The record-union., 1899-03-28
DUMPS WERE DISCUSSED.
TEBBETS ATTACKED THE PA
PERs AND THE DOCTORS.
Thought They Had Disgraced the
City by Talking of Pollution
Of the River.

AT the meeting Of the Board Of Trus-
tees last night all were present ex-
cept Trustee Bentley
w. A. Anderson, addressed the board
in relation to the notification by the
Superintendent of Cemeteries to Chinese
merchants that in order to make room
a large number of bodies of Chinese
must be removed, and that if they were
not removed by the Chinese, they
would be removed and buried again in
discriminately which would be great
injustice. In 1873 law was passed
by the Legislature regulating the re-
moval of bodies and prohibiting their
removal without a permit. The cost
fixed for removal is $40 and this added
to the cost Of box, etc, comes to about
$25. The Chinese are willing to re-
move the bodies themselves and bear
all the expense if the $40 fee is re-
mitted
Trustee Devine thought the Superin-
tendent had no right to remove the
bodies and he did not believe in disturb
ing them.
Trustee Tebbets said the Superin-
tendent was proceeding under a State
law and if the Chinese did not remove
the bodies he would take action. 1t
was fair to give them chance to re-
move the bodies without cost to the
city He offered a resolution that the
relatives of Cinnamon buried in the
cemetery for more than two years
should have permits to remove their
bodies without paying fee, provided
they do SO at their own expense, in me-
tallic coffins, securely sealed and take
them to suitable place.
IN THE DUMPS.
Trustee Tebbets, in speaking on the
matter, said he wished to speak on an
other one and that was the disgraceful
treatment of the city by the papers
that talked of pollution of the river
from the dumps, and gave the city a
black eye. Los Angeles did not do so.
There are many cases of smallpox there
but the papers do not speak of it except
in whispers. They do not degrade the
city as our papers do, with big head
lines concerning river pollution and lies
of doctors about undertakers. Every
undertaken will say that nothing of the
sort goes on the dumps. 1t is a dis
grace when doctors do SO and it is a
lie. How can the suction pipe at the
bottom of the river take up these inn
purities. The Board of Trustees favors
building up the city not destroying it.
Trustee Mckay said that DIR. Fay
told him that member of the Beard
of Trustees told him about the under
takers and that he did not intend to
have it published
Trustee Devine said the papers pub
1ished a report of the Board of Health
in regard to the typhoid fever in the
city from use of river water. If the
Board of Trustees had done its duty it
would have fired the whole shooting
match and put some sensible men in
their places. He admitted the dumps
are bad
Trustee Kent said he believed every
word was true. He had voted against
the dumps, as he knew the place. Dr.
Huntington had spoken the truth. He
knew II was so and what is stated in
the paper is only a small part of it.
Trustee Tebbets asked if Kent did
not propose to have the dumps within
the city limits, and Kent said he did,
but to bury the garbage.
There is, he said, a State law that
prohibits any one from polluting riv-
ers. He had been a believer in river
water, but he had been sick of it for
several days from what he read and
what he saw
Trustee Tebbets wanted to know
where the information was got about
the undertakers and said the parties
would be held responsible.
Kent said that he had seen the stuff
loaded into the garbage wagons. He
knew what was used in embalming and
what he had seen. He should think
the Board of Health would have minds
of their own and not change as they
did when they said this was the best
place that could be found. He thought
an injunction should be got out against
the Board of Trustees.
Sanitary Inspector Herr said the
records of the Board of Health showed
that it had always opposed the plan
Trustee Brown said the Board of
Health had stated before the Grand
Jury that it was the most unobjectiona-
BILE place that could be found.
superintendent of Streets Touhey said
that nothing had foated away from
the dumps except paper, as it is slack
water. There had been very little
complaint of the present dumps and he
thought it the best place for them.
Trustee Devine said the dumps were
bad, but the conditions We're very much