The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-15
awful Smell IN taylor
Citizens Want the Fertilizlng Es-
tablishment Taken Away.
TOOK THE NATTER TO COURT
Bill Of Complaint Says That Travellers
Arc Obliged to Hold Their Noses While
Passing Through tho Borough.
Want the Business Removed.


After many wears of waiting the resi-
dents of the borough of Taylor have at
last taken steps to prohibit the pro-
prietors of the Hewitt Bone factory
from doing business. A suit of equity
was filed Yesterday in the Office Of
Prothonotary Pryor by Attorneys l. II.
Burns and John M. Harris, applying
for an Injunction to restrain the Hew-
tits from sitting the people Of Taylor
to death. The still summer breezes
are heavily freighted with cargoes or
smell that originate from the bone rae
tory or the defendants. 1t Is situated
In the woods between Feltzville ana
the Round Woods.
Seven or eight years ago the citizens
of Taylor began to do a little to stop
the Hewitts. but the agitation was
hastily dropped. At various times there
has been talk of resuming the attempt
to dislodge the factory but not till yes
terday has anything definite been be-
gun. The injunction Is prayed for by
the officials of the borough ana the
officials of the board of health OF the
borough. The Hewitts will file an an
swer and then court will fix date for
hearing to show cause why preiim-
mary injunction should not issue. There
will be final hearing and after that
the case will be heard In equity court.
The plaintiffs are Burgess William
p. Griffiths and David l. Lewis, Dr. j.
w. Houser and M. C. Judge, Of the
board of health. Excerpts from their
M, Nat, tx, fnIln
Location of the Buildings.
"rhat the defendants. F.. II. Hewitt
g. Son. are the owners and proprietors
of a certain establishment and manu-
factory know and called as n Bone and
Horse Boiling Establishment the pur-
pose of which Is the manufacturing of
fertilizing materials for market and
sale. The said manufactory and busi
ness Is maintained and managed I'm
three one-story buildings. situate on a
private road which leads westerly from
the main road leading from Scranton
TO Pittston The said nr,vate road he-
Gins on tho ,yeeter,v s,do of tho cold
main road near the Raumgordner
farm. owned by the Delaware. Lacka-
wanna and Western Railroad comnanv
and the said buildinps of the defend.nts
are situated about one-o,arter n,iIo
westward from the said Raumg,rdner
farm That tho said .pona ord uor,o
Rolling EstabI;sbment, ~ tho dosana
ants 10 ,oootad In tha ,o,,,ou 80 o,,a,
populous mining VILLAGES tho soma no.
ing distant about 2oo vords ,,o,,, 80
that mart of tba y;,laoa ,f EaIta,,,,,o
beinp at that no;,t bourdod h., -,
creek That the said ostol l,t,h,,an. :.
also distant about 50o ,,ords So, ~
S,o,p yiIIogo ond ohou. ooo
the villa go 80 Arohho,5 ~, I'm
heing viIIages situa.aa T., ~ -. wv
of T,ackawanro IN soia W" '''"i'
"Thst The
ness are tho corcassss 80 i ~ 'ns ousi.
how. diad 90 disanso n 'iiilla's 'hat
Li,lod. honas Ill a.. na'e peeh
aro reoai,,ad h., 49, Gnu eh.,aiis
the b,,cbers far,,au, ~, n.s rom
nd .Iso tha oonana sea'ensvrs,
bv accident or othau..,o i,u'.s hiiieu
mines ~ tho Daiarn.r ~ the coai
and Western PaiIroaa oo,s "ina
other cornorot,ons 80 o' 'p"ny' anu
rhos, ,,atan,.,, onip"hies'
wogors Thot os,a 49, -, III open
u,ovod fron, 49, oo,oan Wv sh,ns ., aie re-
aIs n no o,,t ~, Nd ,a,aaaa a.. .no 'iia.eii-
hovos ,,,,od til a., squa,e
boxes having lids and oro o,IIad "a,
gesters." The said boyes are NOT mir
tight. When pieces Thus cut have hoor
placed in these large recentacles which
are about five feet so,,,ra tho I,ds ora
let down and steam is bIown into Tho
said boxes and the nrocess NJ hoi,inr
goes on at a high temneratura for Cow
eral hours. The steam &c nern,itted 40
escape and in this wav much of tho
noxious and offensive gases ara gen-
Grated. When the materials ore tbor-
ouxhly boiled the steam Is turned off
and the materials are allowed to cool
off. The water that is condensed hv
this process remains at the bottom or
the box. and the fats and oils owing 70
their lesser gravity rise to tba ton ana