The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-03

become positively alarming to the residents On
Staten Island, consequent on the stencil arising
from the floating DIAL and dead animals when
have accumulated on the shores OF that island.
With view to remedy this DIR. VanderpOel cae6
attention to the subject at the meeting Of the
Board OF Health on Friday last. He urged that the
contract OF the New York Rendering Company
should be annued. He said that the company
were setting the whole community at defiance, and
the Board had the remedy IN its hands by annullng
the contract and 1t should be promptly applied
The stencil OF the floating oral and dead
animals was terrible. 1t was bringing
a pestilence to the shores OF Staten
Island and this was equivalent to bringing q
pestilence to this city. The people of Staten
Island were justly indignant at the awful conditions
OF the bay and their Shores which were strewn
with ofYal and dead animals. While in his steamer
he had to make long detour to avoid the horrible
stencil. This mode of getting rid OF the oral was q
greater nuisance than allowing it to be rendered
at the dock.
The following letter from Commissioner Buns
was read at the meeting Of the Board
OFFICE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF PH0rs,l
NEW YoRK, July 81, 1873
eight ., NJ yesterday Sow IKE e. e
the buoy Upper Middle in the s% wa Channel a.
form our Board that we can prosecute these volaors
- ''' '""' GEORGE W. BLUNT, Secretary.
The Board have since made arrangements BY
which any offending in this manner will be ins
mediatey arrested
INTERVIEW WITH BLUNT.
reporter OF the HERALD called yesterday upon
Commissioner Blunt at the Pilot Commissioners
once, and had the following conversation WITH
him.
REPoRTER-Mr. Commissioner, I see you have
lott N commissioners
reference to the throwing into the bay number
of dead animals.
CoMMIssIoNER-Yes sir, have; and yesterday
was out in one OF our steamers and counted i've
dead horses in the Narrows. In fact, think Oh
writing an addition to the sailing directionN
showing that in The month OF July ana AueusI VIE
appearance OF dead horses will make very good
buoy.
REPoRTER-I suppose you are not quite certain
which is the offender, Swift or Clarke, the New
York or the Brooklyn contractorY Either one OF
those may have dumped those dead horses there,
COMMISSIONER is not much chance Of
making any disastrous mistake. They are all
form Of the other as have had abundant evidence.
There is nothing to choose between them r. IL lSS
these Haa animals aaIs in in the Narrows w ~
REPoRTER-Do you think that you will be able to-
Go CoxMlssloNnR-I have no doubt Of it. think
measures are already taken which will efectuaIy
stop this thing. The fact is, sir, this
With als kind of refuse has become so common q
thing that even those who are appointed by the
city to for Its interests seem not to reallza
the consequences OF the neglect of duty. ! have
the copy OF a letter here which ! nave sent tg
Mayor Havemeyer, that has not yet been published.
think the time has come when 1t may be pupS
lished, and hand 1t to you for publication.
The following is the letter referred to-
OFFICE OF THE BOARD COMMISSIONERS OF PILors,l
No. 10 BuRLIsG SLIP, NEW YORK. July 80. 1873 5 /
s seI have been informed tina. the Dock Commission,
who are now dredging some slips OF the city deposf
river and harbor as violation OF the rights OF
the people of county who do not wish TO pc
fensibe on the part of the Dock Commissioner,
as the Pilot Commissioners assigned them dumping
place they and where damage can accrue to the
harbor. Our harbor law does not apply TO the Dock
have the benefit write this citizen. 1t is in your
power to stop this action and hope you WI do So THIS
CoMMIssloNER-ThM letter is a very strong ina
stance of the utter indifference Of the Chief Magis-
trate Of this city to the interests OF the harbor:
But what can you expect from q man VINO would
nominate Charck and MatsenS
THE DOCK COMMISSIONERS GET 1T.
REPORTER-But don't you think the Dock Conn
mission when they see what q mistake they nave
made, viii remedy all this as far as they can3
COAMIssIONER-A more imbecfie Commission
than the Dock Commission 1t is scarcely possible
to conceive OF.
ConMIssIoNER-No; our main hope is in public
sentiment forcing these commissioners, and
especially the Mayor to do their duty.
the pilots and directed the reporter to cOntem-
plation Of avordupois OF two very stout pilOJs
who were ''co0ling on'' in shower OF perspratou
in an adjoining room. The reporter remarked that
they had evidently not suffered from the eluvia OF
stencil from the dead Offa in the NarrOWS.