Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-08-07
HEALTH BOARD RECEIVES A
COMPLAINT ABOUT OPEN SEWER
LICENSEES Granted
for Slaughter
House Here.
NEW CEMETERY

The Board of Health held short
session in city hall last night, at
which Morris Fogel was granted IL
cense for erecting and maintaining
slaughter house on Central place,
near upper State street. The permit
was given with the express under
standing that the building must be
suitable to the Board of Health, and
must nave cement floors, proper
drainage and water service. The per-
nit was granted until June 1. 1908.
The building is to be kept and MAIN
tanned in a clean and sanitary state at
all times and subject to the inspec-
ton of the health department. A tap
will be made into fifteen-inch sewer
and the proper water Connections are
at hand. Mr.. Fogel was present and
explained the location OF the grounds
and other details.
This license was granted after sew
eral futile attempts had been made t.
locate elsewhere. A license for 9
place near Maurer was refused eatty
in July and last night the board con&
sidered the Mullen site on the Me-
tuchen-Amboy road unfavorable. Tho
application for license at this local
tion has been Withdrawn.
I AT the present time Mr.. Fogel has
no place in which to carry on his busi-
ness. Work on a proper building At
this location we'll Immediately be COM
menced. "a
The application OF IsMintz to keep
a slaughter house at SO Division
street, in the building fecntly vacated
by Fogel, was refused. Mintz is F0-
gels former partner.
Complain of Culvert.
Anton Jensen, resident of kirk.
land place, who has brother Ill with
, typhoid fever, was present to make q
J verbal complaint against the culvert
/ or open sewer, as it Is termed, in
goodwin street and Kirkland place.
4 Inspectors -Eithian and Brewster hA6
Y often explained this nuiSQna fn
board before and it was nOfhfnG
: Mr.. Jensen haid that lie was Of
opinion that such sDsll caEsed q
f ease. On this subject DR.. Fithian a.
J not agree with him. The inspector
t stated that smell of that kind was un-
> pleasant. as is generally understood,
: but it would not breed disease unless
by means of flies or other insects. Mr..
Jensen gave description of the open
, sewer and stated that residents es-
: pecially those now building are lay
, ing pipe sewers to the culvert, not on
, ly to take the refuse from sinks. but
|, from closets. which is the chief cause
, of complaint. Some of the recent tap
! re state that they received permits
rom the street commissioners.
In reply to the complaint Presi-
dent Main stated that there was aH-
other case where it was plainly evi-
dent that the board should take hold
of the plumbing work at the earliest
possible date. He stated that the
! matter had long been hanging fire,
but nothing has been done. The
board has regular printed rules for
plumbers to work by, but at the pres
ent time they are not enforced. In
this instance DIR. Efthian recommend
ed that. a building inspector be ap-
pointed to havescharge of such work.
The complaint from Kirkland place
was referred to a committee of the
whole, who will visit the place in tho
r near future.
Cemetery Request Granted.
The application for maintaining
cemetery on the road between this
S city and Woodbridge, which had been
= laid on the table at the previous meet
;. ing, was granted. The application
l. was from the United Hebrew Associ-
l. alton, who will Immediately CONF
l. mence work to cut the ground up in
Is plots. stone wall will be erected
b about the premises
Inspector Cortlandt E. Brewster
gave report of his work during the
past two weeks. He told of his work
with State Inspector Bowen in visit
ing six local COW stables. Mr.. Brews-
" ter explained the causes of the seven
cases of typhoid fever recently re-
ported by one local physician. In all
there have been twelve cases of ty-
|, phoid fever reported during the past
: two weeks, of which seven have been
e traced to various sources, some from
/ water. others from milk and one case
t contracted before the victim came
|. here. Twenty-one nuisances were re-
= ported by the inspector, of which
eighteen have been abated. The
Y dumps have been visited twice week
, by Mr.. Brewster, who reported them
:, in first class condition. Seven cases
s of scarlet fever have been reported
4 and two cases of diphtheria.
e President Main and Commissioners
S Hansen, Quick, Reynolds and Elifs
/. were present. Commissioner Quick
a acted as clerk in,the absence of City
. Clerk Mae William.
. ADDRESS WANTEU OF YOUNG
4 DANISH GIRL WHO WAS SENT
: LAST WEEK BY HER AUNT TO -
HIGH STREET TO APPLY FOR A
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