr.. Gar.
rison makes him stay up in the morning
alter a hard nights work, to get his
next days permits, aAd that he Is not
allowed to walk in upon the veltet car
pet OF the Doctors Office, but is forced
10 stand out IN the rain until his per.
mits are prepared.
Bills amounting TO So were ordered
paid, among them being one from Peter
Erb dated March IL, for s., for buggy
hire by Dr.. Garrison, at which time, &C.
cording to the Doctors explanation to
Clerk Hanke, the Doctor went out to
Fulton to investigate some reported
cases Of smallpox. Two other bills were
presented for inspecting vaults and serv-
ing notices, the inspection being auth.
orized by DR.. Garrison.
The question Of the Doctors authori.
ty to appoint such inspectors was dis
cussed at length, but was not decided,
and the bills were ordered paid because
the claimants are probably poor men
and need their money. MI. Arkle sug.
gested that it would be well to have DR..
Garrison at all meetings, and added
III we are to have q fight let's have it
and be DONE" Mr.. Farrell said: 81
don't mind a fight, but | dislike d series
Of them" Mr.. Farrell voted no, alone,
and asked 70: q divs' !, which was or.
dercd, He was still alone.
DR.. Campbell called Mr.. Ankle 10 the
chair and moved to hire n bus and take
q jaunt among the stink houses" as the
soup factories and hide houses are called,
This called out considerable discussion,
in which a dispute arose as to whether
blue ilics found in certain East Wheel.
ing houses came from the hide house or
Elders soap factory. This was decided
by Mr.. Farrell's assertion that a woman
had told him that the flies all have the
letter B on their wings, surely indica.
ting that they belong to the Butchers
association. Mr.. Pollock objected to
naming any particular time for visiting
these places. He saidi VII you want
to smell a stink you must sneak up on
it, and take it unawares. These places
put on their Sunday clothes when they
hear we are coming"
It was finally decided that the com.
mittce make its tour Of inspection at the
call OF the chairman.
DR.. Campbell began what would have
been, no doubt, q very entertaining ad.
dress on nuisances, had be finished. In
cidentally he mentioned the shaking
power house Of the Electrical Company,
whereupon MI. Farrell, in a well-worded
and lengthy address, moved to take up
tho electrical power house, and an
nounced that as Chairman of the power
house committee he must call DR.. Camp.
bell to. order, because he (Farre!l) had
not given him the floor.
Anotherexhibition will be given Mon.
day evening, and an effort will be made
loinclude stereopticon views OF microbes,
bacteria, blue flies and angle worms.