The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-06
A THREATENED NUISANCE.

LIVES AND PROPERTY TO BR JEoPARDED BY PER
MISSION OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
The health or the citizens OF our metropolis
being eonnded 10 .Bo4rd.n II would seem 10 be
o piece OF arrant folly TO doubt their wise and
vigllsnt care OF tue same. Who could believe that
q vast establishment. whose operation Will as.
suredly spread deadly. offensive and pesjilentia
odors over one OF the most beautiful quarters or
city, would dare TO nope that same Board or
Health would give TO lt encouragement and sane
tion WHAT are tue iactsf First. that early the
month OF June, last year, our Board OF Health took
up the consideration OF an ordip ancs concerning
the Strengthening aud driving Of cattle sheep hogs
and calves WITHIN the limits OF the city, whose
chief provision forbade tins work to be carried on
south Of 1l0tn street aer the LIST day u July, 1870
two mammoth abattoirs where nor ony
the Strengthening OF animals was 20 be
PeInItteu' ouL Ine entlre disposal q tne
establishments for kut-cieanlDg. lar-Boilng, glue
manu- acturing, the burning ana grinding Of bones
earnest protests iatd DelOIe IN m tnev passed THIS
'nealihn ordnance In The mO1ta OF November.
During the summer ~ was observed that largo
tract OF laud living at the DOT of Fifty eighth to
SixtY-third street and Norfn RIVER, was being
cleared and prepared Tor some gigantic work. ln-
CURES were made. We were informed that
Mr. Vanderbilt was about TO establish immense
cattle pens aad gram elevators. no,ulng more.
our most useful and eflclent punlic INST tuuons
the Roosevelt Hospital, situated II Fuy.ninth
sell Mr.. Delfed, presented a strong remon-
STRANGE to the Board OF II attn, telling the same
pointed At this pace. But the Board OF
HEALTH OF course, knew notn ne o1icialy
OF any abattofr In mat neighOOrnood. Yet
the preparations vent on, az great expense,
and nnaliy the secret Is out, and the Board OF
Health DO officially know mat they are prayed to
grant permit TO TINS monster nulsan e. which,
once "a ful plaat. viii ravage aud Destroy sec
tIOn % the city whose boundaries may Ne safe,y
gwen as extending rom the Nora River and
Fortyd tn street cas- 10 Manson avenue, n0rtn TO
Elgntleta street, across the Central PARK 70 the
we esteem our property, Mr. Editor, at fts ful
value, as the heavy taxes and assessments We
have been cheer1ully paving these several years
TO our Meath. although IL Is fortunately under
The care OF trusty physician, ana not c0ardea 10
"Board.n The licensing OF this pesth0use Will
certainly lessen our esteem Of the nrst and, I'M
fortunately Tor our pockets, toe esteem others
49,. alu wni.c VIZ DOaIu ~ healn cnteI y ~
the Application tor thus great nuisance. we Ieel as
II they neld over our neads threat VI our financial
RUN. Let taxpayers property owners anu rest
The Board OF Health DOCS not propose to gtve
them an order upon Mr. Green for reInbui sement
OF loss TO Their property. As or our health, re-
cent statement made by a number vi the most
eminent physicians Of our CITY and offered to the
BOard as protest last Tuesday inrorIns us tnat IL
4 placed IN great Jeopardy Ii we should 1--we within
reach Oh the ou, pestllenttaf odOrs OF the aba tOIr
and suck into our lungs tue lmpapable bone dust
Win Nhlch the air Will be uile1 i0r nat mile
al oUnd.
Where are she protestsi The Roosevelt Hos
pltal mas been protesting FOR year past. Ihat
institution Will oe utterly ruined. The Paulist
Fathers, whose cnurcn and cOnventIs situated Just
opposite the hospital, caied a pubic meeting OF
tneir congregation aud sent N protest silned Dy
GOO VI us members. They are Just now beginning
the erection o. magninceat cnurch, VITA adlOin-
ing convent anu sch0 IL, destined 10 be
one o. tue great public monuments %
the METROPOLIS the allure Of wsicn pIoiecs
Will be certain to i0ilUw the erection Of the
colossal slaughter houses ana iat-buling palaces.
mass meeting OF property holders ana resi-
dents l. called ior next Friday evening az Central
PARK Garuen, seventh avenue ana Fifty nlutn
street. But Is u mol pltlaDic, MIR. Editur, thar
great masses Of citizens should nc compelled 70
defend their property and their lives against the
tnrelfened enactments OF the public guardians OF
the public healtn2 Yet plty It's 'tls true.
ONE OF THE THREATENED.