The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-08-18

matter permeates the sand and sends out odors
of strength and pungency.
the place clear OF this nuisance. but at times the
smells terrible. The refuse is washed out into
the creek and thence to the by the tide. Beyond
this point come a series of little places none OF
which have facilities of a proper nature and which
all adding little by little to the danger and dis
ease.
THE SEWAGE THE LARGER HOTELS
In the Hotel brighton and the Manhattan Beach
Hotel substantially the same system obtains The
refuse matter Is confined in tanks or boxes and
washed out at the proper period into the creek the
bay and thence carried out to 1t is not consid
cred ira settled mode by any and the prob
lem is regarded still very from solution. The
crabs and fish, it Is said. killed by the poisoned
water and tides mercurial it is by no means
certainty that tho matter thus elected into the bay
is washed into sbd tine o Property holders com
nze the justice and force of their complaints Good
engineers say that the Of the tides for the
feasible but they doubt ii it can suffice for Coney
Island 1t has been suggested that by dredging and
jamaica bays. Sheepshcad Bay forming the mouth
OF the canal at that end, the material could be
ried of by the tides. This would. however. affect
bathing and fishing. and would create a prejudice
against the property adjacent that would materially
reduce its value. In the Brighton Pavilion. where
thousands gather every day, considerable conf
plant has been made of the water arrangements.
The proprietor took the reporter the ground floor
where stands immense oblong iron tank into
which flows the refuse. At an carly hour in the
morning steam is rushed into this tank. and the
liquefed contents washed out to sea through
iron pipes that stretch thousand feet into tho
ocean.
sUNDRY SUGGESTIONS
AS stated above, there are as many plans pro-
posed there are landlords. One plan suggested is
to collect the material in tanks of size
and to sell it to farmers and agricuturists in its
crude state. Or it is said steam could be utilized,
III the of the Brighton Pavilion to. quety it
and send it out to The first question is, Would
this affect the bathing? And in view OF the fact that
the garbage dumped by scows directly in front of
the island floats hours in presence of the people,
covering acres through which the steamboats, have to
plough their way. 1t becomes question OF moment.
or If the refuse should come back at all it
would literally ruin the bathing, and that would
soon end the prosperity of Coney Island. No men
that moro clearly or recognize the necessity OF
preserving the bathing facilities intact moro thor
oughly than the proprietors of Coney Island An
other suggestion has been made by engineer OF
great repute 1t is to construct main sewer running
tho length OF the island cast and west to discharge
the Point, where the water is thirty feet deep
the shore aud which is swept by the current from
diameter would be level and would discharge its
contents by sheer Roadway. In other words it
pshn oe to Keen IT in pood Is also
under consideration by company Of capitalists to
lay-if they can get unanimous consenta series OF
iron pipes from all the hotels, leading to q common
centre, where the sewage can be gathered in hugo
pit. Blowers worked by central engine would
produce partial vacuum in the pipes leading to the
hotels, ana the material i'll the closets and sinks
would be forced by atmospheric pressure through
the pipes the pit whore being deodorized it could
be prepared for agricultural purposes. 1t is gener
ally acknowledged that whatever plan be adopted
it will DO necessary that all the island peo-
Saturday afternoon Henry Q. Murphy. pres-
dent of the Brooklyn. Fatbush and Coney
Island Railway; w. f. Darwin, superintendent OF
the road and other gentlemen interested more espc
cially in the development OF Brighton Beach, met in
Brooklyn to discuss the sewage subject and ex-
anime plans recently submitted to them. Although
the present arrangements answer present purposes,
far as the hotel is concerned. these gentle
men recognize necessity in the immediate
future, and are determined. If science and CAPT
tai can secure it. to provide sewage APP
paratus that will operate sufficiently without in
terferng with the rights of other people But whilc
Manhattan Beach and Brighton Beach arc thus seek
ing protection it becomes necessary that something
shall be done now. without waiting for the sewer
geIus to arrive. to mitigate the nuisances near the
pier. They cannot be longer neglected without alb
solute detriment to the entire island.
AT RoCKAwAY.
1t is fair to assume that fully nine-tenths of the
people who might. could. would or should have
gone to Rockaway Beach yesterday. If things had
been other than they were. did not 60 to Rockaway
Beach, things being Us they were. The main mean
ing Of ths word .'things." u may be imagined, is
the weather. It rained in the city, and those who
stayed ut home believing that rained also at Rock
away. have reason to suppose that they were do
ceived. The boats that run to and fro on the poor
mans holiday made their regular trips. to tho great
peouniary damage of their proprietors; for hardly
enough passengers on board to pay for the coal
consumed. And the railroad trains. taking the
average all the trips. carried most dishcartening
loads. Tho interval of clearing weather."
ourately foretold by Old Probabilities, which came
early in the afternoon. did. it IL true. beguile
goodly number to make the start; but there were
few who started who did not wish ere night that
they had emulated the Scriptural example Of the
man who said Il CO." and went not.
The ride down to the beach in one OF the parlor
cars of the Long Island road during this clearing
interval truly delightful 1t is very pleasant
way to go. The pretty and varied scenery-wood.
the ra,n. was fair to oos upon, and in the parior
cars it was dry. But 1t proved only another OF
Jae.s decensa and the excursionists were scarcely
ut their destination before tho repocdre grddtm
forced upon their attention in anything but pleas
ant way. 70 say 1t was wet ut Rocksway h only
weak evasion OF the real truth. 1t always Is wet
there below the water mark. but yesterday thsTe
seemed to be no dividing line that in stroiiing
along the beach for few moments oil medisatioa
the grandeur OF the ocean 1t made little
difference whether you walked in the SURF or Ina the
rain great many people carried umbrellas. IL Is
but the fond deluson that such people seemed to
cherish about keeping at least their hats protected
of the most transparent kind. Everybody who
went there had bath. and those who donncd tho
picturesque twenty-five cent suits, kindly fur
nshed by hotel propretors III the alleged interests
OF propriety. were rather drier tho whole than
those who walked about with unibrclas-or. Ut lcast
they did not look wetter.
THE THIRSTY VISITORS.
There had been some expectation that an attempt
would be made to enforce the Excise law ut Rock
away yesterday, and knowing from experience the
increased demand tor liquor that such attempts
bcget the hotel men were prepared for any emer-
gency. Your average drnker. rs everybody knows.
will take two drinks II he has to 70 i'll the back
way for that he gets by entering au open
door, but no such enticement was placed before him
yesterday and those who. being very wet outside.
found themselves mighty dry" inside had difi-
Guilty in sung both palate and purse with any thing
from lager to Mumm. Nevertheless, the walters had
an .'on day." the capitalists In the catering trade
sat all day long figuring the chances of financial
ruin. The unfortunate people who had vcntured on
tho excursion ON emerging from boat or train
rushed headong tor tho nearest shelter. regardless
whether 1t q horse shed q hotel. and. once
under they sat- pictures of regarding the
make up their minds to 60 home. showers or no
showers. For. 30 long there occasional in
torval In the downpour everybody tried to think OF
the day sLowery. and only when the clouds closed
down firmly in the middle OF the afternoon did
everybody give up hope lpres ie deiuge was
what each shower seemed say, and the hit
1t right.
The only visitors who heartily enjoyed themselves
those who plunged into the surf for the fame of
the Rockaway surf better sustained than it
yesterday. Long lines of clear green water curl
ing into the whitest foam, six eight feet HIGH
rolled In all day u.ithaut rcnard tn