New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-23
FILTH OF FULTON FISH MARKET.
HENRY .BERGHS INDIGNANT PROTEST
PoULSEss OF THE WATER IN WHICH HUMAN FOOD
IL KFpr-DAxGFRs FROM 1T.

Henry Bergh, "at the risk Of being criticised
for apparently venurng beyond the field OF his legiti-
mate dntes in letter to the Board OF Health yester-
day invites their attention TO evil OF great magni-
tude affecting the public health in the traffic OF fresh
sh Mt Fulton Market His letter. in part Is as follows
Every hour OF captivity deterorates the favor OF fish
and reduces Its nourshng capacity Now fish breahes
through tne medium OF water by means of gis, just as
cred with blood vessels, so that the fluid may
receive sufhciency OF the oxygen contained IN tnt
clement 10 is therefore. manifest that that invisible,
but potent substance is important to the health and
existence OF the inhabitants OF the water az TO those
OF the thy uid which perpetualy fills the basin in
front OF the Fulton Fish MARKET and in which the nsh
ing sale, becomes interesting inquiry. This basin,
which extends the entire front of the market 200 or
which, rs may be supposed. almost wholly Impede tho
flow OF the tide the Into his foul lnelosure as
ers Of the city; added to which. the
including the general OF taat locality Tor the like
purposes by the Migrants OF tho neighborhood unques
that can he found food for human consumption
Aud yet IN this disgusting receptacle are to DO counted
of fish annually and which eaten 10y cur inhabitants
quite unconscious of the fearful condition OF the food
they are swallowing.
In conversation with one OF the leading dealers in
fab. who feengy deplorcd this state OF things he con-
fessed that the fish all died. with the exception OF the
lobstes, which were better able to endure the hhy
liquid by being kept for out toward The owng river ms
same dealers rOceinfOrmed that>as they
could no longer endure the water and died they were
taken Into the upper market and put into
restaurant circulation but" he added with
ekpowing wink OF his eye, II ain not consumer OF
that article"
The most favorable time for visiting that SCOT is when
the Tide II low. Andf possible, at moment wnen one OF
the Union Ferry boats enters its slip and the hugo
wheels back water; whereby the visible and occult
deposits nj the bottom attracted to the surface ana
the odors become nexpressibc. Even hshernen, by
their own admission, not proof against these why
this pestilentlsto OF things has been so long tolerated
A nf m IA
exists, may at any time be verified, and that IL IS an
unparalleled disgrace to the city Is equally true.
| may he asked. "why do you not take measures TO
protect the humble though sentient beings so cruelty
treaiedi" Such as have followed the proceeding ~
the society represent will remember the prejudice
which has existed In the public mind as well "a courts
every occasion when the turtle and other aquatic
creatures have been the subject OF consideration
and fear that the same prejudic which
exhibited n the first brought
before court, fifteen years stil hnds re-
Spouse, TO W.T. "Ihdi ne true Is not an aaiDln ut d
the opposing counsel on that occasion maintained and
the Judge sustained. But man IA an animal. and there
should not be any question delay In projecting hin
from the consequences incidental to the practices which
have so nperiecfiy described. and which the English
language Is Inadequate To portray II " be The Intention
OF the cholera 10 VISIT shores II hardly posslD q
for the plaque decline the Invitation thus offered at
Fulton Market TO make a long sojourn among US.