New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-27
PROTEST TAKEN TO COURTS
COMMISSIONER WOODBURY. DEF Ems
RIKER'S ISLAND DUMPING-MAh-
ING LAND FOR CITY.

propartv owners in The Bronx have carried the''
fight against dumping at Rikers lsiallu l''to W
courts In the Supreme Court yesterday 'u'''e
Cifegerich heard arguments on a motion mace OF
behalf of Michael Martin, taxpayer ana PioP-
ertv owner for a temporary injunction restraining
the city authorities. and more particularly Noi'
missioner Woodbury. of the Street Cieahhg De-
partmcnt from maintaining an alleged nuisance
on Riker's Island. The petitioner is packed ny
four hundred persons living in The Bronx all OF
whom assert that the stencil arising from R'ker
Island where certain of the citys refuse Is being
dumped is wellnigh unbearable.
In behalf of the city officials. an assistant cor
poratton counsel submitted huge bundle of afi-
dayits by well known sanitary experts ana Guy
officials saving that neither property values nor
the health of the people living in The Bronx were
endangered by the odors from Rtkers Island IN
his afidavtt DR. Cyrus Edison asserts that not more
than | per cent of the stuff dumped on Riker
Island contains organic matter and that even
when the wind is blowing toward the shore the
odor arising could not be smelled. Justice Ilege-
rich reserved decision.
commissioner Woodbury. yesterday gave out
statement concerning the work at Rikers Island
The, work. if allowed continue, will give to the
city sixty-three of land at $1,000 an acre or
$3.50 GEO thrown into the sea, ne SAID. ana
so 800 will he saved yearly each dumping sco"-
l am very anxious that the public should under
stand This work clearly for it is a most important
work and I have given it my best thought ana
time all summer.
The statement follows. in part:
\ crib on Rlkers Island, sixty-three and one one
the commission deemed it wise. February 4 last
after nspection With the SUPERVISE 0I mi Of
Health. DR., Lederle to begin filling with ashes ana
loading Of deck scows by means OF wheelbarroWs
and hand labor After"ard steam 1rsnse ReGd
possible by means of the separation of the garbage
New-York This iii is made entirely Of ashes and
rubbish which rubbish consists of old boxes hu-
1rSIyfr hHfiG fnff OF
organic matters. kitchen refuse food waste waste, etc.
ynrI SanitarZ T-tilizaton company for purposes Of
reduction at Barren Island. To make clear 10
red out during the month p July 800 tons more
tons less bulk Of ash handled than last year
Island daily from eighteen hundred to three thou
sand cubic yards Of ashes and rubbish. TINS IS
bucket on the old dredge Hell Gate. which was
eminent. and vineyard bucket placed upon the
dock at the northerly end OF tn" lsIand. ono
track ny steam engine and dumped into the cen
of tho M The other bucket. by means Of ~; a
where it is driven g. '"vcl ny two and one-half-
1t is perfectly absurd to suggest that this work
can be menace t" health. because, in order that
that the separation may be ultimate. there have
- to t who have ben IN Watch
over this work II has also been carefully in
and We have employed about two tons Of cop
peras placed about tho lagoon In the centre IN
small sacks In order ia prevent the mud surface
81 the old lagoon which is exposed at low water
from becoming unsanitarY: also every ioad or
material Sprinkled With solution Of chloTide or
lime ten pounds To forty gallons at each Jump
IN the city II is received and as the materal IS
filed in upon the island where II Is handled by hand
or fork il again sprinklcd- over the tor ~
The NIL as is made and rapidly as the material
is pat in. is placed TOP dressing OF eighteen inches
q TWO OF earth. This cover renders any dis-
turhance 10 eve nose Impossible"
VIC have been bic To stop. since the first DAY OF
last July all dumping a sea thus keeping the de
trtus ~ this city from polluting the beaches upon
the Long Island and New-Jersey shores.
The department Il creating for the city valuable
property which will ultimately ne used for pubic
institutions Of charitable or reforma tory char
aCter