The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-07-12
SOUTH BERGEN SCENTS.
Citizens Bound to Nose Out
Their Breeding Places.
Mr.. VAN KEUREN TELLS A STORY
That May Point a Moral and Adorn
a Tale About the Stencil
Breeders, Some Day.

The Fifth District Property Owners
Association held large and enthusiastic
meeting last night at No. 467 Bergen
avenue. The meeting was called for
the special purpose Of considering the
disagreeable odorss which emanate from
the various fertilizing factories and fat
rendering establishments on the mead
ows back of Bergen Hill.
DR.. B. A. Watson and ex- Commissioner
Fl. w. Carr had been to see the Board of
Health in regard to the matter.
THE CITIZENS MUST ACT.
II found the Board of Health very will
ing to do everything in their power to
''The president of the Board, DR..
L. j. Gordon, informed me that
the Board of Health had
brought a test case before the Chancellor
in regard to doing away with certain
nuisance, and the Chancellor decided
that the Board of Health could not
proceed against the nuisance, but one
or more citizens affected by the nuisance
should lodge complaint, and then the
court could take measures to abate it at
once.
E"One point the Board laid special stress
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nesses, but must depend upon citizens to
act in that capacity. If the members of
this association are willing to take a
little trouble and collect evidence
against the men who are responsible for
the maintenance OF these pest holes am
sure we will soon have relief"
CARR WAS PREPARED.
We should, here, tonight, make a
note of the precise hour and day we are
affected by these stenches." admonished
Mr.. Carr, 'sand at subsequent meeting
compare notes. BY the employment Of
some person to trace up these nuisances
something may be done to suppress
them. Perhaps 1t will be necessary
to pay the party who takes the mat
ter in hand, but it is necessary that we
could secure more definite proof. Last
Wednesday at fifteen minutes to seven
p. M, the smell was uncomfortable.
It takes an hour after yon have
closed the windows of your house to dis
sipate the odor. | have located one nui-
sance at Siemond street and St. PauIs
avenue. Here they boil dead horses and
make fertilizers. Another is the mann
moth manure heap on the meadows. /
can understand how these large piles OF
manure. acres in extent. are a pro-
ftable source of revenue to the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, and very necessary
in the successful prosecution of agricul-
ture. But certain parties mix foreign
is uncomfortable. 1t is the mixing Of the
other constituents with the manure that
causes the trouble. Then there is the
concern on the meadows, where they boil
the stomachs of hogs, and make pepsin.
NEARLY SUFFoCATED.
The Lester Agricultural Works is re-
sponsible for good deal of the trouble
we are having. A young man who be-
longs to q rowing club told me that while
the crew to which he belonged were row.
ing on the Hackensack they saw
volume of smoke issuing from one of
these places. On account Of the heavi-
ness OF the air the smoke hung just over
the river, and the young men thought
lessly crossed through the smoke. That
crew never made such fast time in try
ing to put anything behind them as they
did to escape that foul smelling smoke.
A husband bought an article which one
OF these establishments make, and put it
in his front yard. His wife compelled
him to throw it away. She asserted that
it had the awful favour that is waited on
the breezes of Bergen every night.
'sABATE IT YOURsELvESP'
Street Commissioner Van Keuren asked
whether the nuisances were located in
the county or city. He ethought they would
have trouble in abating the nuisances.
He related how, with posse OF men
twenty years ago. when he was an Official
of the city government, he had gone and
pletely wrecked factory in Lafayette
which had been making a horrible stencil.
The owner sued him before the Supreme
Court, but the court did not entertain
the suit. Attorney-General Gllchrist had
told him that citizen could destroy
nuisance himself and the law would back
him up.
Mr.. +. G. Campbell wanted the associa
tion TO have a legislative enactment
passed abolishing the nuisances, but the
members thought there was enough at
present on the subject.
The following committee was ap-
pointed to procure evidence against all
the bad smelling concerns and they were
empowered to draw on the association
for funds to prosecute their work:
H. w. Carr, j. II. Carnes, G. r. Per-
kins, j. NJ. Jones. L. Clifford. William j.
Crawford s resignation as president Of the
association was read. and Mr.. j. +.
Klump was elected president of the as
sociation. Mr.. Crawford's resignation
was received with regrets.
A warm discussion was caused
by the Executive Committee advising
that Press Committee be ap-
pointed which should exercise a censor
ship over all matter appearing in the
public press of the city. DE-. Watson
thought that this committee would do
away with the individual rights of mem
bers, reporters and editors, and the ap-
pointment of Press Committee was re-
ferred back to the Executive Committee
for further consideration. The meeting