The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-15
TO CREATE A
NEW DEP PARTMENT
The Committee On Health Meets anc
Considers Street Cleaning Plans.
The Officer Was Sustained.

The Committee on Health met last
night. those present being Messrs. Hob
son, chairman; Shea, Burton, Miner and
Th0mason.
After the approval of regular bills the
committee took up the case OF W. ii.
Berry an empl0ye in the Health Depart
ment. who had been dismissed by Sanl-
tary officer Shields on December 3lst.
Both the officer and the workman were
present TO address the committee. BY
vote of four to one. the officer was sus-
tanned, Mr.. Shea voting in the minority.
An ordinance to prohibit the sale OF
adulterated or impure milk, meat and
food was next presented for considera-
ton. The ordinance provides q penalty
of fifty TO one hundred dollars for viola
tions. and imprisonment Of 80 days for
failure to obey. II creates the office OF
Inspector of Milk and Food Supply, as
an adjunct to the Board OF Health, and
appropriates $3O0G annually TO defray the
expenses of the Office
DR. Oppenheimer explained that the or
dinance had been compiled by the MEM
bers Of the Board of Health, which ear
Inspector, Sub-Inspector and Chemist,
the doctor said, would be required to en-
force the law
Tpon Mr. I!lomasons motion, the or
dirauce was sent to the Council, with
the recommendation that it be enacted.
Mr. Thomson, chairman of q sub-com-
mittea to which the subject of a street
cleaning department, Independent OF the
work of removing garbage, was referred,
irlCr Jrh al
arate department. and providing for
superintendent, to be elected every two
wears. at an annual salary of $500. besides
the use of d horse.
The ordinance made the superinten-
dent elective by the Council. Mr.. Hobson
said that the Health Committee should
fill the Office.
Mr.. Thomason made a detailed ex
PLANTATION of the ordinance. Emphasis
was laid on the fact that provision is
made for the adoption of rules and regu-
lutions by the committee for the conduct
OF the department. The first step, he de-
clared in response to objections, was to
have the Council create the committee.
Then a number of sweeping changes
would probably be made. This, he con-
tended. was not the time to decide upon
the details of the plan.
Mr.. Shea following the preceding
speaker, expressed the belief that the
department contemplated by the ordi-
nance would satisfy the public demand
that Main and Broad Streets be swept
every night during the spring, summer,
and fall.
Mr.. Shea closed by defending the cleo
ton of the proposed superintendent by
the Council
tMr. Hobson reiterated the statement
ti?at the official should be elected by the
Conmitte He was opposed TO the COM
mittee's p wing the salaries of any more
officials elected by the Council. He con-
cluded by moving the amendment Of the
ordinance 50 as to make the supe-lntend-
ent elective by the committee.
Mr. Burton criticised the ordinance on
the ground that it did not more speciti-
cally provide a plan of operation OF ne
department.
The vote on Mr.. Hobsons amendment
was lost the mover alone voting favor
ably The ordinance was then adopted
section by section and afterwards as a
whole. 1t will come up before the Board
OF Aldermen tonight, with the commit
fees favorable recommendation.
The clerk read a report from Sanitary
officer Lamkin, stating the circumstances
of the removal of an employe under him.
The action of the officer was sustained.
DR. Oppenhimer, president of the Board
OF. Health pieSellteu tsii ileliiiN-e. az
OF the wants of the committee in 1901, as
follows: Pay-roll s5l.6I7.50: expenses, $l4.-
945: crematory, s16,100; special, $1,000. To-
tai, 500. I22.5o
4 balance of 81, ,oG;;s..ss77 81 from last year was
reported unexpended.
A committee of four. besides the presi-
dent of the Board. who was requested to
act. was appointed to so before the
Finance Committee to urge the appro-
nriation of the sum needed by the COM
mittee for the ensuing year. Chairnfan
Hobsen was designated chairnan of this
committee.