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Therefore,beyond constant inspection,even including
Sundays, and the orders for enforcing speedy removal,
and the infliction of fines for detention of loaded barges,
nothing effectual is done to remedy the imperfect system
of conducting trades in manure and refuse.
The recent conviction of the Company in the case of
the explosion of gunpowder in October last has an
important bearing upon the present position of this
Company, and the aspect of indifference manifested by
the Directors in regard to the dangers to public health.
Great danger will most certainly sooner or later arise
from the neglect of enforcing Sanitary regulations.
Those who are concerned in carrying on noxious trades
in densely populated districts, ought to be aware of the
responsibility resting upon them, should they fail to
adopt all practicable measures for abating or preventing
a dangerous nuisance. An explosion of epidemic disease
is by no means improbable, and should it be proved
to arise from neglect of Sanitary laws, it might be, and
ought to be, as costly a matter for the Canal Company
as that of the gunpowder explosion in October last.
The following trades are (more or less noxious,)
carried on to a large extent on the wharves of the
Canal Basin. The trades alluded to are—1. Contracts
for the collection, sifting and removal of dust, ashes,
house refuse, garbage, &c.; 2. Deposits of street sloppings,
scavenging, or street sweepings; 3. Deposits
and loading of manure from stables.
The Canal will always give a great deal of trouble.
It is chiefly owing to the stagnant water turning putrid
during the summer months, and arises through