New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-17
THE TROUBLE ABOUT GARBAGE.
sHoRr-lNsPrCTOR HOPKINS ALSO GOES TO SEE TIL
GoyFRNog-HlS SIDE OF THE CASF-sEW

sUORr-1NsPrCrOR HOPKINS ALSO GOES TO SEE TIE
GovrRNog-nIs SIDE OF TIE CAsE-sEwLRAGH
IL siiEEPsHEAD BAY.
Shoro-Inspector Hopkins LEFT NeW;f1rk yes'eT-
day for Albany. following CAPTAIN W Villains eN-
annie TO see Governor Cornell about the garbage
tronbe. sad ms deputy, j. i. Holland, 10 i RIB
VNF reporter Yesterday;
III have renewed TODAY the permt to captain
Williams the same n that which has been granted
since Angus. IL /; is for three miles from aNoF"'
one mile from Inc outer bar. and between the hours
OF Il a. N. and 5 a. IN. Captain Williams ha5 mace
application daily for permits. hut has not nse Ihe',l
since August oG his scOws have not passed thrcnGn
the Narows lie can't say that we have ohsiructed
him IN the mat IF. The law directs thar the gar
hage shall be dumped at the discretion II the shore
inspector, aud MIR. Hopkins Is aching under tna5
law. 1t reads that he shall have sGch reglld
I'D the cause and COnd ton Of tho then cXlstlhJ
wind, and tides as ~ his judgment shalI DoSl 'ehu
10 prevent the subsequent return or dtpOsil o. dnl
such conten,3 OF sat boat or YgtSeI With i VIZ
waters of the State # cast upOn tic waters Deyohu
1T IS our opaon that Captain Williams has
brought mp technical point Of 1ie law nGlore tnP
the garbage shall be dumped az place
more than three miles from KacSaWa az, ana
Williams Police Comm sioner Nichols and others
went out into the bay. and after dehDcIHloh
agreed upon the position 81 refuse oMoy al THca
MI the garbage should be dumped. All agreed tla'
This was the best spot for the purpose, captain
Williams among The others. The buoy was p!a1cl
there in .luly. 1t was at point Gne mic from
tbe onter bar at the mouth of the East
channel. aud tour and halt miles from iOcha"aE
and Coney Island In regard 10 this distance on
four and hai miles, we helGye tpal ,4id"tH " az o
cordiug 10 the law We have 10 right to make Dim
c1rrv the garbage that distance J. seems
singular thai when the work Of renewing
trn garbage last year was all done for SGJ0c0O. 10
being then also to hire t"c sc Wa, 'at IL
can't be d9nc this ycar Leg Fon"ooV Sco, %s
are owned by the GIy. Our diHeEcpce ol
opinion now is about the iwo hours Tine
t.lscn IN dumping TIE galbage 1t Is cSp.cAly M
portant, when southerly winds prevail, as they 40
here at This time Of the year, to &c; four hohIs ol
the ebb tide. 50 that there may lie certainty that
the carl aye shall he carried 0ut TO sea-
Nr. Holland a lso said that the statement mao ny
Cartain Williams 20 a IElBUNE reporter last Thurs
dav 70 the eff ct that IL Qiollandl bad been draw
money for services TO, performed, was false.
" From August &c. 1919, to lebIuliy =" l8op'
said Mr. Holland, was placed ln ch#fGt 90 y
scow anchored IN GrIveS'ud Bay especially /" see
that il was lighted AT night. Mr.. NacLeanappoGt'd
ne on tie recommendation OF Mr. lop"irN W.;
paid $50 a month for th,s work. Kin 1 %I
the law of April Is. 1850, was pas -ed, Tor lie
was not allowed one uutil then. Iy Rly Tor caring
for the sc0w ended on February -. lost my leg
fighting before Petersburg, and have earned my
money honestly
Tie jewellers upon the shores Of Sheepshead Bay
are stil troubled hy the sanitary arrangements Of
Manhattan Beach. The sewage from the latter
place is deposited in reservoir IN
cs cTSL5 w3sog bT it csd5 e5 59p'2 id.
u il escapes from the reservoir at all hours. il Is
said ana is carried by the creek down the bay.
Against this state Of affairs Alanson Ired"en' OF
TINS city, whose summer house fronts tle pay haa
fled with the Health Board o. the
town of Gravescnd a formal and ~ironeN
vordcd protest Inpclled by thus the Boar! re-
crested Mr. Corbin. of the Manhattan Beach. TO
make some other disposition of the waste
matter of his hotel. lie ordered the CON
struction or new sever men Won"
DISCHARGE It's contents nearer the inlet. ms
work IS now nearly completed. out viii, II Is he
licved. afford little If any Iehci Mean" hlie the
hands OF counsel aid viii probably take decisive
action in the courts against the pTolrcio's 81 Man
haitian Beach.