The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-04-13

BOARD OF HEALTE4 PER-
SUADEs ALDERMEN TO
ERECT STABLES
IN OUTSKIRTS
COMMITTEE TO
SUGGEST ALOT
Which Meets With the Approval
OF the Board of Health and
Report Back to
Council.

That city council will not proceed
with the erection OF a municipal harm
on the East Market street site In the
rear OF the city hall, fs practically n
certainty, since, following n joint
meeting yesterday afternoon with the
board of health. who protested yix-
crousiy to the erection OF the stables
on that site or in any thickly popu-
lated section of the city, a COMMITTEES
was appointed to suggest d suitable
site-conferring with the board OF
health and getting their approval OF
the lot which II Is proposed to select
and report back TO council at a
meeting i'm the near future.
Some days .ago when council au-,
thoriZed special committees to cali
for bids and award a contract for
the erection OF a city brn council had
In mind the erection OF the stable
building on the city's lot on East
Market street In the rear OF the city
hall. The beginning of work uposl
the proposed barn was INTERRUPTED by
one of the contractors who submit
ted competitive bid and failed 10
secure the Job submitting to council,
charges OF fraud In the letting os the.
contract. In the meantime the board
of health held meeting and framed
resolutions for presentatieti to city
council protesting e g. ...st .:.ist erection 81
the barn. At Joint sesston nl tIie
two bodies held yesterday afternoon
lat o O'clock in council chamber the
question of the adyisability OF erect
ing the barn not only on the city's
lot in the rear OF the city hnll but
anywhere In the city limits was
threshed out, with the results already
mentioned s
DR.. w. F.. Ashmore, chairman or
the board of health. announeed after,
the conyening OF the Joint session, that
DR.. W. H. Hardin. secretary or the
board. would present the statement
OF the board OF health. DR.. Nardln
characterized the city,s present gta-
bles as being indecent and unfit 10
be In any community that pretenie
to be civilized. He pointed ont that
there was no means OF dfsposing Of
the offal from the horse and mule
stables and that the sanitary carts OF
the city andA cans which were placed
about houses where there were ty-
phoid patients fer the reception OF
excreta from the sick room were al
lowed to stand In the stable yard
exposed to flies and tho elements.
There have been In the past several
cases OF typhoid fever IN the vicinity
of the city hall, he stated, ahd therc
Is little doubt but that the cases were
traceable to conditions In these city
stables. II council persists la building
the barn on the city lot. DR.. Nardill
stated, the board OF health win re-
quire II to be made so thoroughly
cleansible that the cost OF erecting
and maintaining such O structure
would be prchibitive. He urged the
council to have the barn built out;
side the city limits Should council
on the other hand, bniid a stable
for horses and mules on the lot In
the rear of the. city hall, he stated,
the board of health would not permit
the sanitary carts to be placed there,
to the expense OF building d second
barn somewhere outeiae the city, TOR
the storage OF these carts s From the
would urge council TO build but one
barn and build It outside the city
DR.. -. "A, Hines. superintendent Of
the Anderson county hospital and q
member OF the state board OF health,
fta4ANE t4Fktsl
Nardfn. and told oil, observations he
had made while In London iRat stlsn.
tner. He found, he stated, that iii, one,
OF the most thiclkly populated secs
lions OF tL6rdon there nad bseni d
great reduction in toe nurnher al, ease
OF severe sickness, and especially fS
pho,d, and upon inyess ;Rati0n "A
found thaf this eondltipn fg5 ainz
doubtedly been brought about by tho
sbanishiiiE OF herse atahlea from isat
Qmartef of the big city.
DR.. B.. Henry. also o nlember
OF the board of heaIfis. whq Feaides
At 'the sNorner OF East nEafket ansl
South sicDufiie streets, not far from
the clty's present barn and lots gave
some personal observations reisfixe
to the barn. telling 81 the unpleasant
sodoFs coming ft0ni the stables and
perbientiTlg the atmosph 50 III that
section. the dust ana fle flies that
came from the stables and tlse lot.
The idea OF erecting the bafa On
the lot in slle rear % this cts Aifil
Ihasslss been pre- etlcaI ehsa de6 ~
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