The herald., 1898-03-15
PUTRID PEACH PARINGS
TOO MUCH FOR THE NOSES OF
THE NoRTHWESTERNERS
A Contagious Diseases Hospital Ur.
gently Needed-Meat and
Milk Inspectors


last evening with all members present ant
Mayor Snyder in the chair. Harry Beach
presented d letter from Ma;er G Zobe!e!.
recommending the bearers method O.
cleaning water pipes, pumps. beer pipes
sinks and closets with steam instead o
acids. The matter was referred to the
health officer to report at the next meeting
A delegation from the southwestern por
tion Of the city, mainly on Thirty-sixtt
street between Main and Maple. presented
a petition signed by sixty property owners
praying for relief from nuisance original
ing In Shepherds vinegar factory, at Win
throp station. north of Jefferson street. Il
is claimed that the odor from watts of putrit
peach parings and other fruit is so often
sive that residents in the locality are un
able to keep windows open and that sew.
eral cases of serious illness are traceabl,
to that cause. In addition to the annoy.
ance, the offensive odor Is deterioratinf
the value OF property. Complaints have
frequently been made to Mr.. Shepherd
but as yet nothing has been done for the
relief of the neighborhood. DR.. Powers
the health officer, reported that he had
talked with Mr.. Shepherd and had given
orders to have the watts covered. Mr.. Shep.
herd had promised to clean out the watts
and take them down, but had failed to keer
his. promise. The mayor ordered that
notice be served on the offender, giving him
fourteen days to abate the nuisance, and il
not complied with the health officer is
instructed to take legal action.
for the month of February as follows
Meat markets inspected, 245; chicken
yards. 5; chicken peddlers, s; poultry mark.
ct wagons, 63; calf peddlers. %; meat ped
dlers, 6; slaughter houses, 2; inspections OF
beef, 1876; calves, 4; chickens, 12O.
g. w. Hooser, milk inspector, reported
the inspection of milk depots and dairles
12O; samples of milk tested, 100. Seven ar.
rests were made and all but one convicted
for selling milk not up to the standard
The one exception was made because the
dealer suddenly left the city.
The mayor ordered that the names Of
dealers heretofore arrested for this offense
shall be published in the daily papers, in
order that the public may know who they
are.
The health officer presented a request
from the Southern California Canning
company that 1t be'allowed to turn fruit
parings, pulped by new process, into the
sewer. The mayor and board will make a
personal inspection on Friday at 1880 of
the process used before deciding.
The matter of increasing the revenue of
the department to provide for a fund to
employ veterinary surgeon was dis
cussed.
portion to the quantity they sell, instead of
the present method, by the wagon. As
II now stands the man who sells five gallons
pays as much as the dealer who sells fifty,
and of the 5000 gallons sold in the city daily
600o come from outside towns on consign-
ment, from which no tax Is received. The
matter was referred to the health OFFICER,
to investigate and report.
DR.. Moore suggested the urgent need Of
establishing a hospital for contagious
diseases. A case In point was the develop
ment Of diphtheria in hotel in the city.
in a family Of winter tourists from the east.
The proprietor wanted the child removed,
but there was no place to take 1t; the guests
left the house, which resulted in serious
business loss. The price received from
patients will more than pay the rent of a
cottage procured for such a purpose. The
health officer was instructed to ascertain
what could be done in disposing of the pest
house and procuring ground to build q
hospital for contagious diseases.