New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-02
THE NUISANCE AT SEA CLIFF.
Is IT FROM THE DURYEA STARCH "oRhS'
WHAT VISIT TO THE WORKS sHowED-cEssPoolS
srccrsrFD AS THE CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE

WHAT A VISIT TO THE WORKS sHowED-cEsSr'oL'
SUGGESTED AS THE CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE
A., occount was published in THE TRIBUNE. yes
terday of a meeting held at sea Cnn Ior uno pu 70
pose OF taking steps 70 abate nu,sa Wrs The
proceed from the Duryea Starch WORKS. ,o IKE
SS,arch Works were established at Glen Cove IN 800.
They are about mile aud quarter distant lrom l
Sea C upon an arm Tbe sane is called Hampstead
Harbor In 1870, S. l.. VI. Barlow and
AM Mr. Appleby, of Glen Cove Cove W began
@pon the ground that they created nuisance
Ihis was done through the local Board OF Health
The ssrsDuryea obtained IN Glen cove cOan'o CO
petition from two-!hrds OF the properly NJ
the township, in which the charge was denied M,
Barows property is not IN the vIcln'tS o. o. the the
Starch Works, but occupies the headland az tn Tue
head of the bay where it joins the sound Inc peti-
tion in favor OF tue Messrs. Duryea was slgne9 ny
nearly all of the jewellers III the ora part O,rn
Cove which dates back more than hundIeu years
and is actually on both sides Of the Starcn VOTES;
which were originally built upon salt meadow ahu
at the head OF the inlet or cr coTs bond Which Is
fed by natural springs. There as tneeiot To-. s ,
stream of living water III the creek AZ d.. lines.
IL is navigable only at flood tide. The ola portion
Of The village was built both sides OF the pOnd'
When the matter discussed by the persons con
earned in the presence of the local Board Mr. Bar
low abandoned the case as all those who nved IN
the immediate vicinity of the alleged nuisance oe
clared that 1t was no nuisance anoms .ue of Neyr
York. Those who declared that there was u NUS
ance lived at a distance. ,a ,o,
belief entertained by the leading citzens tnst eno
tidal inlet at the head of which the Starch orks
are established receives the drainage o. t h
factory, including sulphurlc ACID an9 tne
refuse of the corn which is conveyed INTO
starch, The sulphuric acid is used ior the
conversion of starch into glucose, one OF the SUB
stances manufactured by the Messrs Duryea IL Is
matter of common nOtorety that the waters OF the
inlet at the factory and Tor some distance ao"u-
ward are white from matter discharged INTO III.
wo of the Messrs Duryea for OF the seven brothers
interested there are some always resident III uien
Cove. stated to TRIBUNE reporter yesvetu su
lIshmen, that che substance which ulsco,oieu .no
water resulted from the albumen detached IN Steep
ing the corn in hot water preparatory 10 eriuuing,
and from the water used in washing the starch
after it was manufactured. All that the water con-
tans they said was pure a. Sive nutritious yn1e
to the water which would help greatly 10 latten
OYSTERS and clans Wright D9rysa one OF 1le
cessfully. with oysters :. win reg saS IN IN
the, sulphuric acid -. 1T .ho was w wsea b n
such way e tbs into ths inlet or in the
arr The starch was placed in large vats ilrnsneo
with rotating mixers The ACID was aaoea 10 tno
mass in definite proportions according TO the pat
ened system, with result OF pure aDsoluteiy nul-
pid glucose within a certain time: Ihere was no
escape possible under these conditions NOT was
there at the head of the inlet any noxioas efiuya
or any scum of any kind. Inc wafer was nliiAy
from the presence of albumeu, ana that was an.
Captain Daniel Murphy, who was unloaoing
corn schooner the Starch Works told the reporter
that for twenty-five years he bad been similarly
never knew or heard of any noxous scum IN all
that time. When the complaint OF the inhaoitants
of Sea Cliff was explained to hun. ne ss'a Ed Is
why. Becos when the ebbNide makes
the a'' water IN the erik fall into, the haIbor
and is carried out into the Sound one hour
and better after the ebb tide makes at Sea Cliff
And besides between the folks at Sea GIN and the
head of CRIB there's bar par'ly ABOVE ana
partly below the water, as is marked WITH whlte
stake When the ebb tide makes from the crlD IL
comes against this here bar and makes quite a
swirlIpg current that bends off to the night hand,
where il ines with the ebb Of the whole bay and
is pretty strong, running IN places hve miles an
hour. When flood tide makes anything oad, any
eudge or bad scum is IN the Sound, might be
swept in and would then get TO Sea Cllh But that
might come from hundred places along the Sound
specialIy from lie works. That wonld kill hsh
perhaps and would he deathon oysters sure enough
But the Hampstead HarbOr is great place Tor
oysters and taxes SEED nc i sUdge
the haI Dor. When IL does come IT'S from the Souho
surely" o,.s An. .oo. ..o.
along the shore below the gravelled hills on which
the place is built there nc at low water an acrld
pungeDt and offensive odor ming the nostriS anu
creating undeniable sensations OF nausea mere
is no such smell around The Starch Works. In their
Immediate vicinity there IS the FAINT sourlsh smell
peculiar to -four in the acetous stage OF termenta-
lion which will lie found in grain warehouses, III
breweres aud wherever moisture gets TO cereal Z.
But the odor at Sea Cliff is altogether different All
the cess-pools at Sea Cliff open, and are simply
holes in "A loose, gravely soil. The result OF ln-
Quires shows that it probable that the contents OF
these hundreds OF cess-pooiS SecP uo"u W 'h0
waters lge and for the most part carried away
by the tide What remains is enough TO creaie IN
invalids loathing for food whenever fogs prevail
with warm weather, and the effiuvia then rises TO
the height of the dwellings III Sea Cilh. hen
the east wind prevails 1t would carry the stencil
in the same direction. 80 -,
Wright Dnryea stated that not one OF the gentle
men who are foremost in the new movement, ana
who made speeches on Thursday night, has ever
come to the works to investigate the facts. lie
hoped that the petition would he presented to the
Governor aud the State Board of Health. that
the gentlemen of Sea Cliff might get the crushing
Tebuke which he thought they Iucrited.
nrcCuDI me IN THE POL ICE FORCE