Palisadian., 1915-07-10
Public Health To Be Safeguarded,
Says Cifside Council In Debate
At Last Monday Nights Session
MIX Must BE Inspected Under NelU Process And All
Violations Subject To Heavy Fines No Ice Cream
Can Be Re -FrOzen-- SeUer Connections Must Be
To Standard And Health Board Upheld


Cliffside Park became almost
noticeably improved in health Mon
day night as section by section of the
new sanitary code fell from the lips
Of Attorney Agnew and tinkled in the
ears of the four councilmen and the
small number of visitors present. The
new pound keeper ordinance, too,
which received its first reading,
seemed almost to have a visible ef-
feet in bringing about the better be-
haviour of the borough's beasts of
burden, and to bring order into the
ranks Of wandering goats, pigs, dogs,
and other cattle, and to give them a
home when gone astray.
The listening to the sanitary code
with its array of technicalities and
its minute provisions for the protec-
ton of the populace from all possible
contamination was an education,
though not at all an easy one And
Councilman Cadien uttered the sense
Of the meeting when he requested that
a half dozen extra copies of the in
strument be printed and given into
the hands of the individual members,
so that they could give ther best
judgment to the matter, before taking
action as to the codes acceptance.
The code covered every known
source Of contamination to the good
health of the borough, from cheap
ice cream and polluted ice, to the
| 10 of
from, or dying from, malignant
diseases: also it presented in plain
terms the minute plumbing arrange
ments for ventilating and carrying
off the waste substances from dwell
ling houses and other structures.
Some of the members thought that
the ppropsed regulations were rather
drastic, and too marked a departure
from the fomer code. The powers
given in it to the board of health
were too great, and the cost in time
and management for the carrying
out of the act would be too heavy.
The cost of publication, also, with the
printing of 800 copies for distribu-
ton, some thought, might run into
money to the extent of from $500 to
81 600. A press representative pres
ent estimated that it would cast fol
publishing the code, as required by
law, in a single issue of his paper
nearly 5000.
Among the points covered by the
code were the following: milk de-
livered to customers should not be
more than so degrees in tempera-
ture; fine for breaking the law, from
$40 to $25 vendors of ice cream must
file an application for license each
year before June |; no ice cream
could be re-frozen; fine as above; 50
must be paid for permit for each ice
wagon Public or church funerals
would not be allowed for persons
dying of dangerous contagious
diseases; $50 was the fine specified
for breaking this rule. Rules for
undertakers We're specified. A
plumber would be required to pay
$5 to start in business in the bor-
ough. Six inches would be the size
of any drain pipe connecting with
the sewer.
Sanitary inspector Dyer said that
it was very important that the Dor
rough should have the code. DR.
Brundage, borough clerk, said that
he had tried several years ago to
have the borough give up the old
sanitary code as it was obsolete. Even
if it cost 81 900 we should have the
new code. Councilman Sammis
thought we ought to have an adequate
code.
Councilman Flood thought that the
extra charges for health board Ii
censes and permits would be a hard
ship on the consumers upon whom the
burden would ultimately fall.
Acting Mayor Sammis asked if the
funds for the code would come out
of the borough fund.
In the matter of connecting the
fire hall with the sewer, it was voted
that the committee on public grounds
and buildings be authorized to adver
tise for bids for the same.
The public pound ordinance pre-
pared by Attorney Agnew received
its first reading and passed unani
mously 1t is believed, however
that some important amendments will
be submitted for it at its second
reading These will relate principally
to the proper fees to be charged by
the pound master for certain duties
Inspector Dyer, in the discussion
of the health board code, had referred
to the nuisance due to the discharge
of sewage from houses along certain
lanes in the center of Grantwood. In
connection with this Councilman
Cadien made the admirable motion
that the attorney be requested to pre-