The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-07-21
A PEST GENERATOR.
The Huge Dunghsap that Poisens
Yorkville and Harlem.
KANE'S PERFUMERY.
People Forced to Close Their Windows
in the Heated Term.
SICKNESS BRED AMONG CHILDREN.
How Money is Made by Manure
that is Well Rotted.
THE BOARD OF HEALTH APATHErIC.
Indignation and Suffering Among the
Inhabitants.
SICKNESS BRED AMONG CHILDREN.
How Money is Made by Manure
that is Well Rotted.
THE BOARD OF HEALTH APATHEIIC.
Indignation and Suffering Among the
Inhabitants.

nuisance5 and yet they nave not OccoWe u com-
planning people. Nuisanccs that arc positively delri-
mental the public health allowed by tho anhori-
lies 10 exist and sometimes these nuisances are con
nvcd at by the public servants A lew years ago GER
tain contractors endeavorcd 10 ill up vacant lots
in Harlem with tho garbage filth and ofal collected
iron the city streets. They succeeded getting the
work well under way, and the residents OF the upper
icction OF the city treated 10 all tho various
putrciying stcnches known to humanity. When
sind blow the aud north the residents OF
Murray Hill would wonder whence came the horrid
,dors that pcrmoatoG the atmosphere. Mnny people
n Harlem we're Frustrated with sickness IN conse
lucnce Of the dcletcrioIs air which they were CON-
PEELED TO breathe Protests were entered by the poo.
pie, but the contractors did their vile work.
Al last the HERALD took the matter hand, certain
officials held sham nvcslisatons, and the nuisance
was abateo just as an epidemic was imminent
MORE
The llthmongcrs again at work breeding an cpl
temic In Harlem, and The residents Of that portion
acing He'll Cato indignant at tho outragcs they
are compelled TO suffer while tho health authorities
,rs submely indifferent. The air in Harlem tainted
With vile cdors and the people compelled TO Keep
within doors account OF the outrageous stcnches.
The subioined complaint received a icw days
TO THE EDITOR HERALp:-
Is there way to reach our Health Board SO that
they Will do their duty In regard 10 the manure heap
the foot OF East Ninety-iith street, The stencil IL
terrible from II Tor tho past week that We
hardly stand IT, and 1t Will certainly breed epidemic
II not abated very soon speak for myself ana all
my ncighbors. We cannot Sit OUTSIDE tho house To
breathe the fresh evening AIR on account OF this foul
stencil. H. q. H.
reporter despatched to investigate tho OF
..c above complaint. Whom lac the foot Of
East Ninety -lth stree: found filth everywhere and
the air laden with obnoxious smells, which dis
quoting 10 ,hc stomach well disgusting 10 tho
pliactorios
INYECTED DISTRICT.
The dock at the foot OF East Nincy- nth
little acre, aud covered with manure about
feet thick for its entire extent On the west or
shore side the dock there Is low stable built of
boards and painted red. Tools stored in this sta
blc which finds for the horses employed about
tic dock. AT the foot o! the dock there natboat,
Uadcd to her gunwac with Men at
work unloading the boat and carting the stcaming
aurc up the dock 10 spread IL out tho general
oIlc and allow It TO rot little more, and thus
make It moro valuable to the spectators IN nth.
Mes wcro busy turning some OF it over. and as they
brou. ht up full fork each time vilc sonch per-
vaded the air. Some dozen horses and carts were
kent busy shifting the manure from place to
other. Tho nd from the SOUTH and u most
terrible perfume from that way. On invcsti-
CATION a nalboat discovered the south OF
the dock. Tho boat IA picture OF Nth. It had
lew sLantes built upon the deck, which were painted
red. The stencil appeared 10 issue from between the
OF this boat, Ike steam from cylinder-viz. in
complete pufls. The reporter subsequently ascer-
tanned that this was nghtsoil boat On the north
side OF tho dock there Is raised PLATFORM This plat
form built up for the purpose OF dumping tho night
soil which collected through the upper districts into
hatboas Some oil the residents In tho ncighbo rhood
Intimate very strongly that these scavcnger boats
smptcd into tho river alter ,hcy loaded
at night Early in the mornings wagon alter
wagon load OF manure DO going down the
various streets their way to this pest pile. The
stencil that those wagons leave their wake is
thug Outrageous Some grazing the
Bthy pile and dcpuding Of IT'S surplus straw Tho
writer approached OF the nthinongers, but could
obtain information from him.
