New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-25
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
TIE BOARD OF HEALTH.


on presdsnt Lincoln In the chair. DIR. Harris sani'
- superintendent transmitted list Of eight persons
r. arc selling kerosene oil below the standard test inc
SANITARY Committee who. with the Engineer, were Ill
,eeted 10 mako report on the condition OF the new
YorR rendering Companys works, presented the fol-
bowlngI ., ,..
III heir examination of the evidence relating To the
arrangements OF the works OF Tue Coi@HE piT w 0eI
irmbcr "a. 1852 Oh that day Specai NODht.ee, ap'
ainted 10 eomeF with tho officers 0f the Company re-
Horeo S"d to continue their works until May J. 1870
sbe conditions beng that the business should he so con-
suesed ~ least prrudicia 20 the public hoalth and
,ha Al Inc eDd 0f the period mentioned they should re.
MOVE their works altogether to more suitable place.
ruyks By he Engineer and Sanitary Superintendent Of
the Board containing such restrictions and provisions as
necessary render the business least peudca to the
pubic health. The permit provided for the follow
noIcd m the contract with the city should be rendered
That earrasses Of dead animals should be covered
premises s. That the cutting mp and handling Of the
material shnl be IN room completely closed ana 9lsin
erfed a. That the Of shall be received In closed ana
disifecied directly from the vehicles that convey
without any transfer and stirring OF IN tne open aS az
shall be ehcciualy destroyed That the Iesiduun oI
SoSp from the TANKS but T. That IL shall be conveyed
from the city Oh the day on which it IL removed
nom e shall he kept free from a offensive smells
THIS permit adopted ON tue 29d OF october, end
srdered no be property authenticated and sent 70 the
Gan,nany ON the same day the Board directed the
snpcrmtelalent 10 detail q competent ohoer 10 make
e,mnaints If citizens against the company became
more numerous and emphatic than before the special
.Sertor showed eoncWsivoiy that Instead Of improve.
Eients in the maImgrment the business was becoming
Engineer nsfe ed tho works and connrmed the reports
OF the Assistant h drs Setfing N the cars at
Thrty-eigIhsL and Seyenth-aVe, ana pTOeeeoed doSh
Thirty eigtst 70 me 9oek Inc wna s Tsw srS my
Smrn was very distinct between Eighth and Nlnth'
ave., and was more and more Offensive unth Saine
TO the dOck NOthug going on there, ana YET the
hnell within the limits above gwen WAS very oIsnsVe
That with Ine appliances ana construction Nv INC
dock can Do done TO reDaer the business less
teTial capable of absorbing this smell has
become SO saturated with IL that boats and
SSrSTs wHSd Business sO were carried on or not
She superintendent states have not been able TO ascer
tain thai any changes have been made ia the manage
nent and structure the rendering dock except m re-
spcct door closing the entrance to the frst boat
on deck Of s boat The matters of police and general
srs az Inc nr,uises remain unchanged So also does
the storage landing of the s@ap, as heretofore
described. The causes Of otenSveness and nuisance
Sonner!r,I with rendering dock and ITS appurte-
panres are Inherent the premises and IN the business,
and will NOT be removed or WHOLLY ana suuicieDuy pre-
vented BY any probable and practical method and means
that chemistry ana engineering VIII devise just at the
pgereht uIuc, IOugh possible improvements are readily
aud ronstanily suggested by all knds Of persons.
