New-York tribune., 1867-09-03
THE BOARD OF HEALTH AND THE LIME -KILNs.

The Board of Health in its long and COM
paratvey successful against what are and what are
supposed TO be- nuisances has deal with great variety
Of manufacturers and it is much to say that they
have so far done wlselyif may judge OF the good
already effected The slaughterhouse proprietors are
mldclty quarters for spots where fewer people will be
offended and infected by the stencil Of their blood
iuI with their meats in the hot Weather 10 soap
r a o nst % c, @ @ % in
other ways the Board OF Health has contributed the
raised with the lime burners There were as many as
eight lmeklns within the city limits, and the euvia
shells was offensive the whole business was at one time
declared as a nuisance to be abated. The mum
Judgment was required in deciding which was,
and which was not, detrimental TO the public
health In tho first place. great deal OF stress naturally
lay the locality Of the mandatory Those the east
side Of the city situated as they Were IN the midst q
affect thousands of people, were quickly disposed or
They were ordered to GreenpSlnt The GreenpOnters
compelled TO incontinently shut up shop Only two lime
s wSTe on e sns Tey
and the other Brootss kiln, Thirty rstst Tenth
city quite Interesting; aud description OF the former
works the only place where improvements OF any note
whole establishment It fronts oh Twelfh-st presents
the appearance OF vast oven It isa twostory brick
building with solid foundations Of granite. The sole ma
teral used in tho manufacture Of lime In these establish
mens is the shell OF the ocean as 1t would not pay to
by shells is Of purer and better quality The oven
erect structure Of friedrich, In which is kept
burning slowfre The shells thrown In top hey
include the shells OF clans oysters crabs Holsters any
thing that may be brought In b0atlOads from tue seal.
and there gradually toasted into powder when they
drop through grangs. and raked out from below.
The shells from the intense heat which they have under
gone, so brittle that they may be crumbled into
dust between the fingers stream OF water poured
upon them, after tho baking process. "slakes"
them, and the result is lime-the object desired.
The objection urged by the Board OF Health has been
removed by an ingenious cOnriyance The top OF the
klns heretofore exposed 10 the open arr thus per
Ditng the noxous euva OF the burning shells TO exhae
over the neghborho0d This has been obvated, at the
suggestion OF the He alth officer, by waing the entire
space in and building chimney, at an expense OF 5000,
whereby the nuisance Is obyiated. The chimney, or
rather vcntilator, Is made Of wood, and serves as
escape for the gases OF the burning lime
there being reservoir OF water at the top,
noxOus qualities before escaping into the general atmOs
t0n Of Mr. Malone tho present proprietor OF the lime
kiln and IL is presumed that the chimney viii more
than meet the requirements Of the Board OF Health more
especially the Donnel works in q strictly manu-
featuring district where there are few dwelling houses
and where few persons could be affected by anything
poisonous, II II existed. The other lime establish
the west side is controlled 10y Mr. Brooks and Is
situated on hirty-frstst near Tenthave IL - very
similar 20 the foregoing ints operation but has none OF
the Improvements which VIC have noted. All OF the lime
used by the Metropolitan, NewYok and Manhattan Gas
Companies the coating OF retOrs and publication of
produced by the Twclfth-st establishment but the
manner In which lime is used In the manufacture OF gas
il too long story 90 be told I'm this article.