The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-03
ssw Y0as BUTCHERS III COUNCIL.

Tho Removal OF slaughter Houses TO Use 1p.
posed-Indignntion Meeting Yesterday.
tass meeting OF tho propretors &C slaughter houses
and others anga3ed tue butcherins business in this
city ard Brooklyn hold yesterday afternoon at the
Cermania Assembly Rooms Nos. POI and 2e3 Bowery.
The meeting called for the purpose Of taking action
with reference TO the recent order OF the Board Of Health
prohibiting the butchers from driving slaughterng
cattle below Fort!eh street. Or was stated In tho
CALL for the purpose OF akng action against tho tyran
meal measures taken by the Saperlrtenion. Of tho Poce
tending 10 destroy the butcher business Ia the city or
Now York rhore was large attendance Of those
Interested in The matter and Mr. William Laer presided
On the occasion.
On assuming the chair Sfr Iaiof sfter few pre-
liniuary romarks stated that ono Of q committee
from tto Bu,chors' Hide and Melting Association he
had had . conversation on Saturday last With Mr..
Schultz, OF tho Board OF Health He had set forth to
Mr. Schultz that the butchers had been greatly affected
in consequence OF this order frc the fact that they lad
no place wherein TO carry their business The COM
mttce therefore asked for extension OF time. The
Butchers Hide and Melting Association had Ia con-
temptation tho erection OF large slaughter house al tho
foot OF Forty fourth and FortyGrh streets Fast rvcr
some two hundred and eighty feet in cneth. Gnd tho
committee told him sir. Laicr tina. would take
thing Ike three months 70 complete the work. They
asked him nc did not think thai by calling special
meeting Of tne Board that body would allow them to re-
main Ia har present slaughter houses until the largo
building should be fni5hod. lie rspliod in the negative
and added That he was satisfied tho Board
corld not grant the extension OF time Tho COM
m:.se had also represented that the slaughter houses
would cause no annoyance during the next three
months the weather having passed. but, not
w,hsandng all this tho Board could not gran: IT, The
butchers, however might hire any place they saw III
no had slaughtered or Fourth street within two hun
dred yards O. Second avenue for the past twenty year
and TO his knowledge his pace had never been com.
planned 0, by Tho neghbors There was no physician OF
any honesty who could say that slaughter houses whom
kept In proper condition, we're detrimental TO heath
(cries o. "N." Mr. Labor remarked that this associa.
ton was groa' obstacle in tho way Of Mr. Schultz aud
break il down. n thoy could not do it by fair means
they would do IL by foul Mr. Schultz had Also said
that he could get for them permit oil bulldog ~
lo5,h si.as OF which he was partially owoer; hui
the spoa&cr declared his desire TO retire from hc us-
ssss rshs5 saa 70 60 b . . gazes were %
the retailing places the better The neat was and that
the farther they wereshe higher was the price charged
&c. Il said in 1887, that tho butchers Should not
slaughter below Torlieih street q wonld 30 afterwards
said that they should not slaughter below Eshtlea
street In conclusion the Chairman expressed tns hope
that every present you'd resolve - defend his
rights.
Mr. Tho, j. Creamsr, ex-Asssmoiyman was nex,
introduced aud remarked that he had come 70 counsel
with hs hearers regarded their rights which had been
nter'ersd by OF the phenomeaas OF civil gov
ernIaent-a commission. Never had thsre been moro
Cause for these people TO rise IN spirit or IMAGINATION
70 sa Sssa Il dasn
that seemed 10 believe that the rights and interests Of
9s people o. this am ysrs merely
that in thor movements against tho butchers for tho
purpose Of preserving the health OF the metropolis they
spirit: Tor the charge had boon rspsatedy made that
connected with the commission were interested In
directing what the butchers should do and where they
should go with their trade He was led TO believe that
the Health Commission did not propose TO do anything In
reference tho question OF removing slaughter houses
beyond certain nls until the decision should be rem
dercd by the Supreme Court bit IL seemed that they
had no. only dsregarded the wishes OF the butchers
ba, also the decision OF the General Term OF the su
preme Cour; OF this State, Although this decision
had not been received o. YET the Board
shoIit vat to recs.vo ". Mr. CrcGrler denied that
the Board had the power 70 prevent tho Strengthening OF
cattle Ia this city under law that was made by Legs
lstures controlling commissions C, aud he was aware
dlring the last legislative sosson tho agents OF the
Board ore ., Albany the purpose OF working for
the passage OF the bill to give them tho power they
exercised He knew hsy did not receive this power BY
passed At tns las, session He denied they had
the power to issue the present order ar. Dreamer
stated that the only way the butchers could protect
their rights vas by organizing and showing the people
that they governed by jdnta Of Interested COM
missloners who assumed TO totally disregard the rights
Of every citizen OF this city. The butchers must em
ploy legal counsel and bring toe matter to an issue in
the Mr. Dreamer said he had made inquiries IN
Mulberry 10 the authority under which this
order had been issued; bat was unable 10 acquire any
information on this point
After some further remarks by the Chairman the fol-
lowing named psrsons we're appointed a. committee
10 employ legal counsel in tae matter, &c .-Messrs.
Marshal johnson, Lehman, schusser and Hester The
meeting thea adjourned subject 10 tho call OF the chair