, 1876-01-26
A Visit to tho O1fnl Mounds in
Lake.
Livers, Lungs, Cabbages, stook-Yards,
and nendering:H Houses,
statps Attorney Reed Says There Is d
Law 10 Cure tho Eril.
Sanitary Superintendent Miller Has also
Devised . Remedy.
It Is Tortuoup but Sure,


DOWN IN LAKE.
1NvEaT1nAT1Ha THE NURSERY or 6NLLIa.
"The trouble Il, )" said Dr.. Ben Miller, Of tho
Board Of Health, To 4 Tribune repo1or come
days ago, ttho trouble H. no can't locate tho
origin Of the stenoh." Tho question under dis
cusBion botweon DR.. 1lilor and tho reporter was
that OF the htsnoh emanAting from The Town OF
Lake. ~ know Il smolls badly" said Tho
Doctor. " What arc you going to do nbout II I"
aaked The reporter. "Cau't do anythiug," 70.
piled tho Doctor. "We have sont ont orr best
men. They trace 1t TO Thisty.seronsh and
Halstcd Rtreots. There IL etnkes tbs ground
from ehtmnoys 12s fces high From that potns
cur snen 70 under Il. They can't trace it to the
particular chimney"
Tho Doctor wns right. It cant be traced to
any particular chimney. The reason Ia, tho
whole Town Of Lake stinks. II Ia tho ep!tomo
Of atink. It lB Tho origin !, Of all i. bad
the Town Of Lake. Tho ground upon which thu
Townstxnds sttuks Tho MIR II breathts stlnks. It's
ezhalsllong stink. It's exudasions stink. It is
tho concentrated quintossoucc Of rcettlod bad
smells. Tho Town OF Laks IL composed OF
stock-yards ~; ron1ering-houses ~; pies OF
ufral (rsturns :nok Ill tn). Every chimney
brckthos noxioua vApors. Evcry window cmits
foul gases. Evon tho wind approaches tho town
carefully and hurrics away, not before It is
tainted.
ATsmuNE reporter spent tho grcntor part Of
yesterday In tho Town Of Lake. Ho invssti.
gated IL thoroughly. He wont into Tho snvirona
and Ruburbs. . 10 observed tito rondorIng-
houses Ho examined the stock.Yardu. uo
Frowlod over honps Of o[fal. Summary:
LLKE TOWN MUST he WIrKp OUT
or Chicago muct become depoputated. Tie
vicsrious sacrifice Of "ono particular chimney"
will NOT do. Tho stencil docs not fesult from
the offorts Of "ouo particular chimney" "Ono
particular chimney ID a remarkably small cle-
nsnt. It Ia Board Of Chimnoys. It might
Rot tho Board Of Health IN example in their
attention to business. It does moro business In
ono day than tho Board OF Health In ono month,
Il Affects tho health of the city As much a. docs
much tho sAnlo way.
Tho cli!mneyB stand almost in straight line,
ranging noEth and sontl. The Bmokn aud gases
from each blend with all tho others. Eaci, con-
fards arises still another effort. To the south
nro huge mounds Of dooompoaing ofTai. TheBo
Aft up thoit oxhatatlonH to thoBo Of the CHM
noys, and arc takon in. Half milo FROM where
They fill the atr with death. Btrown all over the
territory arc docaylnR cabbages aud piles Of veg
otablo mattor IN q commcntlabie stato OF dccoul.
ponlon. Ihese. too, ARC ambitious. They
They al comb,ne, and tho results ase pcs.lenco,
plague. For two square miles lhere ia huge
grave to which tho olllunpoys Are tho tomb
stono5.
