New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-20
THE PUBLIC EEJL2H.
4 VISIT TO THE PLAGUE SPOTS

| >UIs 'SCEs IN TIE TWENTIETH WARD SLAUGHTER
H0Usrs-pUMPING GBoUEDs-TAI-BoILr,G
AND OFFAL-RENDEiING.
| The Twentieth Wand has long been noted
Tor tho large number Of uuwIocsome factories and fat
melting and eEtcrug establishments which St con-
ta0s All these are situated az exactly the right places,
II the plopIieore can he believed and, according to the
same authority Of them IN any nuisance.
Their buildings ana yards are each the sweetest and
ceauest IN tlat branch Of the business The visitor can
sec the very worst for ho has arrived al the time OF day
when the place is dilsst and upside down. Each
proprietor SIS quite that his place is blessing TO tho
uciahboIhooG-.u fact, acts as kind OF dlsiniectan
Bnt the party over there" round I'll corner is in
toerabe; when the wind blows in certain direction tho
! sneaker can scarcely breathe Tho conversation OF
| these monoy-IneAiug stenchproducers well illus
| trates the fact That men persuade
| themselves Of anything that IL ls for
their Interest TO believe. Some OF them seem fly CON
WINGED that as resort, health retreat place
OT the restoration md rtlnucoIaton OF those nyad5
especially children, VINO have become dcDiitied -
long residence AMID se foul airs OF Murray Hill. tlCc
place lse that pant OF the Twentieth Ward lying
west Of Nintl-ave
So they lcrcthen Their cords and strengthen their
stakes" build larger nusancos, and multiply their fac
files for filing them with oil the stinhs Of Cologne"
Even if al these establishments were clean they
could be made il is inevitable that they slOd IN the
aggregate be q source OF annoyance and harm 10 the
ne! yhbOrhOJd. All the pl0sOphizng Of their owners
and all their exhibits Of immaculate cleanliness DO not
weigh feather against the fact that the west wind
passing brsy through their premises carries 10 acres
Of residences east Of them very foul and nOsomo OdOr
Their neighDOrs maintain that the atmosphere of great
city is necessarily impure that Eno should be al
lowed to carry any business which I'm the least de-
gree adds TO the vtaOn Of the air There Is nothing in
the nature OF these occupations which cOmpcls their
presence IN the midst Of great city; their exercise in
such place is simply adding something ~ the profit Of
extremely profitable trades.
| a tour lately made through this Ward in company
with its health inspector plainly revealed the fact that
though earnest effort Is made 10 preserve cleanliness in
those aOatoiIs, &C., some OF them noisoIne that
one not habituaed TO such atmosphere sckened by
It, and every OF them adds ore or less TO the fou
ness that chronicay charactezes the air the district
The first place visited the fatboinc establishment
Of NJ Donohue & Co., at No. Gl3 West Thrtyelchiast
Thisis long, narrow she'd with apparatus for fatren
derng ranged along side. walk to the further end
OF the building sufced to sicken the visitors TO such
degree they inclined to depart in haste This
was in fact the wOrstsmcllng manufacturing place
noticed in the district p9aohne Co have no permit
and are operating IN defiance of the authorized
Nearly opposite them is the manure dump This nut.
ssuce used to extend from Thiryeghth TO Thrtyifh-
St. and from Eovcnth-ave to theriyer 1t now occupies
about half block between Thrtyseventh aud Thirty
egthst at the foot Of those streets high fence has
been put the east side Of the lot and all dumping on
the outside T. punished by fine. During the last sea
sion Of the Legislature the Board OF Health ende avored
10 have "a law passedC0mpelling the dumping OF a
nure boats; but some AssemDyman In the interest of
these men managed to have this half block retained
their use. The ground1s divided into small plots used
by different frms There would be much less objection
10 the dumping ground II 1t not aO rottng ground
The frequent turning to promote decay is the chief
OF the OdOr that arises from IT,
Gamble g. sLcNe OF No. GAL West ThiTtyeighth-st
melt fat and tallow by steam In large tank on their
second story. About 200 pounds day Is rendered
here. The material is sent mostly 20 Europe 10 be made
soap and candles The Inspector states that when
the scrap" refuse IS removing nom this and all FIN
liar establishments, very noXlous od0r Is gwen forth
from the corrupt mass
The most Important nuisance OF this neghbCrh00d ts
at the pier foot OF Thirty where the chief req
derng company has Its boats. Here all the dead horses
Of the city and the butchers oa Of this part OF town
boiled up. There is high fence and gateway at the
entrance 10 the pier; Just inside OF the gate. the
right, lies barge, on the deck Of which were two piles
Of remains consisting Of horses heads with al
the flesh scraped from them; the other consisted OF
various kinds of O with disniectant spr1nkled
over II. On the other side old steamers hull,
which had been used for rendering Beyond this on the
pier the blaoksmtls shop and opposite was the
stable for the horses that bring their dead kindred
AT the entrance to the rendering boat the ocean
lea which is really very well fitted up with II tanks, lay
pile Of horses legs. while chopping off the
heads OF half dozen horses on the other side. OppO
site this large vessel s another old ste ship Tire Triton
The inspector that II Is when the scrap Is put OF
the ship into baTgcs To De taken that the worst
arises The rendering day Is from 400
barrels The principal objection To tins business,
as now conducted Is that the rendering vessel is not
taken out into the stream according To agreement Al
Ter the visitors had expressed decided objection TO THIS
Sin OF OMISSION the President OF the Company said
that they get their anchors they VIII 90 out
in Tie stream before Aoo3 cacd day. VI US soon rs tle