The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-05-02
room raoM err DUMPS.
Aaew che Patrons or Cheap Resfauranea
are ved on "Made" Dishes.

mer bear away with them to sea the
garbage and refuse Of the city has long
been one Of tho established beliefs, Of
the city. Should tho average person he
told, as World reporter was yesterday,
that only a fraction Of the garbage over
leaves the city he would naturally be
very much surprised. It Ia resurrscted,
II Is said, from ash heaps and fevsr-
pregnant mounds of filth to be cleansed
and washed and boiled and then served
up under tho title Of beef stew, soup,
hash, bread padding and fricaass on the
tables Of the cheaper restaurants Of the
city, to be paid for at the rate Of 10
cents plate by the poor of New York.
An inspsctor on one Of the public
dumps said yesterday that he had long
wondered how it was possible for Chat.
ham street cafes TO sell dinners 20
cheaply, and he thinks the explanation
Is shown by standing for an hour at
soy OF the dampa Of the city.
A little distance above Tweatieth
street, on the North River, about op-
posite where the ill-fated steamer
"Riverdsle" went down, Is one of tho
regular dumps. The garbage aud dir.
are piled up IN imposing and picture-
esque pyramids on the docks, with little
cindsr-mads paths running between
them. They vary in color and height.
Some are brown, others dark brown.
Others black and some again white, and
look like immense bodies rolting in the
sunshine and spotted with disease. Be-
fore thsm on the street are msrshalled
wagons and carts as vari-colored as the
dirt heaps, and present barricade suf-
hcientIy strong to drive away any one
with nostrils from the eheckered pilss
behind them. On the other side of the
street the gin mills that bloom ia that
locality form an interesting background
to the pictare, with the bartenders and
regular rounders at the door to enIiven
the scene and give it touch Of life and
reality.
In the early m1rning yesterday there
passed string Of men, women and
children between the wagons, and Ave
minutes afterwards were perched upon
the heaps, while the rlng Of hook and
shovel sounded pleasantly on the air.
The men were without exception Ital-
ians, al dark, swarshy men, with faces
as black and dirty as their clothes, aad
the females were their wives and daugh.
ters. The women in the majority Of
cases were hsgs, with wrinkled yellow
faces and fingers as lean and long as Ii 9
hookr they held.
The Italians whs do this work form
busy little community among them
selves and as each one went TO the heap
OF garbage be saluted bis men compan.
ions and nodded to the girls. BY 0
o'clock the little city was in feverish
burst of activity, carts had come in from
the Street Department and we're dump.
ing their sargoes down on the treasures
sought for by hook and shovel and every
one was busy. The inspector of the
dump, jolly, red-faced fellow, walked
among the Italians apparently as much
at home as though he were across the
street.
"There," be said, ais where all the
beef stews como from, as well as hash.
| don't eat hash myself, and lately !
knocked of stsws. / am living alto
gether on corned beef. Cabbage 7
Well, no / amt eating cabbage. /
gave that up with stsws and soup"
When asked to prove his assertion
the inspector took the reporter by the
hand and lit cigar. The reporter also
accepted a cigar, although the inspector
told him it was very poor one. not in.
tended really to smoke and enjoy, bu,
as fnmigator while going through ths
dump. Then he led the way over the
blackened path and closer by the water'l
edge. There the piles were larger and
looked as though the disease had gotter
into their vitals and was bursting ou
from every inch surface.
A slime bordered the dock, beginning
in yellow color, then turning blue, AM
as it approached the shore growinI
greener until it seemed like patch O
grass growing from the water. Th
very atmosphere was fetid and thick
The Italians worked lahoriously. TIL
men were down on their knees anC
plunged their hooks into the dirt-heap
bringing up pieces of bread, cheese
scraps Of meat, coal, wood and rags
The coal and rags wero put in one pail
and the bread and meat in another ont
Not the smallest particle escaped thei
eyes, and everything was dragged to til
surface, even though they were. com
PEELED to bury their hands among th
repulsive treasures in the filth. Som
of the men could tell where the be-
leads were, in the same way that min
ers seek out veins Of gold and silver.
the surface bore any traces of sms
coal, then the pile came from Fifl