Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-05-17
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
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slaughter houses, and fertilizer factories,
which work over refuse and earrion by the
thousand tons. and these, in a west wind,
blow their sickening OdOrs into the best
neighborhoods of New York. On the East
side are the Hunters Point Petroleum Re-
fneries and Giant Fertilizing Works,
where blood, offal and carrion are reduced
by boiling and treating with sludge acid,
which is oil of vitriol mixed with crude
refuse petroleum, an acid of such overpOw-
ering odor, that the blame of the stenches
has been attached to it alone. Add to this
the nightscows, which dump their loads
after midnight in the river, spreading an
awful, suffocating smell, which wakes the
dwellers on Murray Hill out oftheir sleep,
and sickens the hardy crews of manure
beats, and the wonder is, that decent peo-
pie have endured these worse than Egyp-
tian plaques for years, and not lynched the
men whose business or whose negligence
were the cause. Owners have had to leave
handsome houses on account of these
smells; property has deprecated along the
river, till owners are unable to sell for a
tenth of its value, and what is more terri
BILE, and stamps the Board of Health with
criminal indifference, is the awful fact,
established by physicians, that the death
rate of the city is increased $500 yearly,
by diseases from these odorS alone. With
all but absolute power and ample funds to
regulate such matters, the Board of Health
has allowed this state of things to exist for
years, and most unwillingly and tardily
moves to action now, when the citizens
committee has taken the matter in hand.
II adequate justice were done, the commit
tee would hang the men who are guilty Of
the deaths of $500 of their fellow beings a
year, out Of carelessness, or from interes-
ted considerations.
COMMUNISM IN MOTION.
With the want of work, and the state of
semi-starvation which has lasted another
year, and the rumors of rising war in the
East, there is and will be dangerous feel
ing among the laborers, or rather, nOn-la-
boring classes. Men out of work, with
nothing to eat, have time and temper for
mischief. There is muttering of great trou-
BILE to come here the 18th of July. The
Irish element drinks and talks fight, and
sits along the railroads and wharves unoc-
cupied, and will most likely put in the
time with big riot Orangemen's Day.
The madness and wickedness of the men
who threaten riot ought not TO blind those
better off, to the fact that the case is hard
for the working man, and every sound
man and true patriot will do all that in
him lies, to bring about better state of
things. No conciliating policy is advised,
there was too much conciliation of rioters
last year, who should have been shot at
sight. But just and humane temper OBJ
served by all good men at this point may
prevent the outbreaks of last year. 1t is
we'll known that there are 2,0O0. 900 Fenian
cartridges an1 thousands of Fenian musk
cts stored In Toledo, alone, where they
have lain for years. and similar reserves ex-
ist in other places, and the men know
where to find them in case of labor riots.
There is no occasion for getting scared, hut
the very best way to prevent breath of
trouble next summer is. to keep guards we'll
equipped, and plenty of arms ready for
citizens organizations. When the trouble
comes, is poor time to get ready for it.
CITY POLITICS.
The passage of the new city debt bill, is
hoped for with remarkable agreement by
nearly all parties. There must be about
four and half million added to next
years city taxes to pay off bonds falling
due, if this bill does not pass, its provision
is to appropriate the surplus Of the sink
ing fund towards paying off this amount,
and similar ones as they fall due. Any
township in the country can sympathize
with the big village over the prospect Of
its taxes increased by four million debt,
with the money to pay it lying idle. The
temperance people are making bold and
steadfast fight against any compromise with
the liquor interest in shape Of excise or
license bills. The prospect of such bills
has always interfered with the enforcement
of the existing stringent laws, and we
mean to give these fair trial before max
ing a compromise with intemperance.
Such resolute attitude is necessary, when
gin-mill is the standard corner ornament
of village and city blocks alike. Coffee
would be public bane were it drank to
the extent and at the expense whisky is,
to say nothing of the quarrelsomeness and
the ruin which result from the latter.
THE woMAN's HOTEL.
A woman who has been guest at the
Stewart hotel for women, speaks highly of
it as hotel for ladies visiting the city
alone, and its advantages in this way are
found out rapidly by ladies all over the
country and paIronized accordingly. The
hotel is not charity. nor is it designed
for the lower grade of working women, but
for teachers, artists, and salaried women,
as well as all ladies travelling without es-
cort, it offers acc ommodatiOns Of the best
class at common boarding house prices.
For permanent boarders, its restrictions
are such as might be wisely relaxed. Nc
one is allowed flowers, birds or sewing ma
chine in her room, or to hang a picture,
for fear of injury to the walls. Luxury
for Ladles-But in exchange for these con-
veniences, there is a luxurious library, open
to all guests, parlors to receive friends OF
either sex, furnished in elegant modern
style, faultless table and the attendance
of first class hotel for So week fol-
boarders, and 50 day for transient visi'
tors. To secure admissions, lady out oi
town must write beforehand and send the
references, New York residents are pre-
ferred, but clergynen or business men OF
standing in any town are accepted. These
are. communicated with, and if satisfactory
the applicant notified. Arriving in New
York, she finds \ room reserved for her,
baggage taken care of, and every attention
and convenience at her disposal. The com
fort of quiet, charming and safe hotel
will be appreciated by all women who have