New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-08-18
PUBLIC MEETINGS.
THE cow sr,pTP Nuisance


An adjourned meeting Of The Special COMMITTEES ap-
pointed BY the Board Of Health investigate the o,ndi
ton Of the stables in West Sixteenth ST., was held
yesterday afternoon st the City Hall for the purpose Of
giving hearing 10 the parties interested. Tiers sers
hundred persons residents of that vicinity present
Mr. JANIS GIBBONS, residing in T-enty nirh-st, near
The Ninth Ev stated that formerly he resided az years IN
EOUrtes Bhs and during that tine be had considerable
experience in the sitting odors which from those
stables He was in tie habit Of keeping daily diary,
which re produced and by reference cited instances whaa
The wind blowing from The direction OF he-e ssirs
that he compelled to close every window in the house
10 kep TIE stencil, and this too times when
the Thermometer upward Of 502 and hfe tr&i air
resy desirable He had examined the stables and oa1i
TIE packed ~ eose together that the air fling
Which, together with the hot svll given TO the
must make them unhealthy. lie believed that in
lsfs, many deaths by cholera caused in that
vicinity by the use OF swil milk and the effllvia
arising from the stables. AT one time when one Of his
children sick. he had bssn advised by his physician
remove from this locality TO more healthy The
COWS he said were changed renewed about twice q
wear. they driven rhcre and either died or were
slaughtered soon they became faow. He had
q weak that two had to kick and beat her in
cruel manner before she could got ap and then one
mar MIXED while the other held her up also that he saw
COW living in the gutter with ker throat cut the
taken of in the evening. and the next morning
dressed and hung up in butcher stall in Seventeenth
St. 20 be sold prime beef About 100 900 quarts of milk
are distributed throughout. the City every week from this
establishment and he believed the majority of deaths of
children under ve years of age was caused by the of
this diluted stuff.
Aid. CHRISTIE Of the Sixteenth Ward stated that these
stables frequently complained OF TO him inol
cradle Buisarce. and also that he had the
drives cut in an apparently weak end sickly state.
Mr.. HAIRS, residing in West Twenty third. ST.. CON-
planned Of hese stables and said that he that
The sickness Of three persons caused by the euva
arising from them.
Mr.. vrRxLrE,, No ls3 West gourteenthst.. hair re-
sided there for the past fourteen years and had been much
annoyed by the efuyia arising from these stables be
confident that sickness Of himself aud of his
negbbors had been caused by these stables.
A number of other gentlemen cane forward and made
Complaints similar TO the above.
Quite number Of persons forward and said that
thew were annoyed by the eluys arising from these
stables and did consider them nusance but the
contrary )nsdered them beneficial TO h, alth Two or
three had raised children this milk and considered
Il I'm fair specimens ofhealthy children.
wv ELLET. residing al No lj6 West Twenty-sixth-
said be had two girls aged respectively and IS years
that he had fed this swil milk believing it to be
good as any other. In question Ellet stated
that be was drover and in the habit Of selling cows
AT tf stable and had bought abon 600 of this
stable and sod them at Bulls Head Some of them he
said the finest and latest beeves he and
he knew that of the best butchers in Centre Market
were in the habit of buying them and considered them
tie best beeves they could purchase at this of the
year.
Another man who keeps some fifteen twenty men.
said he purchased all his milk and beef at this
and considered il good
The Committee further adjourned the hearing to Tues
day afternoon next at 81 o'clock T. NJ, and in the inter-
venIng time will inspect the stables in question.