, 1873-01-14

He Claims that Hyde Park Is Not Troublcl
With ANY. Oilor from Mnsuorth.

Ih8 Mayor yesterday made tho following state
mont to 3 TRIBUNE reporter in relation to tb
Hyde Park outcry against the Northwestern Fer
tilizing Company:
Aiuswortl1 is situated one milo and half soutl
Of the old line Of the Township OF Hyde Park
On i straight line, due north and south, it il
two miles east Of the Hyde Park House; and
line drawn north from Ainsworth falls into til,
lake two miles from the Hyde Park House ant
three miles from the line Of tho Township o.
Hyde Park. Unless tho wind happens to b.
from one particular point Of the thirty-two OF
tho compass, namely, the southeast by east
Hyde Park village does not experience tho leas
odor from Ainsworth. Tie eoutheast wine
would carry the smell to the vest Of tho Town,
ship Of Hyde Park; q west wind would blow il
over the Eailroad track; q south wind would
land 1t in the Lake. It is only when the wind il
quarteriug as above mentioned that the gmal
comes near the village, half way between tho
Affects it,-that carries the smell away; and tho
prevalence OF this wind is attested by the per-
TetuM odors from Bridgeport to Chicago.
Winds from tho north, west, northo ast, east,
the village. Tho only quarter is that described,
and the wind does not blow from this
quarter more than four days in 365. There isno
place within radius OF Il miles Of the centre OF
the city from which smells would be conveyed
into unwelcome places than that at Aims
worth, or which would incommode tho people Of
Hyde Park less. OF course, if the establish
ment could DO moved down to the rnpst
southerly point in the Township Of Bloom, there
would be loss smell on account OF the greater
distance, but It would be in more direct line
with the prevailing winds. for the wind from tho
south is more frequent than from the southeast
hy east.
Tho Mayor has no feeling in tho matter, e1-
copt that the City of Chicago must not be- hedg-
cd in or destroyed by her suburbs, and there Ia
no place within II miles OF tho city where the
s1aughter-houses can bo placed aud do 80 little
The Mayor holds that the slaughtoring Of AMI
na!s constitutas q very important branch Of our
local industry, and is the most important item
Of production. We live, ho Says. in this climate,
on moat more than on anything else, and killing
this meat ia Cur largest industry. Abolish this,
suppresses the business, aud yon reduce the
population OF the city by at least one-fourth,
for this industry represents fully fourth of the
it would be the most serious step that the city Of
Chicago ever undertook. And these circum-
stances would assuzedly follow tho removal OF
the establishment from Nnsworsh. The town.
ships and villages round Chicago, therefore,
must not be- permitted to deprive the city, OF
some place to deposit tho o1a1 from the slaughter
houses, for it must DO dumped somewhere. By
opposing this they would destroy ths city, and
consequently kill themselves -
Tho mayor insists that tho offence committed
By Ainsworth On Hyde Park is against d few real
estate specnlators, and that this injury is purely
made to suffer half dozen times year.
In addition to this, the Mayor states that the
Ainsworth Company claim that under their
charter they have vested right to carry Oh
their business Tho matter is now in tho
Courts, and there it must be determined. If
thnre is q nuisance, they must nbate it; If tho
Company themselves are q nuisance, they must
be abated. They claim, however, that they are
in possession Of process By which tho material
upon which their work can be completely de-
odorized, and that they we're about to in
troduce it into their works ut the timo
Of .be fire dew days ago. They Fill make nso
!ruo, says the Mayor, then Hyde Park should
the establishment rather than to e1-
torminate it, as it Hill giye employment to hun
1reds Of people, and increase the value OF: sdta-
:ent property.
Mr. Mediu concludes that whila he il Mayor OF
he city his irut and highest allegiance is to the
City Of Chicago. /