The New York herald., 1850-08-29

TIE REroRr OF TIE BOARD OF HEALTH ON THE ruD-


The Committee Of tho Board Of Health Oscar W.
sturtevsnt, A. A. Alvord saml Delamater, and Nor.
gan horgsns-to whom referred the subject OF the
bone boiling establishments and manure heaps, have
reported to the Board of Health, who have adopted
the report, and ordered il to be printed After ad
yertng to the sfhdavits which long since pub
shes exclusively in the Herald, and giving history
Of the against HI. Garrison and Meadman the
report proceeds as follows
Your committee deeply feel the Importance 20 the
community of all questions affecting the public health
The inpurity that loads the air arising from those
en- meDts hat deal with the dead whether of the
human or the mere annual race; are your committees
are convinced OF the most proie sources OF disease
The constant exhhlations that are drawn up by
summers from the densely packed grave yards Of
the city, where the soil Is putrd with human remains
or iron those large establishments where great guam
titles of osseous matter subjected to analysis or
wb.ro horses peeled emitting. from their unco.
vered decomposition, the most loaIhsome malaria
carry with them every breezo the germs OF maady
and penetrate the common haunts OF business, and
even the most seofet retreats of domestic life.
While IL not the province Of your committee TO
port specially against except those complained Of
TO Wit ;-Mefsrs Garrison Meadman'syot 1t can but
express its opinion formed from their own know
ledge acquired from personal examination as well as
the many complaints made aud constantly being
made tn at IL lie s duty to recommend the passage Of
ordinance prohibiting under severe penalties the
carving ON OF the business of bone boiling herse SKIN
rirs "nd kindred establishments, on the island Of
New YoEk.
charge OF ITS duty imposed by said resolution 1t pur-
fued the courfe with the persons complained of
for dumping manure and allowing it TO remain the
open lots betveen Twenty sixth and Twenty seventh
streets, and the Tenth and Eleventh avenues with
the bone. boilers received the afdavs furnished by
the City Inspectsr tending 10 prove that said manure
heaps were nuissnoes prtJudlcial to health notified
the parties complained Of who also appeared and FUR
nished large number OF amdavits fro persons Tag
in The Immediate neishborhood and from physicians
OF known character and ability denying that said ma
nure heaps nuisasces detrimental TO puolio health
NJ OF which accompany this report.
Your committee have heard the parties through
th,ir counsel. Joseph w strsng, Esq, wto made an
able appeal IN behalf OF bis clients and have visited
the Locality complained of in company with the
Health Commissioner DR. Morris, with the view OF as
certairipg from personal examination the accuracy
of the statements msde and while it certainly did de-
tect an exceedingly unpleasant efhuVia In the neigh
borhcod it dces net think II arose much from the
manure hes p as from the pools OF green sagnant wa
ter several OF which found TO exist there And
after tull fair and careful examination Of all the evi
dence for and against them, your committee are by
means satisfied that the manure heaps complained
of such nuisAnces detrimental to public
health, and subject to the summary action OF the
Board Of III nlth.
Bnt your committee are free to admit that the i'm
mediate vicinity OF heap Of manure is not desirable
location for a residence and that heap of horse
however nnexious ct trst, would become in the
Of time. very obnoxious, although II might net
ipuriouy affect the health of the neighborhood but
would render Il object ot serious attention Of the
criminal laws. indeed your committee are informed
Is the case with the heaps n question being allowed 10
remain there; they having been indicted by the Grand
Inquest Of the county as nuisance AZ common Law:
That being the case. end With the views entertained
cluded not to recommend action by the Board OF
Health in relation thereto, but 10 leave said manure
heaps TO the tender merces of the District Attorney
and the decision OF jury Of our fellow ctizens hy
whom equal and exact justice will he netsd out to all
parties
But your committee feel that It will not be tran.
