The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-27

the hlth remains exposed 10 ne sun and ram,
ierments ana gives lorth the viest smells AS the
man seen by the reporter seemed In a laxative
mood, he was asked =
"Oh, no; the cart drivers usually find them and
turn the over TO the police"
'fHow about dead cats and dogs ~
..Yes, tney send small dead animals often.
try 20 stop thar. We get the NUMBER OF the cart
mat dumps it aud 60 tor the driver pretty
quick
any chance 10 make anything ~
"A leete, you BET. The trimmer made last week
over 50. Then the inspectors. II they likes can
easily 90 cahoor with tne captain OF vessel and
make pretty good rake on the manure. don't
mean 20 say us 50 at TINS dump, We're all honest
heren lie continued, WIN grimace,n and bur-
long 10 the church. 50 Il wouldn't De exactly the
square tang, You Know"
The material dumped at West Thir.y-seventh
ana Forty-seventh streets Is not OFFS Objectionable
side seem TO take more care In separating the
garbage from the a.aes, while many burn the
market and the restaurants ana beer saloons con.
tribute good deal OF offensive matter. he dumps
at the foot OF Tnirty-eighth, Foruetn aud Forty
east side tenemeDts contribute every kind OF cor
rupton to the general neap which rots in the sun
and stencneS the netgnborhood.
TIE FRAGRANT MOUNT MATsEII.n
One oil the West points discovered by the re-
porter Is the dump board at the loot OF East
Twen second street, and mountain OF decay
ing filth tnat 1Ils Twenty-second street from ave-
nue. TO the river, when the BOYS have acetiousIy
christened mount Matselln in honor OF the
ancient policeman who presides over the Police
Department. THIS mountain Is about thirty feet
tnlck at the base, is pyramldal in form. The sum-
NIT rising up rom ten TO nfeen feet above tne
street grade, aud IN length IL is probably nifty
yaras. Careful estimates Justify the belief that
this monument OF fifth erected by Messrs. Dis
becker and Matsell IN commemoration OF
posed OF between 5000 ana 5000 loads.
II Is the product Of two months
been there since last winter. When placed there
1t was mass OF putrid NTH, made up OF nideous
smelling particles, including garbage rotten aud
stnklng meat, hsn and vegetables. Exposed TO
the weather IL has become hardened and dry;
but after heavy rain u gives out fearful
stencil No bet er point could have been selected
to commemorate Mr.. Matsell's services. Close by
1t is the Iwenty-thlrd street Jerry, where
claim mat the mountain was constructed be-
cause scows could not be got to remove the ac-
cumulatlon OF tenement house debris. 0cca-
slonay portion OF II is carried away 10 the scows
and then taken TO t1e upper end OF Black
Ties and Correction is forming new ground
by filling in. An examination or this nest OF dis
ease and death oy grand jury who have the
dependence to DO their DUTY might result In the
indictment OF the designers aud arcnitects OF
Mount Matsen ana teacn the Police Cleaning
Bur eau a wholesome lesson. On the dump at the
river end col THIS pile the reporter found three
scows nled and fourth one empty. Mr.. J. Y.
Seaman, the Inspector, reports abont 249 loads
dumped per day. but he was ignorant OF the desti-
nation Of the stuI. From other sources 1t was
leeted on the East River nas oeen sent TO Black
wells Island or the Harlem nats. one OF these
found 10 contain all manner OF decayed
and offensive matter oil the consistency OF build
ers mortar. VI itn the ala OF an umbrella point
he brought 70 light fsn heads enrralls OF dead
animals, rotten cabbage, a dead cat tor rather
the mind quarter OF cau rotten OYSTERS CLAIMS,
apples, oranges, CASTOR oandages, such are
used in the hospitals, and other equally disgust
ing matter. TINS IS the stun that Mr.. DsbecKer
aud his corps oil street cleaners claim makes them
lat, and which Messrs. Baliey, Brennan and Cox
conceive 70 be just the material for foundation
upon wnicl TO construct hospitals and prisons.
