The record-union., 1899-03-30
Trustee Tebbets thought the Board of

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Health should be asked if this proposed
place would not poison the water that
| flows down by Freeport and cause
| typhoid fever among the residents. Let
| the blame rest where it belongs and
! the Board of Health should be held re-
| sponsible and not the Trustees, and
should pick out place for the dumps.
Trustee Douglas opposed the dumps
| in any part of the city and wanted
crematory. The doctor had told the
truth He knew it, for he had seen it.
Trustee Tebbets offered as a substi-
tute that the matter be referred to the
Board of Health, to report to the Trus-
/ tees as to the effect ON the health of the
locality and the injury possible.
! Trustee Devine said the expression of
every man, woman and child demanded
the immediate removal of the dumps.
DR.. Huntington had said to the board
when the dumps were removed, that
| it was very dangerous place and
menace to the river.
Trustee Tebbets denied this hotly, but
Trustee Mckay confirmed Devine's $
statement.
Trustee Kent said that DR.. Hunting
ton objected and was right. The rea-
son for the fire at the Gilman dumps
was that the stuff was thrown into
water, inducing spontaneous combus-
ton. The water should be pumped out
first, and the city pay a man to take
care of the dumps.
Sanitary Inspector Herr said that be-
fore the Gilman dumps were selected,
he went all over and could secure no
place This is an excavation, and he
thought no evil would ensue. He had
been to the present dumps. The water
comes under the bridge and passes over
to the point where the garbage is, and
there is no current that strikes the bank
of the dump. There is nothing floating
down the river. 1t does not wash, but
he was satisfied that the solution from
the dumps goes into the river. There is
a slow current around the point of the
dumps and toward the river. The offal
of cattle and amputated limbs of ami
mails are thrown there. He was op-
posed to the dumps. The proposed
levee will not help matters, as the land
back of the dumps is SO low.
Tebbets wanted the advice OF the
Board of Health, so it cannot come
here afterwards and criticize the board.
DR.. Fay thought that the board would
act wisely in moving the dumps imme-
diately. He thought that there was a
space between the two railroad levees,
free from sipage, that would do for
temporary use, until the city can get a
crematory.
Trustee Douglas opposed the propo-
sition strenuously. There are 2,OOO
men working in the shops, he said, and
he did not want to see them placed in
danger from disease or discomfort from
the stencil.
Dr. Nichols thought there had been
no harm done yet, but there is danger.
He thought the locality proposed was
as good as any, perhaps, but If the
garbage is placed there it should be
covered we'll.
The motion to move the dumps was
carried.
Tebbets moved that the Board OF
Health be notified to inspect the pro-
posed place and report of its desira-
bility Carried.
Trustee Kent moved that the Superln-
tendent of Streets be instructed TO
pump out the pits and that the city
put a man there to take care OF the
garbage and cover it.
The motion was lost, and Kent asked
to have his vote changed to mo- on all
questions he had previously voted on.
On motion of Trustee Brown, the Sup
erintendent Of Streets was instructed TO
cover up the garbage on all the dumps
with clean sand.