The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-29

The Board of Health this morning took
carriages and went out to visit some of the
nuisances reported by the Superintendent
of Health. All the aldermen were pres
ent except Messrs. winship and McGuin-
ness and the party also included Mayor
Potter, Chief of Police Child. City Clerk
w. +. Clarke and Inspector OF Public
Buildings Hopkins.
The first place the board visited was
the historic Chickenfoot alley which
runs from South Main to South Water
street, and belongs to the Tillinghast es-
tate. The admonitions Of the inspectors
had evidently borne fruit, for the alley
was In "A fairly clean condition and Mrs.
Tillinghast, who has livei in The house
on the corner of South Main street. says
it will be all clean as whistle in short
time.
The board then went to Shawmut
street. which runs from Gladstone
avenue, near the second ponce station to
Orms street. This is not an accepted
street and is a typical Hebrew settlement.
Hewbrew signs adorn the small stores
and Hebrew children play about the
doors. There were a number OF back
yards which invited the attention OF the
visitors. There was some garbage scat
tered about the yards. The Mayor per-
sonally inspected one or two of the tene-
ments
Alderman Harris, who is a good judge
of meat went into one or two OF the mar
kets and Inspected the meats. Inc party
then drove up through the street To Orms
and down Wallace street TO Gaspee. stop
ming TO view a building which Inspector
HOPKINS wanted the board to look at.
The building is n wooden one built OF old
lumber and belongs to Timothy M.
Bawes.
The timbers used in construction are
such that the building cannot be ordered
down and the inspector is powerless In
the matter.
The building is to be used as a tene-
ment house, the original intention having
been to have stable in the lower story,
which intention was thwarted by pre-
vious order from the Board.
The next visit was made to the swill
works on Kinslow avenue, where the
board inspected the process of treating
the garbage from the time it comes into
the place till it leaves in the shape OF
grease anu ground fertilizer. The man
ayers of the establishment thought that.
much of the smell supposed to come from
the works came from the dump near by
and the board went ont to look at 1t.
Here is a deep hole about fifty feet in
circumference where the refuse of mar
ketmen and grocers Is dumped aud
though 1t is gradually being filled up the
filth thus accumulated is enough to ger
inmate disease OF any kind.
In Little Italy.
The board then visited Little Italy and
went through several tenements on Lilly
street where Italians live and which are
in bad state of repair as we'll as being
filthy.
TIE property belongs to Patrick Nc
Aleer, and call was made at his houss
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reasons for the condition OF The place and
for the water closets being put into the
cellar. when he had been ordered to bui!d
them in the yard. lie could not properly
explain, and the Board returned To the
City Hall.
The Boards Meeting.
The meeting of the board of health was
reconvened, and the following were or
dered TO abate nuisances n. u. Smith,
lis Harrison street; Eliza Angel, 4 Jeffer
son street: Patrick Rodgers, % Julian
street: George Crane, 5S Eagle street;
y. r. True. rear lis Orms street;
A. A. Kimball, "a DeIaine street;
Ellen shannon, 81 Julian street
Il. III. Congdon, 1863 Smith street; w. B.
Rhodes. . Hicks street; Edward Hines,
rear HYATT street; Michael Powley, %
Steere avenue; Patrick Hannah, 81 At
wells avenue; Edward Lines, | and 3
way; Mrs. Il. B. Turner, 81 Is street; viii
liam Ryan, % Lavaugh street; Michael
Nevris, IA b street; Robert Ray, 43 JOS
lin street; William Eaton, 81 Hannah
street; David Shugsby, 92 Bowdoin street;
Luke Doyle, . Hannah street; Mrs. Alice
Hayward. 1854 Atwell's avenue; stephen
Condor, 13 Erastus street: John Nc
Carthy, 94s AtwelPs avenue; Luke Doyle,
Al Barstow street; Mary jackson, 1l9
Amherst street; Aliessandro Durante, 2
and % Lilly street; Thomas Snugsby, 80
Putnam street; w. w. Brown, 81 Cod
ding street; John Padien, 1O5 Julian
street; James McGinn, lis Putnam street;
Mary Collins, 1856 Knight street; Nathan
b. Waldron, 3sS Weybosset street.
The following resolu tion was adopted (:
Rcsolrcd, That the commissioner of public
works be directed to fill up forthwith the pond
hole on land belonging to Mrs. charles s th Van Van
TO be charged TO the appropriation Tor the
health department.
Dr. Chapin's Recommendation.
Communication was received from DIR.
Chaplin recommending that the owners Of
vaults on several streets be oreered TO dis
continue the use of the same, aud that
they be filed up, was received and reso
ution passed dIrectiu x the Superb ntend-
mt OF Health to order the same.
"A resolution was adopted changing the
grade of - portion of the east side of Har-
ris avenue.
Petitions for curbing on Ltan, Summit IL
and Wendell streets were offered to the
committee on streets.
The petition of John w. Smith for
curbing on Wayne street was referred to
the commit ee on streets.
The petition OF William Kelly for COM
pensation for damages to estate caused