The New York herald., 1870-05-22
The District of Death--The Offal
D0cks---The Grease Stewers---
The Vileness We Inhale.
Hog Killing Yards on the West Side
A Vessel of Destruction.
Hint to the Grand Jury-Sunken Lots-Gut
Cleaners and Tripe Boilers.

these vile entrepOts OF impure flth but Its course
was vacillatng, its action 30 timid its backbone
30 tender that the atmen twisted them about their
fingers like string, and dened them. Driven to do
something the Board finally revoked all the permits
and ordered suits commenced against the nuisance
creators. They were arrested gave bail and that Is
the last heard Of the SUITS The establishments In
the district bounded by Eleventh avenue, North
river Thirty-seventh and Forty-eghth streets, are
day In full blast In defiance OF law permit with
the single exception Of Tobie q Both. and grinding
deathdeainq odors, that in any other city south Of
New York would subject them to the violence Of o
mob and the torches OF an outraged populace
With view OF making personal examination of
all the alleged nuisances in the stencil district OF the
west side HERALD reporter some two weeks ago
attempted to gain entrance to the establishments
without betraying his object to the parties engaged
in impregnating the city with vie smells. Finding
thai many Of them refused access to citizens he re-
tired from the field baied for the time. But he was
not to be beaten finally.
On Thursday he secured carriage drove to the
Board OF Health Department and invited two health
inspectors to take ride. Turning the carriage In
the direction OF Thrtyeghth street and North river
they soon drew up in front Of
THoRPE's GREASE nOILINa ESTABLISHMENT,
situated on the north side OF West Thrty-eighth
street. between Eleventh avenue ard the river. This
establishment is q very small one-a mere shed,
with very inferior machinery used exclusively for
boiling soap and grease and applying 1t to akalis.
The fat boiling part OF the business Is exceedingly
offensive, the nause0us smells being almost IN
suferable. In the soap branch there is not the
slightest offence. This institution has very little
regard for cleanliness, there is no proper means
employed to condense the foul odors which escape
into the air whenever the tanks treated to steam
application. There is an apology for an odor con-
denser In the shape Of an iron tank filed with cold
water, but 1t is useless appendage. The scrap is
drawn or under the door, and when the hatch is
opened the foulest, rankest and unhealthiest Of
0d0rs ascends into the air. Bad as it Is now, 1t was
even worse before Mr.. Thorpe put in tight boilers.
a MICHAEL D0N0HUB co.
This firm occupy premises OF similar character
adjacent for melting tallow and other fat boiling
The surroundings Of the place at once strike the
visitor favorably and no unpleasant odors are dis
coverable. They c0ndense the odors by the same
process as does Mr.. Thorpe, but exercise SO much
that they avoid all ofensiveness. 1t Is Of
the best conducted establishments in the district
and although running without permit from the
Board of Health, the inspectors speak in terms OF
praise OF the efforts of the proprietors to comply
with the health laws and prevent a nuisance.
ALLEN, HAY co.
This firm carry on an extensive candle and soap
manufactory. It is two story structure the lower
floor being used for making candles by machinery
and the upper one for soap. All the floors are re-
markaby clean. There are no OdOrs that are not
carefully Ob!iterated by dsinfectants, and as there
is no fat boiling on the premises the business en-
trely in0ffenslve In oil its ramlhcatOns. The fact
that the firm keep their doors carefully locked ad-
nit one but health officers, has given rise the
suspicion that they were carrying on some business
of an offensive nature Our reporter failed to find
anything Objectionable about the building, and
could not understand why they should have refused
him admission on previous visit, when not backed
by the health officers.
GAMBLE AND M'NEIL
This firm are just below Allan Hay 4 Co., on
Thirtyeghth street. They carry on an immense bus-
in boiling fat, CUTS, the manufacture OF bladder
and sausage covers, and run their tanks nearly all
the time. The machinery Is very inferior; the con-
densers are simply two wooden tanks, by no means
air-tlght-mere apologies for c0ndensers The fat
tanks are not airtight. and on both occasions OF
examination by the reporter foul and Sicky Smells
such as 1mpregnate the air OF the entire west side
from Thrtysixth to Fltieth street. according to the
Gamble apoIogized Thursday p for the sme and ex
planned that 1t was caused by the bursting OF Of
the condensers, which had not occurred before
men to whom this information was given q few
days previous found the smells much more objec-
tionable, WIN ine exception OF the escape OF the
establishment is unexcepionable With slight alter
attons and the addition OF furnace for consuming
Quoted without offence. AS 1t now conducted it is
one OF If not the worst visited.
THE OFFAL DOCKS
of the New York Rendering Company were next
visited. They are located at the foot of West Thirty
eighth street. The business embraces the cutting
butchers scrap and 0al from the slaughter houses
&C. The business Is done on two boats, supplied
with alright tanks Of LARGE capaSyt pe dad
the tanks which are closed tightly and the
process Of stewing goes on: When neces.
ont on lighters and run out OF the CITY as soon
as possible In the operation Of boiling there is very
little OFFENCE as the company have the most approved
and prevents Its escape or course there is some
thing offensive in the cutting up OF the animals
but when ls remembered that horse is cut up and
consigned the tanks In three minutes after his re-
ception this offence Is of short Duration There Is
an offence also In the discharge Of the scrap from
the tanks, but this is also Of short duration. 1t
would be difficult to tell how the business Of dispos-
ing OF the dead animals and offa OF the city could
tion OF large alright building, such as the
company propose to construct, so soon
as or, they caA ,o secure site ,, for It, These
of all the foul senches that the west side residents
complain of, but close examination OF the neigh
show that on the wlndward side OF the ofial docks
there Is very little offensive odor.
THE MANURE DUMPING GROUNDS.
Between Thrty-seventh and Thirty tyeighth streets,
from Eleventh avenue to the river is an ntolerable
nuisance, that should be abaed once. The stencil
is ntolerable, and an eyesore the neighborhood.
1t is the receptacle for all the Nth collected the
stables that lies there in low lots ermented by the
hot rays Of the sum- filing the air with the most
offensive smells. The model establishment OF the
kind In the city Is
II. Wells FAT BOILING HOUSE, NO. 0 ABATToIR
PLACE (THIRTY-NINTH sTREET).
Mr.. We'll does an extensive talIow boiling business,
has improved machinery, alright tanks, one Of
6,U00 ana another OF 900 pounds capacity, bOis
every day, and to all appearances his factory Is as
unojectlOnable as q well conducted livery stable.
The secret OF this Is that he has improved furnace
for the consumption Of the foul gases which pass
from the tanks through 200 feet of coil In con-
denser and all the gases are consequently eectuay
destroyed and prevented from passing into the air to
poison, scken and Kill.
H. II. SALMONS
No. Abattoir place, Is manufacturer Of oil kinds
OF soaps. There Is no offence created by the busl-
ness.
J. B. COLOMBIN,