The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-28
DIsBECKER's DISEASED DISTRICT.

| ANOTHER cRYISa NUISANCE IN THE REGION or
THE HARLEM FLATS.
me Harlem fats seem TO % a veritable ''Blg
B0nanzan 80 FAR a. the finding OF new oders Is
concerned The more you STIR them up tae worse
they smell. The HERALD was informed yesterday
morning that stili more crying nuisance than
the nnng IN OF tho sunken lots with garbage.
althougn or lesser extent, was ia existence some
where in the vicinity or the foot OF Nlnety-sixth
street. East River. reporter was In conse-
quence immediately despatched 70 discover and
locate the nuisance. The first place called At in
quest OF Information was the police stauon in
East Eighty eighth street.
4 NoS-CoMMITTAL SERGEANT.
"A the reporter entered the station house he
noilced that Sergeant Buddingtoo bad Just gone
into his room, and upon going 10 the door ana &C.
costing MIN me follow wing conversation ensued:-
sergeant, am reporter Of the HERALD aud
baya beer sent 20 you 10 ascertain IT. on your
ponce blOtter, you have any record OF a scow
laden wita nisnt soft having 0een sunk az the foot
81 Ninety -sIxtn or Mae seven.b street some
three Or tour months agO8f
"a don't wIsn to nave anything TO say 10 you on
the subject suppose sou know there ~ q rule
u the department lorDidding Us 20 give any iniOr-
malOn 70 strdngeran
mo. sergeant wGs not aware Of the existence
or any suCn rale nor was aware that polce
DOtter could very wei De classed among the sec
rel archives 81 the city,
Well" said the sergeant = don't blame you
this litigation: you must 30 10 higher author
lty.V
Guided mat tne hlgaest authority he could appeal
70 was Dis own Efforts, and consequently no went
70 tie place where the sunken Sow was supposed
to 10 At tue foot 81 Nlnety-hftn street ne found
a scOw ainOst MED with nIghJ sOu, the smell from
which was revolving beyond description. Accost-
ing = slaiWart fellow on tue deck, who was vigor-
Ously using pail ana scruobtng broom, tue re-
porter asked
.How long mas this seow been nerssn
tsMell about eight UaN9.
-Osly eignt days. are you sure us not longer
aYes, rs only eight days; guess ought to
.fIow long 90 inc authorizes aiow one Of these
seows y remain u TINS condition A. dockP
ODE you Know anything about a scow having
been sunk about three Or Tour months agO2n
80. s0nit know nOtniDi ABOUT no scow bern
sunk; there alnt no sucn thing, nelther.n
the reporter was about to leave, but, thinking
ne hcarq some derls.ve snlckerIn4 gong on, as
though tue captain Of tue scoN was Boosting OF
having fooled the young ielier,' ne continued
nis investigation, and, az rue lower end Of tue
pier, on the south eide OF Ninety -nnn street, d.
covered a canal boat embedded "a the mud, the
tatcnes d0vn AMI completely filled Win lOul
mass. lac captain, who was watching the re-
porter AL the tune. came forward when lie saw
0f, aud euGeayored 20 make ell sorts or eXplana
s0ns. lie neclared tnat enc canal boat nad only
been there about tatee months aud that 10 had
received orders 70 have II tOwed aTay lmme.
eBa.,r said the reporter, .you know perfectly
well mat you could ~. TOW ths tuD aWay. SHE'S
all stove tn.n
''On, yes, We can: we're going 70 nave a derrick
here aud raise ner up; besides, you see this iere
BioOp-We're gong 10 lig1ten tue canal boat By
iahn' sloop load % the stun out Ol her; then
Ehe'll nOaf, you bct.n
the captain lurther stated thar everything was
dslnrected by them a. soon received
VIVA vita, gas the next question.
sCar0onc acid, 2 was the reply
''DO yOu use any meF
mo; We DON'T nave any lime.v
une reporter then askej 10 zee the carbOllc acid
when u tfanspired that the dlsnfectng was done
scoWs so, for the third time the captain was
caught ~ appears, howeyer, from Information
4 recetYed later that the man MAD received orders
4 " possible 20 bail Out the Bunken canal boz I
either last nignr Or Tonight, Wbea the masa be
comes stirred up she stencil will 10 utterly unen
4 durable. IL appears TOO, that the fact of thls
/ pesience-Dresding Gran having been sunk az the
/ 1901 81 the pier was known only % Anew persons
\ whose interests eVnently operator toward keep.
y 10 A"@n from ata2l0aia1 Sue GaCs~