The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-14
KILLING THE sTENcH-pEAD OIL SCATTERED
on HARLEM FIATs-THE HEALTH AUTHoRI-

KILLING THE sTENcH-pEAD OIL SCATTERED
on HARLEM FIATs-THE HEALTH AUTHoRI-
TIES AT WORK AT LAST.
DisbecKer is 'dlshed.n The writer IN explain
ing the position Of our worthy Police Commas
sloner, is aware that ne anomalous
figure Of speech, but stll, among the fertile
farming lands OF Pennsylvania, the word he en-
ploys has quaint ana curious
significance. "Disnedu Is a term applied 20 a man
who, contending against his Fellow beings in a
far and equal combat, hnally drops the Grader
and retires from the struggle utterly dsheartened
and broken down. This IS It with the worthy,
oaoriierous and might bloomug'i Disbecker. Az
first he denied the existence OF any odors at all;
next ne said only i've per cent Of the garbage
dumped was unwholesome TO the public health !;
subsequently he brought out sort OF a pamphlet
corroborauye Of bis own views, signed, by the
way by minions, unfortunately under his thumb.
But owing to the startling exposures made re-
Gently In the HERALD, the polite, dumplsh and
oderlferous DisbecEer iIaugurated reform, the
particulars OF which viii be found in the sequel.
The writer met last evening one OF the sergeants
OF police duty IN the injected district or u IS
TO be hoped In the dislnfected district, and the
following conversation ensued -
REPoRTER-sergeant, do you know OF any meas
ures having been taken toward dislnecttng The
Harlem hats :
sERGEAEr-Do know Of anything Wen, its
my night on ana II you'd heard tue men come in
the station house you'd think there was some
thing OF the KIND gong on.
REPoETER-Wer, sergeant, what DO yo1 know
aboutit2
sERGEANT-An | know about IL Is that last night
q tugDoat steamed up TO the wharf AZ the loot Of
Nlnety-seventh street and deposited 1874 barrels or
dead oil, and understood that there was more 70
come telegraphed that fact down wn, that is
to Police Headquarters, but have heard nothing or
II since then. believe, however, that the material
came from the petroleum factories at Hunters
Point. You HERALD people are doing good work.
and II you only keep II up have no doubt that
the result viii be beneficial 10 the residents OF
TINS district.n
A conductor on the Third avenue llue OF cars,
who had 4een on duty All day was found At leisure
on an ION tnp,n aud gave 70 the reporter the
following interesting Information :-"I made my
mrs. TIP Ron ine depot twe we MINUTES re RSSs
the hats WAS perfectly horrible, bur on my return
trip from down town poticed avery peTeeptoie
what IL meant until one " the lads on
the back OF the car SAID, LOOK a-herel
Wops tnat sprinkiIng BUSINESS meanr ana then
/ looked over 10 the place where the smells come
nom and / saw = cart, just IKE what they use IN
sprinkling the streets, only II didn't nave any
or hose running out from benind the cart aud IL
locked az though they were playing water on
dead n dsrr Then 'a mr. aS WAS snot me-,
dozen men were dippin' coal oil out In buckets
aud 'cnuckin it around loose.' III you ever travel
over the road mucn you can tell the difference In
the smell YOURSELF
The reporter also learned t5at the Police Sur
reOn OF the injected district had been uavcrslng
II All DAY AID that Inc ofiicias II Inc Board or
Heal q mad been personally supervising the dstTI-
button o. tae dead OIL" over the data