New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-07-14
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WASTE OF CITY MANURES, AND CORPORA
TON NUISANCES

Farmers in the Surrounding country are Struggling
against the DEGREES of late which dooms ther cultivated
fields to grow barren il proportion 70 the @mount OF pro
ducop because the bulk Of thu produce goes into ih7 Cy
for nsumphcn
Bat why inquiries some citizen as verdin a the far
mers sprug pasture Why do not the farmer ge manure
iron, the City, and Ike, their sud rlch
Because tie very b, portion that manure j. Intony
wasted by the CITY authorities Only about 10000 barrels
Ter anuum If sl the Totu made by the million OF human
being. N and about New York iuis its way back
sga to III. lsd That richest of all manure for It IS the
e1ctluriou matter Of richly fed people Asst into tas
tea in such quantities that The docks where tae carts are
emptied filed up th.t man may nov 20 dfy shod
at low water where it twenty feet deep es years
sso And VET ihs great unuaton this srnciA ,und
las rot been built up If the OF stun there poured
out hut Of lie small per cent OF e1iraneous matter con
tanned such old stove pipes pots pans dishes ST ks
stones bricks olc rscs bottles baskets eche liquid aud
soluble portion is gone make nh the ISLANDS Of the SEA
10 give more dfn,e idea of the waste Of this item
of Il anure " viii state few particulars.
Since l.42 when ih4 Croton water introduced into
The ty very large portion buildings erected have
b, tn supplied with water closets by which the I!cH
Is earned through pipes into the sewers and thence lnio
the ryer great mSy prves IN the old part oi the city
have slso been changed into water closets yet there are
enough lett employ hundred and nine night scaven
ger carts. besides sN pneumatic drawing machines OF
witch more anon.
These carts sre licensed 10 run from October first TO
June during which time account given the City In
sp-oor o the number Of vault, cleaned After June st
no one can empty vault without permission OF the In
speor whchs only given upon proof Of actual necessity
for smoving the nuisance & tie great annoyance Of
the whole neil hbohooc 81 that not probable theirs
are as many vaults empted il the month OF june As ia
other noubs yet the number Of permits granted sohed
oue thousand snd many Of them contained too or more
q lie
w Give hurdred, varying from four 70 ten loads each
Tskng the average ~ ana have 100 Io4is
Of this rch substance the rvers IN one min
These os5s vii probably average twenty i've bushels Ani
would be richly 9th eight times - ma % t. h- former
load Of street drt o fourteen bushels. for which ne
ps,stV,lty.fve cents Here Is direct waste OF sliiJJ
month. sIc loss q ~ least times much re
which would have been made the increase O, crops i
81! ibis icri.i4lue matter hid been applied l,nl
f,r oue ether Mouth have rsturu of 80 o.i', aud
We believe the yesr sill average 90 lo.ds m,H,a-
$4,000 losos year. III the City proper besides Bo)kyn
Viii usbur.h Jersey C;,. 81. A. ii al Of walsh Il Is
Nsst,d. wiz very small exception.
B,s,ces Iii, tbs Pneumatic DfAnns Company have *
mae inc. which average about nine oscs day, OF s.
cube fet "a, d. making 81 loads or $3.50 cable i- Vf
seu ud cOl;ruis Il pIYy vau!s every saon ot winch
Qua NJ 20 10 The country aud be- ,pnnke upon the cal
t,st,d h,d. instead oi VII % Is al dischtrs=d II ta7
erd q oi- pier foot o Ksius ST. Ihse IA mines A.
worthy Of more particular uer w presume that Mt
one citizen IN ten Is aware 90 The existence Of sl'h tang
thai The sns exists ty ehch ssink caa oe enp1~l ID
tie ioce Of TIE dsy even wlv hs family sre ~ 1iaasr
without disturbing Them
TIE .ppGrs'as couss of strong ron cylinder, with ~
the sQ}uIieiancts valves ana sop COCKS mounted GA
tour wheels From lbs cylinder - AR : -11Nlse
by re Cite IL j. then taken 20 a. premises where
TIE 'inA be eup,ivd AID large alright -. via
one ed Ia the n,clil- In Gle stree GAINED
through n isu.- d O.. DBL, Ha se. t-t &C. "'i-i
,ID .i'tii'o TO- Pc ~uk Wh-n .I De- -'ts is valve i'
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