The evening world., 1894-08-07
POOH BAH CHAs. \. ROBERTS.
'anitary Superintendent Has Com.
plants Against the Director.
Charges that His Company Fills in
with Garbage, Not Earth.

Dr Charles n. Roberts. Sanitary Su-
perntendeut OF the City OF New York.
lind himself In the very peculiar position
Of having 10 investigate and report upon
a complaint against himself.
Dr. Roberts IL a director in the East
Bay Land Improvement Company, which
Is Killing In a large tract of lowland at
Casanova, Oh the Harlem Branch of the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad. The tract had very little COM
mercial Nalus unti Dr. Robertss Com
panN began the iilling-in process. Now
there are many acres which have been
redeemed, stalk "A out into lots and placed
upon the market for sale.
the enterprise will net the Company
Zig profits some day should land values
beyond the Harlem continue to Increase
at the same ratio as for the last few
years. DIR. Roberts and the several other
lnemlers Of the Company realize that
they have good thing, and that tn.
cheaper the improvements necessary 10
make the land suitable for building pur-
poses can be made the greater will be the
profits.
The operations of the Company, like
most all similar corporal lions have for
the main object the greatest profits for
the least Investment and expenditure.
Consequently, It Is alleged In lieu, OF
pure mother earth. garbage and all sorts
OF truck gathered from anywhere and
everywhere have been dumped into the
swamp.
Nov. AMI continued until May so when
the real hot weather sets In. Ii would,
Of course, he impracticable and nigh,
result In having the attention OF DR..
Roberts and his inspectors called to the
Doctors Disregard OF the sanitary laws
II the foul and oftentimes putrid filth
were carried through the streets In hot
weather ana dumped and allowed TO
sand or pure earth Is not to be had
win. as little trouble as garbage, and
besides II Is not 40 cheap. Hence II is.
no, doubt. that Dr, Roberts. not as San.
itary Superintendent, but as director OF
the Fast Bay Land Improvement Com
pany, has approved of the Company
plans and methods.
p. But now he is called upon as Sanitary
OF Injured citizens to deal with a nui-
sance he himself helped 10 create.
The Mayor has been appealed to sew.
eral times. and complaints have been
filed with Sanitary supt Roberts about
the pestilence- breeding odors that arts.
from the Land Improvement Company :
reclaimed reclaim land. Director Roberts says:
our Company is neither creating nor
maintaining nuisance. We are I'm
proving land values In the nelghborhood
ana improving sanitary conditions by
hihnk III tne swamp. Inc complainants
should rather praise than condemn the
work.
Sanitary Superintendent Roberts says:
we received some complaints a long
time ago, which were Investigated. We
found that the filling In was done with
lime. coal ashes. and other equally as
good material, and on the top OF 1t all
was six or eight inches OF sand. We
round. after a very careful sanitary In.
spection. that there was no cause for
complaint"
Nevertheless the doctor, as Sanitary
Superintendent. felt II obligatory upon
him to send DIR. Martin. chief Chemist
| and an Inspector to Casanova this
morning to Investigate the work. II the,
| find what the residents In the neigh
borhood claim they must, unless the,
become conveniently blind and sudden
! ~ bereft of the sense of smell, thef
Sanitary Superintendent Robert mus
proceed to suppress the nuisance main
| tHined by Director Roberts and his as
sociates In the enterprise.
| The East hay Land Company has
capital of $4,000. and was given per
| mission by the Bureau OF Health ir
| 1892 to fill In the Casanova swamps. DR.
| Roberts Is one OF the incorporators OF
the company. He was shortly after.
wards appointed Sanitary Superintend.
ent, but did not resign from the direc-
tory of the company, although COM
plants began to be filed with him as
! coon as the filIing In was begun.