The New York herald., 1875-12-03
A MoNsTRoUs PROPOSITION.
THE HARLEM TLATs NUISANCE TO BE TRANS
FERRED TO RANDALL's ISLAND MEADOWS.

THE HARLEM FLATs NUISANCE TO BE TRANS
FERRED TO RANDALL's ISLAND MEADOWS.
In the meeting Of the Board OF Police yesterday
proposition was adopted which, II sanctioned by the
Common Council, would repeat with multiplied mis-
chiefs the horrors which for many months threatened
the neghborhood OF Harlem fats with pestilence IL
Is a plan TO make the sunken meadows al the lower
end oi Randais Island the receptacle OF all the citys
MIN, ona garbage and reekng nastiness TO tant the
ar with nauseous odors and poison the East River
Win putrescent ordure. Should this local.
ity be made, the resolution OF the
Police Board contemplatcs, the dumping ground
OF all the street sweepings night soil garbage and oa
from the city, Il is easy to imagine and frightfu to
reflect what may be its disastrous upon
the health and comfort Of citizens OF New York and Of
the adjacent parts Of Long Island the unfortunates
living in the penal and charitable institutions in the
neghborhood. Both humanity and the rights OF prop
erty viii prompt all persons not interested in
tho corrupt job to frown upon frghtful proposi-
ton The following is the proposal as embodied in the
proceedings OF the Police Board
Whereas by the provisions Of the statutes concern
ing street cleaning CHAP 677 Laws OF 1871 the Board
OF Police Is required to the streets of the city to
be thoroughly cleaned apd kept clean, and to remove
from said city daily all the materials gathered in the
process OF street cleaning except such parts thereof as
in Judgment Of the Board OF Health may be suitable
TO lll low and sunken lots; and whereas there is no
point adjacent TO the city OF New York and outside
thereof either land water, where the materials
in question be placed without trespassing upon the
independent jurisdiction of the State of New Jersey
Staten Island Long Island Weschester county the
State OF Connecticut. To conform TO the mandate
Of the law requiring the material 10 be removed daily
out OF the city the Board OF Police have been COM
PEELED during the summer TO waste the material In the
open outside OF Coney Island at great expense to
the treasury of the city, during the winter season
when storms and ice will render the towing Of scows
out to impossible; and whereas lying near to and
southeast Of Randall's Island is extensive
called ''Sunken Meadows,n which is valueless.
The Board OF Police isnormed that this could be
reclaimed utilized by depostng thereon the street
cleaning materials If raised above high tide II would
add 10 the freehold estate of the city Of valua
BILE land equal about onehalf the present extent of
Randals Island. With the approval Of the Board Of
Health this arrangement would afford to the Board of
Police facilities for the lawful disposition of street
cleaning materials during the winter, without which
the business OF street cleaning can be done only at
great cost and risk
Resolved, That the Honorable the Mayor, Aldermen
and Commonalty of the city OF New York be and are
hereby respectfully requested TO take such action is
appropriate and effective enable tho Board OF Police,
with the approval Of the Board Of Health to bring into
for the purpose above mentioned, and to reclaim
and fill up the of land under water adjacent TO
Randas Island, known as Sunken Meadows.
The preamble and resolution adopted and
transmitted to the Board of Aldermen.