The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-02-04
THE HEALTH COMMITTEE.


The Observation-Disclosures Tniiow Factory.
The Island Cow Stable md tho Cremu.
tory ltoad.
The Council Committee on Health
held long and interesting meeting
last night. Chairman Campbell and
Messrs. Rumble and Terrell were pres.
ent early in the evening, and after much
coaxing on the part Of Lieutenant Gaus,
Mr.. Hatlich was induced to come and
make quorum so business could be
transacted. The first matter was the
petition OF the Butchers Association,
wherein they ask permission TO con.
tinue the work Of rendering tallow ut
their establishment, corner Sixteenth
and McColloch streets; against this
there was remonstrance from l24
property holders and others, whose W rk
at the Central Glass Works REQUIRES
them TO pass the place daily. President
Hoffman,, Of the Butchers Association,
presented their side Of the case. He
said the method OF rendering tallow
which they employ is In use In Zanes.
vile, Allegheny City and Mckeesport,
and that they had spent s., 900 to perfect
their plant after citizens In those differ.
ent cities had recommended that style
OF apparatus. ~.
Charles Thcis, small real estate
owner In tho vicinity, insisted that the
place smells bad, and that q sinking
dense black smoke flows from it all the
time. lie also asserted that the fan
which Mr.. Hoffman claimed carried all
the smell into the furnace is not oper.
ated nearly all the time and that on last
Friday and Saturday particularly, the
odor was bad. Mr.. Thies was positive
that the place could be snelled square
away on n hot day, and that blood Il ON
the hides which are sailed at the same
place, runs down to the creek bank and
smells bad. Mr.. Charles Rohrig, OF the
Butchers Association, stated that the
plant is so constructed that the fan must
run when any other part OF the place is
operation, and asserted that the only
signs OF blood there is from the place, is
the brine from the hides and that II does
not smell bad.
John GoNpers, another resident in
the neighborhood, said that his family
complains OF the smell, but that he
works down town and is not ut home
when the place is in operation.
| Mr.. Hadlich, OF the committee. said
he had with other Councilmen, visited
the place and that he could smell no Of.
fensive odors. 1t was finally decided
that the Health Committee visit the
place before the next Council meeting
Mr.. Emmerth, OF the Island, came IN
and the matter OF an Island COW stable
: which isalleged by citizens in the vici
nifty to be nuisance, was taken under
. consideration. Mr.. Emmerth stated thai
he had examined the premises referred
10 and found them in clean and whole
some condition, and that the priucipa
trouble has been caused by the failure
OF the Board OF Public Works to con
ssruct a sewer trap TO carry OFT the sur
face water at the point, which is the low
est place in the street. 1t was decided
that the proprietor OF the stable be called
to the next meeting and the Health
officer was requested 10 make an exa,ni
. nation OF the premises and report.
Chairman Campbell called attention
TO the ordinance requiring the City
Clerk to advertise for garbage bids fol
the coming year, and stated that he had
a new plan to propose. His plan in
general is to let the entire city contract
TO one man, place him under bond, and
hold him for the work instead OF divid
ing the city into districts. The further
consideration was postponed till the
next meeting.
Mr.. Terrell wanted TO know if there is
pest house needed in the city, and
whether or not there is an epidemic
DR.. Campbell said the city ordinance
only contemplates that smallpox cases
, should go to the pest house, and tina,
there is no smallpox epidemic.
Mr.. Ferrell said, "We should have O
pest house provided in advance SO any
such cases can be disposed OF when they
do show. Suppose smallpox breaks oul
. among our Italian friends working or
the tunnel? What will We do with
, them?"" i5.
DR.. Campbell, "We must put up big
tent. In the great armies where small
i. pox has broken out they have been
: treated in tents. They didn't have any
brownstone front pest houses"
Alter paying its compliments to the
Board OF Public Works for not repairing
the crematory road and to the Health
Officer for not hustling up the night
soil people while the weather is favorable,
the committe adjourned with general
understanding that there will be an.
other meeting before the regular meet
!. inc OF Council. and that poss,hlv n
special Council meeting will be asked
ior.
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