The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-26

tractors II was also suggested tnat ihey should
provide screens at each dock through winch al
the stun should pass the exclusion OF all coarse
vegetable ana animal matter. This would be an
excellent safeguard AGAINST mixing tue refuse
with the ashes but Mr.. Ambrose would only un-
dertake 10 furnish these screens on condition mat
the contractors receive all the SUN that was
Commissioners OF Police have yet 10 decioe. Or.
strongly advises the adoption or this safeguard.
DIR. Days PROMPT ACTION,
1t VIII be rememse red that the HERALDs hrst
eTDoS6 was published on sunday. Already on
Monday DR.. Day the Sanitary superintendent,
went to the Harlem hats, rs reported In yeSter-
days paper, ana stopped all further dumping TO
the great surprise ana dlsmay OF tue contractors.
He had policemen with him ana wds ready 10 en-
the magnates OF the street Cleaning Bureau. VINO
pretended that the stun dumped tneie was not Of
fensve. III had neen woulu Dr. Day nave taken
such action Or. Day says inc stencn was very
bau,h and he Thought 1t arose from the handling
OF the putrescent garbage. However. he thought
the ming up OF the mats with the stun nad Deen
a necessity, as 1t would nave been impossible 10 Nil
them uD with fresh eartn. rne cost would be far
too great. There was no probability OF TINS marsh
ground ever being used Tor dwelling purposes.
PRESIDENT CHANDELIERS VIEWS.
President Chandler SAYS that III view or the
strict TO be used IN separating the garbage
from ashes, OF the dlslnlecton which VIII destroy
the smallest PARTICLES OF refuse of the pacing or
the DIRT below or near the water. level and above
the foul mud. and OF the covering OF the hlling
win three leet OF fresh earth the PROVISIONS mace
yesterday viii be quite sufficient TO guard the IN
reres1s OF the public health The lime ana oil
would be properly mixed aud scattered over each
scow load by an Inspector before 1t started The
expense would be about Sl,l00 month. lie
tnouaht the stun might nos be proper tlng ma
terlal Tor high ground, but 1t was certainly prefer
able To the low ground itself, where the mud or
the salt wafer marshes was In itself equally or
more nosome. Besides, there was no other ma
teral with winch 10 Iii these nats, for 10 would be
I'M ossl0le TO obtain the necessary quantity Of
fresh eartn.
1T Is DELETERI0US.
81 did not know that they were dumping garbage
as well as ashes, y DR.. Chandler SAID frankly. .'fhey
cain the stun Jney have dumped i not delete
nous, bat we say 1t Is, and wnen Dr. "a, MADE ms
report to-day he Immediately stopped the present
mode OF dumping. and insisted upon the process
dsintectlon and the other precautions we nave
devised. In Iact, Dr. Day stopped u YESTERDAY.
before even waiting 1urther instructions IL takes
q week Two 10 ind out these Things, but
when we do find them out we stop tuen. The
fact is, our inspectors are greatly overworSed by
tHe smallpox epidemic, ana many had 20 be
taken from their regular rounds 20 act as vaccl.
majors Our force IS entirely insufficient from the
great want oil iunds.o
DR.. Chandler sald the contractors could be fined
FOR grossly violating the law bus he did not thirst
Tor revenge ana was satisfied II the people were
only protected IN the future.