The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-03
REFUSE IN The DOCKS.
Tons Of Garbage Illegally Dumped
in the River and Bay.
The Barney Company's Green Hands
Can't Handle Pa eat Bumpers.
Criminal Proceedings May Result,
Under the New Law.

~ cSSahe hHONH to-day tnat OWING 10
the inexperience Of men employed by the
Barney Dumping Company. tons of gar
bage have been dumped into the East
River at the docks where the refuse is
loaded into the scows and sent to sea.
Since the strike Of the scow captains
the Barney people have been obliged to
employ green hands. The new men, not
being familiar with the automatic dump
ers, have, in many cases. failed to close
them properly, and when they are about
half filled the weight of the refuse forces
them open, depositing the contents of
the scows in the dock
In one case a bumper which was al
most filled. opened in the dock, and 800
tons of garbage were deposited In the
slip. Men in boats were employed to
take UP the matter that fioatei to the
surface, but the services of a wrecking
company were employed to remove the
filth that sank to the bottom.
1t Is said that this operation was re-
peated at other docks and In another
case. scow which had put out to sea.
opened when off Fort Hamilton and tons
OF city refuse found resting place in
the main ship channel.
Since this occurrence, United States
Harbor Supervisor Delehanty has pro-
hibited the employment of such of the
automatic bumpers as were not in good
working order.
lnc s.Iuch as this years amendment or
demeanor to DUMP ottal within the har-
Dor even by accident, the Barney Com
pany takes no more risks.
The same bumper No. IL, which
dropped its 800 tons in the slip at East
SeVenteeth street, was again being
loaded at the foot of West Canal street
this morning. When about one. fourth
loaded 1t was discovered that the bumper
was beginning to open, and when the
gap was about three inches wide orders
were given to discontinue loading.
tom OF the river in the West Canal
street slip Is not exactly known. About
sixty-fve loads were dropped there
several days ago out of bumper No. q,
have been added by the opening of
bumper No. IL to-day
Rutgers street, and, with slight varia-
lions. at Stanton street and the other
piers where bumpers are tied up.
The negligence which Is responsible for
Commissione e' Andrews ' on the score
Of the Barney Dumping Company
Wss SrGasht a fte by rh he aetGe
of the Barney Company in reducing the
wages of the dumping-scow captains
from SIS tc sl2 per week The thirteen
captains who struck afford the Barney
Dumping Company an opportunity to
save S39 every week.
Everywhere on the east and west
Of ay aye Of ooq OF %
| Limburger cheese to the mephitic, mag
got-breeding, decayed offaa whiffs that
come from slaushter-h9uses. Annual
the city clean. This vast sum is found
to be insufficient to accomplish the
work
Most Of the thirteen bumpers that have
borne the bulk of the citys refuse out to
are. thanks to the employment OF
tied up at their Jocks. That That
throws the whole burden upon the fiat
scows: and these are such fimsy, fragile
and unprotected craft that few can
sea in them just now.
Even II these fiat scows were able to
weather weather "a a storm. they are so con,
work on them in rolling sea would in
evitably be thrown into the water. They
are really little better than RATS, and
The Barney bumpers, on the other
Supplied wi tn an automatic Dt arrange ao
open and allow the refuse to drop into
the sea. The hull of a Barney bumper
loSos no different than that of an or
binary canal boat. But Wnen IL opens,
the aperture runs from stem to stern,
and a front view of the hull resembles
nothing more closely than the open
shells of an oyster.
The secret of handling these scows
without losing any of their freight on
the passage out to sea. is to close this
bivalve arrangement so tightly that the
weight OF the refuse shall not, in itself.
be sufficient to crowd the walls apart.
Nothing but long practice 1t seems, can
enable man to accomplish this.
The dumping of refuse into the docks
and the harbor has been kept very
IT'S imperative duty to notify the Dock
Department of such an occurrence. but
1t has neglected to do so. At least
Secretary Docharty, OF the Dock De-
partment, says that no notice Of 1t was
given to his office.
The Chapman Derrick and Wrecking
Company, of 70 South street. dredged
for the refuse for several days, at the
rate of $275 per day.
At Commissioner Andrewss office
nothing of all this seems to be known
Assistant Chief Power, Of the Final Dis
position Department. says that all the
bumpers, with one exception. are In
excellent condition, and that nine OF
them are now loaded and ready to go tc
sea. He evidently derives his informa'
ton directly from the Barney numpint
Company. for at the office of this con
Germ. 3l9 Broadway, an Evening World
reporter was told this morning thai