Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-12-30
TEE ALLEGED NUISANCE.

TEE ALLEGED NUISANCE.
Yesterday mor3ing the Police Cours met
at O'clock, and the trial of E. Hammond,
charged with maintaining public nuisance
IN conducting a tsllow-rsnd ring and hide.
curing establishment, was resumed. The
prosecution continued the examination Of
Witnesses.
The afst witness called wss T. Z. Church
man. He testified that the factory had caused
his property to depreciate in value, and that
it interfered with the enjoyment of property
and health,
Il. Z. Bundy, Mr.. Jones, Eugene Gregory.
4. r. Clark, J. Y. Ruzman, j. L. Huntoon
and Sarah Deming, all residents or owners of
property in the vicinity of Twenty.sixth and
K streets, testified that the place was a
nuisance, and that property had deprecisted
IN value on account Of the factory being loca.
ted there.
Miss Helen Weir, school teacher, was tie
next witness called. She testified BESIDE
st Nineteenth and streets nave lived there
nine years, taaght school at Twenty.seventh
and j streets. Know the hide and tallow-
house; l know the odors from them, from a
painful experience. l taught thsrc year
baicre l discovered the cause of the deadly
sickness of my pupils have known children
to faint in school from the smell and stencil
from this place: have cansed the doors and
windows OF the scaool.roon to be closed /;
have haa Conversation with Mr. Hammond
about this nuisance /; he threatened me that l
would lcse my position as teacher il l COM
planned about his place Of business this was
certainly a most inde-criAable nusance. The
ages of the children ranged from to Is
years. and the children were certainly very
:njuriously affected, and for that reas IN 1
complained to the Board of Health. ] do
not know from MY own knowledge that Mr.
Hammond caused my removal from my
school: j know that | was discharged Alter
the complaint was made. All Of the children
in my school were t~scted more or less by
this nuisance; it was daily occurrence.
b. z. Rowell, d. Ii. Gulliop, +. Wardle,
Albert Clark. Paul Van Hattoo, J. I. Stri-
ker, s. Lindburg. George Maddox, w. G.
Farnswosth, w. III. H. Hatch, II. Z. Par
ker, Caarles Semers and SAMUEL Blair were
esch examined sid testified to substantially
the Same facts IS the other Witnesses, several
OF them stating that members of their fami.
lies were sick from the effects of the odor ar;s-
ing from the estabiishmsnt.
The prosecution then rested their csse and
the witnesses for the defense were called.
l.. 4 l!e,, swcrn! Knew The hide house ::
pass it onca or twios day 1 could not say
that it was offensive am butcher, and
have business with defendant selling him
hides and talluw
II. G. May testified: Know The hide house ::
the business is healthful; was in bad health,
and was told that it would be O TcSd place to
work; would rather be sick than go there.
W. +. Waltz testified: Am employ ell by
defendant. The premises ara kept as clean
as possible for that kind OF business-as clean
as great many houses. The hides are sslted
and the sheepskins are poisoned; this is all
done before the meat is Ia market in the CITY.
The tsllow is rendsred the next dsS after we
receive iss There is Rae from the kettle,
and takertup sixty feet finn the ground it
was PLACED there by the Board Of Health's
order. can't smell anything there. Have
little boy there all the time. Have worked
in this business all my life. dome think it
has any eject On health. am interested in
having the place remain there. would lose
my situshon IT it was removed. hut would
work a. something e'se.
w. Balsz: Know the premises ia C m.
plant V'orS there; they are kept now iast
as they have bean for one year tie tai W is
rendered as sooa ss il GENES 10 the smoke
goes up o chimney about 60 feet high: the
tides ara sslted, and the offal ia taken awsy
By Chinsman have teen in the business
Tor all ny hf5; never have been sick ell
PERSONS employed in the busi sess are healthy :
no offensive smell is there. as fer as can dis.
