New-York tribune., 1873-03-17
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
FOUR ACRES OF REFUSE.
A HEAITH INSPECTION OF WEST SIDE
NUISANCES.

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NUISANCES.
rh. npmerons nuisances upon the North
River front at the of Thirtyninth, Foreth and
Yor,y nrs,ss were inspected by Health Commissioners
a Smith, CeccaIini and vanderpeel, and City Sanitary
Inspeoor James Saturday, with view TO reporting
70 the Board OF Health The FIRST alleged nuisance ex
amined was manure factory at the foot of Thirty
nnth-st The manufactOry t Of very SIMPLE construo-
taon. consisting OF a plot Of ground about five
acres in extent, upon the south side OF
Thirty-uiuIltst.. and with the North River
a. western boundaryine. Scarcely 1--we blocks away
may be the vacant lots the long red walls
and massive roof OF the Manhattan Market The lots
have been used as manure mauuiactory for several
years past but in the Spring OF 1s2 the Board oi Health
persuaded by the inhabitants of that part of the
city TO forbid the Of the ground for that purpose
Yhe owners disobeyed the order continued storing
manure upon the lots policeman was then placed on
duty the lots with orders TO arrest any oaren he
saw dumping manure upon the lots Through the po
hcemens efforts the business was stopped and toroush
oat the Summer the lots wholesome.
In the latter part Autumn the owners OF the ground
again obtained permission from the Board OF Health TO
xut stable straw upon the lots under the plea that
would he immediately shipped away. Soon there was
zee in the river and the owners OF the ground aiDeu
that they could the straw owing TO the I'M
possibility Of getting barges TO the pier. After this the
sraw collected rapidly, ana the entire five acres
were covered with great piles of it. All through the
Winter the carts came to the spot, and straw was
dumped upon the already accumulated; but the
river was never sufficiently, in the opinion Of the
manure owners allow barges TO approach the piers
With the first warm days OF the present month gang of
Iaborers were put work upon the masses OF r0tng
straw to nanufacture it into Acting upon the
theory that the straw rotted to certain degree
would be pocr manure the aborers turned every
particle of IT, As the depths Of the straw have been
reached, very offensive gases have been released
81 into Nfa nxrnl nna NJ ha IN
habants OF the neghbOrhood causing great annoyance
Numerous complaints have been made 20 the Board OF
Health that body yet have not found any way OF
abating the nuisance. on Saturday large body OF Ia
bOrers at work upon the manure. every one OF
whom esteemed it point of faithfuness 10 TOSS the
the air, strike IL with the fork when II de-
scended and thus eectuay pound out every particle
Of offensive gas Beneath the glare OF the sun every
stroke of the abOrer forks was seen tobrng forth the
evil gases in white pufis.
Several slaugher-houses and fatrendering factories
visited but all found a very ceanly condi
tiOn il being Saturday afternoon and the workmen be-
out the establishments The next nuisance was dlscoV
cred upon bulkhead at the foot of Forneth-st Here
fat melting firm had stored over 100 barrels or the
entrails OF animals The barrels had remained evidently
upon the bukhead all Winter, inasmuch as they were
still incrusted with ice and The Od0r from the
mass decOmpOsing animal matter was almost unbear-
able. In shed near the 0ulkhead there was fOund
what might be termed a mound OF corIupu0n
consisting of several tons Of eDtralls which
had been empted from the barrels. III there should be
day shortly the odOr from this mass OF rOttng
persons residing the vicinity. The yards in which
thousands of sheep and pigs are kept before slaughter
also inspected and. although the yards were found
be clean evident that the collecting OF large
a number Of animals IN place within the limits OF
city must he harmful to the health OF all persons
residing near the slaughteryards.