The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-25
BREEDING OF Nu1sANcEs.


BREEDING OF NUIsANcEs.
In the case OF Enoch O. coe, convicted on Thursday,
In the Court OF General Sessions, for maintaining
nuisance, Judge Gilderslceve yesterday postponed
sentence until Wednesday next on the application OF
Colonel j. r. Follows. Assistant District Attorney
Boil moved for trial OF the OF John aud Joseph
Preston, indicted for similar offence, and Judge
Fithian, their counsel, asked tor postponement,
which was granted. Mr.. Bell announced that he
would cali the case In Part Of the Court OF Gen.
eral Sessions Wednesday next Benjamin Wallace,
who keeps soap factory ~ en- anS
a nuisance appeared ut the District Attorneys once
and gave bail IN 5000
CLEANSING AN AUGEAN sTABLE-THE EFFECTS
OF HERALD REPORT ON THE HARLEM
FLATS NUISANCE.
The exposure in the HERALD Of Thursday morning
OF the manner in which the sunken lots were being
nllcd In between Ninety. second and Ninety.third
streets and First and Second avenues Effected sud-
uen and thorough reformation in the work. and yes
ierday the vigor and care displayed by the workmen
on the ground 10 separation OF garbage from ashcs
extremely edifyng.
From inquiry yesterday Of the officials OF the Board
or Health and Of the Police Department u appeared
that application had been to the Police Depart
November 81 1877 to have the work Of 0iling
in done. The applicant Mr.. Edward Roberts, Of
gentleman who owns most OF the property between
Second avenue aud the East River ana Ninety second
and Ninety fifth streets The whole OF this is low
lying ground and is intersocted by tho streets and
avenues which have been laid out on the cmbank.
for the purpose Tho lots, ying as most
OF them do, iuily fifteen feet below the street level
are almost worthless until hllod up and as Mr. Rob-
crts Is getting city MI them In without expense
10 himself is saving thousands Of dollars No one
Is however the worse OF, the city must dump it's
refuse somewhere, and so long as proper filling Ia
used no one is likely TO complain.
Tho application OF Mr.. Roberts was followed on the
very next day by application to the Board Of
Health by the Police Department for authority 70 do
the work specitrod, ana GU December the Board OF
Health passed the following resolution
paIias penarmen, dated November AZ permission is
hereby granted the Police Department. depcs. ashes
dirt the sunken lot. between Ninetysoc
Ninety nth streets east Of Second avenue. pro-
vided said material Is Tree from garbage
colonel CLARK DEFENDS THE HEALTH BOARD
Colonel Eminons Clark. Secretary Of the Health
Board called attention to the hnai clause, which no
CANNED was a complete vindicatlon OF the Board Of
Health from the charge OF being responsible Tor the
dumping VI ashes on the ground at Nnety-sccond
street aud Second avenue. lie hau read the article
published in the HERALD, descriptive OF the way in
" INCH the work was beng DONE and considered that
by that statement facts Health Board called
IN question. He said that the Board OF Health was
especially strenuous The point OF using gar bage Tor
the nng IN oil lots, and had perssienuy avoided
giving any authority to do 50. He did not deny
that II had been done. but claimed that II II had
the Police Department alone was responsible tor It,
Colonel Clark wncn asked n the Hcaltn Board was not
supposed 10 Keep watch over such work an the dump
ing OF refuse which has for many years been No
torious breeder OF nusanccs aud indeed u was not
the especial duty OF the nspoctors Of the Board OF
Health watch such work, replied that II was MOI.
The health inspectors dio not watch the work OF the
Police Department any more thar that OF the Mayors
Office oi the Dock Department. as tho departments
not supposed to create nuisances. he seemed
70 think thai the insertion OF the clause prohibiting
the dumping oil garbage al Ninoty-second street had
absoived the Health Board from all responsibility,
aud think that the HERALD had tried 10 nx tho
responsibility OF the nuisance the Health Board by
the simple quoting OF Captain Gunner's declaration
that s.the done by the order OF tho Police
Department and undcr the sanction OF tho Health
Board"
DR. JAyEwAY TIMES soME ONE TO BLAME
DR.. JAneway, on the other hand, was not inclined
to dlsclain Responsibility, but SAID that report had
been received from tho inspector VI tho district IN
which the Work IN question Is progressing 10 the
effect that garbage being dumped there, ana that
IN consequences OF TINS report DR.. Day was about 10
visit the place. Dr. Janeway minated that u Dr.
Day should nnd LLat the the Health
Board would at once Interfere and there would be no
more garbage dumped there Dr.. Day, he SAID, had
been engaged ON the Coo in the courts aud had
delayed going Ninety second street on that account
bul would make tho inspection to-day lFriday)
Dr. Day was after the visit oi inspection had
been made Uo SAID that he had not gone In Consc
quence any report Dy The district inspector and he
was certain that report mad been made lie had
gone second street solely In consequence OF
The report the HERALD OF the condition OF affairs
there. he said that he mad found no such state OF
affairs as he mad On tue contrary, tho work
bong done Ia most inonensive way he had
found no stencil aud nothing 10 cause stencil, but
had seen that aud street DIRT we're being
used filling in, IN accordance with the authority
given by The Health Board. Ito had seen, he added,
with a rmilc "a lew peaDods-perhapsa handful
but the cmDcntly satisfactory"
CAPTAIN GUsSER's srRrRiss.
When Captain Gunner was told what HERALD rc-
porter had seen ON tho Jumping ground at Ninety
street he appeared greatly surprised He SAID
he bad read The paper, tut while he did NOT at
tempt the accuracy oil the report he said
md how ~ happened tnat such things were
done. lie explained that the most stringout orders
were given " MIN TO every one Connected with the
mat garbage WAS used IN The ming oil
tho LOIS The foreman VI The ward and the inspector
and Waterman GU tho ground were all especially
charged 10 sec 10 this. aud unless there was gross
disregard OF duty on the part OIL some ono nothing Oh
the kind could happen. Considerable conversation
followed regarding Inc report in the HERALD and the
foreman OF the ward. who was present. remarked that
tuore considerable differences ~ iinercnt peoples
ideas what was garbage. no defined u 70 be the
growth that accompanies the eaibe portion oil vsge-
Tables For instance he said corn stalks and shucKs
were garbage, Dut corn was not, even though ~ was
rotten Turaip tops were garbage, but turnip parngs
were not.
"oni psnaw," said Captain Gunner; "ior all prac.
teal PURPOSES all vegetable matter that 10 either de-
cayed or liable 70 decay garbage" Ho did not un.
been made as DIR. Janeway spoke OIL tho health Do
partment had not ordered the dumping TO be stopped
The Work was going on by authorny vi the Health
Department. and the health incl ector was on the
ground every day or two, and " there was anything
reported 10 the Health Board II was In the habit OF
immediately Notifying tho Police Department 1t
Was not The CUSTOM 50 tar as no knew, 10 vail Tor an
investigation He then invited the reporter 70 visit
the dumping ground again IN his company, aud said
that II he found anything wrong the person Ia fault
would be promptly discharged
REVISITED
The visit was accordingly made, and In passing
through tue different streets the route up town
Captain Gunner spoke with pride Of the present con-
don VI the Streets saying that New YORK had never
before been as clean as ~ 10 He SAID that Mayor
Ely mad cspecnIiy complmonted the street Cleaning
Bureau yesterday on tue condition of the city. Tho
thorougnncss with which tho WORK had been done
lately Captain unper attributed 10 the new dslrict
system On Third avenue, near SEVENTEEN street, he