SS9<Fsf tie Heat oaNies Of the smell l am
interestc; in having the place remain f..cs.- fs-a
John Smith Know the premises in COM
plant the emell is Sometimes offensive my
smelling apparatus is not very good, and
sometimes / cannot smell; sometimes it af-
fects me more than cthers.
Chas. Sellinger: Was once acquainted with
the hide and tallow business; don's think
the business is unhealthy; ; don't know
whether there is any offensive smell; don's c
know how this business is conducted.
n. Mehn: Reside at Twenty. and o
streets; know the premises pass there ouce
q day (; J did nos notice anything but a
fatty smell Gid not pay much attention to
the smell there are 81 many smells out
there thsst did not noiics; am Sexton at
cemetery.
A. Smith: Live on Stockton road know
the hide houses 1 pass there every two or
three days; never noticed any offensive smell;
| am tanner; worked ct this place once !;
the business is not unhealthy, as far as
know.
James Lowry: Live a. Twenty.sixth aud
j streets; knoy the premises at Twenty.sixth
and X streets; pass ones in awhile; | don't
know that | am particularly affected, bus
sometimes wheh the wind blows the smell is
very offensive.
Sam Gotlieb: Am butcher know the
premises; it is pork, sheep and salt hides :;
healthy business passed the PREMISE, but
not lately; some time last summer did not
notice any smell that would annoy anybody /;
trade with this house: sell them hides and tai
low. 1t makes difference WHEN the business
is conducted In = thickly populated city
or in the country, and also whether the
nei2hbors complain or not.
J. Goodwin The smell is the same as any
establishment of the kind. sometimes haul
dead carcases to feed the chickens.
r. II. Wilmington Reside bstween
Twent7 third ard Twsnty.fourth streets,
on II. Know the premises of the al
legged nuisance. There is always an odor
arising that aay person might notice,
but not to me. L am soap manufacturer.
use tallow; deal with the hide and tallow
house of defendant when l can't do any het-
ter. Have heard my wifo complain of the
smell
Stephen Gerber: Live at Thirtieth and NJ
streets. Know the business complained Of.
The business is healthy. Have been in the
business twenty years.
joseph Schuler: Worked for the hide end
tallow company: don't work there now.
Dob's know anything about the premises now.
John Gerber: Am wholesale butcher.
Know the premises of defendant; passed
there nearly every day for number of years.
Business is healthy. l nsvsr detected any
offensive smell. Have dealt with defendants
house.
L. J. Croly: Know the promises Twenty.
seventh and X streets brick fiue was put
up, which is forty-six feet from surface of
ground; there were offensive smells before ;
have passed there FIVE or six times since and
detected no smell found that the fiue car
ried off the smell !; the premises are from fair
to good; don't know that the Board of
Health made any orders.
j. Hearst: Reside at Twenty-sixth and
f streets; lived there four or five years
never have experienced any bsli smells have
never had any conversation with Hammond
that amounted to anything had the last talk
yesterday; came here without any subpoena.
Henry Gerber: Am butcher; know the
hide-house ever since built business is heal.
thy, as far as l know passed the premises
once week never been inside; sometimes
there is a smell It depends good deal upon
the weather; when it is damp you can detect
smell /; have business with defendant; the
smell is offensive to those of delicate sense of
smell.
Richard Roeder: Know the premises,
Twenty-seventh and X streets assisted in
doing work there in putting up an air duct to
carry up the smell this was two months
ago; it was built IN good manner; the first
day [ smelled the odor, but it did not affect
me much the smell is about as bad as any.
thing l know of think tie hde would carry
tie smell up.
A. Heilbron: Know the premises on
Twenty y.ssventh and X streets; the place
has been KEEP very cleas-as much so ss il
could; l own the place, and went out to see
shat it was kept in No. style /; it has been
used for nian or ten years; the property
value has increased in that neighborhooi over
| 100 per cent; there were no buildings there
when the hide. e.house ives first built: all
houses have been built since; have never
seen anything out of the way; when they
render tallow. of course there is q peculiar
smeli-nothing very unpleasant; don't know
that they burn any bones business is healthy;
ha.-r H. D -,