DIAL subjected TO the high heat necessary
for rendering the fat contained hefen there Is and
tRerc mns Oo such accumulation OF I3ul YapoIs ana
offensive gases ~ aud about the tanks and premises That
application Of chemistry
applications OF engineering need Oe expected 70
BTevent and the KINDS OF nuisance Weh are
dock Tie boats, the timber Of che wharf, the
Rtepsils. The IBasonry about ue TANKS, tue
boaIs inIo which the scraps aud Iesldunm are
smptled are saturated With foul odOrs and these odcrs
Ac not and be destroyed sufficiently by earbOlc
Aeld any other cheap available dsniectaDt ana they
are evolved and set free 10 noat IN me snSpheTe r IN
Board consider ed the facts embodied In these reports suf
sr rS9 pUt Se reTOed At tine ISeGS
the BOARD held Nov ~, the COnpay responded 70 the
effect that the permit adopted by the Board Oct 81 did
not reach them until and thai they had eOBplkd
with OF Its provisions, ana had neglected. others
under their present management They not only denied
tho correctness of the sworn reports OF the officers OF
BUaId bat asserted that such inspection was
never They also attempted 20 dseredit the re-
port Of tile superintendent, aud bring IN question his
motives, by repeating Fragments OF conversations WITH
Inn, and by All afdaNH from IOilneg einp"ye OF ths
Board 10 tie effect that be depOneDt believed he was
discharged because did make reports adverse to
the Company 10 proper 70 state here that the SupernN
.ssn b assss cr S Who made the Sdav %S &
charged for mteIpperance. The Company finally do
and assumed position OF defiance and hostility. II is
clearly apparent N reviewing the preceding evidence
the NewYOIk Rendering COMPANY works are
nuisanee detrimental to e pgGS nea1, n
EngneeP Tins BHisaDee cannot be aDaed win the pres
TGat te materials OF the works themselves become
stnrsIed With foul gases ana putTd animal MATER
Snoun as to prevent the escape OF noxOus
gssesintO the air That the Company I'M
tn important particulars explicitly stated IN the written
Prmt VI oct "a and which the oicers Of this Beard re-
arled essential To the suppression OF the CHIEF omen
five odsrs On the 10th inst the Committee proceeded
~ Inspect the NOrks and made careful examination OF
speeton your Committee that the reports Of
tDe EnFneer aud % So insane ~ ie Business
may have when the apparatus aud the boas were
DPw s apparent that there 10 now degree OF OHeh
eIyenes In ~ d ubouI the works Of the COMPANY at
fSseat conducted which makes IL gross nuisance ana
detrimental " the public health Ths nuisance -, we
I.iIeve an Increasing one. The boats and wooden
serials are daily becoming more completely saturated
as stated superintendent and Engineer reAdered
e,roetpres secn. the wo,S Ss @ g W o
will be greatly affected BY the cold OF Winter or
ky dtsinfee There Is such concentration and daily
augmentation OF putrd animal matters by sOakage and
gases nothing but the cessation OF the business can
sbate the nuisance. Nor do we believe that such
in1nroyements Ia the construction or management OF
rendering dead animals and O6sl be expected the
sonssnting TO the continuance Of the work The Com
hitee conclude that IN sanitary poils q view the
aueied By the EewYOrk Rendering Company, must be
classified with offensive kinds OF rendering and boil
g grease aud fats. and Ike Them should be prohb-
Sod. The Committee recommend the adoption OF The
asses That the special ps~ granted BY s Board sAe New
Isrh RsssrBr CssRss to eontlae ths vetE sn ss lat Of f
b. ISs Board Of Health be ADD is hereby revoked.
the io sSS S' vote AyesSssr Crane snsrP
snh Ps SSe brts sai StswOFI IS
speers OF Brooklyn ordered ~ be removed to date
IrOm Dec l. as the appropriation to pay them has run
out suits ordered 10 De commenced IN rs cases Tor
violation Of TenenientH House laws A. communication
the Brooklyn Fire Commissioners IN relation 70 the
late fire kuraDst referred 10 the counsel OF the
Board The Commissioners attempt 10 throw the plame
Of that disaster the Board Of Health because there
hTe-eseape the building. The Board OF Health
have power 10 order hreeScape 70 De put on the
house there than three families living IN the
building II claimed by hel Board OF Health that the
Brooklyn Fire have full power, by special
enactment ~ compel hreescapes 10 be put upon houses
similar ~ the Burned. The Board then adjourned.
STREET CLEANING OPERATIONS .