The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-30

grace must have pissed and the pumping
out process is overdue.
A peculiar fact about the location Of
the vaults Is that they are invariably
built on ground much higher than the
tenements are on. Near the south end OF
Back street surrounding specious court
are six tenement houses for which three
water closets are provided. The rear OF
these closets, which are In one little struc-
ture over the usual vault, abuts on the
adjoining railroad bed which is sc veral
feet below it, and from the vault, down
this little embankment, filth oozes. The
yards as rule were clean and were kept,
some of them appearing to have been
swept this morning. All were furnished
with large ash boxes.
The mills in that locality empty their
waste into the putrid river that flows
silently through and this helps the fer
mentation Of those deadly gaseous bub-
bles that one sees breaking every second
on every square inch Of this probable
open sewer OF death.
The soap Factory Nuisance.
On Byron street, between Pine and
Broad streets. n human being needs not
the scent, vision or appetite of the carrion
bird t. readily discover an obnoxious
presence. Lincoln's soap factory will
obtrude itself on every one of his five
senses at once. The odor that rises from
it is thick enough to be felt and seen and
loud enough to be heard. Especially Is
this true on n beautiful June day when
nature ana humanity alike should rejoice.
Instead OF "a sight OF the clean bright
sky, the vision is obscurred bv dark
clouds of sickening smoke, which rises
from the burning of soap-fat-waste and
the other sences are appalled, by the
deathly odors which vitiate the air that
should be pure. There is little to rejoice
over in that neighborhood when this fac
tory is in operation. The residents say
they have to close their windows on the
most sultry nights and shut every ven
tillatinx flue, risking rather the danger
OF sitting from heat than asphyxiation
from the poisonous vapors of the factory.
When the wind blows in their direction,
as 1t frequently takes a notion to do,
some times blowing In all directions at
once, they say it Is horrible" TERRIBLE"
nasty. When il is remembered that
Lincoln's soap factory has been in It's
present quarters fifty years or more and
Is an institution left by a father as pre-
cious legacy TO his son, the extent aud du-
ration OF the patience OF the neighbors
may be vaguely estimated.
Tney have complained OF late, rs even
the worm will turn when trodden upon,
and the works were shut down Saturday.
The soap fat collectors, however, have
been constantly carrying in loads OF raw
mat srial, and when sufficient amount
nau Deeu SECUTED apparently, tue WOrkS
were arted up again Thursday. The
fervent hopes Of tue residents that thcv
had been permr ntly shut down We o
rudely blasted. To-day the works were
In active operation.
The building is n long, low, rickety.
rambling kind of structure located on the
south side OF the street, right in the
midst Of a usually densely populated Sec
tion; though In, ely many people have re-
moved from the vicinity, stunning it as
they would shun the plague itself. En-
trance Is obtained through n large lane
opening on Byron It eei. with an abrupt
turn TO tne right after passing the east
side OF the factory. The main door Is five
feet above the level OF the lane. aud ri ght
under this door and outside of IL are the
two hogsheads or casNs shown in the "a
companyin0 cut. These are filled with
pure" tried-out SOAP grease.
Your olfactory nerves quickly give
warning that IL the pure, unaduiterated
article Is SO odorIferously dangerous, the
crude article IL unspeo xably critical. This
nuisance must be nbatcd. The NEWS
joins the long-suffcring citizens there
apouts I'm an indignant protest against
this constant meanace TO the public
health. One Of them said this morning
of the cholera yet foothold here it
would kill all OF u.s." This nuisance Of
fifty years standing must 20.