Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-07
TWILL BE ENLARGED.
The Beck's Run Schindery to Have
Increased Facilities.
WATER CONTAMINATION TO GO ON
Little Mountain Rivulets That Carry
POisons to the River.
ANOTHER SOURCE OF IMPURE SUPPLY

From present appearances there seems to
be no prospect of an abatement of the Beck's
run schindery nuisance. Instead, it is to
be increased with the coming year, and its
capacity for compounding fluid extracts for
the favoring of our water supply doubled.
Early in the present week DISPATCH re-
porter, for the second time, visited this
"stink factory" as the residents thereabouts
style it. This time it was found in opera
ton. John Engstler, who, with Gustave
Nieder, now run the business, was busy cut
ting up COW and putting it in the boil
ing Dot. The COW had a large
cancer and its owners bad had it toted off
to be cremated and then will drink in solu-
tion the disease germs. Mr.. Engstler han
died the diseased parts with impunity. He,
said the doctor has several times wanted
him to use gloves, but he wasn't afraid and
had handled all kinds of diseased meat
when he had cuts on his hands.
WILL INCREASE FACILITIES.
A few of the choice portions of the car
cases were saved as dog meat. Hanging
on hooks nearby was some horse meat he
had saved for the dogs of some friends who
came for it regularly. When questioned
about the fluids contaminating the
water supply, he said that it
was no worse than other things
all along the river and said it were better to
boil the dead horses, etc.. up than to let
them have them lie in shallow graves along
the river and contaminate the water more
still. He said they intended to tear down
the old buildings in the spring and put up
uavv nd 1oroar Opoc T1uIoaa a0mathino nm
foreseen intervenes. Anton Saulier, with
Engstler and Nieder, have invested $1,000
in the business Mr.. Engstler said if some
of the kickers wanted to buy them out, or
the city do the same thing, they might
think about it; but unless molested they in
tend egoing right on as they have for IL
years. The law governing schinderies only
says that they shall be one mile from any
city line. The Beck's run schindery is Just
outside the limit.
BIG CHARMED HOUSE.
The old shed is piled full of bones, re-
sembling big charnel house. As the re-
porter went through it the rats scampered
away and as he stopped one winked at him
from the eye-hole of skull. Out in
loosely constructed shed was the "ashes of
the dead" The guide explained that it was
pulverized horses, cows, dogs, cats, etc., and
wouldn't charm no one." It was cold
weather, making the scent deadened. 1t
must be said that the interior OF the schin-
dery was cleaner than its looks from the out
side, with its old broken spoke-stack
leaking smoke on all sides, would imply.
The cold weather, too, helped things.
This, however, does not affect the liquids
which are turned into the little stream every
time boiling is made, to trickle and bubble
over the stones in merry glee as it hurries on
to the river with its death-dealing poisons.
ANOTHER CONTAMINATION.
These same little mountain streams are
another source of contamination to the
rivers water. No fish can live in any of
them. The stones in the bottom are covered
with a yellow slime, and the tracks of the
stream look more like conduits for waste
from manufactures than mountain streams
that should be pure and sparkling. The
yellow look is caused by the sulphurous de-
posits from the mouths of coal pits. Not
only Beck's run but all of the streams emp
tying into the Monongahela river, contain
the same deposits, and add their quota to the
swelling stream to find its way to the water
works and the hydrants of Southside citi-
Zens.