The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-23

Ipe cWclal Ccmmits6e OF the Board OF DE attn
appointed to investigate the cnditon OF these sta
bs, al dt pIopriety Of removiog them, met ag Ain
yesterday in the chamber Of tho ,ard Of Council.
neD large number Of persons were preseA:.
The Chairman of the Committee, Couoc ilman
CoNNovBI, having called the NEE siag TO oder, 40.
noulced that he VAS ready to hear parties in rela.
tion to the alleged nuisance Of cheese stables.
Mr. BENJAMIN BAILEY, rssi ,isg IN FourteentA
street. between Eighth and Ninth avenues said tn As
be found the stencil from tcese stabhs uabesrable
On two occasions he had eDdeavc red to enter them
and had vomited from the stencil whis4 they emit
tee.
DR.. SEYMOUR, a resident in West fourteenth
street, though not actually siokened had been nau-
seated by the eflupia from the stables He believed
1t as the general opinion Of meaicsl men that they
were furious to the alt Of the ,ity and ha caused
great amount Of sit tkncss, especially among chit
orr. This was bis own firm conviction, and he
bad t'at the rnel direct' to the stables III quss-
tlop. Many cases OF cholera infantum had faiIen
nnser his own observaiion which had arisen from
Shs use OF inpme milk, given BY the COWS kept
a ere.
WnLIAM III. ANSyBAL. CT Tweutythi,d street.
bet~sen Ninth aI Tenth avenues, said that his
piece OF iusiIsss wSs i'll Twenty ninth street. He
VAS N tie habit Of ROii down town eaily every
day, found that the stencil frcm the stables ia
west The emell reached his house. and often.
Five That be was obliged 20 close his windows. He
vas satisfied that the smell came from the stables
10 question.
K. DsMMiNG, resident OF Twenty first street, be-
tSteh MI tn and Tenth avenues, complained Of the
of1sI sive c0or and unhealthy atmosphere caused by
IT, e.e COW stobles in West Sixteenth street.
HRNEY X. BARKER spoke at length upon the ex-
istetce o. tbe all-ge0 nuisance, and said that the
who "a DeietboIhood wae Of one opinion on the
subject spd bthcse these stabes 10 be detrimental
20 II G public ht aitf.
Dr. Il. ByRsE, q resident Of 2ly Seve nth avenue,
maintained that the COW stables not injurious
ut all
MIR. HAY, GA Ninth avenue who lived opposite
re stables, never found any offensive smell from
them.
Mr. J. w. SMITH had lived until tho last fortnight
10 246 thirteenth street. from ~hence he had been
Obliged to move on account Of the sten III from
thtee COW etaLlee. He had frequently woke up
al hight with snC,catng sensation caused by this
smell He vas satisfied that II came from the sta
blee. aid FROM no other place.
CHARL Rs $. H0sslE Of Twenty third street, be-
tween Ninth and Tenth avenues, had traced tue oh
Loxous smell III the neighborhOod to these stables
| The ent II had often been SO strong that he was
| fclccd to shut bis windows.
MI. JOHN RODGERS teacher, living in Sevcnte enth
| street, corTeI Of Tenth avenue, within hundred
yards OF the stables in que stion had never found
an injurious smell + om them. Thirty ee reoplc
| lived IN the same house with hiu, and lie never
heard them cnmpiaia OF any obncxious efluvia. As
Is he could observe, the ncighborhood wss gene
| rally bcatby.
Mr.. JAMES AToHrsoN had charge OF these stables
! In Wcst Sixteenth street DuCng tho summer
months some Thirteen bundrd, aud during the
winter about si1tct hundred cows were kept therc.
These cows were fed thlcc tiIes day with aop,
| seven pounds. lie ard his fsmily had used the
mils which they gave for sixteen years, ar d never
found injrrous; lie al~ays received il before il
was taken rour to the public; he objected to wateg
being mixed with his milk; tho stables werc
4 clcaned six or eight times a day-taat ia,
| they we're swept out, hut water was net used tn
cleGnse them. He 'ad eeen cows die there Of shc
ostem! er ard during the last two Or three months
some Fix or seven On an average died weekly. More
| Gied II suBmcr tlan in winter To bis knowledge
diseased covs bad never ken sold to the butchers.
Mr.. REILLY, of so West Seventeenth street, had
| never felt any annoying smell or Inconvenience
from these stabIee. he did not use the mix from
these cowa-hc preferred the country mn1, as more
| wboleeOmc.
| Several other gentlemen gave similar opinions in
relation TO taese cowstabes after which the csul-
| mittee raiounci.