Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-08-02
DAMNlNG THE GAS Co
Brooklyn People Are Up in Aims 0ysf
 Foul Smelling Stuff

Although Dr Deliguori and the
 Brooklyn and Town Plot Improve
 ment committee brought the matter
 to the city officials in an informal
 manner some time ago, nothing was
 done to prevent the odor issuing from
 the gas plant from making life mis-
 erable for the residents of lower Brooklyn. The plant of the United
 Gas Improvement company has al-
 ways been sort of an eyes0re to the
 residents across the bridge, but the majority have grown accustomed to
 1t. so that very little attention Is now
 paid to 1t. Although 1t has been stat ed that it has been worse than ever
 the past few nights. still this is
 hardly possible. True, 1t seemed worse Monday and Tuesday nights, but this was due more to the weather than anything else, It is stated that sev- eral of the occupants of Wards flats
 were overcome on Tuesday night. but this thing has happened many times
 before and not much attention was
 paid to 1t. In the vicinity of the
 bridge the stench the past few weeks
 has been almost unbearable, but 1t
 has ceased to be noticed by the peo-
 pie over here as nothing is ever ac-
 complished which relieves the situa-
 tion in the least. The Brooklyn and
 Town Plot Improvement committee
 took up the matter and although it
 generally has something to show for
 itc offortS in fhict oooo fbo oop pdifioe.c were not better particle. The odor
 has been so conspicuous the past
 has been so conspicuous the past week
 that Dr Deiiguori started a petition
 which will be sent to the board of
 aldermen. About 200 names have
 been signed to it. The petition reads
 as follows: "The undersigned petit
 tioners, residents and property own-S CTS, respectfully represent that pub
 lie necessity and convenience require that the refuse, noxious substance and injurious material sent into the
 Naugatuck river from the local gas manufacturing plant of the United 4 Gas Improvement Co be permanently stopped, and that the said company be required to prevent poisonous and foul-smelling gases from escap- ing in as great volume as at present, and therefore respectfully ask your honorable body to order said work" Anyone wishing to sign it may do so by going to Walkers drug store. Whether the attention of the man agers of the gas tank has ever been brought to the nuisance is not defi- nitely known, but 1t Is said that they were notified but that it did not do much good, For a time the odor was not so bad, but in few weeks it Is said to have been worse than ever. About two weeks ago 1t was some- thing terrible one night when the tar wells were being cleaned. All night long the people had to endure and some did not sleep at all. It was even worse than during the past week and the next morning Dr Deliguori vowed that he would do something to abate the nuisance. Some mornings the gases are plainly visible on the water of the Naugatuck river, mak- ing the stream much more filthy than 1t would be under ordinary condi- tions. Scores of children have at diff ferent times been overcome by the deadly odors coming from the plant and during the week many children suffered from the stench. The weath- CT has been so warm that the effect on the children has been all the more noticeable and Dr Deliguori has at- tended several cases. This gas nui- sance has continued long enough and | If the petition that is being circulated | will do any good it should be signed by every person in Brooklyn.