New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-10
THEIR PATIENCE EXHA listed
THE MEDICAL STAFF OF GOUVERNEUR
HOSPITAL COMPLAIN OF NUIsANCES.

. ROLLER FACTORY A sLAU0HTER-HoUsE AND
wRETcHED AND FILTHY PAYMENTS ARE
SOME OF THE ANNoYANCEs THE
PATIENTS HAVE TO ENDURE
Tho medical STAFF OF Gouverneur Hospital Is up IN
arms over nuisances which they alege peset thein
on every side Several OF the nusances complained
~ no ~ long standing The doctors have patiently
looked for relief. they say, until their stock OK
nstience IS exhausted They do no, hesitate to exc
press their views the maintenance OF the evis.
Commissioner Andrews Of the Street Cleaning DO
partment and the Department OF Pubic WORKS arc,
the doctors say. responsible for the unclean and
wretched condition OF the pavement TIE streets
are paved with the old-style cobbestones ana hot
orly are the approaches IN Water. Front ana
Couverneur SITS. bad but Gouverneur SIP surrourhns
are holes where the cobbestones have been REMOVED
and Improperly replaced. and numerous rts o, me ne
bmmning over the uneven stones. The doctors say
they find 1t practically impossible to WORK over @
Instances they should do so. Another cause FOR COM
piaint is the lax way In which the ordinance relaeS
The owners Of more than half hundred trucks Dis
regard and rattle their trucks over tne tSers
over night During the early hours OF the morning
rattle OF wheels kept Ip ne sax ths
least. $500 ,,, 49,. c,,.,,.,r eli, ara
several large marine boilers and boiler piaate So
furnace has been constructed out or two OF tnem.
and stable refuse ana oddS ana eHus are W.
The youths Of the neighborhood frequently throw
dead dogs and on the flames and the stench ~
sickening A horrible din from which there IS no
escaping arises from a boiler factory across ths
street where the frequently work az nights ana
on Sunday "Hoodlums' gather In the SIP ana make
night hdeous by singing rbald songs ana cursiiiS'
Res, and sleep under these circumstances are az
most impossible and for those whose constant surer.
nEs allow Of only brief snatches OF rest al pest
il Is a serious matter The house surgeon few DAYS
ago tried TO quiet the 'roughs, without success;
Finally he sent word to the Delancey-st station ana
a squad of policemen dispersed the gang Stones are
sometimes thrown at the windows. breaking then
and narrowly escaping hitting some patient
The doctors particularly incensed at the goose
market and slaughter-house of ex-Alderman Hess az
No 10 Gouverneur Slip 1t is lons-existing nui;
sancs and which the doctors are determined sna!
be abated. Four floors are filied with geese ara
ducks. An ncessant sQuswkng ana quackne y
kept up on Thursday and Friday nights thousands
of geese ducks and poultry are slaughtered mere
by the rabies. The Hebrews IN large numbers come
TO purchase them. and the catter and commoton
caused by so many people right under the WIDOWS
OF the hospital is almost unendurable Inc prem.
ees were cleaned recently. and six Cartoons OF
decayng animal matter and refuse were removed:
The wind was In the direction OF The hospital ana
many patients made sick by the disgusting
smells. .
House Surgeon Thomas says that the state or az
fairs Is certainly bad and the rpedcai s4u are
anxious for an Improvement. The nnsanceS couid
and should be abated. While they are extremely
annoying 10 the staff II is the patients whom they
most solicitous about