Telegram-herald., 1890-07-14

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An srticie appeared .n Tuesdays
Kst IN xhlch nr. Mstson far'afi.y .
Health Of6ccr oi tais cay, ln q rtl 3 -
present Onesr Saunders. stated thAi
there WAS a eessp0oi, copsa.a.ne ~
manner II hlth. ln nh'ea . Aesse .'ad
teea buried ana allowed 70 remain nl-
der tlse Eagle barn.
A TEifeRAn-HEnAIp TVporief fis-
itea tne Eagie barn yesterday &c nNes-
ueste the matter. Nj Frank hooses,
she present proprietor, sad;
- have been here Ter foof years aud
no suoA burial Has taken place aurng
my tlase. As Itkalds the other Aiihs
come with me and lii show you that
we keep pretty Well Cleaned up."
The reporter Weut down stairs with
Nj. Hodges and found everything "a
neat shape. The manure i hauled
away every morning.
Tie reporter taen called on Dr. Wait
son. - Nos, that Is disgusting
thing to speak 0i, but the facts remain
az / have stated them. The present
proprietor OF the Eagle barn ls not to
blame and Is gnoTant oi the ifue state
Oi the condition that his place Is in. Al
one time that place Was an lslaau and
when the river WAS shut hack Il leit
about ten feet OF mud and filta ln the
vicinity. The barn was bnilt on siliis
and the place w2s gradually niled n
untl Il is a dlreiul n4ass oi 1he worst
class of uilh.
"iegarclng the sewer on sheldon 81,
/ ! tlnuk the complaint was wholly uu-
called for. a sewer runs from fultOn-
81. % Island, between South bvis.pn
and Sheldon-sts- owned by the properly
holders. Another sewer runs between
Sheldon and Lagrsye, commencing az
Island 4nd running south. am, 81
course, IA favor of scwers, Ule more 1T
them tbe better; bat what il the use IA
attacking Sheldon-st., one OF the most
healthy streets ln the cty. when there
II such filth As lust have spoken ahouI
"Ihe Eagle barn Is not the only place:
only use this as an example Of what
exists. There are hundreds OF places
just as bad
"Well, by what way can We get .id of
these nulsances p " asked the reporter.
when ! Was health officer I urged
that the place be filled up with the airt
that we could have obtained from Mr.
Waters, when be was eHcagating his lot
on Ottawa-st., but ! urged With no sue
cess.
"The fact Of the case is tins. The
present Board OF Health Is a contempt
ible farce. a fraud on the public, "A
mean political machine. The ailans
Of the Office are not conducted proper
~, the money expended De- waste 0i
public funds, and the Office IL filled by
incompetent hands. ! mean Toy thls
that the provisions OF the city charter
are these. That the health officer
shall be a physician of the regular
school, graduate OF regular medical
college, and that be be specially classsd
IN the knowledge OF chemistry. / hold
| that the present incumbent OF the OF
tee does not iii tie requirements OF
the charter.
81 noticed an article in a city paper 10
the effect that our present good health
was greatly due 10 the unuring efforts
of the Board OF Health, and that four
men were kept constantly at work in-
ycstlgahng and abating nulsanccs.
"Now these men are OF course Obeying
orders, and dong all they can, bot l
| hold that they are creating, instead Of
| abating nuisances.
"Thcy will 60 in poor mans ward
during the hot weather, and II they
| chance 30 smell a little disagreeabie
| odor. they SEND an insulting and pee
1 mpiory order for the man 10 have hls
vaults cleaned Immediately, bringing
very often a useless expense on the
unfortunate property owner. II
| they wonld 90 up ia Our
blocks and down in our Easements
investigate the poor p.umbng and get
| the complaints Of the people that have
/ 20 suffer from coal Gas, and
! look in our alleys az the slops and filth
that are thrown out by the occupants
Of the blocks, and str the council upt0
! Get air and water tight vaults, they
would do more good for The comnu-
nifty and come nearer doing the duty 81
what Is expected from the Board ol
Health"