The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-26
THE ALGONQUIN 1MBRoGLIo.

to the L0nc 6pot-1nterosting Interview
with tho superintendent OF tho Algon.
quin-Thc Cry for Blood-The Declsra.
ration That No stencil Emanates
from the Vessel.
This morning Inspector Gridley, OF the Health
Department, will leave this city to make arrange
ments at Barren Island for moorfng place for the
nulk Algonquin, the property Of the New York
Fertilizing Company, and which 1t was rumored
the Health Department intended to burn or sink.
meeting will also be held this noon, at the of1ce
OF Mr.. Chase, the manager OF th&company. at 245
Broadway, when 1t il probable that no objection
will be offered to the removal OF the vessel as, 1t s
considered useless for a private corporation
to fight the Board OF Health, whose word Is law.
The company maintain that they are losing
some $500 day through the unjust attitude Of the
Board Of Health. They also assert that they hold
letters from the Massachusetts State Board Of
Health and from Somerville, Brighton, Charles
town and Cambridge Sanitary commissions, Mas
sachusetts. stating that similar apparatus to
that employed on the Algonquin had been found
admirably suitable for sanitary measures. The
company also maintain that as their vessel Is all
sci while the machinery IL at work. A HERALD
reporter had an interview with the superintendent
of the Algonquin, who spoke as f0llows:--
la STATEMENT OF CAPTAIN TUTTLR. 6. 1lll
I I'LL the position OF Superintendent OF the hulk
Algonquin belonging, , to the New Yo5s Fsrt n
$50 feet from the Jersey shore, or Weehawken.
can bring numerous witnesses, including large
the Algonquin. while preparing fertilizers, did
not cause any Ofenstve stencil IN the neighborhood
While moSreq e. ESr Ses street and the HUDSON
nuisance, and, as Judge Pratt lately expressed
1t, If the City Hall were pronounced injurious to the
public health, its fate would be sealed SO that all
the company can do IS to submit, and say amen.
lsee 1t reported IN the papers that this vessel
surd, for there is no otIIcer on board, and ali my
men who we're arrested last Saturday by the police
boat Senaca, are now out on bail and back on the
What absurd nonsense that is Also that the Board
%h5 m9 asss VIII her
represents value Of some seventy-dye Thousand
sns
> DIR. CHANpLER's VISIT TO THE VESSEL.
last Tuesday DR.. Chandler came tosee the work
ns ns n an y psss Ct q ss s
chinery broke just as DR.. Chandler came to see the
.ss e s dss S asn es ss
how the accident hsppened. s.; Chandler Is :
SoSa I'D waste % en Sc Utilized on the
fashion s AS soon as received from the slaughter
house it is conveyed into air tight cylinders sur.
rounded with steam jacket, into which steam at
pressure. Within the cylinder there Is hollow
axis with several hollow arms, into which the
steam ID also forced. The axis Is rotated, and
carries the heated arms through the mass within
the cylinder, and IN a few hours It becomes dry,
fine powder, which is practically indestructible
while kept dry. The gases and vapor drawn forth
forced into the furnaces and consumed. 1t Is an
undoubted TACT that the necessary annual waste
OF large city cannot be got rid OF in any other
manner than BY working It up into substances OF
value for agriculture or otherwise. AS q fertilizer,
there Is no more valuable substance than animal
matter.
NEW YoRKs EIGHT THOUSAND DEAD HORSES.
Evsy year IF te %a IN s cy
ment can be made of their carcases than
turning them into manurel 1t Is far better than
dumping them into the bay, you will admit aud
poisoning the waters with disgusting objects Of
The Algonquin has contracts with the leading
slaughterng firms in this city TO buy the blood OF
the animals they kill. When l tell you that in
winter 10O,0 900 hogs week are slaughtered
approximately, you can see that oceans OF blood
are poured in the East and North rivers, which
otherwise would come to our vessel. The company
has paid for much OF this blood which now runs
into the North river and pOllutes it, The HERALD
takes q leading part in abOlishing nuisances, and
should look into this matter. Whether our vessel
be without fault or not this fouling Of the Hudson
should be Investigated.
THE NEW YORK RENDERING COMPANY BOAT.
The boat of the New York Rendering Company
still remains at the pier Of Mr.. Frank Swift ct Fifty
eighth street and North river, and 1t Is reported
that the company will refuse to remove IL, alleging
that they are still owners Of that pier. HERALD
lawyer, at Isl Broadway, who is O. member OF the
Rendering Company to learn what steps have
been resolved upon, but as he was absent In the
country no Information could be obtained.