The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-11-14

| mt the Next Meeting of the Board.
| Yesterday the following report-a perfect blow
| between the eyes Tor the principals IN the
| fat-Doilers' "ring"-was submitted to the Board
| Of Health showing the extent to which the
| fat men have violated the rules under which
| they carry on business. and as result OF the
record the New York Rendering Company the most
powerful organization OF their very offensive species
| have been served with an order requiring them to
| show cause at the next meeting OF the Board why
their permit should not be rev0ked-
| METROPOLITAN BOARD OF HEALTH,
NEW YORK, Nov. L., 1862
| TO the SECRETARY METROPOLITAN BOARD OF
HEALTH:-
| SIg-1n accordance with resolution adopted by
the Board on the 2lst day OF October herewith sub
| init records OF daily inspections by officers and
assistant inspectors of the Board from that date to
work. foot OF West Thirty eighth street. The inspec
tons have oeen made at different hours OF the day
ana twice daily. The points observed and recorded
| nave. at eacn inspection, comprised the following
! schedule
STATE or Wna,r-Covered how; clean or dirty.
| Dead Animals Where, how covered and IN what
| condition OF OfensivenesS.
The Vehicles ana U,enSiS-How offensive.
| Ihe Otdt-UutsIde of boats; are vehicles bringing
1t and placing 1t IN covered or tight rooms accord
Ing to requirements OF permit.
First Boat Near foot OF DOCK a. to being closed,
| as to cleanliness and the causes OF odensveness,
what tanks are IN operation state OF tue snperheat'
! Second Bodt-As to all aud each OF the foregoing
| points for inspection.
| Scrap and the Scrap Boats-As to number OF boats
as to cleanliness, fulness and condition. and as to
| time OF tarryng, whether any stay more than one
day. also the facts relating to packing, storage and
| needless delays
Lastly. observations on odors distinguished and
traced, aud at what distance, what places, and the
precise time when 80 observed.
| 1t will be seen by the annexed returns from the
inspections that the company has failed to comply
with the specific requirements OF the permit which
the Board OF Health Issued to them as respects the
following partculars:-
delivered within covered place on the dock or The
boats deck but Is delivered openly Us in former
Second-That the ofral ia not delivered in disn-
| fected room, but upon an open wharf and upon q
| top deck OF boat wholly uncovered and open to
Thrd--That vapors and cases. Of an offensive
kind, are found to be escaping at nearly every
FoMrtA-And in that the scrap or reslduum from
the rendering tanks Is not let or and conducted IRON
| the tanks to boats by means of tight shutes. and
especially that the scrap is not conveyed imme
dlaely away from the dock and the CITY, but on the
contrary Is allowed to Dc handled ana packed ~
transferred to different barges and boats and. after
| long and needless detention and while undergoing
various processes by which 1t Is prepared as fer
tiliZer there, within ana upon said boats, the said
scrap and residuum as fertilizer Is transferred to
| various kinds OF sailing or steam vessels and at
| irregular times Is shipped away.
| FOth-And lastly, that the rendering DOCK and
treated and disinfeced Us to be free from oien.
| sive smells, but on the contrary are the source OF
when the Winds set in from tie west ana northwest
are noticeable and the just cause OF complaint at
| ti0n of the current Of wind.
The Board OF Health already Is fully aware that Its
medical oiiicers and It's SANITARY Engineer are Of
OF the Andering dock differently and persistently
offensive to the smell aud are the sources OF very
offensive odors which, at times when the atmos-
pherc conditions favor, are smeled and complained
OF various distances and places TO the eeward Of
tain that any changes have been made in
| the management and structures at the rendering
dock except in respect door for closiny the en-
trance to the first boat and the tightening and par
| tal closure OF all the windows on deck OF said boat
| The matters Of police and general care OF the prem
| ises remain unchanged; so also does the storage
and handling Of the ''scrap," as herein described,
and as particularly reported upon by inspectors in
| report marked Il ana hereto annexed.
| AS reported by me In June last and at various
other times, the causes OF onensiveness and nuls-
purtenances inherent In the premises and in the
| BUSINESS aud will not be removed or wholly and
bic methods ana means that chemistry and engi-
neering win devise just at the present time though
| possible Improvements are readily and CONSTANT
| suggested by ali kinds Of persons.
| The accumulation OF wet and putrd animal refuse
/ and enrails within or upon wooden structures Will
inevitably make such structures and places excess
siveiy offensive to the smell, and especially so when
the winds sweep over the structures and bear the
| such offa and fifth is subjected to the high heat
necessary FOR rendering the fat contained therein
there and there must be such accumulation OF foul
yapors and offensive gases in and about the tanks
| and premises that no gross applications Of chem
istry. and practicable and paying applications OF
engineering need be expected to prevent the causes
| and the kinds OF nuisance which are now and
| always have been found at the rendering dock
| The boats, the timbers OF the wharf the utensils,
the masonry about the tanks, the tanks
themselves and especially the barges and boats into
| which the scrap and residuum are emptied are
saturated with foul odors and those doors are not
and will not be destroyed sufficiently by carbOc
acid or any other cheap and available dsinfectant;
and they are evolved and set free to noat in the
atmosphere In whatever direction the winds chance
to oat them. 1t is the misfortune OF the Rendering
Company and still more the grievance and misfor-
tune OF The inhabitants OF the Twentieth, Twenty.
hrst and Twenty-second wards OF the city that the
works OF the company are located on the windward
side Of the city, and at the very point from which
the odors there accumulated can most
widely and injuriously be difrused to popu.
lous streets. The business OF rendering as
conducted at that docK, should be forth.
with removed to some place which Ia at least one
mile distant from streets and much frequented
each and every requirement provided in the condi.
lions and terms OF the Boards permit. And that
permit, like all preceding transactions with the com.
pany, indicated at the time q scrupuous regard for
every legal and reasonable claim OF that company
contractors who were honestly and very inte.
gently endeavorinR to conduct their business in A
proper ana skiliul manner II is presumed that they
VIII now endeavor TO comply Implicitly with the
terms OF the permit, or promptly remove their WORKS
to more suitable place. The character ana public
spirit OF the company warrants the conclusion thai
they must accept the ruling OF the Board IN this mat
ter without controversy, for the public good re-
quires 1t. Il. HARRIS, Sanitary superintendent
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