New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-03

THE BAY CONERED WITH OlLl MA LEN.
LOUD COMPLAINTS OF OFFENSIVE oDoRs-Who Is
RESPONSIBLE FOR THEMf
The Messengers by the O'CLOCK boat from Staten
Island Yesterday morning all said "Phew!" and
went into the cabin and held their noses. The
reason of this was that all over the surface OF he
hav was spread an oily substance said TO be "sludRe
acidv the odor from which did not give the "baimy
breath of ring" the ghost OF show IN It's
struggle for ne suage af TO- Se Sdrne
by the tide and the southwest wind from the drec-
ton of Bayonne. The waters s OF the pay pay
oilv matter and the offensive odor
arising from it was perceptible in the vicinity
of the Battery and on the Brooklyn feny;bosts as
sion down town as to the source from which the
nuisance emanated and indignation was expressed
that the oil companies should De allowed 10 pol
Lutte the air and water too. The odor was per-
ceptbe in the lower part OF the city up 10 IL
O'Clock. c.. O..
perintendent. Oay were found at the headquarters
OF the Health Department in Mott-st. by q
TRIBUNE reporter in the afternoon. They
said that no notification of the preya-
lence of disagreeable odOrs IN the lower
part OF the city arising from sudge ACID OF
other substances floating on the waters OF tne pay
would be out OF their jurisdiction any way but
wOuld be a proper subject to be investigated by
the State Board OF Health.
SAID to a TRIBUNE reporter: When L came up
from Staten Island this morning the stencil arising
from the wafer was nOrIlDle. ne Ol lut
bay was covered almost far you could see with
au oily substance that seemed 10 float up from the
refneries of Bayonne. The odor was very strong at
the Battery and along the adjacent river fronts"
Has there been much trouble OF the KIND be-
forep $500. coo..o yr;,,;o,,,
Curts and other citizens OF Staten Island who have
TO pass the waters Of the bay every day mace
complaint to the Attoney-General. tie commune
Gated with the Standard Oil Company, and they
agreed TO put their sudge acid and other obnoxious
refuse in tanks and carry II to sea OF 70 some other
place where II could DC disposed Of wtnout 0nen t
zens but the disagreeable odors still continue III
is a matter in which New-YOrk City Is as much IN
terested as the jewellers on the shores OF the pay
Does the sludge acid, whatever the substance
rs that the oil reuers allow to run INTO the pay, H.
terfere with the shell fisheries Ill. -.
the injury done 10 the oysters. we sent
10 the Attorney General number OF aihoa,
Wits on this point an sao% T1tEs ' paned in be
bay and TO those which are Kept In INC h9as III
the Kill Won Kul THIS sludge acid, AFTER noatIhg
about the bay, finds Judgment on the rocKs and
piers along tie coast, and remains 10
poison the air. Certainly If the nuisance
arose from dead animals, the owners would DC re-
ouired at once to remove the cause OF the ouor'
Nhy should not the oil companies be required 10
remove any cause of discomfort and disease ~ A..
Complaint has been made that slndge acld on tnc
waters of the bay eats the copper sheathng OF snps
lying at the wharves or IN the stream.
William Rockefeller. president of the Standard
Oil Company. said yesterday that his company
refneres at Bayonne were not responsible for any
pollution of the Kill Won Kull. He understood that
tine members of the State Board OF Health had Wis
tied fhe refiperies and expressed themselves
rs sssisfed that the Standard bad taken all neces
sary precautions to prevent the overflow Of sudge
acid or the escape of any refuse into the water Ire
company waived all question OF the jurisdiction OF
the New-York Board on the New-Jersey shore, and
was willing 10 adopt any suggestion WITHIN reason
for the prevention of any possible nuisance:
Mr. Lombard, of Lombard, Ayres d. Co., VINO
have the Seaboard Refinery at Bay onne, denied thai
any sludge acid had been allowed 10 escapo ilo
their works In the last two years. Inc storage
capacity OF the refinery was sufficient 1or an ae
emulation of three months before an over1ow q
acd tar would be possible Several thousands OF dol
lars had been expended by them to prevent any
escape Of refuse into the water