The New York herald., 1877-07-29

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Gary s East Nne,ysseond street, Henry nfsoss ns ,.s
.eth street. y Grove IA Ea. Nineteen street; y.na
Weber .I2l Madison avenue; james H. Cinch i'' East
The reporter called upon many OF the above, and all
condemned the nuisance In unqualified terms. some
Of them used very strong language and spoke oi vlo
lent mcasurea The names Of gentlemen who control
$4,000 600 are embodied In tho ABOVE protest, test,
wnat action the apathetc ana 'ndinerent
but there with scientific and learned Health
Board intends TO do In the matter One gentleman
askcd, swhy do We have a Board Of Health If the
health of the people ia TO be totally Ignored and Their
money spent Tor notningY"
SuIsAScEs.
II would also be well tor the Health Board 10 direct
It's attention toward the nusances situated at the foot
Of East Ninety sixth street All the people of that To-
caty complaining about tho crtilizDg factory and
lat house. Rotten flesh is brought up from Barren
Island and there worked up into the socaled "bohc-
dust" The smell Is disgusting, and the people IN tho
neghborhood are compelled to keep their windows
closed.
While the reporter was meanderng around the In
fected district nc thoughtlcssy ran across nuisance
less than .srs,sIng factory" at the foot Of East
106,h The stencil disgusting and made ones
nerves creep, while that peculiar sensation on OF sea
sickness ran rampant through his frame. The stencil
was worse than any odor ever smelt n swili
mix factory. Toward the pes. house tho
reportorial steps were turned. The block
IS a characteristic one for smells ON one side
there slaughter house, I'M iron foundry, rubber
tube works. fat house and ferilizing nuisance AS
the sleucn neared the odor became terrible.
Several times the reporter was about TO turn back on
account Of IT, At last the door reached and after
short parey, the reporter was informed mat there
admission hore.
AT the Twenty y-thrd precinct station house Captain
Robbins duty, and the reporter asked
''Captain do you know of the existence OF any fac
tory at the foot OF East 106ih street"
eyes there two nuisances there that have en-
deavorcd TO have removed by the Board OF Health
several times One s fertlizng manuiactory and the
other Iss lat house. rhe odor arising rom these
or can say would cxaggerate the character OF the
stencil The people are obliged to close Their windows
very frequently 10 AVOID beng made SICK you want
to smell any thing very bad go up there +"
what measures did you pursue Captain, to have the
nuisance rcmovedY"
81 notified tho health inspector OF the district"
.sWho is hcf'
"Dr Vieic OF Lexington avenue"
"Dd ne say that he would take measures to have the
nuisance discontnuedY"
YES and he told me six.weeks ago or thereabouts
that they had stopped work. which doubt very
much, although til Doctor may imagine they
have. have received no instructions 10
hands know that there is horrible stencil coming
from there to-day. Every time | met Dr. Vcle l
spoke to him about the nuisance, and he as many
times promised to have it abateo.'
The reporter then informed the Captain that he had
been refused admission TO the pest house. aud the
through the establishment.
ROTTEN DISTRICT.
The district around the foot Of East 1o6h street is
terribly infected. The slaughter house Is the least of
all. The fat house has pipes TO carry oil It's
stencil, bnt sometimes these pipes get broken
suffers The residents claim that the pipes, even
they are IN good order, do not carry OF tho
STENCIL The principal stencil house, probably, IS the
fertzing factory. The building erected for the
old abattoir. All the animal flesh that rois OIL Bar
Island has been collected and brought to this
place, where IL is put through The sulphur'c
acid process. The suphuric acG dssolves IT. and then
1t Is dried and screened. The Jumps which pass
over the sieve are then sent to Port Morris
or Rker's Island to be grodnd. After grinding
the dust is returned 10 l0oth street TO be
packed in barrels and bags, and It 10 then
Tho smell OF the article Is terrible When the ma
eral first placed the ,roughs to be treated by tho
suphuric ucd its smell Is pungent and rotten. When
the acid touches 1t IT becomes ten tunes worse.
