The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-04-29
THE STINK FACTORIES,
Again Dl,cusIrd aud Considered by the
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The Council Committee on Health
met last night. l, has evidently, rs Mr..
Farrell put it., cone ITO SEQ itself as
ithers SEQ it." and last night devoted
the time from S o'clock TO II to business.
The only thing merging on the %farcical
was q little bout between Mr.. Farrell
and Chairman Campbell, as follows:
Dr.. Campbell-"Mr. Farrell, please
take the chair"
Mr. Fmrell-"Wha. you going 10 do,
DockW
DR.. Campbell-"l'm going to move
Mr.. Farrell, quickly-"Whcn, now, or
April frst?"
DR.. Campbell, however, got his resolu.
ton out with the help Of "Mr. Gene"
as Clerk lIanke Ia known In that CON
mittec.
The frs: matter brought up was the
hide house question. Senator n. D..
Scott was asked to testify before the com.
mittee.
~ will say" said Mr.. Scott, "tha. for
a number OF years vi have been an.
noyed by the soap factories, and when
the butchers Association wanted 10
build n hide house. we put In our pro.
test. They said they would not boil
tllow. | went to them aud wanted to
buy the ground they occupy, and !
offered 10 iakc the building contract oil
theit hands, SO they should loose moth.
Ing. We were unable TO make any ar.
rangement with them, and since they
have been boiling tallow tho smell Is
frequently in,olcrable. The men Mt the
gliss works carry lunch baskets and
dinner buckets with them, and frequently
the stencil Is so sickening and pervades
the building 30 thoroughly that tho men
arc unable to eat what they bring with
them. Very often, after | have been
smelling these things all morning, I nm
sickened by the sigh. OF meat at home
, t noon.
yesterday morning the atmosphere
was very damp and heavy, and there
was n terrible smell. Several people
came into the office to telephone the
Health Officer. I,went down to the hide
house to sec il Il came from there. !
smelled 1t coming out OF the door, and
no one can deny that the place smells
bad. Now, ] do not think that Won
mean to impose upon rs. LIDO no. think
you want to drive out n factory which
employs 500 men, and makes a payroll
OF $4,000 every two weeks, for the sake
OF accommodating Il few butchers who
have been offered a proposition to buy
them out and take their building cor.
tract from them so as to save them from
loss. We have consulted our at.
%torneys, and We are advised that il you
by ordinance or otherwise, authorize the
continuance OF n nuisance TO our injury,
We have cause 10 bring damage suite. l
DO not say this rs n threat, but with the
utmost good feeling, and with the hope
that you will not allow u continuance OF
this nuisance
Several others who had appeared be-
fore the committee ut other times reit-
Grated their former statements.
MIR. Elder was present. He blamed
the smell on the creek, and said that
when the water is low, and a shower
falls and is followed by hot sun, there is
always a smell.
Mr. Elder. jr., said: "i1r. Scott says
that when We are boiling soap there is a
bad odor. In boiling soap there is no
odor which could DO smelled outside OF
the house. We make mill grease, and
that only requires one day in the week.
This mill grease is used on hot axles,
and the smoke from it is inhaled by the
woskmen, day in and day out, and if it
is injurious, why does it not hurt them ?
We have a petition signed by 100 men
living in the same square with the soap
factory"
Mr.. Thies said: "a hundred thous.
anG green flies come to my house when
the boiling is going on and settles Oh my
tables"
Mr.. Elder: "Heshould keep his house
clean. 1t is not likely that flies will
leave q stencil 10 60 to a clean, sweet
place."
Mr.. Elders petition to be allowed to
remain where he is, signed by an even
hundred East Wheeling citizens, was
read. Mr.. Thies asserted that the sign.
ers OF the petition all live south and
west Of the soap factory, SO that the wind
does not carry the smell toward them,
a petition signed by 2l3 people, asking
for the removal OF the soap factory, was
read. Mr.. Elder insisted that OF the 2l3
people on the petition. only fifteen of
them live any place near the soap
factory. 1t was shown, however, that
the others are annoyed by the bad
smells while they are at work at the
Central glass works.
Here M animated discussion between
Mr.. Thcis and Mr.. Elder amused the
committee a few minutes, DR.. Camp
bell being unable to call them to order
with the gavel and both feet.
This closed the debate concerning the
stink factories" and George Richie
was called in to talk about other bad
odors. Richie complained that by an
accident he and an assistant had burst
the door OF a vault and allowed the CON.
tents to run out over the ground. He
had done his best to clean it up, but
the Heath officer had him arrested
for it. lie was fined in Police Court,
and had appealed the case. DA. Garrison
had refused him n permit to do further
work, on the ground that his license was
forfeited by his being fined.
Dr.. Garrison made a similar statement.
Solicitor White decided that since
Ritchiehad taken an appeal, the Mayors
judgment in the case stood susnendcd
until the case could be passed upon by
the higher court, hence Ritchie's license
is not forfeited unless the higher court
sustainr the Mayors judgment.
DR.. Garrison was asked to make A
statement concerning the stinh fac.
tories, the examination on that line
having been interrupted to allow aIr.
Richie to give bis statement and 20
home. The Doctor told his experiences
yesterday morning, and they tailed ex.
actly with Senator Saait's statement,
DR.. Campbell, to DR.. Garrison-"Do
you consider these places n~pisancesq"
DR.. Garrison--"They are all nuisances,
and should all be sent out OF the city'
Such things should not he allowed in
the city. Women suffer most from such
things. Children born OF mothers Who
breathe such foul odors will not have
natural vitality"
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