The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-04

in tho stream beyond our reach. Finally we got
tug and towed them down TO Barren Island,
and tied them up there. Then they cnmo to
terms and put on proper machinery. They make
no nuisance. The dried blood prepared in these
establishments makes q smell somewhat Ike
guano Ono who goes there on purpose to find
II offensive may do SO, but a sensible man would
not. and the little smell i has is not perceptible
lfty feet of. The vessel that carries bones out
OF Now York TO Newark makes much worse
nuisance.
dering Company. at Thirty-eighth street. in the
North river, gave us much trouble in 1873 but
we got rid of that finally. II was as much as
mans life was worth to INSPECT their hqihks: ih,:
horses. $4,000 cats and dogs. to say no.
thing OF stray elephants, lions. and tigers
those from the Barnum Museum firs. for in
stUnce--i IN one year. We towed them over to the
Jersey flats and left them there. They sued us
for 100000 damages, but our lawyer has beaten
them 49,, .,o,.. - ,A...,,,
which such complaints have been made. but no
evidence has been presented to us by citizens.
those charges. We have had inspectors living
near those places day and night for month,
on both sides of thoc under orders whenever
they detected smell in the atmosphere to trace
1t up. and they have found no Offensive odors.
THE odor New York has suffered from during
the past three or four years has been that OF
sludge acid. Of which none has been used at all
by either OF the fertilizer manufacturers in
New York There Ia an establishment on
Hunters Point. opposite Forty-forth street.
ana tnpre ara 1Onr OlUtfS on NtWtOWn creek,
where that offensive acid has been used"
This past winter" he said. we introduced
into the Legislature n bill which would enable
us to get an injunction from the Supreme Court
to restrain those concerns from making nuis-
ances. and the BROOKLYN Bonrd OF Health went
up to Albany and fought us on the ground
that II was unsafe to give the Supreme
Court such power 20 interfere with the
business Of n citizen. Just when we thought we
we're about to get the bill passed. a pamphlet
appeared that claimed that the stenches all
arose in New York. and n COPY OF IL was placed
on every members desk. and our bill was killed
and we were indicted"
The city Of New York. he claimed was never
so healthy as It is now. and never so free from
local nuisance. The percentage Of deaths OF
children under five years of age has been re-
duced since 1867 from $500 to 46.97.
In three yenrs." he said. we have saved
the lives OF S.962 children applying this de-
crensng percentage to the total numbers. Ac-
cepting tho basis that there are twenty
we have saved 250.936 cases on that pro-
portion in that time. And this calculation
is on the suppositon that all the sanitary
form has only accrued to the benefit OF children
under five years OF age. In fact. the Board Of
Health reforms have saved this city 5000 lives
and 10000 cases OF sickness annually"
In 1865 this department cost the city s20s. 400
contagious diseases hospital. and no effective
Inspections Now. with all these. the expenses
OF the present board are 100000 for this year.
We nre indicted" said the lecturer, " for
spending s97 600 for doing what they then
spent s2O5.00O for not doing lapplausel: and we
money. and still there is smell" Laughter
and applause.l
A unanimous vote OF thanks to the lecturer
was passed by the society.