The record-union., 1896-08-05
THE CITY DUMPS MUST GO.
Afflicted Residents Appeal to the Board
Of Health.
Cremation the Only True Remedy
Official Reports Rendered
for July.

The regular monthly meeting Of the
City Board Of Health was held last
.<evening.
City Physician Nichols reported that
there had been AZ deaths in the city
during the month of July. of which 70
were males and 10 females; 36 were
white, 1 black and yellow; % were
married. The death-rate for the month
was 1880 per 1000.
There were % births, Of which were
males and 16 females.
Assistant City Physician Ogden's re-
port showed that 415 persons had been
treated at the Dispensary, of whom SO
were ''repeaters."
The reports of the Sanitary and
Plumbing Inspectors were received and
placed on file. The report of the for
ner showed that arrests had been made
Of seven persons who had neglected to
observe the sanitary regulations.
The City Physician reported that he
had inspected the dairy conducted by
Al Fl. Meagher and had found the yard
dry and in good condition. There was
dry manure in heap, which was to be
used as fertilizer. The dairy was out
side the limits reached by the ordinance
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It was the aim to have the dairy abated
the only way to do it would be to have
q new ordinance passed. The cows all
appeared to be in healthy condition.
The report was approved and ordered
placed on file.
The bond Of Weaver & Co. to qualify
IS master plumbers was approved by
the board.
Then the Secretary read a petition
signed by every property resid-
ing in the vicinity of the city dumping
grounds bounded by Fourteenth and
Fifteenth streets, u and V, asking that
the same be abolished and the garbage
removed. The petition had been handed
in to the City Board of Trustees, and by
that body referred to the Board of
Health. The petition, couched in very
forceful language, was as follows:
I'VE, the undersigned, taxpayers re-
siding in the vicinity of the city dump
ing grounds situated at Fourteenth and
Fifteenth, U and V streets, respectfully
request the immediate abatement and
removal of this intolerable nuisance
caused through the dumping of the
city's garbage at this spot. The stencil
generated by this mass of decaying ami
NAL and vegetable matter is disgrace
to the city, a detriment to the health
and prosperity of the citizens of this
district, and a standing monument to
the criminal neglect of the sanitary ad-
mtnistration of this city.
I'VE have been at the mercy Of the
authorities, who deliberately have
thrown the entire garbage of the city
at our feet, so that 1t may stink In our
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and all the concomitants of a veritable
plague.
This is a subject Of vital Importance
TO US, and we claim immediate atten-
ton to our appeal, and we look for the
cooperation Of every member Of your
honorable board to take UP our griev-
ance and make an end Of this dis
graceful infection"
DR.. Huntington at once took up the
cudgel in behalf of the petitioners. He
said the statements made in the petit
ton were true and just, and that of
all the nuisances in the city this was far
and away the worst. He visited the
grounds about a week ago, and the
stencil arose to heaven" In one place
a wagonload Of decayed potatoes had
been dumped, and they festered under
the burning sun, breeding pestilence and
disease not only for the immediate
neighborhood. but for the city at large.
The infested vicinity had his sympathy,
and the petition should be returned to
the Board Of Trustees with the hearty
Endorsement of the Board of Health.
City Physician Nichols said ne also
visited the dumping grounds about a
week ago, and found the condition of
things improved, but not by any means
conducive to the health of the city.
Each member of the board who had
investigated the matter agreed with
DR.. Huntington that the dumping
grounds should be removed from the
city limits, and DR.. Parkinson finally
offered the following resolution, which
was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the petition be re-
turned to the Board of Trustees for ac-
tion, with the expression on behalf of
the Board of Health that the only
proper method of garbage disposition is
by cremation, and that this board is
already on record as unalterably op-
posed to any dumping of garbage within
the city limits"
The matter Of the proposed plumb
ing ordinaoe was called up but no ac-
ton was taken, as the committee to
which 1t had been referred was not
yet ready to report. It was thought
probable that a conclusion might be
reached on the matter prior to the next
regular meeting. and in that case it
was agreed that a special meeting OF
the board be called to dispose of the
question.