Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-01
INVESTIGATIONS
ARE EXPENSIVE
Bills of the Experts Who Have
Been Looking Into Sanitary
Conditions Are Large
THOSE FILED AMOUNT TO s1,2os.2s
Members of the Council Think Some
Are Exorbitant and May Not Favor
Paying Them-Members Of Commit
tee Think They Should Have Been
Consulted.

| Inc DOaru OF health WIS CdHeu III d
special meeting Tuesday night to con-
sider the report of the state board OF
Health committee, that has been con-
Quoting extensive Investigations into
sanitary conditions in and about the
/ city, and other matters pertaining tc
the recent epidemic of typhoid fever
The report was read in full and upon
the motion of Mr.. Psenicka, chairman
lof the health and sanitation committee
was adopted.
! Considerable expense has been in
CURED in conducting the investigations,
ard the eyes of some Of the members
OF the board We're opetied when the
bills were presented Mr.. Whistler raised
the point that the bills did not come
properly before the board of health, but
rather before the council, which gave
Its health and sanitation committee the
power to act in conducting the investi-
cations. The bills will, therefore, be
presented before the council, probably
st the meeting to be he'd next Mon
| day night.
| Some of the council are not in the
best of humor over some of the bills
that were presented Tuesday evening
before it was decided that they were
Improperly filed with the board of
health. Especially so are Messrs. Nc
Bride and Good, members of the health
and sanitation committee, who say they
have never had one word to say in the
matter of securing the work of the ex-
perts. They claim Mr.. Psenicka, as
chairman. has taken the responsibility
of the entire matter, which. 1t seems. is
contrary to the rules, which state that
no member of q committee has the
right to incur expense without the
sanction of the other members of the
committee. It Is, therefore, up to Mr..
Mcbride and Mr.. Good to say whether
or not these bills shall be allowed by
the council. If the committee decides to
report favorably on their allowance the
council has nothing else to do but to
vote as the committee recommends, for
the committee was given full power to
act. which means to incur expense.
Members of the council. think that the
bills of Professor Weems. DR. Grimes
and Mr.. Francis are a little high. They
do not object to Pr. Hoffman's, because
ne has dope the greater part Of the
7e0asr a inc. has 0eS on the sasAad a
The bills as winNpe filed with Ahe
council. are as follows:
s. r. Macy. to visit to
city and inspection OF
water works and gem
eral milk supply. $50. 90
j. B. Weems, May % to
June %, five days con-
sultation and analysis
of twenty-five sam
pies of water in du-
plicate, and three sam
pies of milk, twenty
six and two thirds days
at SIS .............. $500. 90
EXpressage on samples
or water ............ $40
Fare, three trips to Mar
shalltown and return
at $2.26 .-............ 6.78
BUS fare .............. rs
Hotel bills, ten days and
two dinners ......... 4 .00-414.73
Eli Grimes, to expert SER
vices in connection
with water eXamina-
ton. two trips ....... 100. 90
Charles H. Hoffman, one
days service as ex-
pert 90
Thirty-four days as
bacteriologist, at $12. Ass. 90
Railroad fare and ex-
penSeS ............... 10 .00-46S. 90
Charles Francis, to pro-
fessional services in
relation to water
works investigation -. 5000
Railroad fare and ex-
penses ............... 1000 60. 90
Pilgrim Hotel, to twenty
two days board Hoff-
man Observation-Disclosures. $500
To eighteen and three
quarters days E. r.
Limbacher ........... 400
To one and one quarter
days j. b. Weems.... 800
To one and one-quar-
ter days j. H. Frana-
SUI S.UV
To one days Charles
Francis .......... 2.5O-11o. so
Total amount of bills
SO far filed. ........... s1,eO3. % I
Will Elect City Physician.