New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-06
THE SEA CLIFF STENCHES.
zEEs OF THE PLACE DECLARE THE STARCH


Tho residents of Sea Cliff are determined IN their
purpose to aba'e tue nusanccs winch they at
trii'uip 10 the Duryea Starch Works NJ 6en Cove
Al heir last meeting, held IN Sea c'i" on 1850
nriay evening, IL was decided Ia take decisive
" aSle@ of ~ "0 I, "iord. f. W Gclscnhaarr
ana ". j. Pr tonwas dplOhIe" I'D couao' WI .
DURYEA'S ana to ascertain whether they were willne
10 meet Tue committee iii anv terms Another CON
mitIee. consisting Of John Foord, Editor 81 me
HrookIvn Union Caspar Jost. d. L"zier, Joan /.
rirIe and Senator j. c. Boyd, was appointc I" pre-
mare petition ana collect evidence 10 pe pI'hcn'V
TO the s. ate Board OF Health c0mm'tI"coIn NIL
are Dr. Lozier, Senator Boyd. John foor9, Da'lu
Mosner Captain e. 1horne ana Cai tam ,. brdIc' is
to present The matter TO TIE united 'td'es ISL
Commission with the evidence SHOWING wnas 'Hto'
the refuse from the sarcn Woke has nan III ut,
stroying the tSh aud oysters n tue vlclnty OF
U,mpstead Bay. Several were present at the meet
ING W TO are Engaged IN ne hSh ana oyster uaue,
aud they salea That the effect of the rrfuSe coming
from he factory had been TO DIES roy the 'r'de en-
tIr ,Iy there. at ioss OF S4OooO 10 those eng"e'u
The community il indignant over the statement
made bg the DURYEA'S thai odors com" from ne Sea
Cntf sewage. j. Z. Cloyd, lawyer whose ON 20 Is
at No. 10 Broadway, presenter Tue ISSUES 10 u
TRIBUNE reporter VINO 'llcdon II III ior ihi"rina'lon
Yesterday. "Personallv," be said, II am "il e"on
Terms with the duryea's aud have the best oi lc'-
mo or them as ne NIB THIS statement abouttho
ccsspools OF sea emf causing he odoIs Td culouS
sea CHI il on HIGH sandy plateau anu tnG - -
nnoIs are placed III the sand. when aps"fDs INC
r.fns, r,a. iily. How adliy anV one VINO Knows
how LIT ,e earth is necessary for such purpss eau
10 Now The cause OF we NltutH II JH5' a
apparent The re .idue That comes irom ,io s.aIcn
works Is washed along shore where " ro nnu
IS baked by the SUM- giving out the on4r drctyine
garbage IL lies IN masses on TIE bottom Oh tne
Iay and forms "A KIND oil blanket mat 10 destructive
to all animal Ire beneath ~" MI ,,
the re lOrtcr - e.,,,. g
Not entirely OF late years the manufacture OF
oIucosc mas con rihuted largely TO these bad shelH
G.ea quantities. are made ana ia'gI az ,ed
| into the Sound. | do not think the DURYEA'S WIZ
deny that they Tins refuse ACID INTO the SOUND
OF course they have 10 get nd OF II, ana tny 40
al hpL Lido the best time. But the rcIu' 10 ~ washed
back on the -hore; damp weather II IL ab o. PED
by tue atmosphere and Is swept ~ the ho.sne
| Glen Cove, aud the nuisance Is moi
fcI SO much there ge, little of II AT my house bu
the snore. 40 not know what the th'ct Is on lno
| hralth; but fish cannot 1--we IN tue stream near
the starcn wor. g. and the stencil irequrnly causes
| rXJrrme nausea" - ,,.n
William j Preston president Of the Sea Cliff As
socIatlon, whose Office is at No. IL nIidEe-sG' Was
more emphatic IN denoupclhg the hu,Sshces AMI
| feeling against the prOpretOrs OF the staIch
| works, but every one who lves III
Sea Gill could TESTIFY 10 tne nuisance 1 ta, h
,ume, were TO, ally destructive TO pant ana they
were unbearaDle TO many persons. 49,. .,.
| "N hat rs tue meaus proposed bY whch reIhcuy
| can be bad - askrd the reporter ,
| There are several methods proposed, any OF
| which will cneck tue nuIsance. one Is 10 piecipl-
taie the holid parts IF tue refuse AID TO take tue
acid ont mo the sound III OOals ana dump IL. IRON
| n,nnp conc he laid at modera q cost tnat
| w1nId carry the waste far OUT INTO the
| Sound. Aud IT IA slated on g00o authority .na'
English manufacturers make use OF the WdbF' con,
yrrIinQ II TO other purposes. OF course any one o.
these methods VIII occasion some eApshse DuI me
| interests OF the community are AT -lahe' thn 'hI
| Law viii support theu ia what is fair That is all
| they ask for"
iurIng the last lew years, H. Is SAID, Win 'he W.
crease IN the manu- acture Oh glucose mo husauc'
| has become greater. A dyke was bulit seVeIa
years ago by the Duryea's when COMPLIANT WA
| ov, rfiowed and mended matters for time. bu
during present nuisance 1t has been worse thai
ever before.