New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-19
AGAINST THE BEER GARDEN.
,rw-vORK PHYSICIANS PROTEST vIGOR-
OUSLY.
EMPHATIC ACTION BY MEMBERS OF THE AGA.
DENY OF MEDICINE-THE WHOLE CITY
WOULD BE IN DANGER FROM THE


COVERED RESERVOIR.
Tho Section of Public Health. Legal Medicine, etc,
=, tIn New.Yorll Academy Of Medicine, held meet
~, at No. Il West Forty -thirdst last evening
a,ssnded by a large number of physicians and other
,,i,obs and took decided action against the passage
.. tho monstrous project of roofing over the Forty
secopd.st reservoir ard placing upon 1t big beer
Garden under the name air or botanical garden
The announcement that the matter would be discussed
bad Inc effect to fS the large hall of the academy
Nth an intelligent and attentive audience. Dr. Henry
', Cbapin of No ~ West Fifty rst-st. presided, ana
Dr. : r. Armstrong. of No. $50 seventh-aVe'' was
secretary. -.
rofore openng the debate Of the evening. Dr.
cbapin said that it became his duty to call attentioh
10 An act pending in the Legislature to compei '''o
proper ventilation Of public halls. factories, chnrcheS
theatre, and buildings Of all sorts where large mum
hcrs Of people were accustomed to assemble 1t was
IN line with former action OF the academy, ana INC
ntirn,on asked that the bill be approved. THIS
action was taken unanimously ~
DR. Chapln then observed that in introducing oil'S
and pressing the passage OF matters vi "si,'',y
the sanitary effect Of the measure was geheraiS ''
last thing lawmakers thought Of Everything was
considered before the public health. his was
notorously the case with the bill which had passed
tbe Assembly and was now pending in the senate
which contemplated the establishment of an aiegeu
botanical garden the Forty sec0ndst reservoir
The chairman called upon DR.. Richard H. Derry VI
No West Thirty-ffth-st., who read a paper orle,s
summarizing the purposes of the "Alf-oarueh o,
and expressing surprise at the Roadway it had maze
in Albany Medical men recognized in this scheme
an nndenable menace TO the public health. us
success would be followed surely if not swiftly Dy
widespread disease and suffering. After speaking OF
the dangers to be feared not only in the neiEhpor
hood. but wherever in the city the poisoned water
would be distributed Dr.. Derby offered resolution
hat no
the Academy OF Medicine do earnestly protest against
The passage Of this bill, on the ground that 'he
placing OF an air garden with pavilions. botanical
gardens and restaurants upon 1t would tehu 10
pollue the water in the reservoir ana result Ill WHO
spread sickness and DEATH"
The first sneaker in the discussion which followed
the reading Of DR.. Derby's paper was Dr. Alfred H.
Loomis of No 10 West Thirty -fourtlst. The Doctor
was received with cordial handclapplng, ana nc
launched at into vigorous denuncatlon OF the
silly scheme. lie in excellent voice, and his
telling points against the plan quickly responded
to by his sympathetic hearers 1t seemed unaccount
able TO him. lie said that any body of rejecting men
could be found to sustain such absurd proposition
as the placing o. stagnan pool OF wafer IN the heart
of this great City. TO carry out the scheme of an air
garden over the reservoir would create pool OF IN
lection that would not only endanGcr the health and
ives Of the people in the neiGhborhOod but sooner or
later spread all over the city such pollution Of the
water as would certainly follow the carrying out of this
scheme would originate class Of injection which
doctors regard as most dangerous. lie had talked not
only with physicians about this matter. but also with
engineers and expert builders and they had informed
him that il was impossible to erect such structure as
had been designed to prevent leakage down into
the reservoir II seemed impossible to comprehend 50
stupendos fraud upon the public being allowed to 90
to the length had. 1t an evidence OF the ISsl-
tndc of the people Of Newlork when their most c.
sentla interests menaccd in the broad light OF
day II was the duty of the physicians OF NeW-1orH
10 protest earnestly against such led'strOyinE
undertaking Not only should they raise Their voices
and arouse the people to their danger but they should
GO 10 Albany, r. necessary, and make the
legislature understand that the action OF INC
Assembly if consummated would result IN spread
,,o hroodcast over the CITY, This
was not a question of whether the music from INC
beer grounds would disturb the sensibilticS oil inc
residents of the nelghborhood. IT went lar DeSohu
ANYTHING like this. The speaker could not bccVc tAaV
the measure would pass the Senate but Inc Seh''e-
men of that body must not be allowed 70 vote upon
Il without having their attention called to the ehory
OF the proposition ..,.
smoke next and heartily Joined with DR.. LOOMS III
all that the latter had said. lie only disagreed WIN
the doctor in respect to Ms a-'ohi'n1e"'
at the attempt to pass such MEASURE
The reason might be found II sought IoF'
peonIo NOWADAYS were no angels than thcy were
i,cIf WAS AN outragc-a scientific and moral Oulla2c'
lAuplauseJ \ glass OF impure water would not Mn
Int the use Of such water would undermine hell'"'
Tvpbod bacilli existed IN water covered ~ the e'e'
voir would be il this bill became law. II was suahHc
ina, decent members of the Legislature coud DC lou
TO advocate it, Where such danger existed IL was 'ihe
for well-nformed men to place themselves III inc
breach. Aim. ,.a,,-.
Dr = g. Janeway, who has been active against
the hill said that he was glad TO have such tcsuhoS
a. that of Dr. LOOMS and Dr.. jacob OF whom IL
could not be said that they were Influenced against II
,cor.o tbov lived in the neighborhood OF the az
ieuptcd Outiag, Dr.. Jancway followed up As a,
mel viii incidents In his professional eApetlcI. =
showing tho poisonous nature VI Po4i"'o
and the disease it enSendeIed. 49,, ,.,f.h ,,.as
DR. D. b. 81 John Rosa sent IcttCr WIN. n .
read hv the secretary saying: IN ehedEcnch. ,y
-, Zinc AGO Drvent5 rom being present AZ y
,nnctnr m ioiu with You IN protesting drdll9I '.,
-.sr,r7 ~ seizc Upon the Forty second ST. ftHcrN U'
Co.. tbn nnrnosc of putting open air gaidch upon
am confident that the Legislature VIII 1T II - "n"'
Won have II say. While protesting detln1t tii9 ,i u
ianary project would 1t MOI be wei 10, my ~ "
p,,f.-.lo6 10 endelVOr to secure such L. 90,
win enable New-York City TO remove the u'el. ~
reservoir ard put a real Garden Iouiueu vi c"''"' NV
water, in it, place ~, ,,,.. ,dor,ed unanimously
and wa, transmitted 10 the Academy Hceu"o " "
he'd this evening.
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