The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-09-20

NM. susrrrD's sxrar.

- ~ RICHARD BUsrEED.
Counsel 70 the Corporation.
Upon tho receipt Of this communication and in the alb
sencc OF other opinions and authorities adverse TO the
letter and opinion Of the Corporation Counsel Mr. lovel
the Acting Street Commissioner, deemed right ana
proper to cause payment to be made to Mr. Caaghan for
the amount due him rs per Surveyors certificate Of
992 10. But upon MIR. Calaghan again presenting the
Surveyors certificate and desiring payment thereon BY
letter addressed this department, Sept 4 1885, in
vestgaton was deemed necessary, the report OF the
referee in this above cited having been obtained
and evidence appearing therein sufficient to base
authority for this department to make further payments
this contract warranted in the communication Of
Mr. Busteed; but, the contrary after examining the
opinion Of Judge Davies and Judges Duer and Woodruff
Of the Supreme Court have come To the conclusion that
the contract under which Mr. Calaghan has been working
is, in the language OF the Court, ultra tsres and
void By resolution approved Sept 20, 1858, tho
Fourth from Seventy first Seventy ninth street.
was repealed, and the same was confirmed " John
McGrane BY the decision Of Judges Duer and Woodruff
IN the above cited, the Court sayA subsequent
ifcaon Of the contract by tho Common Council whether
before after the work DONE does not mako II binding
the Corporation the officers Of tho Corporation cannot
therefore, such bind the Corporation by accepting
he work or confirming an assessment to pay the expenses
thereof"
For these reasons have refused making further pay
ments TO Mr. Callaghan with the firm belief that should
Mr. Calaghan commence suit 70 amount due him
this contract the decision Of the referee in his
must be reversed the decision Of the referee in the
Of Brady ags The Mayor &C. reversed by the dec
sion Of Judges Duer and woodruff Very respectfully,
CIV. SMITH, Street Commissioner
This document was ordered to be printed.
RECEIPTS NcHrH AVENUES RAILROAD COMPANIES
The Comptroller submitted the report Of the Sixth and
Eighth Railroad Companies for 1859, which
Sixth avenue from January to August, $2l6,703 49,
Eighth avenue, for the same period, 1851 $40 II.
TIE WAR IN TIKI TGGKRllS-rE CITY INSPECTOR ASKS FOR
MD-NlSE THOUSAND HOGS DRIVEN ouT-HoRRIBIx DEscIP
TON OF Tx Up TOWN WARDS
CRY INsPECToR's DEPARTMENT., Sept. 10, 1852
To nE HONORABLE THE COMMON CouSmL:-
GgNrEMES-I herewith transmit to your honorable
body copy of report made to me by the supernten.
dent of Sanitary Inspection Of this city the subject of
the late existing nuisance OF "ola boiling and pggery es
tablshments.n
The duty of removing from the city the evil in question
delegated by resolution of the Mayor and Com
missoners OF Health during the months of July and
August.
would beg leave respectfully to call your attention to
the subject, to the end that immediate action be had
thereon and that measures be adopted to prevent longer
continuance of this abuse.
In executing my instructions large sums OF money have
been expended, which will be lost the city, the
Dor thrown away without some definite action be had by
your honorable body to prevent the possible return Of
this evil among us.
have prepared the accompanying draft of an ord
nance upon this subject which is respectfully submitted
to your favorable consideration and which supposed
will be sufficient to secure the object in view Very
DANIEL E. DEIAvAN City Inspector.
CITY ISsrxcToR's DEPARTMENT. BUREAU orr
SANITARY INSPECTION AND STREET CLEANING,
Nxw YORK, Sept Q, 1853.
To DAxIxL E. Dx1AvAx ESQ.,, City Inspector
SIR-On the 18th day of July received your nstruc-
tons, it'll copy of resolution passed the 18th Of
said month by the Mayor and Commissioners of Health
ordering the immediate removal of all hogs swine and
other specified nuisance, from oil the premises situated
between Fftieth and Fifty ninth streets, and Sixth
and Broadway. Similar resolutions afterwards
adopted by the authority bearing date August and
August 5.
The former included that portion OF the city bounded
the east by the Eighth avenue, south by Sixty first
street west by Broadway and north by Sixty ninth street
The resolution Of the 5h directed attention to that section
of the city bounded by Foreth and Eighty sixth Streets
Third and A, the Eighth and Eleventh
nues Sixty fifth and Sixty seventh streets.
