The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-05-14

towns and cities in this state under the
very law which created Boards Of Health
like unto yours, and they are so kept that
not even the slightest stencil comes there
from to offend the nostrils of the most
fastidious people. l can cite you anumber
of illustrations, if you desire. A slaugh-
ter house becomes nuisance only when
the occupant thereof neglects the very
duties imposed upon him by your ordi-
nance as to cleanliness and the removal OF
Offal. In this borough, and within the
borough limits / mean, there exist now
nine slaughter houses aud they are as
much under your surveillance and iuris
diction as is the one proposed to be built
by Mr. Carl; or, TO be more correct, his
proposal to build a new one is. You will
observe in Section 3 of the ordinance
occurs this sentence. mo person or per
sons, without the consent of the Board OF
HEALTH shall build or use any slaughter
house within the borough limits"
PERTINENT QUESTION.
In all sincerity, I ask you-would you
not discriminate against Mr. Carl if you
refuse him % permit to build his slaughter
house on his own ground adjoining other
property of his, while you at the same
time permit other persons In the same
business to use slaughter houses within
the borough limits / do not think you
have a thought which tends to make fish
of one and flesh of another l believe
you want TO- and WILL treat every one
alike. You will also note, gentlemen,
that there exists on the statute books OF
this borough an ordinance passed June e,
1888, over ten years ago, which is still in
force, If not repealed by implication by
what is called your ordinance passed last
October, and ! contend it is not so re-
pealed, which is entitled :--'An ordinance
Tor the removal of nuisances" BY sec
fipn II Is ord 1ufv
ter house, or the killing Of any animals
for sale, shall he permitted within" GER
tain bounds therein stated, and the place
where Mr. Carl proposes to build his
house Is without those bounds. But let
that be rs it may, ! contend it is right and
proper that permit should be first asked
of tue Board of Health to build anything
which may have the slightest semblance
TO something which may breed disease or
unwholesOmeness Health Boards should
have been authorized long ago by law-We
are getting them none too soon for the
public benefit
LIVING ON FAITH.
/ say, however, also, we may some day
| be called upon to mourn the decline and
departure of local slaughter houses II
seems the business of importing our beef
mutton, pork, etc, already killed, from
| other states is running out a beneficial
| home industry l. there one among you
| who would not rather buy what he sets be-
| fore his family to eat from one he knows
has killed it than take it on suspicion
from butcher who has bought it from a
dealer away off in the west who killed it,
| and you don't know how it died, or the
| condition the animal WAS in / tell you
gentlemen, we are living too much on faith
| in these times. We should encourage in
every way possible the thrifty and care
ml meat and provision purveyOr in oul
midst, the man we know and can trust
and / believe am now talking in favor
of just such person. If his new house
becomes nuisance you can abate 1.-THE
power and duty to do so is yours in all
| cases of the kind
! For these reasons / ask you to pass
| favorably on Mr.. Carls application for a
permit. Restrict him as YOU will as tC
| cleanliness and the removal of oifal. He
| will obey your rules and regulations and
| you will never have cause TO regret that
| you have treated him with the same con.
| sideration as those who now use slaughter
| houses within the borough limits, and
who do not obey the ordinances and your
rules more conscientiously and with
| greater care than he does in the house ht
| conducts, and will in the one he wants to
slaughter in. If it is n privilege of this
| board to grant him this permission,
hope you will do so and by so doing sub
stantiate the truth and good sentiment
| contained IN that great precept which
should govern us all in our every day
walks of life-the Golden Rule.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Fosters re,
marks Borough Solicitor Pomeroy spoke
and sustained Mr., Fosters position, es.
| pecially regarding the point made that a
slaughter house was not nuisance per Sc
Mr.. Pomeroy spoke of the Lessig case and
stated that while the nuisance by boiling
| lard, etc, had been abated the court had
not abated the slaughter house, which
continued on.
The board concluded not to take action
on the case until brief on the laws sus
tanning certain powers of Boards ol
Health could be prepared and will meet
| again next Wednesday evening to decide
| the matter.
The position most of the members OF
the Board of Health seem to take is that
under their rules and regulations it is
| discretionary with them to issue a permit
for the erection of a slaughter house in
the town; and that if citizens complain
on account of the proximity of the site to
their dwellings the board has a right to
withhold the permit
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