Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1898-04-21
CRUSADERS HELD UP.
The Policy of Pre- sident Sites Was Not Con-
hrmed by the Board Thursday Night.
Lively Session.

The Policy of President Sites Was Not Con-
firmed by the Board Thursday Night.
Lively Session.
The Board of Health was in session last
Thursday. Comment is unnecessary. The
proceedings speak for themselves.
All the members were present, and
after the roll call and the approval of the
minutes of the last meeting, President
Sites told why the special meeting was
called.
The first act was the report of the Sani-
tary Committee, the Inspector, President
ties to be proceeded against for maintain
ing impure wells.
The report was as follows:
ITO the Board of Health.
"Gentlemen: Your Committee recon-
mend the following resolution:
"ResolUed, That the Solicitor be ordered
to proceed against such owners of the
properties named who have not already
complied with the orders of this Board
by first serving notice upon each, Civ
ing them 10 days to do so, or be prose-
cuted for violation of the sanitary code,
meeting the names of those who fail to
comply with such notice.
Nos. s and 10 Mulberry street, Johu G,
Ayars.
No. 277 s. avenue, E. G. Albertson.
No. 1l9 S, Pine, Christopher Laich.
Nos. AZ and 40 S. E. avenue, Joseph T.,
and Benjamin F Biggs.
No. 545 N. Laurel, William Souders.
No, SO Cohansey, Mrs. Fred Cheney.
Nos 46 and A Cedar, Thos. Wolf and
c. E Sheppard.
Nos. l3 and Is NewelPs Lane, c. F.
Krauter.
No. 30 Atlantic, G. F. Krauter.
18l and 1873 vine street, James J. Reeves,
agent,
1877 and 1S9 Vine street, David P. Elmer.
265 Cohansey, Charles r. Carnes.
81 S. e. avenue, James S. Reeves, agent
Respectfully submitted.
DR.. Jacob G Streets demanded to know
whether the report was signed. Presi
dent Sites said that it vas not, but would
be. He had not obtained the signatures.
DR.. Streets thought the report could not
mended or signed by majority of the
committee. 1t was now the property of
the Board and could not be changed with
out consent of the Board. The President
thought differently and passed it around
for the names to be signed. First Mr..
Sharp placed his name on the paper,
then Mr. Bellows and finally President
Sites. This made three of a committee
OF six, not majority. After the report
had been acted upon and the meeting adj
journed, Inspector David r. Streets added
his signature, against the protest of
members of the Board.
Mr.. Souder moved that the recon-
mendation of the committee be laid upon
the table indefinitely, DR.. J. G. Streets
seconded the motion.
Mr.. Sharp wanted to know the object of
the motion. Mr.. Bellows said it was de-
lay pure and simple.
DR. j. G. Streets said there was no de
lay about it, as far as he was concerned he
was opposed to the wholesale proseou-
tiops, and thought the Board was getting
beyond it's province. The resolution was
anerouS and drastic and not warranted by
any condition or danger to the public
health. He had tried to find the object of
the Board. He had been told it was for the
benefit of the public health If we'll
/ can be proven to be the root of disease,
then the Board should act. But ne had
been told that the prosecutions were to
be made under the pure food law. He
referred to the last report of the Board of
against the use of water from private
wells," claiming that the SO per cent. of
the Bridgeton wells were unfit for human
use. He then read one of the notices
served by the Board upon citizen. 1t
charged that well to be nuisance and a
cause of i'll health, and the order was to
at once abate the nuisance. From this
move, said the Doctor, and from state
ments obtained, from the various "cru-
saders," one might suppose the old
oak en- bucket was reponsible for all the
ills the human flesh is heir to. DR..
Streets said further:
He had heard that the inten-
tiOn of the Crusaders. after clos
ing the wells, was to proceed
against the city, and condemn
the city water supply. "Verily,"
continued the learned physician,
'ihe water drinkers will be in 8
dilemma, for the pure food pur-
veyOrs have not offered anything
to take it place."
Immediately concluding the remarks
OF DR.. Streets, Mr.. Bellows called for the
question on the motion. The roll was
called and Souder's motion to lay on the
table was defeated by the following vote,
Yeas-Streets, Souder, Davis.
Nays-Stites, Bellows, Ballenger, Sharp
MIR. Bellows then moved that the re.