Located at lne'foot Of East Seventeenth street
is another OF these disease breeding dumps, OF
mJer trimmer. Brady Was absent, out from the
trimmer II was ascsrtllned that from $50 to
l6J loads are received DAILY from portions
OF the Eleventh and seventeenth wards. Tney
I'LL about Que scow per day. No attempt Is rsade
dumped together upon scows, which are towed
or DY the tugs Z. ). Grant aud W. W. Parks 10
load o ashes 10 is dumped with the manure and
taken 10 Blackwell's Island. These scOws con-
found at the other dumps. The people residing In
the neighoornood report that in not weather
there Is an intolerable stencil pervading the air
that can DE sIneit blocks away.
STANTON STREET DUMPING BOARD.
At this point Mr.. A. w. Young is the inspector
ana rom MIN u was ascertalned That they receive
tue contents OF about 100 carts per day. and con-
sequently ~ requires tEo days 10 I'LL scow OF 200
loads apaclty. Tney receive from the Thirteenth
ward and portions OF the Tenth. Two scows are
proyded-one ior ashes and the other for rubbish
or garbage. Here Tue reporter had additional
evidence OF the utter disregard OF all sanitary
precautions in the handling OF me garbage. 10
found AM klnds OF decayed matter thrown into the
scows, with attempt at dlsInieclion. Under the
dump the smell was very bad, while alongside OF
It was load OF garbage. mixed with rotten ish
aud Otaer ioul-smeliing matter.
OTHER VILE NESTS OF DISEASE.
The dump Al the foot 81 Jackson street is under
The receipt daily OF about $50 loads from the sec
ond, Fourth, sixth, seventh, Tenth aud Eleventh
wards, wholly or In part That a. the foot OF Mar
keL street is under the superintendence OF James
Irving, Jr., son OF eX-Alderman Irving, or the
Eighteenth waid. He reports between AIS and
500 loads dumped per day, principally from tue
Fourth. second and seventh wards, and little
from the Tenth ward. At both OF these dumps the
garbage aud ashes are thrown into the scows
without any sanitary precautions being taken,
and there tue putrld mass remains exposed TO tue
sun, to give out It's deatnly doors tnat are waited
by an offshore breeze into the cabins OF the Jerry
boats and the numerous craft that ply on the East
River.
CONCLUSIONS.
After . careful ana critical inspection OF all the
dumps the two rivers the reporter was satisfied
that as at present managed the bureau OF street
Cleaning are spreading the seeds OF disease
throughout the city, which may eventuate IN
breeding pestllence this summer. Fully seven
Jersey, Blackwellis island and the Harlem hats
Tor nung up low GROUND Is decayed animal aud
yeget table matter. Up 10 two O'Clock yesterday
afternoon the work IL dlsinfectIng mad not been
entered upon. ORDERS however, have Deen issued
to 81 CD dumping on tue HARLEM hats, aud yester-
day no loaded scows, AS FAR as could be ascer-
tanned. were removed from the piers.
Ihe disiniectIon OF the rubbish at the piers viii
smell Ia the netgnOorno of the dumps, but n re-
moved aud deposited on sunken lots the noxiOus
vapors will continue TO endanger health for years
to come. SanItarlans, whlle DIVIDED as to the
dangers likely 70 result from nlllng lots with
terlal Of tbs kind agree that all animal and
vegetable matter should be destroyed by burning.
There reason why she sanitary laws com.
pellng the housekeepers TO separate ashes from
garbage should not be enforced The former
could be removed and sold TO farmers without
any nuisance resulting. The garbage could be
carted TO central points, where, at q moderate
COST furnaces could De erected burn IL, and
thus render Il harmless.
HARLEM PKEFERRBD GARBAGE.
Mr.. DisDecker aud his colleagues maintain that
tney not sell stun Tor 1ling In the Harlem nats
which contains garbage or other matter likely
poison the atmosphere and endauger tue health OF
that portion oil the city. Mr. DisDecker and ais
colleagues stana convicted out OF the mouth OF
their own off1cial subordinate, Mr.. OBrien, VINO.
presumably, nas much, II mos everything, to DO
with the Recommendation Of con tracts 70 the
Board. the receiving anu entertaining Of propo-
sails arranging terms sc. But let Mir. o. BrIen
speak for himself. representative OF the HERALD,
arrayed IN white wastcOat, blue rockcoat,