New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-23
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
A BILL IN FAVOR OF SKINNED MILK.
PRESIDENT CHANDLrR's OPINION OF THE MEASURE
TED MILK.

PRESIDENT CHANDELIERS OPINION OF THE MbAoo"H
INTRODUCED BY MR. MCARREN.
bill WAS introduced at Albany by AsseImDlyman
McCarren on Wednesday making 1t a mlsdemeanoff
to sell milk containing less than 8 per cent VI
cream, unless otherwise plainly marked on tne
Charles F. Chandler of the Board Of Health, was
asked by TRIBUNE reporter yesterday what was
the probable intent of the bill and what wouid 10
ut is the same effort" said he (which the health
authorities of the city have defeated several
times before; twice by getting the Governor 10 vero
the bill and last year IN the LeglslssIa .ho
before 1t reached the Governor. The object OIL tIe
bill is to prevent the Board of Health from o1eCG
ing the public against unwh0lesome miIh, ,osd 20
uphold us in section 1S6 of the Sanitary Code anu
in section 8. chapter 407 of the laws OF no eli
These laws make 1t msdemeahCr 10 keep changed
or reduced by the removal OF cream Inc ausJa;i io
of this bill to legalize the sale OF nnskimeu ilH
know that If they get the milk mo tne CITY
limits they can easily pass it of for unskmmed
milk. Dealers can conceal the labeiled calis Ia
wagons under counters or they can shit tne ra
public public. "I DR.. +. G: Janevay SAID las.
year that such P niu wa 70 be STSic health
and especaly autagonIstic TO the health OF chill
dren. There is no demand for SKINNED MIX ny
city consumers and 1t can only be sold under as
ruise Prominent members OF the Sanitary Reform
Society urged the defeat of such a bill ast wear
Dr. w. X. Newton, state Inspector of MIX IN New New
have failed to protect the public, ana nave
offered premiums to dealers i'll the fraudn,ehS
article. The dealers have been known 10 p9t MIN h W
every grade in cans marked SKINNED, Insy
could thus eyade the inspector ana palm on III ,io
milk as pure with tho explanatory remark lllat sne
label meant nothing The best promise oi pun n,'
milk for the city is under the present law ana from
such movements among milk producers 10 sohu d
pure unskimmed article as the one tnat mas oeeR
started by Orange County farmers along ING Iio Vi
the Erie Railroad"
SAVED BY GALLANT CAPTAIN McENROE.
At the foot of West Thirty-ffth-st a boat loaded
with wood lay dscharging her cargo late yesterday
afternoon. The day being holiday, most OF the
crew imbibed too much and consequently became
untitled for work. They insisted, however, on Try
them. John White of No. 352 West Thirty-slxth-
ST. and Thomas Horn, OF No. 40 West fOrty-thlrd-
ST., fell overheard. They sank, and upon Golningp
the surface struggled hard to reach the pier
Thomas Malouey OF No $50 West PROFESSIONALISM
who was on the boat, lost his presence OK mlhd
With an indstinct idea that he ought 10 do some
thing save them, although he could not SWIM, TO
jumped overheard, too The three men were slrug-
Cling desperately IN the, water, when Captain
Charles McEnroe, of the River Lille Saving
Service, saw them. Without moments hes-
itatIon he sprang overheard ana doye
for Maloney, who; unable to SWIM, had sunk:
TO the surface McEnroe succeeded then III caichhg
a rope thrown by the captain of the boat ana MA
loney was hauled on Ioar, Tllo inc orw yeye
most exhausted. When he reached them both
clutched him and the three began to SINK. McEnroe
then struck one of the men heavy blow and sue
ceeded in loosening his hold. Both Horn ana Whlte
were almost unconscious then ann thclr brave res
cuer had no trouble in getting them WITHIN reach
of the fifty friendly hands outstretched to help
him. ,
The three half-drowned men were laid In the
cabin of the wood boat, and DR.. Knox, OF Forty,
ffth-st was summoned. He first wanted TO- attend
to Captain McEnrOe, who lay exhausted, Out the
latter told him to see 10 the others first They were
revived and became well enough to 60 to their
homes. Captain McEnrOe has now saved htty.slx
persons from drowning.