Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-10-30
Here's to Your Health Again.

On Tuesday of this week the Board OF
Health took n walk through the alley east
of Main street and running parallel with 1t
and that evening See'y colbert reported
to Council some terrible nuisanees on the
properties abutting the alley, as follows:
''We find the yard Of the property of o.
h. Waldron in S. Main St, now occupied
by Geo. Hummer full of ofIal and garbage,
the water closet toul and very offensive,
and seemingly not even used now by the
occupants of the building, they using the
open yard instead We find this place so
very offensive that we recommend that it
be abated Immediately"
I'VE find the yard in rear of the Schrei-
Der House on y. Main St, so vile that
language will hardly describe it, The
water closet empties into the yard forming
a pool yards in length and width. II is the
unanimous opinion of your Board that this
should not be permitted to remain in this
condition twenty four hours, II 1t Is pos
sible to remove or abate II.
They also found overilowing closets on
the properties of JOS. Ball and Mrs. Mackey.
offensive garbage and compost heaps in a
dozen different lots; sewers emptying upon
streets and alleys in several places bitches
clOgged up stagnaut water standing in
alleys, culverts used for garbage dumps
etc; are of opinion that each and all of the
places reported are injurious to the general
health and request the Council to take
immediate action.
Or motion all the places named In this
report and also in the former one were de-
clared to be public nulSanceS; the Secretary
of the Council was directed to prepare
notices to the property owners to abate
the same within forty eight hours; the
High Constable to serve the notices and
make proper return Of such service to the
Secy; and the Solicitor and Sec'y were
duected TO prepare informations against ali
persons mentioned in the report who do
not abate same.
The other business attended to by the
Council that evening was as follows:
The East Jefferson st. Assessment
Ordinance was re-enacted. The total cost
OF the improvement is S14, SIS So, and it
will cost those property owners between
Main and Mexican, where the street is 36
feet wide So - per foot front, nd those
between Mexican and Monroe So 03 per
foot front. The Ordinance appears in full
in another place.
The motion diScontinuing the Howard
St suit was recOnsidered, and motion held
over; Reed S Kirkpatrick were refused
permission to place a Hayscales on W.
Clay st. for the reason that the Council
has no legal right to grant such privi-
lege; 800 feet of new fire hose were order
ed the Burgess was requested to treat all
teamsters alike; Young, Riley and Geible's
bill of $161 16 for grading was allow
ed; the contractor for W. Jefferson street
promised to begin laying brick immediate
ly; the bridge fill will be finished with fur
mace Stag; the Engineer was directed to
make plans for the extension of the l5-inch
sewer to the W p. depot, and fora l2-inch
sewer from the p. & W. depot to Plate
Glass works; the Baldauf heirs were Motif
ed not to repair the building that stands on
Franklin St and the solicitor was directed
to look up that matter, which is an old
one; the town and railroad company act
ing together will fix up the street around
the West Penn depot; Adam Renno was
refused permission to clean the streets and
a committee was appointed to select a
street-sweeper. and Council adjourned.