THE Foun RENnEn1Na.HoCeEs
a<e imposfoct'y constructed. They do not pos
soas Ras-conaumers. These would, II used.
consume tho vapora nnd thore would bo
40 no. trouble =, a from tho chimneys, u il tho
IL done, Tint Board has compelled tho ia.
trodnoslou Of such consumcrs into tho ten.
doring-houRcs insido tho city. 1t hns tur!.-
dlcttou over those In tho Town OF Lalto, aud ret
themselves comes anoIher combination. Docav-
ing regeteablo matter, reokinG pens, crowded
with bsutes. nil conapiro to tho general ontieay+
OF. It 10 claimed that tho stonc,i in the ya1ds
20. When tie wind III blowing from The yards
they aro nnbearAhls. In tho main 8trtet tho
paving ts bad. Ia tho nlloya there IL no paving
at I'll. They look as il they werc novor cleaned
.aat upheaving, saAyiug 1nasa Of filth. OF
course 1t cannot 10 kept perfectly Glenn, but II
might bo improved 100 por cont.
Anroas the railroad trackH, orer the prairie,
and south on Ashland ayunuo. Scattered around
Aro pilod up
HEAPS or RoTT1No cAnnA0Ea.
Their oftanse % rank. 70 tho feet they aro soft
and mushy. To tho smell ti,sy,aro almost na
ononAive as tho chimneya. They are sgon more
dangerous to tho public health thun Tho exuda-
aona from the animal n1attor. down Ashland
Avonue, hcroas neutrality-suspicious. bridReg
over RuliIss. TO tue coRnor Of Borty-
s.,a'' sna oyor mfoaGh Sosss sn sab r. thu lonso
tho contso Of a.20.aors lot. Tho hiIlocks and
huumocke arc Of corn and tho like tak0n from,
tho enttai!a Of animals. In the middle Ia o
mound; The name Of tho owner ahs!l bo sup
preshed, and ho Rhal bo called Dof1in for idonfi-
tcatiou. OF this 20.ac1a loE Doi!iu intanda to
make garden. 10 succood lo 1nust fert,lize.
1lls SeEnllzefH come from tho reudos,ng houses,
t snd e9nsIat ntt g. Of msnuro. Nothing harmful Il.
out manure unless botliu consents to tako ofral
with y, Hofin consents. aud they a!, como to
Aia 20.acra ptoRPocsise, garden. Tho mauuro
,Decllnea and Falls into thu ground aftor she
Granger statute In aneh case Eado aud pIoyld
ID. The oIal ia heAped up into q mound. III Ia
.Eotin's mound, and ha apparently delights in It,
Ao watchcs ita growth day by day. Ii ia com
posed OK Aghte, l!crs, pAunehes, aplocns, u..-
hog msnuse. II IL = loathBomo mass. nsoethes,
!srmonta and amits Stenrh nlost horrible Az
u decompoaeB and sttnGs fresh material Is add.
e.. a dog followed tho 'roPorter to tho :mass.
!sootthg into it ho dtow ouL hoart, aud tearing
topen, she blood ooxed out. Ho was a sort Of
, bllaH Megg OF a dog. H0 tore ut tho hugo,
1anking mound, and hauled out
HEARTH AND LINERS,
tnd toro them apart, aud still tho blood oozed
but. The wind Waa from the north. Tic te-
Portcr wAlked around 10 the south end OF Tho
mound and tho Btancll oyerpossrod lin. 1t
Has cold. aud tho mound waA partially frozen.
What ara ~e to expect when warm woather
comea and tlava 1t outs That Dof!ln will ra-
move u Z Not Rof1n. Ho lovca hia monnL.
40 deeIinoe 10 atop building 1t up, or 70 remove
~ Ae has boon lanportunod for aomo o1p1es-
aon OF hta Intentions ~ to nsxt summer. lIo
4ays ho has permit from Tho Town Board Of
LIKE, aud be will sttck to lis mound. Tho
Iown Board Las been appcslea TO, and declines
10 tnka1fese. And Lhoso that mouad yeuAinA,
nfefnsnttng monument TO 13offln's cupillty aud
Ms Intelligence Of the Lake Town Hoard
:. TITO rop0ftar moved atill farther south. and
anets. The ehiu,neys, tho Stock. .Yas1ls, Uott,n's
mound. at s1extad themselves. 1t you would
Ehow to what o1ect walt until tho wind oomss
n from the sQuth, uIian tia fonlls Lan1r In