New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-04-19
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
GIrARp THE HEALTH OF THE CITY.

GUARD THE HEALTH OF THE CITY.
| THE COMPLAINT or CITIZEN IN Rf"AfD ." '"'
ABATToIRs. APEOPOs OF TIE BILL No" FhND
ING IN TIE LEGISLATURE.
! To the EditOr Of The TrtbUne.
SIR: As citizen, and therefore an interested
person It was with no small degree Of interest," that
watched during last year The war against bloodDolhB
Lt and lard rendering and the slaugher-house nu'
sauccs which tho people OF New-York Will remember
WAS so warmly conducted by Mr. Musgraye. The sum
mcr il again at door, and the matter has again been
brought ~ in tho shape OF bill to prevent the con
ducting of this oil business on Manhattan liahd
now being carried on in fun blast In spite Of the
Efforts last ycar-ondangeriHg the health ana 'eS OF
many III ,u.ands The stencil arising after midnight
while We are unconsaousy sleeping IL stu nsdlousiy
stealing ITS way houses. II Is in the night that
these Establishments blow their gases out into the
air The lact not now easily noticed or uaceh' out
wait until the Summer with It's heated term, shall come
when houses all open TO catch every breath OF pure
air, and then see.
The writer has during the past Winter frequently
visited the different nuisance quarters" Tho district
ON the East River side affected by establishment
lies between FOrty-thirI and For.y-sighhSts, from
Flrstave. t. the river; the West or North River
side. between Thirty-eghth and FOrty-second-Sts,
from Tenth-ave to the river, aud also between
Fifty ninth and sxy-fourth-sts., Eeyenth-ayc.
20 the river. and stIl another at the foot
il called to the district between Thirty-cghth and
Forty -second-srs from Tenthaye the river Here
Will DO found cattle and sheep slaughterhouscs and
yards blood and fat boiling, all in full blast together
with the most offensive aud diapidaed hog pens and
hog slaughterhousos putrd with pesential disease,
mixed in here and there with tcncmanthouses. In these
Establishments thousands OF animals Slaughtered
daily aud dreadful stencil Il emitted, especially on
damp days Oae Of these places Of late construction
and containing the latest improvements in ITS line, is
called an "abattoir" Directly opposite tins socaed
abattoir (worse than parody on what should be an
abItoir ~ seen IN Europe win u. grand nduhEs ana
sIrdg styled the Western sock Yards where are
yardcd annually over million hogs. Possibly ~ no
city save NeW-1nik would lu' So traps Uo "o"tu !"
stand would De condemned ~ UNSAFE 10 sustain inc
weight OF the large number Of hogs at time, stored
therein. The hlth IN ana uhdtr these pens, ana tbS
stencil arising from the old aud new 9ccuuua iona o
eXcretiOns is beyond description Adjoining these hog
pens are several hog sugntei-Ho'ts' Ei'n one VI ."U
exceptions IN exceedingly bad order one OF These ~
West Foreth5t near the trtaiuy deserves special
mention. Aside from us ultny c'n"ilioA tIl'
/ building itself should have long ago been con.
demned The rear OF u 's starter o4t from, I"n ' r
one Of the workWen. by the poor foundations and the
settling Of the buidng-nO piles having been driven
when the building vas onsiruced some ten years ago
aud second STORY having been added since mat tlhc.
l. l. evident tis particular building should Doe OOhed
after by the Building Department, or me papers may ps
obliged some dag TO chronicle another dloA'ttf WIN
Another source from which emanates with grant
strength me pesulaIcG breCins germs Is .1J famous
bOOd-hOller aboard II. VI. 5 'Asonqui IyluEat me
foot Of West Thirty -nnth-st THIS ola mix was thor
OugAly described, might almost say "Ncnuiateu, I'D
the papers last year TIE occupants boil ana dry the
blood from the adjon ug slaughteI-houses producing
fertilizer IauO. This business has duplicate ana
rival East -Ideau equpuse as IL were, Tor the
island. Adjoining lue Algonquin at the very fool OF
| West Thiry-uiuth-st.. f. rat melting establishment,
adding ITS quota the already oyerpOllued ar with
vpuOra and gases from The lat taurs. Opposite ana
above are rpe factory and several TAT and 0al boiling
places aiding and abcttuE an this ueIaroUs Work all
/ the predecessors herein mentioned when IL WoulI
! Infringe upon your space To pattcuIaIllr
IN conversation one of the p.operty-Q"nefs az
acent % some Of these places, said: "Oh, You can't
! move them OF the Isand-they are too strong ana
powerfully backed" lave things come o. such pass
that we must submit u tie dictates OF these property
owners while the lives OF those and dear 20 are
u Jeopardy II is Tor the interest Of our ely tha these
suuld be IuovedwtLOut cNctptou-trom Mani ar an
Island; but this cannot be done unless he prope act
u .u,ou. Let public meeting be- called ana com
mIltce OF seventy De appointed 90 attend 10 this matter
Al once and n this Ing-ike many predecessors
cannot be .Inaslcd INTO numberle5s atoms.
NcU-lOrk, April 3, 1879 4 CIIIZLh