Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1895-09-12
TROUBLE IN THE CHOIR.
The Boards of Health and Ed
ucation at Loggerheads
OVER A SEWER CONNECTION

Ordered at No. school and which the |
Educators Deem Unnecessary Ar
eument Culminates I'm Warrants for the /
OtJectors what Each Side oiaima.
The Board Of Health and the Poard Of
Education are at loggerhesds and unless
all signs fail their differences will be
aired In Municipal Court 10 morrow. 10
Is all over the sets connected with
schools Noe. anu A. which the con-
servators Of public health brand or
nuisances. a fact which the trainers Of
the youthful mind emphatlcslly deny
The trouble Is not OF recent date
although it has just cropped ont with
any violence.
The closets are over a we'll, which Il
about forty years OF age aud very much
In evidence, and Is located IN No 3
yard, Just at the base Of the wall
separating the two school prop, rites
The closet Is practically a two-story
one aud the ventilator from the lower
one reaches TO about the height Of
the windows Of No. 4 About two
years ago complaints began TO come
In TO tho Board OF Health regarding
this closet and with view OF abAting
It,, 3 sewer was laid and the Board Of
Eiucation directed TO drain into il.
| The statute determining the powers
OF the Board Of Health dehnes that
whenever the said board shall deem 10
necessary for the preservation Of the
/ public health that any build
| ing or structure OF any kind whatever
situatein the city Of Wilmington uncon-
nected with a sewer. should be connected
Herewith. the said board shall have
power to give directions 70 the owner or
owners OF such premises that the same
shall be connected by suitable drains
with pubic OF private sewer
so that all of the sewerage and house
drainage should be removed
from said premises. said connection to be
made subject 20 the ordinances, rules aud
regulations OF said city. and it was Ia
acctr with this that the order to
connect WAS given
The Board Of Education objected to
doing so and two physicians aud two
members of tho Board Of Health In
spected the closets. This was In Sep
tember, 1898 They pronounced the
place nuisance and dangerous. The
Board Of Education practically conceded
the truth Of the report by erecting an
iron stack to carry away the odors On
several other occasions since then exami
nations were made. resulting In no change
in the opinion as to It being nui-
sar ce
Recently the Board Of Health put its
foot down emphatioslly and Issued a
psIemptory order to have the connection
made by September /. The Board Of
Education sent a committee 20 remon-
strate aud later asked permission 10 try
a BunHen burner there, but this the
Board OF Health declined to allow
Monday night the Board OF Education
sent the following Communication.
I'VE beg leave to acknowledge the
r. ceipt OF your communication In regard
to an alleged nuisance existing at
schools Nos 3 and 4. and would respect
fully report that after a full and careful
examination they can find no nuisance
and that the facts in the case do not
warrant the compulsory expenditure OF
the amount necessary to do the work as
directed"
This was virtually throwing down
the gage OF battle and Secretary Colqu
houn, setting under orders, swore out
warrants against the members OF the
educational board, for violation Of the
law. These were served TO day aud the
cases will come before Judge Ball
to morrow.
on the part Of the Board Of Education
the claim Is made that there Is no
nuisance 20 abate That the connection
would ba costly and the board has no
money to do It with. Some Of the
members claim the move to be actusted
by spite, and a determination on the
part OF certain parties to force their way
whether right or wrong
Oa the other side the Dlard OF Health
I II. O.. ahnuRaUf nufIauua fu
prove the place a nuisance That many
complaints have been received from
teachers, parents Of children and people
living near the schools, and that the
health and even lives OF the 600 aud
more children attending there
is endangered By the continu-
ance OF the nuisance Regarding
the cost they say that this Is vastly over
estimated Under the law thsre are
no sewer charges against schools The
cost would be for the filling Of the well,
the putting Ia Of closets and con Meeting
with the sewer The cost of cleaning
the we'll 30 often, repairs, etc. will
be done away with.
} Ia these days OF sanitsry improvements
the old we'll has become obsolete Owners
OF property along a sewer are compelled
TO connect and the builder Of new houfe
can not dig well whet Is sauce for
the poor man should be sauce for the
wealthisr municipal body.
As 10 whether the closet is or Is not
a nuisance the members of the Board
Of Health claim that they alone are the
Judges The selection Of proper studies
aud books belongs to the Board of
Education, the streets and sewers come
under that department, but the Board
, OF Health alone 10 the Judge as 10
whether nuisance exists and how It
shall be Absted.
The fight Is likely TO prove an
interesting one and its outcome win be
/ cl osely watched.
Special Jury Case Postponed.
The civil suit Of Gillen vs.. the Mayor
and Council Of Wilmington was set for