Evening journal., 1914-12-04
council TO amend
THE FOOD Ordinance
Milk Section VIII be Changed
to Meet Objection of
Dealers
ALSO
WANT CONFERENCE

Owing to opposition from milk
dealers and consumers in general, the
pure food ordinance which City Coun-
ell passed on November IL and was
afterwards signed by Mayor Howell,
is 10 be repealed. This was made
known by City Councilman Draper,
chairman of the law committee, at
the meeting of City Council last even
ing. The new law would have become
effective five days before Christmas.
but owing to the notice by Council
man Draper last night that a motion
TO repeal the act would be presented
next Thursday, the ordinance will
not go into effect at the time speci-
fed II was said that after Council
repeats the present ordinance anoth-
er one will be presented which Will
meet the approval Of all.
Following the session of Council,
Councilman Draper said the proposed
new ordinance would contain one
change, that being section IA. which
relates to the sale of milk Under
the present ordinance II is unlawful
TO dispose of milk in less quantities
than quart. II is proposed to amend
this chapter so that smaller quanti-
ties of milk can be sold. II was also
said that some opposition has cropped
out as TO the manner in which the
present law had been passed and IL
was thought best to introduce a new
ordinance in preference to amending
the present one
While the milk section of the ordi-
nance will be changed IL was not the
only section objected TO. Farmers and
grangers are opposed to that section
relating to the street markets and a
committee OF farmers has been named
TO confer with Council ON the subject
Just when this conference will be held
is not known at this time.
Further opposition TO the milk see
ton of the ordinance was disclosed when
Milk Inspector Grantland reported that
owing to the far reaching effects of the
hoof and mouth disease and the quar-.
antine affecting the milk business h,
had ceased gathering data about the
business. The communication from Milk
Inspector Crantland was as follows
"Ihe plans of the milk inspection
service of the city for the months OF
lctober, November and December in
the direction of general inspection and
scoring of the milk diaries throughout
the city and a comparative survey OF
the milk supply, undertaken for the pur.
pose of collecting information for pros.
pective legislation, having been disar
ranged by the outbreak of the hoof and
mouth disease among cattle in this ter
ritory, and the uncertainty of the val
idity of the food ordinance recentl,
passed by Council, the survey has beer
postponed indefinitely and the inspec
ton Of dairies awaits the decision o
the city SOLICITOR
The December appropriation of tn
Board of Education, amounting 4
$20249.39 was allowed. The viii
mington Institute Free Library ap
preparation Of s1.160.S3. also was al
lowed The report of City Treasure
Price showed a bank balance of S349,
| S74.23. Expenditures during NOvem
bere were SSS,S41.09 The receipts
during the past month were SOS.
346.0S.
The report OF Building Inspector
! Anderson was ordered filed. Mr.
Anderson also submitted repor
relative to the bill board on Pennsyl
vania avenue, between Scott and Lin
coin streets The board. he con.
tended. was 100 feet 6 inches Ions
and 10 feet high The cost, he said
was about $3.50, and II had been
erected without a permit. Inspector
Anderson said he had talked with Mr.
McCracken. manager of the Whining
ton Bill Posting Company, about the
subject. who said he did not know
the board had been erected contrary
/ to law. Il was learned that the space
/ for the board had been leased for a
/ year at $50. The bill posting com
pany also declared they had no de-
sire to depreciate the value Of prop
erty in that section of the city. The
matter was referred by Council Ia
the law committee to ascertain what
can be done
James Kane presided over the SEES.
sion in the absence of President
\ White.