The evening world., 1891-11-27
SICKENED BY STENCIL.
Vile 0dors from a Soap Factory
Assail Tenement Dwellera
Rancid Fat and Rotting Animal
Matter Rendered There.
The Millionaire Soapmaker Says
"Rats" Whom Com mplsiuts
Are Made.

Are Made.
The big SOAP and tallow factory OF Fay
Brothers at % Monroe street Ii an offense
TO the nostrlls OF the residents OF that part OF
New York CITY.
Time and again efforts have been made by
the people living In the crowded tenement
houses that surround It on all sides to have
the vile smells and stenches which are peri
odtcally given out BY the soap works abated,
but all attempts have thus far been unavail-
ing.
on several occasions and complaints have
been Investigated by inspectors At times
there has been cessation Of the odors for
week or two, or perhaps longer, but just as
soon as vigilance on tho part Of the authors
ties is relaxed tho nuisance is continued and
the stenches are, II anything, worse than
before.
The proprietor Of this factory at the pres
ont time Is Patrick Henry Fay, who lives In
great house In Madison avenue and is said
to b worth many millions Of dollars.
When he has bean appealed to by the poor
people who 1.-Two in the neighborhood Of the
factory, he has simply told them that they
ought to mind their own business. He says
he began making soap there before any OF
them went there to live, and he doesn't pro
pose TO change his methods now.
"He's . millionaire and has too much
money for u.s." say the suffering tenement
house people. ats no use trying to mend
tar hat
could be done and without the slightest
change for the better"
The factory extends all the way through the
block, from Aonroe to Cherry street, and Its
product is mainly shipped to foreign coun-
tries
CAUSED BY RENDERING RANCID Pat.
The offensive smells complained Of are
caused BY the rendering or boiling out OF
rancid fats and decomposed chemical matter
from which the soap and tallow is made.
This material is collected from butcher
shops, slaughter houses, hotels and restau.
rants all over town. Some OF It is brought here
in vessels, ana It is allowed TO remain until 1t
has thoroughly rotted and decomposed.
The fumes that arise from the boiling OF
this material are simply overpowering. and
many persons arc made sick by them. The
people who arc crowded together In the
when thess stenches are given forth It Is I'M
possible 70 keep window open.
The odR Will remain In the clothing OF
person for several days and is OF q peculiarly
disgusting and nauseating character.
~ have lived seven years In this house."
said Ar. J. QBrien, OF 80 Monroe street, sand
the smells have been the curse OF the neigh
borhood as long as l can remember.
They are worse In the summer than in
the Winter, but on muggy days, when there
u little or no wind, they are strong enough
10 MAXI every one uncomfortable.
An the people living on this street have
complained to Mr.. Fay about the smells.
and have also written to the Board OF Health.
xr. Fay has too much money for US poor
people and We can do nothing against him.
He says his factory has always been run that
way. and he cannot stop now to please few
people. IL they don't like the smells they can
get away"
Mrs. Cohen, who has lived for eight years
on the second door In the same house, told q
reporter that she sometimes had to keep her
windows closed for days at u time.
The ODOhc MAZE HER ILL.
:" The smell OF the rancid fat makes me
Sick" she says, "and know It has the same
efrect on good many OF the neighbors who
live around here"
Another tenant Of the same house said ):
"some time ago Mr., Fay was ordered by the
Board OF Health TO raise his chimneys, but
he never did 1t. The smells are s,iring at
times, and usually they are worst on weanes-
days and Fridays.
Its hard thing for poor people, who are
paying $50 to o22 month rent and working
hard for their money to have to live In such
stencil as this soap factory causes
1.-THE Board OF Health Inspectors were
around here last Summer. There were some
reports that children had been made sick by
the smells. For while the smells stopped
and we had some relief. but afterwards they
began boiling their rotten fat again and the
Air was fouler than ever
"They also burn their old rosin barrels
somewhere In the factory. These make a
thick, black smoke full OF SCOT, which settles
all over everything in our rooms. 1t Is im.
possible to keep It out, even II the windows
are shut"
JanitOr Finley, OF 81 Monroe street, said
tpal ne hau nearu the nel8hbOrS complain.
Ing bitterly about the smells from the SOAR
factory, but that they had not been so ofIen
ave OF late as they were last Summer.
"some days, however, even at this season
OF the year, they are positively nauseating
and on those days | usually stay I'm tn,
house." said he.
Mrs. Moloney, who keeps the fancy store Al
~ Monroe steel had something to say abou
the smells. Everybody ia bothered with
the smoke and stencil from the boiling fa
tanks.
POOR FOLK PROTEST IN VAIN.
"Whats the use OF complaining, though
When man has got plenty OF money, Tx
Mr.. Fay, he can do as he likes and poor Iolk
can kick, but that is all the good It win d
them"
Mrs. Hassett, Of 81 Monroe street, said:
~ have lived here In this neighborhoco
good many years, but although have move
around several times cannot get away fror
the terrible stenches OF the soap factory,
am now going TO leave the neighborhood an
move uptown. That's the only way see r
escaping them"
John Hammond, OF OF Monroe street, sal
he had lived In that block Tor forty. nine year
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