rHE INHABITANTS
Thcrc arc not many palatlal residences 10 the i'm
mediate vicinity OF this pest pile The population Is
OF tho shauty cass When any Of these people were
approached they appeared DO ignorant OF the pest
pile, and II subsequently asccrtained that their
Ignorance originated in the employment Of the males
Of the families on the pest heaps Every possible
thing was thrown In ones way when It became known
that information regarding tho OF this vile
nuisance was required.
The respectable people in the neighborhood, tho
pther hand and all loud in their denunca-
lion OF this outrage. They did not qualify their asser-
lions 10 the least but said that they would insist upon
The removal of the 's,nking nuisance" Many OF tho
property owners called upon aud they were so
hnxious to have the nuisance abntcd that they went
about with the assist him In obtaining inIcs
nation. AT last The name OF tho spscuIator In NTH
vas Obtained by dint OF perseverance, and inquiry.
A vurm SPECULATION
Thomas Kane is tho rcpu,cd owner OF the muck
dock and iis contents Of nun: IL IS said mat Kane Is
this business There certainly Is money 10 IT, Tor u IL
well known that tho original proprietor OF the Dry
Dock stage line first made his money by buying anu
selling manure.
Mr. Kane formerly had one Ryan partner in the
business at tho OF East Forty hfth street IL
In said that Ryan has connection with HIM ~ his
present enterprise He has contracts with many largo
stabes, suen us railroad, stage and livery. Hc re-
moves all tho manure 10 th,s dock NJ the foot OF
East Ninety fifth street ana allows II to remain there
until II rots During the process OF roltng II is
frequently turned over 10 get the drcd-vut top
underneath When they shake 1t up the stencil ~
outrageous. II the wind blows rom The north
the people OF Yorkvile and the middle section OF
the city got the full benefit OF tho delight
fu odors II The wind Is from the south 1t becomes
tainted with thu disgusting odors on It's way to iIur
lon. Many people "a the IcehDorhood made sick
ny the smell and che writer was told yesterday that
time that the Fermentation was arrested In Ehreps
brewery. The manure is worth about 81 more load
when Il we'll rotsed II Is sold III tho spring and fail
70 tho farmers on Long Island and IN wes,chcstcr
oounty. Mr. Kane also removes Tho Surplus
wastc grains from the trswerics and DIS
tributes them throughout thc pilo OF nllh
TO hasten decomposition. These grams produce
The Same odor which is sometimes 80
disgusting when mingled with the pu.rd Iavor A
great quantity VI the manure ~ brought from dis
lance AN IL evident by s being conveyed in boats. 1t
becomes aRucstion whether Mr.. Kane has right 70
use his property 10 perporae u nuisance upon tho
nctghbcrhOvd When the wrur visited the dock
man, said to DO Mr. Kaue, WAS the promises A
young was directing ,hc discharge OF The cargo OF
Nth.
WHAT THE PROPERTY owSEns cay.
The writer called upon one sentsman who owns
aYcat amount OF property IN Harlem, aud be was loud
h hs denunostion OF The gross outrage He said:-
III think Il 10 VI the greatest shamcs heard
n that We are obliged 10 put up with this outrageous
auteanec II The manure was merely dumped hero
Anil then takon away would not care, but n left
there Tor months 10 putrcfy There Is thing mat
Do Know and that 10 " This Is not stopped very
that tho people ia this ncghoorhood WIN stop u them