Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-09-27
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Dcpositing Garbage In n Sewer.
The attention of the municipal court
Friday morning was occupied with the
cases of fish dealers who have violated
the health ordinance of the city by de-
posting garbage or otfal In a public
sewer. The men are Thompson Nc.
Clure, who has stand in Eighth street
market; Frank NJ. Mcclure, No. l20
King street, and Harry Lang who has a
place In the establishment of tho Will
mington Abattoir and Cold Storage Co.
The men were arrested by the order
of Chief of Police DolEn Thursday at
the instance Of the Street and Sewer
Department and the Board of Health,
who have been cunning for them for
some time. The resolution passed by
the Board of Street,and Sewer Directors
is as follows:
No person shall throw or deposit, or
cause to be thrown or deposited IN any
vessel or receptacle CONNECTED with a public
or private sewer any garbage, vegetable
narings, ashes, cinders, rags or the Onal
from any stable, slaughter house, stock
yard, tannery, morocco factory or any
other building or establishment OF any
kind whatever, or shall discharge or per-
init to be discharged into any public or
private sewer anything that will injure or
obstruct them.
Thompson Mcclure was charged with
having violated the resolution on
August 2Sth, Frank Mcclure on August
Goth, and Harry Lang on September
9th. Engineer in Charge OF Sewers T.
Chalkloy Hatton testified that he made
an examination of the sewer which
passes along by Eighth street market,
and thence to the Christianh river near
the wharf of the J. Morton Poole Co.,
and found that fish and other garbage
had been deposited in the sewer and
were exposed at low tide along the bank
of the river. He said that the odor
arising from the otfal was so offensive
that the j. Morton Poole Co. We're COM
PEELED to shut down several times and
the men were thrown out of employ
ment.
Plumbing Inspector Edward F. Kane
testified that he notified Thompson
Mcclure not to deposit any more garb-
age in the sewer, and that he made an
examination of the three.inch drain
pipe in which the fish had been de-
posted by the defendant. He said the
CRATE had been taken off the drain pipe.
Mcclure pleaded guilty, and as it
was his first offence Judge Ball imposed
a tine of $40 and costs.
Frank Mcclure also pleaded guilty
and was fined $40 and costs. In the
case of Harry Lang, it was shown by
the testimony of Secretary Colquhoun
of the Board of Health and Hugh
Mcconnell, who is employed by the de-
partment to look up such matters, that
they had notified the defendant and he
persisted in violating the ordinance.
The records of the municipal court
showed that Lang on October cath,
1892, had been fined $50 and costs for
similar offence. Judge Ball saw no
reason why the full penalty should not
be inflicted in his case and fined Lang
$50 and costs.
The Board of Health in conjunction
with the Street and Sewer Department
are determined to put u stop to the vio-
lation of the resolution governing the
matter, and in case 1t is continued Grim.
inal prosecution may be brought against
other offenders charged with an offence
against the public health. About 30 fish
dealers and others have boen notified in
regard to the matter.