The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-29

them with shovel some crystsltsed. vprobabyy
saline or alkaline matter; YET the stencil was FEARFUL
place is almost past comprehension.
Alongside Of thus establishment and further
canoic manufacturing establishment OF Allan Hay
& Co., and aajGs1lng this the Windsor Company oc.
building s sm naca pqp Sss Though nov
in front Of the premises first described u Is ID an
conscience bad enough and unit for living soul
nr r ~ eed MI II rom the two last esabishmen FOR
tnsy appear to be kept In as cleanly condition as
the I asy occupation OF the inmates permits II to
be done. But the proximity OF the first named place
is enough to poison the entire nelglrborho0d. mas
much they press out the last vestiges OF fat from
the scraps after boiling them. and these cakes OF
scraps are lying about by the hundred emitting their
sickening stencil.
On thf dock is an enclosure over which sign IN.
dicates Il to be the business place OF the New YORK
Rendering Company Several OF the ohal boats were
lying close to the dock but 1t appeared that no work
ceased for a while, the atmospheric surround
ings and the exhalatlons from the place are so re-
terday morning what must they be with the work.
men busily employed in opening and dissecting the
@ the souS 81 S0s North
river the interference OF the Health Board 10
needed fully as much. The surface OF THIS
snS is cop e1SG with stsanans fo@ wassr
the green scum Of which indicates its condition.
Besides right here is the dumping ground for manure
carts, which bring the stable manure from parts OF
the western half OF the city and load 1t upon boats
IHeSe NeapS Oh lnauuro w uOt Sue u feiJ pictSons
perfume, but the men employed ON the boats seem
determined to add to the residential character or
the whole neighborhood. Our commissioners OBJ
served them yesterday applying the pumps to the
hold OF the barge where the fluid sediment VI the
loads of manure had accumulated, and they pumped
it upon the Shore where 1t flowed IN small rivu-
lets into the stagnant pools already mentioned
There are several similar lat boiling aud rendering
establishments III the immediate nelghborhOOd 10
wards Thlrtyninth street. especially one but not a9
offensive, on Eleventh avenue
THE DUTY OF TIE HEALTH BOARD.
In no city In Europe would such establishments %
tolerated anywhere within sight Of human habita-
tiOns There as well here horses and other AMI
mails often Frustrated on the streets and die ~
the Stables stalls pens OF their owners or disease
necessitating their removal This Is always enected
as speedily as possible, and the utilization OF the
dead proceeds far outside the limits Of the
city or town, removed from the eye OF the public.
Why not so here2 Why should this process be
allowed to be carried on almost in the heart Of the
city on the river 'front.' where on one side the Hudson
Railroad on the other the boats on the river carry
up and down thousands OF passengers daily, all OF
whom are annoyed with the sight and the smell OF
the place And also where IN the immediate neigh,
| borho0d thousands Of people have permanently 10.
Gated as resdentsP
The Board under the law and the decision OF the
Court OF Appeals has full power to act. IL ID N9
duty, therefore, to act at once. Why the delayf
| The Board has already declared several OF these
establishments to be nusances. The parties inter.
ested appeared and asked leave to introduce testi.
mony to the contrary. For many weeks II not
months, this hearing OF witnesses mas progressed
before the referee, and the nuisance is as bad as u
ever was and Is not removed. Why this dily-
dallying2
OF the Board at its meeting yesterday afternoon that
at last 1t has awakened and proposes to DO some
thing.