Evening journal., 1894-09-21
KEEP THE SEMERSCLEAN
The Orders of the Department
of Streets and Sewers.
vIoLAToRs CONVICTED AND FINED

smith Is Discharged other Minor Gases.
One Of ihe most important factors in
the health Of city Is the facility with
which II can carry away It's sewage and
Ia cities where there is little or no grade
the problem Of providing FOR the removal
OF the refuse water and flth is problem
which keeps the local boards Of health
busy In Wilmington. blest, IN many
respects, far beyond cities Of like slze
and importance, the sewerage system is
unfortunately by no means perfect Such
as there Is, however, ID carefully guarded
BY the Street aud Sewer Department and
the Board OF Health and every effort Is
made to keep il In coed order and free
| from foreign matter that may interfere
with It's efficiency or menace public
health, On june 30, 1891, with this OBJ
| ject Ia view, tho Board Of Directors Of
the Street and Sewer Department adopted
a resolution prescribing the rules and
regulations Tor the government OF drain
layers and others, section Is Of which
reads:
No person shall throw OF deposit, or
cause to be thrown or deposited IN any
vessel or receptacle connected with
public or private sewer any garbage,
vegetable parings, ashes, oinders, rags or
the offal from any stable, slaughter
house. stock yard, tennery, morocco shop,
or any building or establishment Of any
kind whatever, or shall discharge or per
nit to be discharged into any public or
private sewer anything that will injure
or obstruet them.
From time to time complaints were
received at the office OF the Board OF
| Health from parties In the neighhorhood
of the points where the sewers empty
into the Christians, regarding the stencil
from deeaying matter. Especially was
this the case at the foot Of Orange street,
and on several OCCASIONS during the
summer the J. Morton Poole Company
WAS forced TO close down ite
works. throwing out OF employ
ment a large number Of men. With a
view Of asceItaihing the cause and re-
medying It, Secretary Of the Board OF
Health w. @ r Colduhoun had sewer
examiners visit the place They reported
that the stencil arose from decompoaing z
heads and entrails OF fish and the viecera
Of animals. Warrants we're then sworn
' out at the instance of Chief Of Police
r Dolan FOR the arrest OF the several per
sons from which places Of business the
o otfal came and this morning they wer'
Q arraigned In the Municipal Court
Thompson A. Mcclure, who keeps !
q fish stand In Eighth street market
4 was the first case called He pleaded
d guilty but stated that, since he had beel
\ NO lied, lie had taken care not to allow
n the refuse to 20 into the pipes
/. Engineer T. Chalkley Hatton, engineer
d OF sewers, had examined the sewer a
the river and fou the decaylng offa
Il there. He said II was contrary TO lR1
4 and was a serious detriment TO the work
1 ing Of the sewers Mr. Mcclure had
n been notified, a fact which ex-Chief O
a Police Hugh Mcdonnell and Plumbing Z
Inspector Edward +, Kane verified
n Judge Ball said that it WAS necessary
, that sewers be kept clean and not b
. stopped by the depositlng OF such ofal
The rules forbid 1t and every man 4
bound to notice the statute. In view O
the plea Of guilty and that the law ha'
81 not been violated since notice wB
i given. he made the fine $40, whicl
& | Mcclure paid
Is Frank NJ Mcclure, who has a stand Ia
% Second street market, received a Tx
/. fine for similar offense, and paid
~ Harry Lang, who makes bologna sausag
b cases at the abattolr, wss charged wit.
IS deposlting the eleaninRs Of the viscera Il
II the sewers. Mr.. Mcconnell, Englnee
% Hatton and Inspector Kane all teatihel
TO the placing Of the matter in the sea
ers and the tracing it to his place, fact
: which Lang did not deny.
Secretary Colquhoun said that ther
u had been FOR several years complaint
p against Lang In 1892 be was convicte
y OF a similar otfense, and fined $50 at
4 costs Prior to that the abattoir com
q pany had been notified Of the depositin
y OF offal ia the sewer and had placed
ie etrainer over the pipes. This was sitter
y wards taken of BY Lang's men. At th
time he was fined before he promised {
not offend again, but 1t was not lon
,fter before complaints began again
come In
p Judge Ball said It appears By the Re,
a ords that on October 26, 1892 you war
~ convicted OF a similar offense and fueG
le yet you continue to openly and wilfull
y violate the Law. Your case Is not one ths
60 appeals TO US in any way. You receive
4, due notice and was once punished, br
ia still continued to violate the rules Of til
city. / intend TO put stop to this If
can The sentence Of the court Is tina
te you pay q fine Of $50 and costs Of prose
Iel cution
a The case Of Mary Smith, colore,
al charged with inducing Edith Harri
en colored, to allow herself to be used II
d. immoral purposes, was continued and, 8
IN anticipated, fzzled out and the woma
az discharged. The Harris girl told stor
which, on her cross examination, fe
completely to pieces while Clara Watson
p also colored, emphatically denied that Il
girl had ever been in the house on II
night ia question. So himsy was u
,is charge that City Solicitor Elliott NOV,
4 the discharge Of the prisoner, and Coui
NJ seor Emmons who represented he
NJ suggested that Edith Harris be arrest'
Ia for perjury.
~ John jackson, colorsd, was capture
~ last night by Officer Lucas, on the coas
- he had two rszors with him, one in
hip and the other in his coat pocket
He claimed to Judge Ball that be hI
n5 brought them to town to get them shar
~ en- d, but His Honor suggested that
IA explain that to the grand jury, to whi
ma body hs sent the case, the bail beii
~ fixed at 500
n5 Daniel McGranary was before Jud
IN Ball. yesterday, for drunkenness, a.