Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-16
declared A NUISANCE.
The SteifeI and Pfeifer Brewery
RUstueas

Business.
As was stated in our columns & few days
since, the case of Steifel & Pfe;ffer's brew.
cry, which has been complained of as a vi.
sance, came up for trial before Judge Du-
| ling yesterday afternoon. Councilman
Willard and E. B. McClannahan represented
the compliments, while Judge Lawrence
and John Ruhm, Esq, appeared for the
| defendants.
A large number of witnesses were call ed,
the following being tho substance of the
testimony:
WITNESSES FOR THE PROSECUTION.
William Driver was sworn and testified
as follows: The sewer running from the
brewery has been a nuisance for three years
past; have inspected the sewer; complaint
was made about the time the choiarS broke
out; consider that sewer one Of the most
infamous iDpositi0ns ever saw.
p. A Hughes sWorn--I live about 800
yards south of the brewery whenever they
are cooling the beer in the watts, there is
a very dissgreeable smell coming from il; l
have no complaint TO make of the sewer, IS
know nothing about It.
Thoe. Bine swo:n-I live on the line of
the brewery sewer; it ru1s through my prop
erty; the water that comes f ON that sewer
is whi;e-like and the smell is so bad that
can't use my front room; it made my wife
and children sick; l closed the doors and
windows Of my Eouse, and still couldn't
keep the smell out.
W. Il. Griffin testified that he live 400
yards south of the brewery; can smell the
sour smell from the brewery when he comes
home from work a. night,
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prosecution and testified to about the same
effect. Mr.. Hill said that as The main sewer
into which the sewer from the brewery emp
ties does not b5loDg to the city, having been
,csde by the military authorities during the
war, he intends to fill up that portion of it
running through his lots. Que witness tes-
titled that the price of his property, 81 "a ed
in the vicinity If the brewery, is of so little
value that he is unable to sell il and is there
fore compelled TO occupy it.
WITNESSES FOR THE DEFENSE.
DIR. Saudek being sworn, testified that he
was well acquSinted with the premises in
question. He was employed by the city
during the cholera epidemic AID be thought
the water and stuff coming from the brewery
was benefit TO the big sewer into " hich it
empties, as it furnishes propelling power.
Mr.. Pentecost, Chairman of the Street
Committee, testified thai he had sent
man and cart TO cover The main sewer near
Ash street; the sewer from the brewery
empties into the main sewer at Ash street;
went to examine il, upon complaint being
made, and found that an offensive odor
came from the mouth Of the brewery sewer;
called upon Steifel and ordered him to turn
bis sewer so as to have it empty into the
mein saver lower down; think the IN cans
adopted by the city will correct the evil;
Mr.. Ste.ftl was always prompt in carrying
out the instructions gave him;
Cross ExamiEed-I don't know that the
members appointed by the Council to exam
inc the saver, actually visited it,
Mayor Kercheval being sworn stated
that the city authorities recognize that main
sewer as city property, and have kept it in
repair for some time past; the sewer from
the brewery emptied out in the gully, ran
through under the railroad filling and then
into the main sewer; l told Steifel that if
he would run bis sewer disgonaily across
and empty directly into the main sewer that
l thought the difficulty would be obviated,
and the next day he set to work to run it
down as | suggested; the air coming out of
sewer anywhere is offensive.
Mr.. BuckholtZ was sworn and testified
as follows:
am apractical brewer; have worked for
Steifel; hot and coli water are tie only
things running through tbs sewer from
the brewery; the water don't smell at all, if
it runs right off; tie brewery itself Is very
clean; the malt and hops are sold; was out
on the line of the sewer to-day, but didn't
smell anything.
Mr.. Scott testified that he has baen
night Waterman at the brewery for some
time, up to last July; nothing but clean
water runs from the brewery; the hot and
cold water is used for scaldiDg the tubs;
che tubs are sour.
Mr.. Lyons said that he has been engaged
as carpenter at SteifePs brewery and built
the sewer from the brewery to Ash street;
he considered it a good sewer; he had lived
in the vicinity for 10 or II years and never
smelled anything offensive.
Mr., Reidelsiner testified that he lives for
ty or fifty yards from the brewery; had
never smelled anything offensive from the
brewery sewer, but thought the main sewer
offensive.
Mr.. Breckenridge, coloyed, lives about 20
yards from the mouth of the Steifel sewer;
last spring horse fell into the main sewer;
soon after that the horse died, and L heard
he was cut up and put in the calvert; before
the sewer was changed, the water from the
brewery smelt sour; it didn't make me
sick, but IL might make other people
sick.
The court YVES add essed at length by
Mr.McC !anahan and Judge Lawrence, and at
the conclusion of the argument rendered a
verdict for compliments, holding that the
evidence fully sustained the charge, and
therefore fined the proprietors Of the brew
cry the sum of ZEN dollars, whereupon Mr..
Ruhm gave notice that an appeal would be
taken, to which Judge Duling responded
that he expected that as matter of course.
Nr. McClanahan requested that new
warrant be issued against Messrs. Steiffel &
Pfeiffer until they abate the nuisanee COM
planned Of
A long and tedious lawsuit in this case
seems inevitable.