New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-30
THE REMOVAL or MANURE.
WHAT HEALTH OFFICERS SAY ABOUT THE CRAM
JURYs PRpsENTMExr.

WHAT HEALTH OFFICERS SAY ABOUT THE Gs.vn
JURYs PRysENTNESr.
At the Office of the Board Of Health yesterday tbs,H
an evident acquicsccnce in the presentment which
the Grand Jury had made In regard to the storage a
in the city, General Sbaler president Of tbA
Board talked frankly on the subject with TRIBuSs
reporter. 4" have wish to place myself In opposi
ton 10 the Grand jury" he said, and cheerfallv
submit to the verdict. Before the presentment Wa
made the Board Of Health had ordered the removal uoA
only Of the stored In Michael Kanes yara but
aso of thousands of stored at other points IN TIA
city II ought lie known that have been between
two fires this matter. There Is no public service
for the removal Of stable refuse but such removal 3
accomplished entirely by private enterprise Formerly
the contractors paid the stable for the manure
hen il the policy Of the Board 10 permit the con-
tractors To store the their wharye and In
the adjoining yards in the winter tune. The efforts Of
the Board make the contractors clean their yarda
early in the spring interfered much with the bust
that the contractors now refuse to pay anything
tor the manure at small stables IL the accumulation
of manure at wharf Is Oft, nsive and unhealthy how
much would be the state OF things If the manure
WA permitted to accumulate in the thousand, Of
stables throughout the city 1t is claimed that under
tie present system IL Is impossible to remove The
year The Board Of Health Wish to do what ia practical
In the interests OF the public. A law passed BY
the last Legislature authorizing Us TO designate two
permanent places for the dumping of manure on the
East RIVER. Applications for permits we're made BY
several contractors under thar law, but have nos
granted them and the dumping Of manure at the
wharves has been done IN violation IT the SAINT airy
Code The Board will prevent the storage of manure
at the docks in obedience to the expressed public wish.
II tho contractors refuse 10 take the manure from tho
stables some other system OF removal will need TO b
devised"
Assistant Sanitary Superintendent James said of tho
presentment: " think 1t will do good In the way Of
strengthening the work Of the Board There has been
considerable opposition on the part Of property Owners
10 the war which We have been making on the vault
system Owners of tenement houses, especially, have
offered stubborn resistance TO the efforts OF the Board
and l think this presentmcnt will mako them under.
stand how the public feel about the matter The
NJ ,nure business IL difficult problem 20 deal with In
the absence of any public system Of re0oval II h
necessary TOR the public health that the manure eha
not permitted to accumulate in the sfables Yet there
Is no doubt that the storing Of large quantities Of
manure in yards near the river Is unhealthy The con-
tractors who the sell TO farmers de-
livering II mostly at BAYS aud creeks on the Long
Island shores When cold weather sets In and navE
CATION in the creeks il impossible the work OF removal
l. mpeded. Then the farmers refuse to buy manure 10
which there Is too much straw bedding The con.
tractors naturally wish to keep the manure IN their
wards until the straw rots II the stable men would b
careful 10 separate the straw from the manure
the difficulties In the way OF prompt removal would b
lcssened The nuissnces caused by slsugther-houses
and fat rending places cannot be entirely abat 3D. 10
INV jud ement. until all the saughterng of animals
done outside the city, yet probably 10000 people get
living in this city by working in those e''a0u'A'
ments."
Detectives Reilly and Won Gcrichten yesterday sr.
rested Michael Kane who Is said TO be the proprietor OF
the manure yard at the foot of East Forty
concerning which complaint was made by the Health
Protective Association. The association Is composed
of ladies living Beekman HILL IN the vicinity OF the
alleged nuisance. Mrs. Wendt. Mrs. Har!and and
other members of the association went before the
by that body Mr. Kane was released on giving bonds
TO the amount of 81 600