INSIDE THE FACTORY.
When the inside Of The factory reached the
smell ana one's feelings were sufficient to suggest u
speedy withdrawal Great piles OF rotten flesh
were al over the place M and men were we're
busy packing the sinking stuff in bags aud
barrels, and maggots held revels over the purid
heaps Millions upon millions oil masgots could oe
seen everywhere. In one corner man was shovel
ling a mixture OF animal hair and rotten animal
matter All the employees declared that they
had ceased work in his establishment but
IL said that appearances strongly against
their veracily. It Is now SIX weeks snce they pre-
tended stop but why do they bring fresh material
IRON Barren Island? In part OF the establishment
number Of large bottles, enclosed In wooden Boxes
were found, such rs sulphurc acid is carried IN.
by dnt Of perseverance, the owner OF the outrageous
den was discovered to be one Judkins certain gen.
capital for the perpcsralion OF the nuisance The
office Of Mr. Noles IS SAID to be the
corner OF Third avenue and Twcnty-iourth street,
The owners have contract with a man named White
To brug the decayed animal nesh from Barren Island
Tho reporter Informed that lhree lighters
the dock other night loaded with rotten material
from Barren Island.
THE FAT AND CLEANING HOUSES.
People in the neigbborhood sligmatize the tat house
as another great nuisance. Some residents OF the
neighborhood sand that the two establishments spoken
of the cause OF the stencil last spring
vhAn Anthv war; nfnn nI fnrf Il
The fat house certainly does emit most disagreoable
odor and odor must be detrimental to the comfort
II not the health OF the ncighbors. man BY the
name OF Ev.nes owns the place A great deal OF rem
derng must be donc for there are several large boilers
II the members OF the Board Of Health would 60 per-
sonally 10 this neghDorho0d they would leave II
connoisseurs in smells The neiahborhood contains
many large tenement houses, which are filled with
poor people who crying out against this nuisance
In the open lots between 106th and 10Th streets
there Is small shanty that sends forth most terri
bio and disgusting odor. This shanty rs built upon
high poles, and has door facing the west The
hovc is used as covering for those peo-
pie who clean the entrais of animals.
writer's visit the inesncs OF animals were hanging
dry Perhaps tie cleaning Of the ntestnes does not
create smell III itself, but these creatures who
and use the place throw all their refuse waste
on tie open marsh or into ditch that
lows past their door. The material in tho ditch Is
carried up on the marsh during the flood tide and is
LETT there when tho tide ebbs. or course these
trails putreiy, and then the noahborhood suffers
in consequence Tue whu This
vile pest generator Is named Oppenheimcr. Between
10Th and l0sth streets the counterpart OF Oppenhc
mer's establishment TO Assist IN breeding disease Tor
the children OF Harlem can be found. Tho Board Of
Health know that these two places exist, and has
never taken any steps to have them abated.
The open lots are filled with staenant
water, covered with rich green scum,
and the garbage that has been dumped upon the flats
putrcles the hot Tho stench all over the neigh
borhood Is terrible. The wholc region appears II 1t
were capable OF disseminating malaria throughout u
eiviAzed land The old ials still emit strong oncn-
siveodor suggestive as one passes o tho efficiency OF
New York health authorities
Az INTERVIEW.
Mr.. Chase, of The firm OF Boyd 4 Chase, Arkansas
and Washlta oil stone workers. by tho
porter, an interview followed
Mr. Chase, does the establishment at the foot of
the street annoy you?"
at Is the most disagreeable place know anything
about. a stencil sufficient 10 turn onc's stomach Is
continually coming from those promises. Sometimes
obliged TO close my windows and doors TO keep
out The fat house the factory Just BAD
That stencil worse, anything for II is very sckep
ing know OF some children IN the neRhborhood
that have been made sick by the purefyng stenches
We have. The dung heap ut the foot oi East Ninety
nth street Is bad enough, but this up here Is
Where they pour the acid Tho