The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-27
MARKET MEN STIRRED UP.
HEALTH OFFICER LIE HARDY GAVE
THEM SOME SHARP PRODs.

Meats Must be Handled I'm n More
Careful Manner-A Warm Inter-
view Between the Health officer
and Mr.. John ROurke Concerning
a Spring, which MIR. ROurke Is
Said to Have Refused to Drain, and
for which He Was Put on the
Docket by the Health Ohicer.
There were warm times In the health de-
partment yesterday. DR.. LeHardy des-
cended upon the city market in the morn
ing and proceeded to straighten out the
butchers.
In spite Of the health officers warning
the day before on the occasion of his in
spection Of the cold storage department in
the basement he found several butchers
keeping their meat on ioe In every case
where meat was found lying directly upon
ice it was ordered sent to the crematory
for destruction. The butchers did not en-
Joy this sort of thing and some of them
demurred. One asked Dr. LeHardy what
he knew about meats anyway. DR.. Lee
Hardy replied that if his name was pub
lished to the people of Savannah as OBJ
jecting to conforming to sanitary require
ments in the care of his meat it would not
be good for him.
DR.. LeHardy's visit created quite stir
in the market and was the subject of con-
siderable talk among the butchers. Some
of them objected very seriously to the in
terfering, as they considered It., on the
part of the health officer Meats had been
kept upon ice during years past, they said.
and no objection had been raised. The
health officer himself had been supplied
with such meat and no complaint had been
received. In such a heated spell as that
through which Savannah Is now passing,
they said, ordinary cold storage is not suf-
fcient and it is necessary to lay the meats
next the ice In such hot weather, they
said, small amount of meat would nat
uraly spoil anyway, and this they had
no objection to having destroyed. It has
been the custom of the market clerk to
pass upon and condemn such meat.
Alderman Krouskoff, chairman of the
market committee, returned from New
York yesterday morning. The alderman
takes great deal of interest in the mar
ket, and has the interests both of the peo-
pie who conduct business there and the
people who trade there at heart. He will
have a conference with the health officer
ulations.
DR.. LeHardy also has his eve upon the
green grocers, and they may expect visit
from him any time. When the new pub
lie food inspector is elected this work will
De turned over to him. The ordinance
providing for the election of such an in
spector has been passed, but no advertise
ment OF an election has been published
yet Several applications have been re-
ceived by the health officer, however, and
the sanitary board may elect at its meet
ing next Tuesday.
The warmest thing which has yet occur
red in the health Office, however took
place when Mr. John Rourke called upon
the health officer. Mr.. Rourke has had his
attention called several times by the san
ltary inspectors to an alleged nuisance at
his boiler works on River street The nui-
sance consists of a natural spring which
was discovered in sinking a foundation
for one of the large anvils at his shops.
The spring boils up and keeps wet place
continually around the anvil. There has
been some correspondence between Dr.
LeHardy and Mr.. Rourke about the mat
ter and DR.. LeHardy has insisted that
Mr.. Rourke drain the place, which, how
ever he has failed to do. In consequence
MIR. Rourke has been placed upon the
docket by DIR. LeHardy to appear before
the recorder Tuesday morning on the
charge of violating the sanitary ordi-
nances
Mr.. Rourke was notified that he had
been placed upon the docket and called
upon DR.. LeHardy to see about the mat
ter. According to all reports the confer
ence was a warm one. DR.. LeHardy in
sisted that Mr.. Rourke drain his place
and Mr.. Rourke objected that the health
officers requirements were unreasonable.
Both gentlemen grew heated and the con-
ference ended. 1t is said, by DR.. LeHardy
1. l. Al -
left remarking that he was a fool to ex-
pect anything 1nyway. The hearing of
the case in the recorders court is likely
to be interesting.