Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-07
BOARD OF HEALTH
City Engineer and City Attorney
 Criticized Last Night.

sion. during which City Engineer
 Cairns and City Attorney Kellogg
 were raked over the coals by the
 members of the board, because of an
 interview given out by the city en. sineer, relating to the garbage con-
 mission appointed by the mayor. 1ohn helloggs ears must have been burning while the members of the Doard were saying a few words aneut the Dill of r. H. Carroll, which was presented again last evening, with
 tne approval of the city attorney. The routine business had been transacted and it was thought thnt 'he meeting was going to adjourn. when Chairman Freney gave the cue
 TOT letting off the fireworks.
 suppose. gentlemen. you noticed
 tne statements of Mir Cairns in re- gard to the way the meetings of the
 garbage commission were attended
 ana the assertion that he (Cairns) was
 Ine only member who took any in-
 .erest in the matter, after it was seen aliat mere was no money to be had
 10 meet the expenses of trips to otb-
 er crematories in the state, Az
 matter of fact that commission was
 Joke. With the exception of Com.
 missioner Fitzpatrick and myself
 now and then Mir Goss, none of the
 members. not even including Mir
 oalrns. showed mp with any recular-
 ny. Why. after getting our crcma.
 tory in working order they would not even eve. Vlsit the plant. Talk about vis- ltihg other crematories. when they
 would noS take the trouble to go up
 10 look at the one in this city. I un-
 aersfand at that time that Mir Cairns
 Was 100 busy to attend the meetings oi the garbage committee. But now.
 that he has finished all his plans for the new Union station approach and
 nus solved the water problem. he perhaps has a few spare moments ia uevote 10 the garbage question. In reference to the information which he says he collected. would like to in. form you. gentlemen, that this so- called information could be secured rom any up-to-date encyclopedia. in half an hour.' The president ended Dv saying. T am surprised that our city engineer is left in the city at .... every day expect him to be called to Panama by the president"
 The members will in all probability request the aldermen to frame an or dinance. which will compel the own CTS of tenement blocks to furnish proper receptacle for the garbage of the block and to have it located in a place convenient for the collector to reach.
 The matter was discussed briefly last evening, being brought before the board by Commissioner Fitzpatrck, who is of the opinion that it is q hardship on the collectors to be com- pelled to ascend several flights of stairs in order to find the garbage cans.
 This also led to the discussion of dry garbage. It was the concensus Of the members that the nuisauce in regard to the crematory would not exist if the public were compelled to drain their garbage before placing 1t in the cans, for the collectors. If this were done, the wagons would not drain through the streets. and they would not send forth those smells which the residents of waterville complain of. In connection with this President Freney stated that in his estimation. the wagons are more of a nuisance than the crcmatory itself and as long as wagons are going to and from a crematory. no matter where it is located, nuisance. more or less. will exist.
 City Attorney Kellogg was not toasted as brown as the city engineer, although he approved the bill of r. H. Carroll for $l.40O, with interest, since last March. and cost making the to- tai S1.O1.96. Do you mean to state," said the president. ''that the city attorney has approved that bill without even asking any members of the board of health about 1t? I should think that man would at least be courteous enough to inquire of us whether 1t met with our approval" The commissioners agreed with him shame that the city attorney should be so unmindful of his duty as to ap- prove bill which they had been hold ing up almost year. It was refer red back to the city attorney.
 The communication from the boari of education asking that the board adopt the suggestion of Superinten- dent Tinker of engaging specialists . to examine the eyes and ears of all pupils who are thought to have de- fective sight and hearing. met with the favor of the board. The chair sp- pointed Drs Hungerford and Kilmar. tin to get acquainted with the system in vogue in New York and to report at the next meeting
 Health 0fficer Kilmartin informed the board that there are couple of houses on Simsbury street. owned by Judge Peasley which have been with out water for the past month. and which are menace to the community in their present condition. The healtl, officer was informed to have the own CT eliminate the trouble.
 The reports of the health officer. sanitary inspector and milk and food inspector for the month were read and accepted. also the report of the milk and food inspector. which was referred back to bim last month for Milk and Food Inspe- tor Kecley was given permission to purchase q new testing apparatus for his laboratory.
 The bealth officer reported that ss far as he knew the Waterbury Amer csn and the Connecticut hotel were hard coal.