The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-13
TOUR or INSPECTION.
The Committee on Health Visits the Nari-
Gus sections OF the city.

The Council Committee on Health met
Yesterday afternoon a. 3 CLOCK IN room
No. IL OF the City Hall. for the purpose
OF going on a tour OF inspection through
the various sections OF the city. There
were present from the committee Messrs'
HODsOn tcnairmaD, SLAMS, burton
Hawkins. Moore, and Williams. There
were also present Drs. ". 4. Open
himer. Ben Harrison, and Il. II. Oatclh'
OIL the board oil Heath. the TOUR sanitary
officers Committee Clerk McDONell, al"
Sergeant-at-Arms Russell
Ile parry TOOK AT once seats ll W.
buses ana first drove TO thc northelly
end Of Tenth street, Wnci- one OF inc
dumps OF the department l' e'ldui'.irl-
There great deal OF paper ana luuDi7h
OF various kinds was found. Next an
open culyert ON Sixth street, nortn oi
baker street was inspecitI, ana lnth
the committee visited rOuftu street. De-
tween Duval ana jackson streets, Mhe4e
the Street Department is hthlhs Itpal
to the culyert that was broken duiln5
Tho last heavy raln-stOrm. on the west
side OF Third street between DlNd ana
jackson streets. a nuisance was discover
ed m ala alley that ought ip ne OPr-'-'
ana is at present uscd a. d. SORT Oh
private dumping ground. ..,t.
on ST. james street the committee tooh
bv surprise the hands emf Dyed lh lhc
cleaning Of the streets IN mat dlstIict,
and IL was apparent mat iNr hioiIlal'v
gwen 20 the body as 10 lc manner III
which the men carry out iAe WORK was
only too correct anu that iAe eApIess'Dl
Of lazy" unreliable. NIe., was Nt4s
Unsuitable in some lnatlh 'r-
Quite "A while was spen' 40 the creina-
tory, where "a good dtui OF 5iin,br ~,
burned up al the time. 'lho bulIdlh5
was found 20 bee I'm good order Ine heed
of at least one more cIeMdiofy lot 'lc
lower part OF the city Was apparent 70
all i'm order that the hauling over ioHs
distances. AS IL D. done al present, InisHl
be avoided. Ii wa, stated tnat the pu1-
Law OF money for the construction OF
new crematOry. which would pe dpyut
$500. would soon Doe paid Tor 10y lAc
saving obtained IN tie hauling OF 'Ne
garbage. g.. .t... ,iot
OF ground bounded u.s. West ana j ~
avenues. BOYD and L0mAardy streets
where until recently nis pogi Oh H."e
nant water could bee found. hc p.D- ~
gradually being filled up ana ihe VIZ
has entirely disappeared. Ahot u"liiir
is in existence on Linden ana Beverly
streets and "a good ltal - uuihIn"b 4"'
been done there tOWail7 iluH4 WIZ 90
when the filling IN IN ilAl lo'dl.s pr 80.
ulafed according 90 the idea or the lily
Engineer il Was stated. the main en-
trance 10 Hollywood cemetery "o"iu
Doe established on that street ne 49,
dump visited IN thar section or tne ~
il focated on Spring street between iti-
there was found TO Dee VOL under way.
From there the committee went 70 the
eastern part OF the c.ty. ana hist Nlslleu
the dump OF the Health DEPARTING ny on
Twenty-ninth and Grace streets. iuti T.
IL was found that a great deal OF boou
gravel and dirt had been dumped IeGSiIt-
". which could well Doe used III ullH5
in streets. on Twenty -fOurth, between
CLAY and Marshall streets. a rdNlhe We
found which has given cause lot IL b9ou
many complaints Il was stated th"t
formerly the entire nelghborh0od hdd
been a biz raylne. and DO was suggested
that inasmuch as IT'S size bad been great,
ly reduced. the filling in or the remainder
Ice done by the abuttne property o"neI9;
The tour OF inspection came 10 an emu
al the stables OF The Health Department
in the rear of the city jail. and the COM
mittee arrived there lust 10 time 70 see
the men Of the street-cifaning iofcc nilhr
in their carts The members hid 1n
opportunity Of seeing the manner pm
which the teams are handled, the mules
fed. etc ..
When the committee adjourned 10y
accepted AN invitation from Dr. Open
himer. president o. the Roard OF hehih,
who entertained the inspecting party AZ
his residence with AN excellent lunch