New-York tribune., 1878-04-29
INDIGNATION OF JUDGE DAVIS.

| Cnle1-JUStlce Moan DdNls, WHO IeSluts III
No. Al West Fifty sixth, in conversation with TRIB-
UNE reporter day or two ago, spoke very freely and
forcby about poisoning OF tho air. in the part OF the
city in which he ves by vile odofs, and about the re-
sponsbty for the continuance Of these nuisances He
| said:
the last two yearsand more especially during
the last ear and halfI have been frequently annoyed
by this stencil So strong has it been at times that
have often been Obliged to shut all the doors and win
dows to keep 1t out. 1t is impossible to define exactly
what sort OF O smell 1t is. My wife says
1t is the exact smell made by boiling soap
| fat. At any rate, 1t is utterly different
from the odor OF gas kerosene II is nasty, greasy
smell that sickens and nauseaes At first when 1t
became offensive thought il might be due to defective
gas pipes After thorough examination no leak was
discovered SO / to tho conclusion that 1t was
due to something outside the house From what drec-
ton 1t comes can't say. have never made any In
vcstgation. II seems, however, TO come In from tho
rear of the house. although this Is almost ncosed by
high houses 1t seems to drop down bodily between the
houses, and enter In at any aperture when once III pos
session. it will remain II appears to impregDate the
whole house. and only with great trouble can the rooms
be freed from t.. II you open closet door, you
will find it, unless there Is good chance OF
letting in fresh air. IL is very brawny. able
bodied smell, and ia only elected with much effort AT
night 1t Is always the worst. Frequently am
awakened at night by the mere force OF this smell
My sense of smell has been injured by catarrh
OF flowers; but this stencil is proof against
any nfrmity; never fail 10 detect 1t, and
suffer from IT, all the members fmy household do II
seems-tO make OF an old pun on dircul personal
cxperience-t seems to touch the oilfact0ry nerves
MY family aud the whole ncighborhood have
been annoyed beyond description by these smells
Tho vile odors in bodily. There Is
no shutting your house 10 them. The whole
atmosphere is filed with tho stencil, 70
that OF my family have been made sick by IT, II
penotrates everywhere, meets when you awake ana
always nauseates you. Last night was one OF those
fogcy, 'musgy' nights when the air seems to rest on
you like weight About O'Clock volume Of this odor
came down the street As my attention had boon drawn
lately 20 the matter, | thought 1t came from
the west | smelled IL plainly. There was
! 10 mstaking the character OF il. II was tho Old
soapiat stencil We had TO close all the windows, but
that didn't keep IL ont 1t Is penetrating you would
have to seal mp the house hermetcay to be free from
IT, In cold weather IL is bad enough TO be compelled TO
shut down all the windows but IN the sultry days and
nights OF September and October THIS Is an
| insuilrrablc nuisance. Yet IL must bo done. rs
| the heat OF close, sitting rooms Is preferable
| to cool Dir laden with odors which beegar
description This smell seems to unn one for any oxer
ton often at night, in warm weather. am prevented
by it from doing the work which may have intended TO
do 1t brings assudc and makes one lstess, without
| energy Upon my family 1t has greater effect
| than upon myself MY wife has declared fire.
| nuisance much Ionccr-tlat we must move
Somewhere 10 cscape from this smell think this por
on OF the cy-iof i've blocss each side OF Forty
sxh-s-is more afflicted than any other quarter lhe
Odofs seem 10 bc brought here NJ full sweep
There l. nothing 10 intercept them They enter In ana
"wth all other, " no have suffered from this nuisance
have taken much interest IN NJ. hrscraye's lnbors.
an 10 HG pG ,s .c Of the oil nee and 70 set The
| authorities IN motion TO remove them II has accom-
pished one great hns-e mas nhd' ine 8ohru2 ZENITH
ad ,,' ~ M t,re and have refcTrei all Va
| fu H. lr.
mac from which ibc sf,nch comes When the city
! annoyed by a nuisance OF this gnirudo II Is absurd
bsrs ot the Board .; Heath They have Hone prac-
ticaly nothing to root out ibis nuisance II j. idle to
say tnoy must have special laws passed To give i,n
power 10 close the places that poison tc an o our Guy
! The board cannot 80 over into Nrw-Jrrscy and
enforce tIs Jaws OF ' s,Ie Ih,y hive
ample authority under the present statutes: Lack of ~
cinaOu aud not Of power Is the cause OF Their suGsah-
They don't exercise thrii authority Ihey F'th,I
to license the very places that are denounced aA
"a shabby excuse IL that Of the Board Of IIca,thha,
| Mr. MusgaYe Is mistaken in the origin o The odois
about the origin OF this great nulsancei II is
matter of no interest 10 the public The dGiy OF tue
| Board Of Health Is 10 stop the nuisance lhcy ac-
mnt tbc oru ascertain the causrs Of IT, and thon see
| il that swift aud suro means are taken to
stamp out tho evil that is ruinng the faires.
| are taken to remove the causes OF these smells.
| | believe that all the upper portion OF lhe
| healthy in such an atmosphere am here during all
! but the Summer months. ana hnd the nuisance grow
ing more aud more iniOcribe The limit TO endurance
| viii soon be reached. Something must be donc-and
that too, veiy spccdly-Or there viii be an exodus OF
| long-,uiicriug people from this ncighborh0od
a. have cvoy confidence Ia tue judgment OF MT Mus
grave. believe lie hns made digclt cnurts-inr more
dligent efforts than the B1a!d OF HSalIh-tp uscgNl
whence the smells come Tue attempt 81 the board 10
heljilc Mr. Musgravc - very petty. Professor Chdnd,
| Ter cali. him. slighngly 'ono Musgave. OF wal-s,
aud seems Ia have supreme contempt Tor Ine
IN th7 case & TrSfS's S ec.r a Mr. MsTaVs Any man
yhn nnft In
sure 10 come In for n large measure OF abuse.
| I hope that the public will stand by the
man who has had the courage and sIltt
shall be driven 10 act The board VIII hud, In the end
that making great mistake In treating those charges
In conclusion. you may pu, down from me in the
strongest terms. these things That TINS Viio smell eA
toned. Also that commcnd Mr. Mu-groye in the high
est terms for the pluck he has s"h Ia attaching '
JUDGE BRADYs sCFFERINGs.
Judge John H. Brady has positive opinions on the
odors that aflict upow dents lie declares that
man must have an In Ilc nose who cannot diSlln-
gush between tho kerosene smell and tho bone
boiling smell. Tho latter ho regards IA the chiei
offender as 1t comes most frequently, stays longest
and ia the most dsagreoabc. lie has established TO his
satisfaction that Kerosene smell comes from the east
and the bone boiling smell from the west The simple
remedy he believes be 10 root out those establishments
to which the odors be plainly traced
In desultory talk the subject recently at his home
No 10 West Thirythird St, Judge Brady said: Tbere
Is no question that this bOne-boilng smell comes direct
from the west. when the wind is west or northwest
the odor is very oppressive. The dlrecuoh hhu
character OF the smells that have visited us
for several years / distinguished by simple
eYpedicnt II il custom coming home at ngbt 10
throw up the window OF my room. which looks upon the
street A few moments always suffice to show me
whether may venture TO leave II open all night Sohe
times this test is not necessary as my nose teiis