New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-20
Ten MILKMEN FINED
II ITCH METROPOLIT4N co
Er-Manager Declares 1t Used For
maIdchydc at Dairy.

There was further evidence yesterday OF .ne
earnestncss Of the crusade which the heat'
Board IS vaging 20 purify the mix sNPp'9 .,
seven dealers in Special Sessions Were me"
from $50 70 so each. Special officers are S','-
tioned on the routes covered by the Me''ol'''-
tan Mix and Cream Company. OF Je'ie'So''
Market. whose permits TO sell milk were r.
voked last week. account Of unsahi'"'E COZ
ditions in a creamery operated 10y that eompa"H
at Blooming Grove Orange county y. l.
Secretary Murray o. the Health Department
made the following statement 10 a Tribune ~
porter yesterday regarding the MeUel'"'i'""
MIX and Cream Company:
on SATURDAY morning = O'Clock one Of the IN
sperfors Of Tie department caused The arrest OF d
driver for the Metropolitan company at ne err
landing OF the Erie Railroad. In MS N%sos' I'm
when ne iakeS % before fs' lnasiSraje driver swors
under oafh that he had q ken the I'M Ne e' Vent
milk across on the ferry with nm wi i5 no eyi-
Tor the empty cans The inspector llad no ti
deuce to The contrary. and the driver was "l9
charged. . .,, tna ,,ag-
ons 81 ms company we believe they are ny ll.s
70 sell milk without a permit Inc dGPal me-. -,
has given every oppo[l :" exiefine at their
e.rea merry i'm orange county slltI.t 80 ~ hi.
1s6@nc i' and statements have been made TO The
press hy officers OF the company NyI nerSeclIted
ii seem that company was neIh- I,ri,,r
TO-DAY a statement has been given out ~, MI
ns re aisehvae at the creamery but that II
has been found in the milk offered Tor sac e1,te
the needles eye as ii viii for this company Z" get
rev milk permits
The exact conditions which the department
inspectors found at the Metropolitan creamery
;r ploor7irg Grove were described exclusively
in The Tribune last week. The Tribune has re-
cefyed The following signed statement from
James j. Rutan. of Blooming Grove. who was
until recently foreman or manager of the
creamery:
!. 1..-I -agrg J.,
Danarest - the Metropolitan MIX ana reaiH
Company. which appeared on De el1beT 10, ne So
.sr mai lad been in charge from the day his
-4fher bought H. Two years ago last November
;1 IL dairz he tells deliberate falsehood, they
FURNISHED IT, and ] used it according 10 ther III
ilg6 worked in the dairy for three years san, and
seven M ,ntf,s for the party from whom Mr. Dem
bought The dairy and S@emny aver s ' Eef
81 a perlscly healthy condition. until they IeeieeIt1
- make N" necessary repairs. ne in
t'i-rne 'la n"t use lH NJ md fflier we're
-li. dairy here iHe n"Iiiilt la9ls 80 -
f ~. trorlIio rb4y were having with their milk in
fh- city We had 40 ice 10 Use tor over a Il"i'l
When Icy said their own babies were using the
90 brother told one day when he was az
1-o a2l Using 2a'0T mix x Frank Denares aaoheg
l-orhar told me inev had several complaints 81
threatening would report thgm 10 The .$oaIu OF
D..
he Roara OF Health ean testify although know
--hr ..arry that did When he said they meyer
ea7 skin, mix he knows better. there was put
81 so much SKINNED milk in every can eNtlH ar ~
After discharginE they would not pay me ioi INC
month AZ November until put Il ~ n laNN'! :
hands "a collect. do not make this statement
N5rom any enmity toward Demarest BTotheT5 but TO
clear myself JAMES u ~ ~
Title Feuster. Of 10. 500 East Twelfth-st..
was fined $50 yesterday. The Health Board in
spectors report showed that the woman sold
milk 80 per cent adulterated She sells eighty
quarts daily 70 poor families. Others who paid
fines were Edward Diman. No 1876 Seventh
ST so: Pepina Spota No. 1GI Eliza beth-st' $50;
Henry Vayts No : Forsyth-st-. 500: Fl. Gross
berg. No. ia Ludiow-st. SO. otto Seltman. No.
617 Greenvich-st.. 50: Madeline Degenners. No.
: Carmeu-st. 500 and Fannie Cooperstein. No.
90 Henry-st.. SO.
one dealer insisted on a trial