The New York herald., 1875-07-01
DIsBECKERs DIRT.

AN INFAMOUS OUTRAGE BY THE COMMISSION
ERs OF cHARrrMs-BUMDNG AN ISLAND OF
sTRKINo GARBAGE ON WHICH TO ERECT
PAvILIoNs FOR EpILEPTIc PATIENTS.
Through the Efforts OF the HERALD ana the pup.
DO clamor the dumping OF Disbccker's dirt and
garbage on the Harlem hats was recently stopped
and the Board OF Health compelled to order the
lots deeply covered over with fresh eartn. since
the dumping on Harlem nals has ceased Disoecker
ana the contractors have been put totnelr Wits
end TO nnda
RESTING PLACE FOR THE RBEKIHa FILTH,
and fer many days the scows nave been lying at
the dumps rcd with the accumulatisns from the
tenement houses, the markets. Kitchens, ash bar
rels and cutters. About the time that the HERALD
led on in exposure Of the outrageous treatment or
the Harlem mats It ventilated the work OF the
Commissioners OF Charities ana Correction IN nl-
ing in the low marshy ground at the east side OF
the upper end OF Blackwell's Island with the same
Kind Of material & tnat mad been used o6 upon Inc me
Charity Commissioners to discontinue The work
for time; out IL seems tnat they have resumed
operations. When nobody eiSe would
ssn1 RECEIVE DIsBECEER's DEAD CATS,
rotten vegetables. decayed fruit, putrld clans,
bloody rags, ashes and other NTH with which his
Bcows were laden. Messrs. BaIley, Bre1nan and
Cox were found very accomn odating. and Tor sew.
eral days Dlsbecker's scows nave been cmptIed OF
as vile q mass OF reeking NTH as ever was col
lected in this city upon the upper end Of Black.
this stun were emptied there. The Com nissioue rs
call Is pure ashes; but IL is garbage. with ABOUT
ten or fifteen per cent OF asDes.
A reporter OF tho HERALD was yesterday on the
Bcows and saw ;hree OF tnem being emptied py
stencil Was IntolerabIe, and as the prisoners
loaded their wneebarrows tney bitterly carsed
the Commissi sioners ior compelling them o hanuie
the filthy mass One prisoner reported that
TWO MEN HAD lI1READy DIED
from Jhe enects OF disease taken III tne nanoilng
Of the poisonous stun ana tnat numper o are SIGN.
These three scows were towed TO the oreaKwater
wall yesterday morning, ara when the reporter
examined the ground there renamed but lew
square yards TO be Ill ell IL 10 complete the work.
and II was expected that the contents OF the
scows then tied to the ali would be sufficient
An examination OF the 1lleu IN portion shows that
about one acre and isaii mas been covered with
this garbage to depth OF rom Inree 10 ten leet
The siencn was most often sive. And what think
Tou, reader, do the Commissioners want is new
land Tor RI Simply 10 erect wooden payions
upon G for the accommodation or epleptic
patients over smal portion OF this mass OF
DIsbecker's garbage .here has peen scattered
from Two to four Inches or fresh eartn, and upon
this they erecting D0spltals for the sick that
must become charnei noz,ses 10 XIII The inmates
With nothing but lew fuches Of fresh dirt and
INN board moor 10 separate them from the several
d pesillence does not break cut IN the hospitals
that Will sweep the warus IKE SIMEON.
There ce,talniy Is no EXCUSE for tins alling IN.
Acre upon acre OIL the lsland IL devoted to flower
gardens ana the ralslI OF vegetables that should
tentlary and Warden FoX's
PALATIAL REsIlNGNCE AND GROUNDS
yauon OF vegetables There the hospitals might
be erected, and II the officers must have their
wer and vegetable g-lrc ems, the garbage beds
they have made upon which to locate the unlor-
tunale sick should be used Tor that purpose. Be-
fore this reaches the eye of the reader
THIS LATEST ENFAMY
will have been completed. Yet 1t Is not too late
TO teach the commissioners on Charities that tney
trine with the lives oil the sick lntrused TO
their care. The Grand Jury and the Heath au-
tbOrltles should at once visit the island and take
such action as Will prevent a pestience. Messrs.
Cox, Bailey and Brennan snDuid be compelled 10
remove the 15O scow loads that have been dumped
there, or cover 1t over by two or three feet OF
eartn.
Citzens living on the Long Island shore bitterly
complain Of the terrible srnf that slckens them,
aud passengers on the East River boats are forced
10 close the saloon windows when passing THIS
past spot.
RESIDENTS ASTORIA
assured the HERALD reporter tnat the smell Is go
vile tnat they are frequently compelled to cross
the river 10 New York; lor' nours until it
subsidies.
visit was also paid Jestsrday to the Harlem
fats but 1t was Just after heavy ram the
smell was not as marked as 1t has been hereto
fore. Tic people complain tnlt every not day the
odor is In toerabe, anu 1t is likely To continue so
until the Board OF Health cover 1t over with
thick layer OF earth.