The evening world., 1894-07-17
ing stenches and foul doors from the
dump, and We stated our case rlatniy
Complaints We're tsc,css.

They told us that an inspector would
De sent down to see whether the permit
was being violated, but from that dav
10 TINS l haven't seen hide nor hair of
On inspector or any one else from the
board of Health, while the smells have
continued and the unloading of the scows
mas gone right on In spite of all our
F, protests.
There, you can sec one now. and
mere are two others out In Grayesend
Bay waiting for a chance to get in"
ana MIR. Larbey pointed down the creek
from his front piazza.
! - me wind was blowing in the other
direction then, SO the smells could not
pe noticed, but the reporter got in "a
small boat and was rowed down stream
10 WherG the scow was fastened along
shore. The appearance of the scow. the
, rn at one end Of which, had been
raked Gown to n level with the gun
vale. was that of a mountain of p9per
scraps, rags, old bed ticking, tin cans
ana pals, with an occasional ash barrel
cropping out reeking with indescribable
half dozen Italian laborers were
! grubhing among this mass of garbage
with pitchrorks and picks for shovels
I stun into wheebarrows. which were
| IN turn dumped into carts and the gar
page carried off over the meadow and
| deposited.
The entire load of the scow looked as
If 1t were the collection of the ash-bar-
reis In one OF the dirtiest Brooklyn dis
s sr,eas' an ana the man In charge of the
been loaded at the dumps at the foot OF
Bridge street, Brooklyn. and at other
places In the same locality.
Almost Ovcrpowering oder.
An occasional Whit of wind from the
direction OF the sCow was enough to
knock knock horse down or stop South
| brooklyn trolley car and closer inyes-
| tigation OF the vicinity was not needed
to confirm the truth of the story told by
ME- ancr5 L;ar6ey and his friends. To those
stencil was sufficient to produce tempo
rary asphyXiation.
When further questioned in regard to
material as that in the city limits of
Brooklyn; the man returned surly an
swer, and then refused to say anything
more or pay any attention to any ques:
| tons He was an Italian, like the rest
of the men who were working on the
scow.
The tide was running in, and in the
water around the edges of the scow
were large masses, Of paper which had
fallen overheard during the unloading
and and were floating up the creek Tho
was not prolonged unnecessarily.
III this isn't stopped before long"
said Mr.; Larbey, when the reporter had
drven awa 20 fron bere o o % WIFE
come down to this end of the island.
Has EgoIf n Pull?
81 understand that Egolf owns all the
land on the other side OF the creek and
that he has some deal with the Brook
Ign antiquities to use the garbage of the
OF land in this section and up st Eath
Beach. where he lives.
| "Why, when | went to the Board of
Health and complained they IS much as
laughed at me for my pains, end told
me ] must be mistaken about the dump
ing OF garbage down here and that Mr..
Egolf and his friends were going to make
Coney Island bloom like a garden of
roses.
"You have seen what kind of roses we
rare getting here. The fragrance is juicy
and powerful, but 1t Is a little TOO rich
for our blood.
They are making improvements over
near Norton's Point, and people over
about the stenches. The same Is true
of the yachtsmen who have long been
using Gravesend Bay around the mouth
OF the inlet as an anchorage.
Regret McIxane's Absence.
III old John Y. was here now. you bet
he wouldn't allow such goings on. When
they brought down a scow loaded with
the same kind of stuff from Brooklyn,
and We're going to dump It In for filling.
d nH, John ihsr y got wind of it, Snd Mas Mas
dumped two or three wheelbarrow loads
and ne made them shovel 1t all up and
put II aboard the scow again ana take
II know that The Evening World
takes hold OF this thing it can help us"
added Mr.. Larbey, FOR it's our last
don't seem inclined to give US any re-
lief There ought to be some law il
there isn't one to prevent private people
from coming down here, and dumping
Brooklyn's garbage right under our
very noses"
At the office of the stree;Cleaning
Department of Brooklyn it was stated
that nothing was known OF the dumping
OF any OF the city refuse at Coney Island
Creek.
I'VE have issued no such permit" said
are bound to carry the sweepings and
collections from the ash barrels eight
miles below the lightship before they are
allowed to dump them"
Permit to Dump Ashes Only.
At the Board OF Health Permit Clerk
Duty said that permit had been issued
use factory ashes for the city to MI up
some road bed down in UnionviIlc. and
that he understood the work was being
reporter to Inspector Purdy. OF the
Health Department who had clarge of
that district.
"Oh yes" said MIR, Purdy. Il know all
about that filling in OF the meadows
down on Coney Island Creek. Mir. Egoli
is running road throuSh there and i'm
proving his property. IT'S good thing
and for the public interest 10 reclaim
that land"
But the people of Coney Island COM
plain that garbage is being dumpcd
there and that 1t is becoming a rank
nuisance" he was told.
That must be, mistake" replied
Mr.. Purdy for | have been watching
the work right straight along.
Purdy Has Watched the Work.
? Il have already been down there
twice and found they were using tn.
right sort OF stuff. ashes and sweeps,
think 1t was and there was no nuisance
: at all
: But were no complaints over made
here by residents of Coney Island about
2 the stenches from this dumping
, ground"
Not to my knowledge. | have heard,
4 however, during the last two days, thai
: some OF the loads taken down there in
: the scows are not all right There h. ,
7 been no complaint and | only heard
= | This accidentally. 1t comes to me quite
: informally. I might say, but ! shan IN
vestigatc II at once. In faci, | think OF
o | going down tomorrow.
I 'The permit only calls for the dumpinr
D of factory ashes, and of course, II there