The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-09-06
HEALTH BOARD
WILL RETAIN
"FIXER" WALTZ
CLOSED Incident" Declares DIR.
Price, After Meat Inspector
Is Warned
REFORMS PLANNED
in LOCAL INSPECTION
Printed Notices to Clean Up
Will Be Served ON Offending
Butchers

Jacob L. Waltz. city meat Inspector,
In spite Of the accusations made
against him for activity as "fixer" for
the butchers, which charges were not
Investigated by the Board Of Health,
further than to get denial from
Waltz, will be retained on the stan,
and Dr.. w. H. Price, health officer,
stated Friday that 1t was g closed
incident
Mr.. Waltz has had ten years or hon
orable service In the position OF meat
inspector and is az well qualified as
anybody could be for that position"
said DR.. Price. Several times he
has been cautioned for being too az
gressive against dealers. We have
no doubt Of his personal honesty, and
since he has been instructed to re-
frain in the future from trying to
make peace between butchers and dis
satisfied customers we will let this
affair drop now"
Waltz, when called before the Board
OF Health. Thursday afternoon, denied
that he had ever offered money TO
Miss Mae WayDrandt, No. SOC Second
ave-, to settle a claim against the
ParkerWebb butcher shop at No. ~
Grand Riverave. Waltz had previ-
ously admitted this transaction to
representatives Of several newspa-
pers, but when subjected to lengthy
examination by DR.. J. b. Kennedy.
president Of the board. he denied 1t.
Miss Waybrsnds may have under
stood me to say | would settle for
the bad meat she said she had pur.
chased from the butcher but never
meant to say anything Of the kind"
Whatever your intentions may
have been" ssid DR.. Kennedy, 1T
should be understood from now on
that 10 member Of the city health
boards stan OF inspectors IL to have
anything to do with settlements be.
tw cen customers and dealers. II 10
the business OF the inspector to ex.
amine the product and see II It IL
good. II not, he should condemn It
and let the dealer make his own
settlements
DR.. Price has asserted that the two
local inspectors have done all that
could he done. and that they have
been rigorous and unrelenting in their
condemnation OF bad meat and unsan-
itary conditions, but the campaign OF
the state inspectors has brought forth
fruit In determination on the part
Of the health board to change the To-
cal system.
DR.. Price stated Friday that to re.
place the old method Of merely tell
ing" butchers to clean up, printed no.
tees such as the state inspectors used
would be obtained Immediately.
A new system OF checks will also be
established SO that when q butcher
or sausage-maker Is told by city
inspector to clean up he can be Wis
tied again within q week or 80 to
see that he has complied with the
orders.
In the budget for the new year the
health officer will ask an appropria-
ton for several more meat inspectors
as the two now serving, Leo Taube
and Jacob L. Waltz. are not able to
cover the ground.
DR.. Price said II shall ask for the
new appropriation and change the
system Of inspection as soon as re.
turn from Denver, where | am going
next week to attend the national
ucditu COuBIeSS.
Saloon lunch rooms and cheaper
stores along the river front were Wis
tied by the state inspectors Friday
morning and except for dies were
found In passable condition. Several
Greeks and Syrians were ignorant OF
the law and had to be told the legal
way Of selling butter and lard imita.
lions, but they all showed a willing
ness ocomply with the law.
The lunch places Of e. Baetens, No.
% Atwater-st.; Victor De Clark, No.
80 Randolph-st., and the City Hotel,
No. So Atwater-st., were all In good
condition. The Overland Lunch, No.
75 Atwater-st.. was served with q no
tice to clean up and all the places
| were told to get rid of q few billion
Of their pet flies.
In the grocery Of ]. T. Micha,'
Bros, No. 323 Jefferson-ave., where
the store was wholesome and we'll
kept, were found several hotties Of
soft drink havors sent from New
York. They were not labeled and 20
were sold contrary to law. The gro
Ger was warned and q sample taken
for analysis. The lunch place Of Joe"
McPhee. No. 283 Jefferson-ave., was
clean and well-kept. and other smaller
stores were not Objectionable.