The New York herald., 1872-07-25
FLOATING FOULNESS.
The Nuisance Of the North River-Pettion
Against the Pest by Host Of Citizens
Cruising in the Craft.
Meeting OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.

At the regular meeting of the Board OF Health,
held yesterday afternoon, a special committee was
appointed to look into and examine the subject Of
fat-rendering and report to the Board at its next
meeting. report was received from health IN
spectOr named Styles who had been sent by the
City Sanitary Inspector to watch the operations Of
the New York Rendering Company. The work OF
this firm is done on a boat that steams up the
Hudson River every day. and returns to
her dock when the business Of the day
is concluded. During the past week petition was
received by the Board OF Health from large num-
Der of residents along the waters edge, complain.
ing of the stencil coming from this boat, and
asking the Board to abate the nuisance and
protect the health OF the people. To find
out the exact extent of the nuisance DIR.
etyles was sent on board the boat to remain
there during of her trips up the river and back
and report to the Board upon the manner In which
the business was conducted. In the document yes
terday read to the Board, by the secretary The In
spector began by giving the Commissioners de.
tailed account OF the state of his stomach and
pointing out to them that his sense Of smell was Of
AN UNUSUAL ACUTENEsS
on this occasion, conclusion one would not come
to after reading the document The sky was over
to say but 1t was evident during the reading of
the document the commissioners were under the
some
have been prevailing in the air to cast SO much
shadow over the Inspectors other senses. The trip
made by the boat lasted three hours and half and
her progress was so slow as to be barely sufficient
to keep her head against the stream. The material
rendered during the trip was the carcasses
OF thirty horses and 500 barrels of oifal There
were on the lower deck eleven carcasses of horses
which during the trip were skinned. cut up and got
ready for boiling on tine me- next y0yase 81 Two Of the
dead horse. This the report SAYS had slight odor
han. frJf folyn ant huf nnf hnn nAla. Il
Nothing is said about what was done with it-cast
into the river, no doubt The Inspector then goes
to tell the board how admirably this filth business
Is conducted, and expresses his astonishment at
the care taken by the managers and operatives
Of the boat to to keep good faith with the health
shore with an opera glass he had with him. but
how he could scan the shore, unless 1t was done up
the glass with him. Il is dlilcult to imagine. The
glass enabled the Inspector to detect the bodies Of
three or four cats OF dogs noatng down the stream
Il pTossas'!lty abb & sSs s Sssih n.s olesr Ss % naila5
they were from and whittier bound, and the ghosts
OF the dead criminals cried out, "Avaunt and quit
THE CHASTITY FLOATING BODIES
denied having ever been connected with the de-
ghtful craft the Doctor seemed SO pleased with.
1t Is matter OF painful regret the trip should have
been OF such short duration. The voyage should
have been extended to at least month, TO give
the Inspector an opportunity of thoroughly enjoy
ing the beauties of the vessel An entirely different
impression has been made upon the minds and
senses of the people living along the river
side. though, perhaps, their organs OF smell are not
quite acute as the Doctors, and the condition of
their stomachs varies; for they complain most Bit
terly OF this floating pesti1ence and entrcat the
Board to come to their assistance. Mr.. Henry
Smith, who seemed more impressed by the opinions
OF the petitioners than by the Inspectors report said
on the conclusion OF the reading OF the document,
81 don't believe one word Of that, except that they
cut up and boil the carcasses." After
considerable discussion OF this boat In par
ticular and fat rendering in general the
subject, with the report, was referred to
the special committee appointed to examine into
It, The permits OF the following persons were
vOked, because the places were found TO be In an
unhealthy condition :-Thomas McKehOe, OF 694
Eleventh avenue; J. j. Downing, OF 65I Ele yenth
avenue; Mr.. DriscolI, OF COG West Forty-seventh
street, and J. ID. Haley, OF 610 West FOrty-seventh
street. Commissioner Gross reported that forty
five miles Of street cutters had been disnfected
during the past week, at cost OF $l02 95, and that
up to date S9o7 0s had been spent by the depart
then appropriated for the continuation OF the dis
Infection. Commissioner Barr asked II any report
had yet been made upon the street
ordinance, and the attorney answered that
several Of the companies had called upon him aud
signi1ed their Willingness to comply with the
whom he had not heard. The question of put
ting the Sanitary Inspectors into uniform was
killed in the Sanitary Committee at one Of It's re-
cent meetings. but il is TO be brought up again In
the Board, several or the Commissioners are de-
termined to have the employees by the department
put Into distinguishing dress.
The following Is comparative statement ot con-
tagious diseases for the two weeks ending July IL
and July 90, 1S72:-
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