The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-15
THE HARLEM FLATS.

prsNFEcTIoS WITH DEAD OIL A FAILURE
WHAT THE rEaPIE THINK or THE PROJECT.
D.sbeckers men have at last been TO Harlem
nats, with al Oh barge, loaded to It's utmost
capacity win 'de 4 9il.p
Dead OIL IS the ultimate refuse Or petroleum. and
may be regarded Is very faint imitation Of coal
tar. Those VINO nave seen country matrons orna-
mentlug their Kitchen ceilings with inc smoke OF
q candle can form pretty accurate IDEA or the
manner IN winch Nr. Dlsbecker set about % DIS
infect the Harlem G4ts.
DIsBECkGR A. A Ho0DwINKFR
HERALD reporter visited the mats yesterday,
but, strange 10 say, he couldn't 1nl Dfsbecker
anywhere, and, moreover he failed 70 discover
any trace whatever OF DisDecker's carts. he
heard OF them the night before, but coula not ana
any OF them yesterday morning Whle passing
over the mats ia MS light buggy the wheels were
almost buried TO the axes, and the repor er abaa
doned the vehicle only when ne stood in lmminent
danger from ssphyxia.
The writer remembering the TACT thar little
boy had died wnile carrying water to the men
making with rotten garbage the "landn over
which he was then travelling ordered ne driver
10 proceed At once 20 Second avenue, an order
which the man ooeyed with apparent pleasure.
great many people IN Harlem who, on sunday,
saw the dead OH being sprinEled over The pest
spots, clapped their hands for very JOY. Tor they
believed that Dis0scker sincere; that he
meant TO repair the EVIL he had done Dy entirely
dlslnfecting the mats with dead on.m they were
Wiling TO overlook al nis onehces II he only sub
dued the smells.
SO It was thar cargo OF dead OIL came over
from Hunters Point, which, sprtnkled mere and
there across the m'asmatIc districts, suodued for
a night the stencnes.
WHAT THE HARLEM PEOPLE THISg.
The reporter had several interviews with the In
habiJants. Recapiiulatlng IN single paragraph
AL that was said, the following is true renex OF
the popular opinon:-
..Disbecker has fooled us; tried 10 convince tnc
people OF Harlem that 1t was mis- intention 10 dis
infect the hats, when really he didn't mean to DO
anything or the knd. lie splashed his coal tar
mere ana there in great bosches, but the stench
to-day is ~ obnoxious as IL was yesterday. and all
the dead oil in Hunters Poet wouldn't briag
about what we waat. We desire dive feet OF fresh
INDIGNATION MEETING IMMINENT.
In conversation with leading business man
that circulars were now in Dress Ia wnica the
garbage nng IN outrages were luuy set
made to every male resident or Harlem TO
assemble Ia mass meeting and Indignantly pro-
test against toe prevailing lie destroying nui.
ssnces. lie went on 10 state That tue names Of
many OF the wealthlest and most Influential resi-.
and tnat unless Dssbecker az once took vigorous
measures 10 suDdue the smells unanimous com
paint ouid pc made against MIN before Mayor
WlcKham.
INTERVIEW WITH FATHER FLATTERy.
'sThe dead oil has done no good,n said Father
Fattery, whose house stards In the neart OF the
Harlem 1ats. Even as ne spoke the disgusting
doors foated in ut the open window gitn such
overpow erin2 strength that the priest was Obliged
10 pull the window down in order tnat the dis
gushing smells might be smut out. Many o.
tho best weathiest and most worthy
OF the residents OF my partsh,n nc
continued, 'reiuse TO come TO nv churcn on sun
day, because they cannot endure the stencil when
my chapel windows are open. nor the neat OF the
room when they are closed. have myself just
recovered RON an attack Of miasmatc ever con
tracted because OF DisoscSer's dumps. Just looE
over toward the river. You see black SPOT OF
coal tar here ana there, and only nere and
1nere. That Is wnat Mr.. Dsbecker calls
TO humbug the people, but dou't think he viii
succeed. nave every reason to believe that the
people Of Harlem will assemble IN mass meeting
ana protest against tue outrage. All the way
from l07th street 10 the gas works right
over there tue stencil Is horrible. II
need not be 50. Enough resn earth
neighoornood TO completely cover over the mias.
Uatc districts, and render surroundings
4 healthy and 1nhabltsbe. See, Just across the
street there, they are digging away hili; out the
fresh, rich earth never nnds It's way 10 the mats
| the time has come when the Harlem people mus
either resist or else suffer from disease ana death
during the en- tire SUMMER
Dr. BUYERS OPINION.
DR.. buyer Is one OF the best Known aud most
popular physicians IN Harlem. he ssia;-"rne
coal tar, dead OIL or whatever Its name may be,
has done no good. It IS only sprnkied here and
there, and the smells to-day are ABOUT the same
usual. We want earth, earth, earth; good.
believe that the citlzens OF TINS place wi speedily
bring upon the Officers OF the municipal govern.
ment OF New York such powerful weight that
they viii be compelled 10 give what we must
have.n
"A CROTON WATER PANIC.