New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-15
TO LESSEN SUFFERING FROM THE HEAT.
HEADS or DEPARTMENTS CONFER WITH MAYOR
sTRoNG-RE-MovING DEAD HORSES.

HEADS or DEPARTMENTS CONFER WITH MAioH
srRoNG-Rf-MovING DEAD HORSES.
The heads Of departments OF the city government
had another meeting with Mayor Strong yesterday
afternoon 10 talk over the distribution OF free ice 70
the moor and other methods Of relieving suffering and
preventing death in the warm weather President
wilson Of the Health Board reported the purchase
~ nevave tons OF ice for about 1919. and President
Roosevelt OF the Bodice Board. told how 1t had been
distributed at the police stations Mr.. Roosevelt SAID
that there had been a number Of OF imposition.
Women had gone 10 the police stations and then had
sent each one OF their children In turn. thus getting
more Ice than they had any use for Other persons
who had secured free tee were able TO buy Il At the
same time many deserving poor persons had suffered
without applying for the free ice. The policemen on
posts making an investigation he said 70 ascer-
tain cases OF imposition and also 10 get list OF the
deserving persons who needed free ice. Widows with
large families were be preferred In the future dis
tribution OF ice at the police stations. he said. The
Mayor and other men present at the conference de-
cded that the free distribution OF tee should on
until the appropriation OF 5000 was exhausted Mr.
Roosevelt said that 1852 tons OF ice would be Dis
tributed last evening.
Mayor Strong said he had received number OF
complaints about the dead horses in the streets OF
the city, and in cases the carcasses had been
allowed 10 lie I'm the streets for several days lie
thought that a menace TO the public health
Mr. Wilson said that about one thousand horses had
been killed by the heat in the city this week. and
the offal contractor had not been able TO remove
them as fast as they died. The bodies OF about
one hundred and eighty horses were In the streets
yesterday he thought and the contractor was doing
his best TO get tn out OF the way. At the same
time the disinfecting corps OF the Health Depart
mcnt was using much bromine as II was safe TO
use 10 destroy the sickenng odors. The Mayor
asked Captain Gibson, OF the Street Cleaning De-
partment. n he could afford help TO the Health
DEPARTMENT In the emergency, and the captain said
he would try. He left the Office 10 call up the
Department stables and send two teams with trucks
10 aid I'm the removal Of the dead horses from the
streets Mr. Wilson announced that II any bust
ness mon would hire truckmen to remove dead
horses from the streets the Health Department
would pay the bills ,,,
flushing OF the streets in the tenement house dis
tricts was TO be continued The poor children Of
The districts he said, got free shower baths while
the dushing OF the streets In progress The
fire Department had volunteered to flush the
streets I'm front OF the city hospitals and the use OF
water in that way had cooled The hospital wards
In n most gratifying manner. Although there had
Leeu an enormous use OF water IN the city this week
he said there had been rains In the Croton district
and the water was running into the reservoirs faster
than il was being drawn out
Mr. Wilson said there had been 81 deaths reported
IN the city for the twenty-four hours ending at
noon Yesterday. making total OF l545 deaths In
six DAYS