The New York herald., 1876-07-19
OFFAL IN THE BAY.

WHAT THE STREET CLEANING BUREAU HAs "a
SAY ABOUT IT.
The remains OF "a striped cat and two white XIII.
tens" which shore Inspector Cornelius Ferguson
he of tho garbage OF tho Street
Cleaning Department OF this city, have been tho
OF cca OF trouble and excitement in tnat department.
we'll among tho residents and habiuSs Of Coney
Island Bath, Fort Hamilton and Bay Ridge For some
past the Coney Island beach and tho Long Islend
shore, from Gravcsond Bay to Bay Ridge have re.
ceived the bodies OF dead animals, which have been
dumped somewhere in the bay and washed ashore,
much to the disgust OF the Inhabitants Of the dis
trics, and they recently mado strenuous protests TO
Inspector Ferguson against continuance of tho nui-
sance. Mr. Ferguson set about ascertaning who were
the parties who dumped the carrion within tho forbid.
den precincts, and, happening to spy "a striped cat
and two white kittcns' on a scow employed by the
Now York Bureau Of Street Cleaning, made andavit
to what no had and procured the arrest of ths
captains Of the and Of the steamug Their names
arc James a. Moves, of tho tug Cornell and Thomn
Kelly, OF the Thomas Sbeeny. Tho prsonera
surrendered themselves, and were held by Justice
Church. of Fort HAMILTON, in 81 900 each TO await thu
action of the Grand Jury This occurred on Monday
last the charge against them being that Of violating
tho State law by dumping oal and garbage in the bay
without obtaining permit from the Shore Inspector
Not having their bondsmen at hand, they were com.
mitted to the Raymond Street JAIL but. furnishing
the ball. were released yesterday.
For the purpose OF asceraining tho Street Cleaning
Departments sido OF the story, a HERALD reporter
called upon Captain John Gunner the Inspector OF that
Bureau, yesterday afternoon and from him Obtained
tho following statement
The garbage collected by this department consists Of
dust tho conteats OF ash barrels the cleaning of
Streets &C., and that we dump and half miles 10
situated or Coney Island Point This out Of the
harbor, and the Pilot Commissioners say wo have .
right to go there When Commissioners Nichols was
made Chairman OF the Committee on Street Cleaning,
which about six weeks ago, the following order
was issued tho garbage being discharged in
the proper place:-
street cleaning you WI INSTRUCT your officers when going
shsnse southeast one ana half miles before beginning to
unload nsruc, the goesm,an ssp With each tow to
alter unlo4ans the Will take tho mSs dSsc. route
orSsrs ,hS sc ssEen n reeevns the material hs
dump that no dead animsls large or small. be placed on
report instance of neglect Of this order.
You will by this that ofncer with each
tug who had other DUTY than to that the stud
was emped where l, should be. roshow you whether
particular In this regard let me say thai
some time ago charge Was made that the tug r. W.
Burke had been known to dump the ashes, &C. in the
harbor, and this department, scnt me to the Pilot Com.
mssioners with tho request that they would prosecute
tho captain. They refused to make tho complaint
however saying that would DO very difficult thin(
10 prove Notwithstanding their refusal, We dis
charged the Burke irora our service merely the
scrtion that the captain was violating his orders.
Another thing, Buoy No. l6 has been shifted a mile
aud half 10 sea from where IS placed on the chart
garbage than Is required by law called sho Pilot
Commissioners TODAY, to see II they knew who caused
the buoy be shifted. but, while they admitted Il has
been shifted, they do not know who did It. They say
it shifted nscl..
Captsins Noyes and Kelly who have been taken inte
custody, arrested charge OF carrying carrion
IN violation of law passed in 1875 TO prevent contrac
tors from dumping onal in the harbor Nr. Frank
Swift the oa contractor OF this CITY, aud the Brookyn
contractor supposed TO convey the dead bodies oil
ali horses dogs aud that found about the
two cities TO proper dumping ground. Mr. swift
takes his Oa to the manufacturers Barren Island,
what relieved OF there ho throws into the
bay WHILE / am informed the Brooklyn contractor
has place in which TO dispose OF his Oi course
those bodies which heaved overheard drift with
the tide along to the Coney and Long Island Shores
and that ~ the real OF the trouble If cat and
kittens ono oil our scows thoy got
there by mistake, for our men ordered TO take
such things aboard, they are particular about It
They might have been tossed into ash barrel and
thus have been emptied into a scOw but you may DO
that if they had been seen they would not have
been taken the scow, for have power 10 carry
them A prominent hotel keeper at Coney Island
stated Com Wheeler the other day that
the people did not object to what we dumped, but only
the bodies of animals being washed up tho beach.
We did select present dumping ground until We
had consulted the Pilot Comm issoners.
We have only two tugs and forty-t~o scows, and
they most all old; old, in fact, that they cal
only 90 to in lair weather They run risk Il
going tar as they do. If they get under way and
IND squay weather coming on they obliged TO ga
In along the Bay Ridge shore and wait for . change