The evening world., 1894-08-07
POOH BAH CHAs. !, ROBERTS.
'anitary Superintendent has Com
plants Against the Director
Charge. that Hn Company Fill. in
with Garbage, Not Earth.

DR.. Charles II. Roberts, Sanitary Su-
perintendent Of the City Of New York.
ind himself in the very peculiar position
of having to investigate and report upon
a complaint against himself.
DR.. Roberts is a director In the Bast
Bay Land Improvement Company. which
Is filling In a large tract OF lowland at
Casanova. on the Harlem Branch of the
New York. New Haven and Hartford
| Railroad. The tract had very little COM
mercial value until DIR. Roberts's Com
pany began the filling-in process. Now
there are many acres which have been
redeemed. stalk d out into lots and placed
| upon the market for sale.
The enterprise will net the Company
big profits some day should land values
beyond the Harlem continue TO increase
e. the Sc sSms Fatlo 60 f9r the LAT ot isM
members Of the Company realize tina,
they have a good thing. and that thu
cheaper the improvements necessary Il
make the land suitable for building pur
poses can be made the greater will be thu
pronts. m
most oil similar corporations. have fol
the % sas, oSsss sss PrSs: TO-
Consequently, i 10 alleged ip ECU q
pure mother ear.h, garbage and gil sort,
Of truck gsthered from anywhere and
everywhere have been dumped into ths
M TIL; jumping l T. usually begun sS s
course ess not wfaass issS n and T %sS
result In having the attention of DR.
ROBERTS and his inspectors called to the
Doctors disregard Of the sanitary, laws
II me foul and oftentimes putrid NTH
were carted through the streets In hot
| weather and dumped and allowed to
feste In the sun.
with as little trouble as sarbass,, and
besides 1t is not so cheap. Hence II h.
no doubt. that Or. Roberts, not as San.
itary Superintendent but as director oil
pany. has approved OF the Company
plans ana methods.
O. But now he Is called upon as Sanitary
sanes he himself helped TO create.
| The Mayor has hsen appealed to sew.
sral times: and COMPLAINTS have been
the p.stiiencs-brsedins odors tia, arts.
rssls,msd land. plrseter RessSts says
Our y, Company is neither Sr:at!ns MOI
proving land values In the noighborhoot
filing /. The swamp. The complainant
should rather praise than condemn thu
sanitary Superintendent Roberts says
we received some complaints q long
time ago, which were Investigated. We
found that the niling In was done with
lime, coal ashes and other equally a,
was six OF eight inches Of sand. W.
found, afler Q very careful sanitary In
spsction, that there was no cause fol
Nevertheless the doctor. as ssnitar,
him to send Dr Martin. CHIEF chemist
and an inspector to Casanova THU
morning to investigate the work, II the,
| md what the residents In the neigh
borhood claim they must, unless they
becom. conveniently Blind and sudden
" hereft q the sense Of smell. theI
proceed to suppress the NUISANCE. main
sociates IN the enterprise.
capital VI $4,000, and was given per
mission by the Bureau OF Health II
1892 to NIL IN the Casanova swamps, DR.
Roberts Is one Of the incorporators o.
wards appointed Sanitary Superintend
ent, but Ind not resign from the direc
tory OF the company. although com
plants began to be filed with him al
soon as the filling In was begun.