Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-02
TO FIGHT FILTH AND DISEASE,
An Important Meeting of the
Board of Health.
Fault Found With the Purity of
Manufactured Ice.
Ice Companies Should Use Distilled
Water = The Ivanhoe Reservoir.
Plans for sanitating
the City.

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Hagans E. T. Wright, DR.. Davidson, and
DIR. KHx present. DR.. Hagsn was
elected president pro tenn.
DR.. Mac Gowan said that he desired to
report on an investigation of the ice
plants of the city from complaints made.
The fret place visited was the plant OF
the California Ice company, on Downey
avenue. He found the water was taken
from a surface we'll II feet deep.
Back Of the well are cess pools, the
nearest being only about thirty feet from
the we'll. The system of making ice is
by condensation, and the system did
not meet with his approval.
The next place was the Los Angeles
Ice company, on Ann street. They get
their water from driven we'll SO
feet deep, and by a three inch pipe.
The ice is manufactured by the Plate
process, the water coming in direct con-
tact with the ammonia coils. The ice is
used by the Union Ice company. The
water is clear and limpid.
The next place was the Citizens Ice
company, at the foot of Turner street.
1t has dry well 35 feet deep. The
process is very perfect, and they make
35 tons per day, all taken by the Ma
tioual Ice company. The water is dis
| titled and condensed.
The Los Angeles Ice and Cold Storage
company, at the corner OF Seventh and
Mesquite street, has we'll SO feet deep,
the well being built up with brick and
cement, and steel tube reaching down
to the water. 1t is very perfect ice
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as condensed. They make 19 tons a
day, mostly taken by the Santa Fe rail
road.
The Coulter ice factory, run by Mr..
Milliken, on Pearl street, takes it's water
from the zania. They make about S
tons day, taken by the Union Ice
company. The ice is manufactured by
the Plate process. The water comes
from reservoir No. 4, in the the Woolen
mill ditch. s5ci
THE WATER MUST BE DISTILLED. = z
DR.. Davidson thought no ice should be
sold that is not made from water thor
oughly sterilized. 1t should be distilled
before being frozen. Whatever restric-
tions are made ought to be general.
DR.. Kurtz wanted to know what could
be done. Apparently, it is unsafe to use
the ice from the Coulter factory, and
from the we'll II feet deep, in the midst
of cesspools. But he did not think the
board had much power to act, except
to publish that this ice is unsafe.
Mr.. Wright thought that if the COM
panies do not do something, publica-
tion would bring them to terms.
Mr.. Davidson believed that the board
has the power, and moved that the board
recommend that an ordinance be passed
requiring the water of which artificial
ice is made to be distilled prior to freez-
ing, and prohibiting the sale of artificial
ice in the city in which the water has
not been go distilled. Carried.
Mr.. Wright moved that the health
officer inspect the natural ice as we'll as
the artificial ice. Carried.
THE IvANHoE RESERVOIR.
DR.. Kurtz, calling for information as
to the water supplied by the Citizens
Water company, in this city, DR.. Mac.
Gowan said he had investigated the
ditch of the Citizens Water company,
and found it in better condition than he
had ever seen it, down to the Ivanhoe
reservoir. The reservoir he found in a
bad condition, the water almost green
from the vegetation. The company was
consulted, and said they did not think
it wise at present, owing to the scarcity
of water, to shut off the supply from the
reservoir so as to clean it, because the
pipes to the city are go rotten that if the
water was shut off, and then turned on
after cleaning the reservoir, the pipes
might break, and there would be no
water on the hill district. They thought
it better to put off cleaning the reser-
voir this month. DR.. MacGowan had
consulted with councilman Innes, and
they agreed that it might be better to
put off cleaning the reservoir at pres
ent.
The doctor thought people ought not
to uee this water without boiling it, and
wished the press to give the suggestion
publication.
NUIsANCEs TO BE ABATED.
DR.. MacGowan called the attention of
the board to the cannery establishment
at the corner of Alameda and Seventh
streets, owned by Mr.. Lankershim and
run by Mr.. Boehme. The refuse water
has been run out on the street for
months, and has become very offensive,
They are now running most of it into a
back lot.
DR.. Davidson also called attention to
the cannery factory on Macy street,
which shoots all it's refuse matter, peel
ings and old fruit out into the river, and
the bank is lined for long distance
with it.
The health officer was authorized to
take such action as he sees fit in abating
these nuisances and any others that
may be found.
PLANS FOR sANITATING THE CITY.
DIR. MacGowan said he had been care
fully watching the progress of the
cholera. He said he had not thought it
necessary to do anything as long as it
was in Europe, but now that it has
reached New York harbor, he thought
the time had arrived to take some ac-
tion to protect the city.
He referred to the sanitary inspection
already accomplished, the house to
house visitations having extended
throughout the Third, Fourth, Fifth,
and portion Of the Eighth wards, and
very little troUJle has been experienced