Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-07

Ordered, that there hC allowed and
paid ID John II. Hubbard Post, q. a.
~, the sum Of 500 for the purpose Of
drtraYinE the expenses Of Memorial
duy ana 1hat the mayor draw his war
rant therefor. Read and passed.
The o!,icr tabled al The last meeting
rc%ardiuG Sunday closing of stores
VAS taken from the table and given a
passage.
y petition for : sewer on Pleasant
%tlCvt WEES ref; rrcd to the committee
On sewers.
chief Engineer Patterson reported
regarding necessity ur lire escapes.
Fire cS"It rs were recommended fnr
American Glue co.. Shoe factory,
IialloWcll house, Elm house, Wilson
hall and City hall. The report was ac-
ccpt"d. Tire city clerk was instructed
and requested to ask the above named
mot Including city government to
comply with the law. The committee
on city property was directed to con-
slider regarding the placing Il fire es-
cape Oh Cily hall.
Tho following report Of tho inspector
Of milk was received and placed on
file
To the Honorable Mayor and City
Council.
| herewith submit my report as in
spcctor of milk.
Tho history in brief leading up to The
regulation Of the sale Of milk is as fol-
lows:
During the fail of 1906 some Of the
head Of cattle owned by Henry q.
Vaughn were shipped to the state Of
Nassau huscttS. q state whose law re
qurcS that the tuborculin test bc APP
piled To all creatures imported into the
state. "h, So cIttl" were found in
fcctcd with tuberculosis and as ii re-
sur the entire herd was trstcd. Fiji
teen head were condemned. Following
closely urnn this came the city on
dinancc requiring the license to scll
milk.
Tho testing uf the several herds was
conducted I'M q. =. EIak"ly. y. -. v. -
whose authority was accepted by tile
cattl" commissioner Of tho State of
Maine. TuhcrcUIosis WAS found in the
following herds:
Eoni y. Wood. Chas. Douc; tt, Henry
q. Vaughn. l.. :: Curri"r. Daniel
I1''lHlN, ISI.I iluiti, E0dlll tIt'OlSt, il,
n. Whitcumb.
Tho infected COWS were promptly
killed and later license was issued to
thcir owners.
Tho herds tested and found free from
discas" were as follows:
Walter Rollins Eugene Smith u. S;
Parker, James W. Garter. T.. +. Chnatc.
William Hayes. william Cole, Eugene
Gilman, II. c. Merrill Rcni Taskcr,
Lincoln Parks, r. p. Churchill W. NJ.
Tihbctts, Asa Libby, George d. Wy
man.
The whole number Of licenses nnw
in vogu" are ~. but i number Of those
AZ" butter ana SKIM milk dealers who
are not Obliged ny the ordinances ID
tax" out q license but have done 50 to
insure their customers pure butter ana
dairy products
| have obtained milk Of all Of the
dealers and examined specimens for
butter fat, formaldchydc. buric acid,
and different pre- scrvativcs sometimes
used hy milkmcn and have been un-
able To find in single instance a for
cign substance. The percentage Of
butter fat III MI tie herds where tubcr-
tuiDSIS tElSlfH mas increased SIlc" inc
killing Of the infected cows. which
fact is probably due to tho diseased
creature using M tho fat of the milk
to combat the progress of the disease.
After the removal of these infected
cows the general average of butter fat
in the herd was increased
| have had the different dealers I'M
der close observation, seeing nearly all
Of them each morning and noting the
| condition Of their carts, most Of which
arc kept neat and sanitary, ana all
bear the word Licensed"
The obtoining Of milk and informa-
| ton and general condition of the cows
| and barns of the different dealers has
| been collected by methods which need
! not be disclosed but are accurate and
| systematic. About seven-eighths of
| the population are taking milk from
regular dealers; the remaining eighth
4 are taking milk from unlicensed. ir-