New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-09
w. c.. ANDREWS ARRESTED.
THE HEALTH BOARD DETERMINED TO
STOP THE BURNING OF SOFT COAL"
WARRANTS ISSUED FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE
NETWORK STEAM COMPANY AND C. at.
JOHN. THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

NETWORK STEAM COMPANY AND C. st.
JOHN. THE UPERrNTENDENT-THE
MEN NOT LOCKED UP
Dense clouds of black smoke from on?nlng
soft coal continued pour out OF the tall chin-
ney Of the New-York Steam Companys station
at No. 173 Washington-st, yesterday b"' me
Health Board took step III the direeNon Oh
s,cnnine the nuisance By causing the arrest of
wallace c. Andrews. the president Of the COM
panv AMI of George 81. John the superintendent
Of the station The arrests Were not haue VIC"
late In the afternoon. and the two men were ho'
locked up beca use there was believed 20 De 10
danger Of their running away Warrants were
served upon them. and they We're directed 10 APP
near before Police Justice Tantor in the Tornbs
Court this afternoon They would have been
forced to appear in court yesterday had there
not been a misunderstanding between Justice
Taintor ana Henry Stenert. the attorney OF the
Health Board, in the forenoon.
Edward w Martin. the chemist Of the Health
Department, was in Westinghouse. with some
of his assistants on Wednesday, when the burn
Ing Of soft coal was resumed at the steam COM
pany's station and they made careful notes OF
the nuisance and took some photographs OF
the smoke. They also caught some OF the com
pany's employees in the act of shOVelIing the
soft coal into the furnaces In November last
the Health Board gave hearing to the oiiicers
of the steam company on an order to abate the
smoke nuisance, and then decided that the COM
pany must either stop burning soft Goa! or
adopt some other way Of effectualy aoatlhg me
nuisance. -
Some soft coal was burned at the station after
the decision OF the Health Board was announced,
and inspectors, under the orders of the chemist.
made reports and afidavits then. The Health
Board making preparations to cause the ar
rest of President Andrews. of the company, when
he declared that he would have the burning Of
soft coal at the station stopped. Frequent in
spections at the station made by the assist
ants of the chemist. however, and when they
reported that the burning OF SOFT coal was caUS-
ing much smoke there on Wednesday morning.
Mr. Martin took prompt measures TO secure
ample evidence that the order OF the Health
Board was being disobeyed. Several atiidavits.
embodyng the evidence, were drawn up ny Mr.
SteN.ert on Wednesday afternoon. Iesterdd!
morning Mr.. Steinert and Mr.. Martin appeared
before Justice Taintor and asked for warrants
for the arrest of President Andrews and Super
intendent st. John on the charge OF violating
Sections III and llS OF the Sanitary Code the
complaint as drawn declared that the New-fork
Steam Company had been maintaining the smoke
nuisance at the station in Wash!ngton-st our
ing the time between November "a and December
49, 1S93 and on February 7. 1894. in violation OF
the sections Of the Sanitary Code mentioned
been made against an incorporated company he
could not issue warrants for the peremptory ar
rest of officers of the company, but could sue
a summons for their appearance before nm
within ten days. He accordingly gave sum
mons, directing Mr.. Andrews and Mr.. St John
to appear and answer the charge on February IL
THE WARRANTS SERVED.
The attorney and chemist of the Health De-
partment did not have the summons served
They consulted with the Health Commissioners
and received directions to make application to
another police justice for immediate warrants
1t was understood that Mr.. Steinert would apply
10 Justice Mcmahon at the Jefferson Market
Police Court for the warrants, but he ihOugnt
1t would be necessary act OF courtesy again
to make application 10 Justice Taintor lie
and Mr. Martin saw Justice Tantor in
the afternoon, and explained the case 10 MN
again. at the same time returning the summons
which they said would be OF no use Mr. Stein
ert said he would apply to another magistrate. II
necessary. At the suggestion Of Justice Taintor
the complaint amended so as 10 accuse
President Andrews and superintendent ~. JONI
instead Of the company. Then warrants for the
arrest Of the two men We're issued. with the I'M
derstandng that the men We're not TO be locked
I'D over night. Policeman Phillips Of the SAM
tary Squad took the warrants and served them
upon President Andrews and Superintendent St
John, telling them that they must appear before
Justice Taintor In the Tombs Police Court at
D. m. to-day. The extreme penalty that could
be imposed, In case Of the conviction or Mr..
Andrews or Mr. St John on the complaint Of
maintaining nuisance in defiance Of the Health
Boards orders would be fine Of $500 and I'M
prisonment in the penitentiary for one year.
THE BEsT-ABUsED MAN IN TIE CITY"
Mr.. Andrews talked 10 reporters at his Office
at Broadway and CoItlandt-st yesterday in
way that indicated that he not afraid Of
arrest. There had been serious trouble be-
tween the Health Board and the steam company,
he said. The fact that soft coal had been
burned at the cOmpanys station, he said, was
due to the accidental depletion Of the supply
of hard coal at the station. The company
burned about 400 tons of coal every day. and
there difficulty at times in keeping the coal
bunkers full The coal in the bunkers had been
the station Wednesday morning, and it was
necessary to Of the soft coal that had
been left after the company stopped burning
1t several weeks ago. He would not mind be-
coming a martyr for the benefit Of the public,
Mr.. Andrews said. The company had been
benefited by the newspaper abuse on account OF
the burning of soft coal he declared, and since
abuse of that kind paid well he could consider
that he was the best-abused in the city.
He also talked about the plans of the COM
pany to make Of appliances for consuming
smoke at the station and said the company
would pay handsome price for appliances
which would prevent the burning Of soft coal
from making nuisance.