New-York tribune., 1878-05-18
COMPLAINTS AGAINST UPTOWN STENCHES.
MORE PETITIONS SENT TO THE BOARD OF HEALTH
-INpIC TMENIs AGAINST PROPRIETORs or NEW-

COMPLAINTS AGAINST UPTOWN sTENCHEs.
MORE PETITIONS SENT TO THE BOARD OF HEALTH
INDICTMENTS AGAINST PROpEIEroRs OF NEW
TOWN FERTILIZER FACT0RIEs-IRIAL OF ENOCu
q. CoE.
Two petitions have been sent by Thomas
b. Musgrave to the Board Of Health signed by 140
persop On the west side of the city, complaining Of the
upheaIthy and unbesrabe smell brought by westerly
winds from the fatmelting and bone-rendering
establishments and pervading tho air from
Twenty-thrd TO sixtiethsts., and from Eighth
TO Elevent-aves": the other from residents of the
east side complaining of the smells arising from the
bone and OialTenderng establishments ana manure
wards situated between FOrtythrd and Forty-seventh
SITS and First-ave and the East River. The latter pet
tion has ty-x signatures. John ID. Townsend iii sign
ing his name the first petition says: know II smells
at Thirty-ourthst" Dr. Alex. Herdun, III siguing the
second, makes a special memorandum "aganst the
manure yards at Fory-sXth ANA Forty y-sevcnth-ss.'
Two indictments for maintaining nuisances on Long
Island which were Euisances to New-iork were on the
calendar Of Judge Gderseeve in the Court Of General
Sessions, yesterday. The first called was that OF
John and Joseph Preston owners OF large factory OF
fertilizers NewtOwn Creek. Joel j. flthian ap-
pCared for thcm and in answer to suggestion thht
their former counsel had agreed TO plead
guilty for Them stated that Mr.. Fellows had
Withdrawn from the on Thursday on account ol ms
previous engagement to Mr. Coe lndlcteu ior saa m @
offence, as Mr. Goes deieuce might be hostile 10 Tue
Plestons Mr. Fithian ASKED few days delay, "hlch
granted -, MI, -.
The case of Enoch O. Coe was then called The jurors
were challenged almost with the care gwen 10 uIGcr
trial but there being few peremptory challenges Wcro
very rapidly inpaneed. Mr. Coo owns crtilzng lae-
tory the Kings County side OF NcwtoWh ,foeh' auu e
ndceu charges that his factory one OF the sources
of inc stenches when ut times make portion 0f new
York hardly endurabe. -, ,,,
The only witness examined yesterday was Dr. ElwJn
Waller chemist of the Board of Health aud Assistant
Professor of ihe School Of Mines He testified TO the
offensive smells in New York, and said that on Apr 20
AprI 30 and MAY he went TO Goes factory lie found
perSns engaged there in treating Oa bones, ana Oter
animal refuse with sludgc Oil The substances were
mixed in tubs auo hOgshcads He recognized le odof
as the same which he bad smclt IN Now YORK inc mix
turc gave of most offensive OdOr lie Dad slhclt lhe
odOr at the School OF Mines at FOrtynintl-st. ana
Fourth-avc He followed il 10 Goes factory which was
nearly due east of FOreth-st.
The defence deyeoped on the crosseXamination
The question was asked whether there were not otllcr
similar factories the East River and Goes fac
tory In support this question IL was urged That the
nuisance in NcW-YOrk must be proved 10 have come
from Goes factory over two miles away, ana not from
any nearer factory Judge Gildcrsccye ovcruled the
question for the present. but took until Monday to re-
consider his determination.