The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-05
POINTING OUT | FILTHY SPOTS Ward Committees Make Their Report. URGE PROMPT ACTION t' - Discussion Branched Off Into
 Quarantine. Chairmen of sub-COmmittees Are Named by Alderman Maddox to
 Continue Looking for Dis
 ease Breeding Places.

raised by the City Council. had meet ing in the Council chamber at 5:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon when re- ports were made on the sanitary condi- tion of the various wards of Mont gomery.
 The committeeman. by Investigating unsanitary places in the wards and re- porting them to the Sanitary Depart
 ment, are already accomplishing good results.
 The temper of the committeeman as developed by debate is for city guar
 antine against Infected places. Chair | man J. E. Maddox ruled that discus sion of quarantines was not out of or der and this ruling made an opening for considerable debate in which Dr. | I. L. Watkins warmly. defended the lState quarantine.
 Members of the committee of thirty eight who attended the meeting were Chairman J. E. Maddox, Aldermen J. J, Sullivan, Leopold Strauss, Gaston Gum ter; N. L. R.. Thompson and A. Roemer M Blakey. T. A. billiard, w. J. Drum, Julian Gibian, Dr. | L. Watkins, Frank P. Chaffee, c. r. Mcintyre, J. c. Tyson, Frank W. Jackson and Acting Mayor c. In calling the meeting to order Chair man Maddox said that the Council was willing to aid the committee in it's work and 1t would be his pleasure to put any action of the commItte before the Council
 Mir. Jackson's Resolutions.
 Mir. Jackson sent up three resolutions. The first one, which was adopted. re- quested all citizens to report condi- tions conducive to disease to the health department The second resolution re- in the city filled and drained and that the first work be done in West End. The resolution was adopted. Mir. Jackson's third resolution related to matter which has been close to his heart some time. It suggested that the Council dedicate the river front near the union railway station to park pur- poses.
 On motion of Mir Strauss this resolu- tion was referred to the Park Com | ment was made of the selection of ward chairmen of the sub-committees as fol- lows:
 Ward 1-Emapuel Meertief. Ward 2-F. P Chaffee.
 Ward 3--A. c. Forbes.
 Ward 4-Frank W. Jackson. Ward 5-W. ]. Drum.
 Ward 6-Porter Bibb.
 Ward 7-J. l.. Holloway. The chairman then called for reports rom the various wards and MT. Nicer ing that the committee for Ward had | been very active. In company with oth- CT members of his committee, Mir. Meer- l tief said he had been through the ward, with the view to finding and reporting places that ought to be closed He spoke of certain allies that were filthy and required attention. He re- commended otling or screening the wa ter tank of the Louisville and Nash vile Railroad Company and screening water barrels around warehouses that committee found a great many wells on Moulton and Hanrick Streets. Conditions Rt West End. The committee made a careful inves- tigation of conditions at West End and Mir. Meertief urged prompt action to relieve the situation in that section. ple's Cotton Factory which had not been cleaned since the factory was es- tablished. He recommended that the Council require the factory to screen
 MT. Meertief said the worst place in West End was immediately below the factory. Water runs from the factory to low marshy place which Is filled With tall weeds. It was a disease breeding morass. he said, and 1t was a reflection on Montgomery that the city not got the money. MT. Meertief said. he he believed the members of this commit Mobile had recently raised S11 ,O00 for this purpose and he believed Montgom- cry would do as much or. more. car barn at the terminus of the street railway line to West End He said 1t was in terribly unsanitarY condition and 1t was matter of surprise to him that such nuisance would have been tolerated by the people.
 Frank Jackson said he had visited West End and he wanted to confirm what Mir. Meertief had said @..
 To oil Sewer Traps.
 MT, Chaffee spoke of the sewer traps and catch basins which he thought were sources for standing water. He borhood of these sewer traps take the precaution of oiling them especially after rains.
 abandoned residence on Madison Ave nue near the car barns which had be- come nuisance. He suggested that the sanitary department look after this house and have it cleaned.
 Mir. Sullivan said that the people Of Ward 6 had long suffered from the odors of the slaughter house. Now that Montgomery people had decided to clean up he thought # was a good time to take steps to remove this slaughter house to the river front.
 He thought Ward had been more neglected than any other ward of the city. He did not think that the city sanitary force was adequate He cited instances of unsanitary conditions in Ward which he declared to be "a Montgomery"
 A Quarantine Resolution.
 Mir. Foster spoke of necessity for d following resolution.
 Resolved. that all persons. whether residents or non- residents. or thls clty entering Montgomery. who intend to remain in the city over night shall on arrival secure certificate ,9 reRfstra- tion from an officer of the city duly authorized to issue same. And one who gives shelteK to n-reSlstered person or any one who makes false representations in order to secure ger, tifcates. shall upon conviction be fined not less than $50 and not more than S10O and may be imprisoned for not more than thirty days, one or both at the discretion of the Recorder or Act ing Recorder trying the case.
 Mir. Sullivan called attention 10 the fact that the resolution was not within the power of the committee He took advantage of the opportunity to say that he had mo more confidence In a health certificate than l have Tn the State quarantine: lie eXpresse9 cont fdence that the City Council would put on a city quarantine, ,, A
 In conclusion MT. Sullivan said ne was opposed to the resolution or MT Foster He did not think such rec ommendation should be made to the Council. .t...o aid not have anything to do with quarah- tines. He favored the resolution or MT: Faster but did not think It had any place before the committee,
 Defends Work of state.
 Dr. Watkins made the point that discussion of quarantine was out or or ,+ der but Chairman Maddox held that t was not Then Dr. Watkins said ne would say something about the quaIahoo tine He thought that the men W~no ~ know how to execute quaraht5InSS should have charge of it: He deiende9 c.es the State quarantine. He said II sIae Was
 which had done more for tho peopii" than some of them are willing 10 au-