New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-23
NOXIOUS DOORS IN NEW-YORK.

GOVERNOR CORNELL.
GrRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT "r THH rHnrNE-l
ALBANY, April 22.-McsSrs. j. Savage Della
vnn Erastus Brooks and Dr T. Harris comprising com
nitice Of the State Bonrd Of Health prepared report
concerning the stencil nuisanccs In the vicinity Of New
York so important were deemed the results Of the III
ouiry that the state Board transmitted thr report I"
Governor Cornell who in turn sent the following mes
sage to the legislature to-day:
snccia re,,ort OF the state Board OF Health with rci
Nv York and BROOKLYN which seriously affect the com
fort and health of the residents oi th"S 'ltl'S u
with respectfully transmitted for the consideration ~ tc
Legislature Its & notorious fact that particular Kinds
of business including the refining OF petroleum, thr
and cream tartar and the storage 81 inSiuI's aH
conducted on large scale IN ana h, , n.y., ' ~
MINORS and sienchcs. which arr denounc'dhN the h,"
cal rofcsson "a the cause OF many kinds ~ disease The
rrut invrsr,tinr hV special committee of the state
Honrd of Health the belief tht many oI ''
o6cuding causes may be easily removed; at least. rem
der,s much less uauseous and huftfu than hcr't"i"e
This subject involving. rs II does. the hctiih anu VIZ
being nearly two millions OF people IN w"r'hy 81 l
serious attention to end that all necessary i"gis
laon may be secured to avert the danger no" 'inhh
nent.
Tho message was listened 20 with deep attention by
the Senate Doubtless as the result Of the message
and the report several bills will he Introduced 70
suppress the nuisapoes Of which complaint iS made
Az the result Of their Investigations. the com
nlttee fnyor' u,h"ri,,es over All kinds Of
| establishments producing noXious odorr. ana also
Board of Health suppress all such nuisances u u
should happen that the local boards Of health neglect
st%te that that they have listened large
TSorr,arv tcStimony and are unanimously agreed that
oSors arc trenenty noticeable over great
extent OF the districts In the CITY OF ncwfork ana th'
hry are horne upon the atmospheric currents from the
souiheasw ard crossing last River. and not nnfrc
quently a. fun westward as Broadway ana sAtn nj"
| aeyenth-avcs. The Committee then continue
Mr.. Frederick Law Olrnst"d, whose testimony u OF
the highest trstworhiness sistes that the S'cnch nun
sance from the sOuthcastward l. borne TO 81. rruchce
in Forty-sixth-st between Seventh and EighihH'cs
Thr voluntary Testimony thus far taken presens some
| conclusve testimony respecting the ELECTS pro
duced upon those who complain Of the olors
and OF the necessity which they create "h"r
xtndows on the wndwsrd side Of their houses. The
committee regard this AZ good ana snu-l@"l '.iance ,
that the nuisance complained OF Is nni'an,e sgnrt
health No effort need he made Ia una what particular
frrt mon the nervous system and the disturbance Of
the comfort and mental peace 81 ndlNidnar "a Nh-'
numbers Of families, who are helpless 10 drichu 'nln
slyes In any manner without removing far from their
! present residences are facts wei proven
The localities from which the greater number OF com
| plsuts and the most emphatic and wend'nncd state
concerning these stencil nnisances com, inhs ne
between Thirty eighth aud Fifty ninth-tr o me Ihs'
River and az far westward A. Scycnthavc rludfr h"id
smphnreted gases petroleum smells. purid "doi- am
uoiAl p5tses fat house smells Ouai RENDERING none
boing bone burning manure heaps and mannf, dumps
are Ire declarations given in testimony 10 the scnchcs
! Sludge acid II most common ID lh' H".'.9 VI
conIsinnnts II has proved 20 be- the most Intense
and persistent of the sicncLcs Offensive vaeic matter
has been ,gantony into the Easi River until dt
he tidal banks Of the liver The srirs ~ stenchcs hh-
acunired a magnitude that hardly hnNc been riurd
observation establishes the fact that most Of
| the sckening, offensive NapOrS that are sinrlrd
! In the vicinity Of Hunters Point on The
| New. York side opposite are combined tUhNlh
which should he accredited 10 several causes TINT ARE In
operation at the sme time There Is no G"upt now
over that there are certain od0fs which are more 'r
sistpnt and which float further than others with undl
minshed strength. The evidence seems conclusive That
this il true Of naphtha and certain other special 'aoI
from pctr0leum oil under treatment bt heat According
10 the testimony Of Professor Mason the heated vapoi
which hitherto have been given OF during The process q"
'blOWing out" and cleansing OF the great rS
produce the aTreachng aud intcnS" 81 the rinNla
connected with the kcrOscne WORKS Inc Empire
the standard and the Pratt Astral on work."
now demonstrate tie fact thpt this source
o; nuisance IT, and should ever be. comyct"ll
prcvenfcd and that by a simple syTtn or hoods ani
connecting tubes all such NBpOrs are drawn away ana
blown into furnace and used ~ fuel By tins simple
process the committee witncsecd the control OF WHAT VIA
until recently Of the chef nnlSances OF kerosene
works. - . a..
The committee feels warranted in the assertion that
fully 80 per cent the total nuisance oil stcnches con"
uained of IA the direct result Of needless and culpahe
negligence and failure % adopt a1 enforce smtDI,
r,.es and regulations and 10 adopt Inc most approved
means for preventing such nuisanccs.
The treatment of sludge acid 10 deprive t~ mann
fatnre of terrible OdOrs plain an obligation thht
the committee believes II Is the duty Of every local
board OF Health TO declare neglect to do this INSIDE
meanor. - ,-.,....
matertas ere so intOcrabe that the question ashed
this kind Of nuisance can be properly permitted
In the near vicinity OF populOus district The committee
nm swer tie question saying that ~ no" managed the
process OF making the phOsBhates ~ sue 20 free certain
The nostye exclusion OF this class OF stencil producing
fac,prics from the cities The committee nnh that me
fetzer factories Dnsances that ought 10 DC "nOy
excluded from the city limits.