The record-union., 1893-05-02
NOW FOR A CREMATORY.
The Board of Health viii Enforce the
Anti-Garbage Law.
DR.. Huntington Takes Firm Stand in
Favor of a Crematory for Burn
ing Garbage.

The City Board of Health held its
monthly meeting last night. Mayor
Steinman was present.
DR.. II. L. Nichols, Health officer, re-
| ported for the month OF April 80 deaths,
as against 80 for March and 80 for April,
1892. The annual deaths for the month
per 1000 was 1920.
Sanitary Inspector G. w. Nichols made
his report of work done during the
month, also of low lots in the city on
which water stands.
Plumbing Inspector Mahoney reported
sixteen plans and specifications received
and accepted.
The Plumbing Inspectors bond for
$1,000 was approved and accepted.
An invitation to attend the exercises on
Decoration Day was acknowledged.
Mayor Steinman stated to the board
that those who took care of the garbage of
the city wished to know where to de-
| posit it.
Health Officer Nichols stated that the
law was very clear on the subject, for
bidding the dumping of garbage within
the city limits. Swill gatherers take
away the swill, and the egarbage-gatherers
GAN take the rest.
] L. W. oueeudu Sdlu IndI Jne small lam
lies had not sufficient swill to induce the
swill-gatherers to take it, as ashes and
other gar bage is mixed with it.
! King and others made similar state
ments. Several had tried to get places to
deposit garbage outside the city, but
failed. One man told how he filled in a
block with garbage, and, although people
objected at first, afterward they were glad
of it and wanted more. He had been
haulino it for fifteen wears
A citizen who was present did not agree
| with the first speaker. He did not know
! why, because the taxpayers had stood
/ this sort of thing for fifteen years, they
/ ought to be compelled to stand it longer.
] Two or three others offered indignant
| protests against further continuance of
| the practice, and invited the board to go out
and smell it for themselves. They thought
| that as they paid taxes on their property,
as well as others, they ought to be pro-
tected from disease breeders.
! Lincoln White spoke in the same strain.
appearing for b. Labs, but said it was
difficult question to solve. He thought a
crematory the only solution
DIR. Briggs said the board had no legal
authority TO give permission to violate
the ordinance, and certainly in the inter-
est of the laws of health they must
deny it.
DIR. Huntington agreed with him per-
ASNblS ohSA hiloS blit
was the only solution.
DIR. Parkinson said that the matter of
separating the swill from dry garbage
was an easy one, and could be easily en-
| forced.
DR.. Fowler also thought so. He had
always advocated the crematory, but it
seemed there was no money to build it.
DR.. Briggs thought a possible solution
of the question would be TO place the
garbage on dry lots and mix it with un-
Stacked lime, which would dry it, and
then lots could be filed with it in the fall
and covered up.
DR.. huntington moved that the Sani-
tary Inspector enforce the ordinance and
the motion was adopted.
After some further discussion DIR.
Huntington moved that q committee of
three be appointed by the President to
[ prepare an ordinance disposing of garbage
and refuse. The motion was carried.
| The President appointed Drs. Hunt
1ngton, Fowler and Nichols.
! DR.. huntington called attention to the
filth dumped into the cutters on 1 street.
and it was suggested that the new ordi-
nance make the landlords responsible.
On motion, the board decided to rec
ommend that the Board of Trustees con-
denim the low lots on which water stands
and which are included in the Sanitary
Inspectors list.
The board adjourned to the call of the
Secretary,