seen5ing its legitimate duty by recommending, as 1t
does most earnestly recommend that said vacant lots
upon which said manure Is dumped and suffered 20
main be Immediately filed up level With the estab-
hshed grade Of the city at that point, and that tEd
pools cf stagnant water, between Twenty. sixth and
INeuth
and Twenty eighth streets. be drained Cd, and the
spaee occupied hy them De filed On and that Twenty
seventh street from Tenth to Eleventh venues be re
gulsted and repaired curb and gutter stones reset and
tie street Pvt In order for travel
In eonclurion therefore. and 20 carry out prReti-
csly the views thus expressed your committee would
respectfully recommend for The consideration and
adoption by the Board OF Health the Following rejou-
Refol7ed That the business carried on at the bone
boiling establishment Of samuel Garrison situated in
Forty.tiKth ftieet between the Tenth and Eleventh
avenues in the city OF New York; and the business
carried on at the bone boiling establishment of John
Meadnsn fituard In Forty fourth street between the
Eleventh ard Twelfth avenues, IN the city Of New
York detrimental TO public health, and should be
onnued and removed and that the City Inspector
b. Instructed TO cause the same TO be forth With dis
continued and removed
Resolved That the Corporation counsel he instructed
to prepare sutmit to the Common Counei for its
conaderRtion az the coming September session an or
eiEsnce or etIinnnoes prosidog for the discontnu-
ming establishmtnts in and from the city, and prohi
bitrg hereafter under severe penalties the establi5h
or horsofkiDnng en- the iflsrd OF New York.
Received That the City Inspector be Instructed 20
CONFEDERATION at the coming September session an
dinsnce ordinances for the hng in Of The Low and
tunken grounds between Twenty sixth and Twenty.
seventh streets and between Twenty.soyenth and
Twenty eighth streets In the Sixteenth ward Of the
city Of New York.
TrY RrcrpTits o. GrvrRsL PArr UoHoxES.-
This day at 20 o'clock A. NJ General Paez will cross
the Barclay street ferry TO oboken, accompanied by
several oficers Of the New York and staten Island
militia escort On his arrival az Ut bokcn. be
will te received and welcomed by the Jersey city MILL
tia company the suthortie. and the citizens general
ly. He viii he addressed by General Il. Wright, and
VII then precetd through the Elysiau Fields West
uoboksn whore collation. viii be served in the open
teds in honor or distinguished NeneEu patriot
e will then stop and pay aNist az the house OF capt
7 D. rranceetbi who fought In the war Of indepen-
dsnee Tor Venezuela and Colombia. This lts ohamp'
ne Viii no doubt he worthy Of the honoIe1 and detin
sui he'd rueft. aud of the republican cssns OF New
Jufsy We undmstand the fair will be well re-
presented on the oeeHion.
A CArMAN ssp A. IsproEAar BrfrIsH CGrrtrr.-A
ctrtfin o the British army visiting this country had
bis luggage r. moved from the wharf by man who
ebarstd him 50 %, when the fare was but IS eents
He thought h all right Et the time. but concluded
the charge very high. lie mentioned Il aitersardi
20 scmc frsrds, who told him BE vas " doue brown"
aud sviftt him O. apply 20 the Mayor He bad taken
the number of ~ cab and tis Homer isrued sum-
rned the owner and ordered the excess q fare
20 le REFUNDED The ownef however, who IL very
rpcctahe man has sEcrn that he was net the person
20 whom The money was paid. rnd the nan Who drove
The cab d also ready TO to the fact The
etptsir Il ftiu positive aud has 10 the Identity
a the nan The mstske appears 10 have arisen from
fcme ruschi making q the cab Of an honest
in his siftuce. The captain very wruth because
n doubt expressed of his being right as 70 the
identity q The man who defraudcd him.
FE.uus INTsilIorscr oIficss.-It appears that
certain intelligence Offices are Ia the habit Of practising
fraud 20 vast extent upon poor servant girls, aud
that there couson between the prcrretors Of them
and ptrfons 20 vhtm they send thcm Tor places. In
ether they act in st more harefaced manner.
apd cnd them, Gitrr paying their money, To houses
= q T. a = fe
fsret 10 her applied 20 the Maycr for redress ngsnt
CLARK Mason, 42l broadway the proprietor ~ one ~
thtfe concefns c did not ct her the place for wlch
fhe paid him. ard the Mayer ssnt him messare that,
unlesa he ftttitd With the girl, he would take
awsv his licensc. He did settle with her, but the
ncmeut Other grls who had been suffering under the
grievance heard u g. they received 20 LOOK for
the tame redress. Yesterday Rose Anne ftssimmons
made cemplnirt that ak weeks she paid him q.
~btn he rrtm 20 get her place In veeF, OF re-