Evening journal., 1919-08-07
BOARD 0EHEALTH
NOW SEES TRUCE
Hopes to Wk With City
Council ithe Future
Wiiho Friction
DENY POflCS IN
HHTH MATTERS

n, bohsif ,he Board OF Health, OF
,,,bich he .cting presideE.. Harrs
II Nto,ian Jared before City Coun-
al ochittee OF The whole hast
nJsh, ana ID out the olive branch
- ,e,ce ing that past differences
ba soreo, ,and that Council and the
po,rd ,yoln conjunction.
a.. Nj was assured by President
90 rova.L Lyon that there was no
nal,,tcs lhe question Of public san
s+o,sa, 4 that the health Of the
noonis Of FAR more importance
M other subject at this time
80 al Council would De only too
80 confer With the Board Of
ae,i,kheneyer that body wished to
disc,i any matte; pertaining 10 the
heplOf the city
,,Mellon explained that the gar
hsaproblem was inherited by the
nrdt Board Of Health. New bids
b,lo be asked, and IL was difficult
,clduce any cDrtrador TO send ~
~ u was, therefqe, necessary to
ebut OF The city Y see contractors
philadelphia. lhf contl9ct was
arded later for oni year, ms yea.
Is were asked FOR Inc collection ol
irbage for a period Pi TWO years, nc
stimatcs received Wfe cohslueieu ~
iigh. but Of the tWl lower estiinales
~ conlra,ior had lteu found unsat-
i'm neigltoring city, and
, second one was u-hle 10 live up TO
he specifications.
IL am not here make any eA
cuscs for the present nti0nlractors' MI
St,.io, san -Cond,ons have been
bad The labor d ifulty mas psen
principally the csus9' purins u,o re-
cent rssny period itWas a,iiiost IN
POSSIBLE for the conPctors 10 ses lie
collectors on the iq. Inc podIe is
willing and ready tfhaNe sussssllo,s
from Council and Yuiu ps siou ~
have the health comittee OF CouiiOi'
confer with u. a NJ
,..I.t ~ nronosiiionsh Z the city OF VIII
,..,,,.son Nou wi never eliminate
un5iojn,s ,i,,n9 Am va get a better sys-
'',l,. W-,o, ,ho Roat Of Health official
- 0nisbed NfrLyon, president OF
c.a.,,.I Gu ssid. u lst want 10 ask you
49, ,,,estion Nv does1t take, three
months for the ltrd 10 remedy a con-
dltion that Is here the peoples eyes
every dayY" MLyon then told or
house from with a pipe carried all
l,nds NJ refuse ID waste material into
an sIlsv adioing. For six weeks The
,-os,,se sccin,lai In the alley without
- colieciior The condition was
ro S,roueb, 10 thattentlon Of an execu-
4,,,o oe,cer ofle board and he is said
=. 49, odn,id the seriousness OF the
sj,mot,on Vel was allowed to remain
in tbat cond1n for six moths.
"Yon dongave any follOw-up sys-
.o,, " presli Lyon said After
renor, is ms, nothing IS done. You
oiebt to kl tab on the collections
A. tbis noi'Nrr. Mellon declared that
,.os beine he and that officers Of the
bosrd werktationed at the disposal
miami frontIne 10 time to keep tab on
tbe numh4nd weight OF collections.
Councilb Mearns told of an intol-
erable cdtlon arising from the alb
sence NJ ker connections in row of
small hois at Fourteenth and Lincoln
streets z Mellon said the board call
ed tbe ahtion or The street and Sewer
Donarfnt 10 that fact and that was
ne FAR % could go. Mr.. Mearns then
ssked ether the board did not have
author TO abate a nuisance, and Mr..
Nfellonbclared City Council through
4he SIT and Sewer Department, Is
respople.
"Thlata we have in our Office will
reall,ben your eyes, - Mr. Mellon told
the dncilmen He said The congested
condin because Of the shortage Of
hons made It almost necessary for
sombeople 10 live over stagnant
watln houses from which they had
gbeetrdered to move and which had
heebrdered destroyed. It developed
ina railroad company neglected to nh
In Ices near Taylor's Row and for
theeason the houses were flooded.
conclusion. Mr. Mellon expressed
th)elief that more could be accom-