The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-25

dump on the Harlem mats Is corroded IN them,
less.n
Have YOU received any permission rom the
Eyes we naye.n mr.. Disbecker said, talking, as
Ss1a IN his rapid Lively fashion Sn;or During inc
they made no objection to It. They have never
revoked The permission they then granted. Well
they have been round In the same building IN
which We are. II they have not discovered any
thing wrong in this matter We can'to De blamed
Are You sure Commissioner, that the percent.
age OF animal and vegetable matter is quite as In
nnltesimal as you have statedW
WHAT TIE BUREAU CAN'T DO.
!, certainly" was the positive reply. .'The con-
them. or course we cannot employ people at
every dock TO draw out every potato peel and
Allow me % suggest the advisaOility o. personal
inspection OF the mats; go yourself and see
whether IL 10 garbage or ashes"
Thank you, COMMISSIONER
what better proof, could we give OF the truth OF
this than that this very same hlhng-tne very same,
has been dumped ct the foot or Christopher street
for the Department OF Docks, at BlacKweps
Island for the department OF Charities and Cor
recton and at the foot OF Twenty second street,
East River ana no poisonous miasma, no horrible
stenches nave arisen The stun does not smell;
it's the swamp mud which smells. Why, Just go
right upon the scows, you can't smell the stun.
Where these miasmatic marshes are you will find
it. beyond that stale smell, which ia for all the
world ike that OF fresh earth.
"But you admit that It is the nlling process
which forces the POISONOUS subsoil OF the marsh
no TO the surface and thus generates disease and
pestilential mlasmaT
WAITING THE HEALTH BoARp,s ORDERS
yes DO; but you must remember that any
filing would do the same. and the Hats must be
Allied some time. The stencil would be just as bad
II you ned them with clean gravel so that the
simple question Is whether these hats mad better
be nlled, or whether we had better take the stun
out 10 sea. OF course we shall do whatever the
Board OF Health deems best; let the order forbid
dag ANY oT1er aanpns there only 60 forth and
And with this the lively young Commissioner
rushed out, saying to Inspector Thorne -" You
hnishp' The writer then inquired as to the extra
cost OF conveying the refuse out TO sea- and In
spector Thorne replied $500 day teight scow
loads $50 each). Orders had also been given,
he SAID, that each family and Motel put
their refuse into separate receptaces one Tor
ashes and the other for organic matter lie ad-
mltted at the same time that this order would not
be carried out until saturday next, SO that IN the
bureau cannot pick out wiil continue to adorn inc
dunghills on the harlem Oats. While the sanitary
for two months the street cleaning magnates de-
clare that the permission once given was never re-
yoked-which would indicate mat the latter went
tacit consent or the Health Board. Had the latter
protested against the abuse there IS no doubt
| tnat our docile Police Commissioner DisbecEer
| would have obeycd It's behest.
/ TAKING THE GARBAGE ON BOARD.
HERALD reporter paid visit yesterday afser-
noon to TWO OF the dumping places on the
East River. ana Judging rom the quality OF
Of the illlng OF Harlem hats Is unde restlmated.
i Viewed even from distance the reeking ac-
cgmalasions o. the great clty's nth produced
prochea noxious efiluvla afflicted the nostriis.
The first place visited was that at the foot or
Riylngton street, where three large scows lay In
the river tied 10 the dock. Two were filed to
overlooking, the third was almost nall died. on
an average cart was emptied OF It's contents In to
the same every ten minutes.
Crowds OF ragged, filthy children and women,
whose sense OF smell had long since been blunted
by reason OF their habitual Intercourse with dirt
IN It's various forms eloated over eacn new addi-
] II
sonal hope OF finding something marketable In
tue shape .S ol d iron glass bottles or rags 9,
the filed scows lay quantity OF rotten apples that
sent up sucn terrible stencil that even the hard
! IL took care 20 do so when the wipd was blowing
In an opposite direction. number OF dead dogs
an an advanced s state Of putreiaction: Dscayed
vegetables OF every sort and description could be
broken glasses. Battered hats bundles OF straw
and RUBBISH OF hundred different kinds made up
In conyersing with several Of the employees on
1 the dock the reporter learned that scow loads OF
this garbage were frequently carried away to MI
In the Harlem mats, the balance going to Black
l. For time last summer 50 intolerabls did the
/ against humanity in making land In populated
districts with such stun that even the apathetio
Health Board and street Cleaning Bureau were
aroused TO . sense OF their duty and the garbage
was separated from the ashes and street sweep
! ings and carried TO sea, as provided for by law
but, unfortunately for the community, their action
/ was OF short duration.
The reporter next visited the dun ping place at
i the foot OF East Filth street. When he had APP
preached within block OF the scows an unwel-
4 come breeze gave unmistakaDle notice OF their
contents. The garbage and dltn here were n any
! thing more loatnsome than ct the previous place.
4 Everything conceivable in the shape OF rubbish
could here be seen. The street sweepings as rule
are comparatively clean, but everything, wne tner
II was the ordinary inonensive dust ashes or
the foul swirl OF decaylng animal ana vegetable
matter, was dumped into the same scow to be
\ hurried when filled to McQuaidis graveyard. there
TO do It's share IN poisoning the unfortunate VIC
4 TINS who reside In the vicinity.