The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-06-15
SANITARY Measures-Removal OF CITY Nui-
sances.

xxcuRsIoN TO EATON AND BARr's ISLANDS.
On shrSsS.y ':, ,, ;rs. party Csssti.%s. Z, inolua
several OF the Health Com mmissioners pursuance Of
the duties Of their Offices guardians Of the public
Barter. Brady. Lent Co visited ths.s gsptlem-u's
SANITARY" works on Eaton and Hart islands East
hvr ior '1ps YIN" past sns p puSs s,. attention has
suffered to remain In various parts Of the city, but
more especially In the upper portions Of Il. sod diff
and eneetssl removal The onai, 80. of sisushter
houses, domestic and street manure, snd garbage OF
.'y sss..S. IN Large city; mus. an. :;
view alone, should not be suffered remain In the
midst OF cro-ded population This for . long time
recently ~ has be considered In eco
nomiesl and even In scommeroiaily profitable sense
ibs vast amount Of refuse Of every dsscripsisu an
pually wasted might properly spilled, and With
judicNus arrangement, have been made the source
sing men has been called 70 this view Of the
case, and the rerult h. the estabshmen Of Messrs
have purchased s.ton's hisDd for = .um Of 81 GOO
and iessd Hsrt's island af Mr. Hunter, for the
longest term they could affective years. Eston's
island contains an ares Of nve Of rich pasture
land, and is about six miles from the city Hsrt's
tland is long piece ef grass land, containing 100
shelving OF into the water This Island ls IL mites
from New York Messrs Banter Brady and Lent intend
10 enter into some arrangement With the Corporation
10 have the and garbage daily collected In the
city Of New York. brought TO certain piers on the
Esst sns North rivers respectively and dumped into
their boats The mapurv ac they viii convey the
iapds and there they viii subject to various opera
tons 10 reader II useful odity to farmers he
whom they expect to become purchasers The hrm v
undertake TO convey dead bodies Fl all descriptions
and slsus her house r-msbs to their works. free Of
expense They preparing bone boiling houses vats
and boilers, In which TO boil the slaughter house
mains, which are often very fat and ~ouid yield .
large amount oftac~ For the purposes Of rrixhtsse
they have bought . steamboat (Othello) and several
shslops and bar ges and have erected pier Estons
Island. which derrick s In of construe-
tiou, 20 convey the &c from the boats % the
island To turn the large amount of garbage that vl
probably be the isnd to th. very best
account, the company intend to keep large numser
the projectors of THE scheme do not contemplate
esgips the collection ofthe garbage Of the city but
viii receiv- " when dumped into their boats Thus
this work will be p~rform probably ss has hereto
fore been Msssrs Bsxer Brady aud Lent proposing
sllov the m,n thus employed 2s or q 81 FOR sv.ry
cart load dumped into their boats The piss IL yet In
It's infancy, bot II b a scb.me founded n common
sense view Of the matter ana " properly carried out
cannot tail 20 he s- profitable 10 those vho have pro-
jecfed and utd@rtsksn M as gill b. s~rvice.sls 10
the public ~ l-rge The cospsny will probably
9th opposition In the f.d vhrh they the 6rst
enter but Ter from vtshor . mopop-y they invite
bsnorsbl. com mpstion Ovr readers aware that st
pressnt, the Corporation has the garbage ef the
removed BY contract ceiling the proseeds to psy
p.nses. M.ssrsL Barter. krady sDs Lent have
bsrksd ls~se capital In this scbeme. and trust
they vii meet visb fuli ef success
unspmously vsbed ,hs ~ the party vho psrtssk Of
their bcspitsiiNss on Thnrsdsy last