The following report made compliance with nstruc-
tons from your department WIN be "a contain n
detailed account Of proceedings, and the results which
have been effected in carrying out your instructions and
the orders Of the Mayor and Commissioners of Health
In majority Of instances the notices which served
by under the resolutions Of the 18th Of July upon the
occupants and propreors Of these establishments
first wholly dsregarded and the powers Of the city placed
On the 26th Of July accompanied by several members
Of your department. and further aided by force from
Twenty police with the necessary
and carts, the work of reform and publication
commenced.
The immediate vicinity of Central Park was first visited
Between Fifty eighth and Fifty ninth streets entered
pggery which contained no fewer than two hundred pigs
The pigs were driven out and the styes torn down and
eveed with the ground. The reeking filth of this place
and the noisome euva that were dfased around would
defy description. Lime was freely used by sprnklng
he purifying mass Carts were in requisition and the
tffa boilers wherein was cooked the filthy compounds
which the hogs fed removed from the pre-
misses. pggery in Fifty seventh street, near Seventh
avenue next visited II contained sixty hogs which
were removed and the pens destroyed. Our attention
next directed to piggery in Seventh avenue be-
tween Fifty seventh and Fifty eighth streets the pigs
secured, and the premises subjected to publication by
lime. The piggeries situated between Fifty -sixth and
Fifty seventh streets in the Seventh the next
in order Over two hundred hogs were here seized and
the styes demolished. The filth Of this place
described almost every member of the party were sick
ened by its poisonous effects In fact seemed impossible
that human life could exist in such atmosphere but
men, women and children ate, drank and slept in the i'm
mediate vicinity Of these putrd sinks This establishment
had attached TO wooden vat filed with the
most vilanous compounds to be fed to hogs consist
ing Of the refuse of hotels scraps from the saugh-
ter yards and onal OF even a moro questionable
ahada
removed their hogs and others whose of notice had
not yet expired promised to do so without delay Pigs
found secreted under oors and in an
enormous had been furnished with quarters in the
bedroom Of the OF the house The result of this
days work shows the followng:-Forty boilers and chin
neys used for the cooking OF oa hog wash had been
moved, two hundred pens destroyed four thousand
swine driven away and one hundred and fifty barrels of
lime used in purifying the premises.
This location was known as the "Malakof of Pgdom"
The work proceeded with the following day, the
9th inst Our force having been strengthened by addi
tonal recruits, visited the whole Of the district from
Ffteh TO Fifty ninth streets, and around the Sixth and
Seventh avenues, breaking down pens and driving away
hogs The party here separated into divisions for general
survey and active business Very few hogs found,
the owners having removed the most of Oem during the
night On the 28th inst proceeded to Feth street In
one of the piggeries found bler in which hog oal
was cooked II was dug out and carried away The stencil
from this place insupportable the filthy mass
sstng Of pool of about twelve feet square and
deep, disturbed. short distance from this dis.
covered several other pggery esablshments-one of
these reeked with filth, and in addition to the
hogs upon it found a lot Of swll milk cows
The pens torn down, the onal boiler removed and
the hogs driven of to the pound Near Seventh
there sagnant pool caused by the settling
of WATER hog wash and other horrible tier between
rocks; hogs were also found here, which
moved and the pens taken down. Seventh avenue be-
tween Ffteth and Fifty first streets, in order
This place. called pheasant Dale, 2 had upon cssspoo
In which rats, cats dogs and oal of all sorts had been
buried The poisonous odor from this place sckenng
in the extreme the pens taken down and lime free
y scattered about was done in all other places Of like
character Several other places visited in this neigh
borhood many pens were found empty and in every in
stance they destroyed On the 29h general exana
ton Of the premises where the piggcries formerly es
tabished made. Scarcely hog to be in the
neighborhood the few remaining styes destroyed
Thus at least for the present has the vicinity Of Central
Park been freed from a most disgusting and gigantic
nuisance
Our attention directed another part OF the
city under the resolution of the Mayor and Commissioners
of Health of August l. The first place visited pig
gerry Of Fifty sixth street and Eighth avenue
This place redoent with the usual stcnches incident
TO the abode of swine II conaineda large pool Of stag
nant water which the hogs permitted visit and
tier thp