The record-union., 1898-05-24

distance germs are carried is fallacious
1t makes no difference how far they
are carried, the germs of typhoid fever
may be carried any distance in what
appears to be clear water. but they
Will still carry infection. He thought
Mr. Devine as an officer of the city.
should be cautious not to make such
statements as he had There is no
use of Disgusting the fact that there is
to some extent an epidemic Of typhoid
fever in the city, and no use of dis
guising the fact also that the drinking
water of the city is the cause of it, no
matter what is said TO the contrary. He
had been reading up on the subject the
latest Investigations
Trustee Devine said he had also read
up reports of Investigations and would
bet 500 to $50 that an analysis would
show no disease germs in the river
water
Trustee Tebbets said that the COM
mittee did not wish to put the gar
bage where it would pollute the water.
He favored the Sacramento water fill
tered, but well water, never.
Ii 1kOSS SdlU IndL he lHuOISeu tic
position of DR. Huntington. The
Board of Health advocated the con-
struction of a crematory as the only
proper way to dispose of the garbage.
DR.. Henderson also indorsed the po-
sition of DR. Huntington.
The Street Committee was granted
further time on the proposition.
Trustee Devine, for the Committee
on Buildings. reported that the Milk
Inspectors laboratory could be rented
at 81 a month and fitted up cheaply
at small cost 1t was SO ordered.
The ordinance regulating the fees for
the City Cemetery was read and laid
over for a week.
committee from the Board of
Health appeared before the board and
DR. Henderson stated that it had been
deputized to ask the Trustees to ap-
propriate $500 for the purpose Of in
vestigatng the cause of the present
epidemic of typhoid fever, and also to
endeavor to find means for the preven-
ton of a recurrence of it. 1t is in
creasing and more cases are occurring
every day He thought it would take
about that amount to conduct the in
vestigatiOn and considerable cores
pondence would be necessary.
Devine thought the request reason
able one and he moved that it be re-
ferred to the Finance Committee.
Kent moved that the request be al
lowed. The funerals for the past thir-
ty days. he said, were sufficient evi-
dence of its necessity.
DR. Huntington said that there is no
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from a specific source and that source
the water. in all probability. The in
vestigation Will be an important one
and will influence the future water sup
ply of the city. Portland had a sim
liar epidemic some years ago and in
vestigation showed that it came from
polluted water. like this one. At that
time there was an average of nineteen
deaths in the thousand per month. The
city spent more money for proper
water supply than Sacramento can well
afford to do. and in one year after the
new water system wac built the death
rate fell from nineteen to a little over
six
Trustee Tebbets moved that a COM
mittee of two members of the Board
of Health and two Trustees appointed
by the Chair make the investigation, at
a cost not to exceed $500.
The motion was carried and the Chair
appointed Tebbets and Dolan.
STREET LIGHTING BIDS.
The bids for street lighting were
opened and the Sacramento Electric,
Gas and Railway Company offered to
furnish light at s. 90 a month for each
. n
condition that it would accept a mixed
schedule of all night and moonlight
schedules, made up from the rates of
the two 1t also offered a bid of SO il
month per light under the same con-
ditions
The Capital Gas Company's bid was
SO a light for a moonlight schedule and
SO a light for an all-night schedule.
Trustee Tebbets made a strong plea
for alley lighting, as he said any
criminal could commit a robbery OF
theft in the city and escape down an
alley and be out of sight within ten
feet Of the entrance. He thought the
citizens should be protected by lights.
B. u. Steinman called the attention
of the board to the fact that the city
under the lowest bid would save $1,2OI
a month and would therefore do we'll to
accept the all-night schedule, which it
can we'll afford to do.
Trustee Tebbets moved that the all
night bid of the Sacramento Electric
Gas and Railway Company be ac-
/ cepted.
Trustee Devine moved that the moon
/ light schedule be accepted, but met
with no second.
/ The all-night schedule was adopted
at SG II a light, by the votes of all but
Devine.
! The number of lights was fixed at
/ go, various Trustees asking that extra
lights be placed in their wards, Paine
saying that he wanted none.
/ Trustee Kent moved that ten more
| lights be placed at the entrance of al
/ leys in the lower part of the city, but
met with no second.
MISCELLANEOUS.
| Trustee DOlan moved that the matter
! of the sidewalk on the southwest corner
/ of Second and o streets be referred tC
the City Surveyor. to have the sidewalk
| put down. Carried.