The official record of the State Board of Health of Massachusetts : together with a phonographic report of the evidence and arguments at the hearing / by George C. Burpee and W.O. Robson.

Tyler, John M.

Date:: 1874

Credit: The official record of the State Board of Health of Massachusetts : together with a phonographic report of the evidence and arguments at the hearing / by George C. Burpee and W.O. Robson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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$Q. Yoii say nothing was thrown into the river 1 A. They used to throw bones into the river. Q. How long since the Ninth Street sewer, that runs into Broad Canal, was built 1 A. It was commenced last June, and finished in the fall. Q. Then the greater portion, indicated by the map, of the water-shed formei'ly running on to the marshes is now turned into Broad Canal 1 A. Yes, sir. Q. Well now, what I wish to ask you is simply this : Have you ever smelt the drainage that runs on to the marshes south of Cambridge Street? A. I never have, but I have on the north. Q. (by Mr. Neivhall). What became of the offal at Winchester's 1 A. It was all carted to his farm in Newton. He had wagons of his own, and carted it away. Q. {by a member of the Board). Do we understand you that the sewers which discharge into the Broad Canal formerly discharged upon the marshes 1 A. They formerly ran down Otis, Thorndike, and Spring Streets, and ran upon the marshes, and then into a big ditch. The sewer was stagnant when it came to the marshes. Memorial of the Cunard Steamship Company. Mr. Muzzey. Mr. James Alexander, agent of the Cunard Steamship Company, is present, and desires to present a communication to the Board. Would you, Mr. Mclntire, with the leave of the Board, delay the examination for a moment % Mr. Mclntire. •! do not object. The Chairman. Does he represent himself, or the Cunard Steamship Company'? If the communication is in relation to property, the Board has heretofore decided that it cannot listen to anything of that nature in such a case as this. The whole question before us is one of public com- fort and convenience. If the communication has any reference to this particular question, of course it can be received. Mr. Derby. What he wishes to introduce here is the importance of the business coming from this establishment to commerce and trade. It is simply a memorial to that effect. It has already been presented to the Boston Board of Trade, and will now be presented to j^our Board. It is to show that if this establishment is broken up, it will break up to a great extent the export trade of the city of Boston. • I wish to file the memorial and discuss it hereafter without interrupting the evidence. The Chairman. I suppose the Board would be willing to have it filed. The Board is fully willing to admit the importance of this establishnaent, and of all the establishments on Miller's Kiver ; but they don't consider that it is within their province to consider the subject of property. The memorial was then received and placed on file. It read as follows : — 3$