Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-06-22
GET AFTER GLUE FACTORIES.

The stencil from Elston avenue glue
factories is causing much complaint
among North Side people ana the mat.
ter Is TO bc made the subject of grand
jury investigation. At last u deter
mined fight Is To he begun on the rem
dcring tank stencil. For years Chicago
people have complained long and loud
against the nuisance. only to find tenn.
polary relief from the health officials
during their spasrs of forced activity.
Now the people In the Fourth and
Fifth Wards. who live nearest to the
stencil producers and who are the
worst sufferers. declare they have
reached the limit of endurance. and to.
night they will lay their grievance he.
fore the Council and demand relief
They also will ask Mayor Harrison TO
help them. They want an ordinance
passed that will cork up" the nuts.
nnccs. If it is not possible to cork
them the residents want them rcg,i.
lated 80 that once In while Il body
can catch breath of air that won't
he sickcning.
The places complained of are.
The Turner Reducing Company at
Archer avenue and Mary street.
Ilcne Bros. Archer avenue and
Quarry street.
The O'Malley slnughter-house. Ar
cher avenue and Quinn street.
The Northwestern Wrccking Com
pany. Archer avenue and Quarry street.
The matter was taken up recently
NJ Il meeting of the Archer Avenue I'm
provement Club. the organization
which recently put through the proicc,
10 pave that ,horoughfnre. EX-Aldcr.
man O'Rrien presided. II was decided
not only To ask the Aldermen from the
Fourth ana Fifth Wards to present
the ordinance In question to the Coun-
I'll. but to send committee of twenty.
five to call on Mayor Harrison to ask
his support of 1t. Aldermen Doubcl;
and Kent of the Fourth Ward and Mar.
tin and LitZinger of the Fifth agreed
To not only accompany the committee
Ia It's call on the Mayor, hut also to al.
/
before the Council.
Charles Turner. President OF the Tur.
ner Rendering Company, the concern
which has the contract for the dis.
posal of the garbage collected from
| downtown hotels and restaurants. the
refuse which under the law Is collected
| by private contract and not by the city.
| appeared before the meeting AMI made
IN argument that his works were not
injurious to public health, nor lid any
noXious or dlsagrccablc odors come
| from them. but the members of thc club
| held differently and decided to include
| his works In the establishments com.
| planned of.
The committee will base its pleas "a
| the Mayor and the Aldermen theirs IL
| the Council ON the claim that II IL moi
II local matter. but one IN which the
entire city Is interested. The personal
| grievance of the nearby residents !.
| that the smells coming from the rem
dering works are detrimental Ia III,
health of the people of the two wards
ANA renders property unstable. ana
therefore also Injuries their pocket
| books.
The thing, however. it Is asserted gpc,
| further than this, and Is one in which
the whole city Is interested. rs wheI
the wind comes from the south ant
the atmospheric conditions are favor
able the odors spread all over the
South ana North Sides, and citizens
miles away are made uncomfortable 10y
| them and their health endangered.