The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-03

Council, rnnslasina ~ 0AanfgL FrRNty,
JAeon ~ - Mosrs0vtE and fHu9ts
stORN, iaapsrted Tho eity from White
hall ~ Newmarket, on ths Fast Hivss
Thoy fgmd snsay hgiaances The
iosrF end N Moorg street tho ao-ka 90
buth Sides N Esehaaes slip Wefs al
m"si Imps~aibie = particularly On VIZ
D%sttgftLb's side Further on VIZ
AsfbNs and Tho sdlolalna vaeane water
iota, east atae ~ PnTHn srHeNH's store
and Cfigef's whaff scrr caiied 'fecep-
tacirs N nlth and. N course efsti suis
sanoen Tho yards "fear ~ ntAka
MOoae's and Nsvis Wuaos's stoves,
FFoat s%tfast,s wsfe ssunken hl,hy
n~ulaaHcea The pfoprfty ~ Wftttaa
HgHos, JoHs JAcEaoy. LevvrHf Lev
SpHta, RSoS and Hafods. fHu1as
BrHttSa, JoHs THrastS, Htar NJ
AcEeHLY. and joHa DicEgssoS's hotfas
wers condemned Properties owned ~
'AacH 0nActa,' PEfpa OoEtRr, nav.
JAsstS NOrf, wiiaIAa MfEruRN, NJ,
HafSRbAeDgH, SAMUEL fARMRH and
THONAs ELLISON wers specifically men,
toned ~ unwhOleaOfne. dlssaas breeding
spots. Nj. D~ELAEfFtD did M, make
The changes called Cor, and was publicly
named again M the owher Of an I'M
healthftl lot.
The results 81 the improved methods
Of filling were 40 apparent, however,
that an extension Of tho work was recom-
mended for the following year. and In
April ~ i7ps the work began, JONI
OoTHoUr. chairman Of the Health Com"
m~issioners, writing q letter 10 tho Mayor
on May I. The commission reported that
JOHN JACOB AsToR's and the adjacent
vacant lot, and THOMAS BROWNS black.
smith shop, Front street. were in n
perfect state Of nuisance THOMAS
MARsToN, Mrs. BRUCE, RoBERT BROWNE,
THOMAS EDDY, CAREY LUDLOW, WILL
lam BYRON, GEORGE CoDwfPE. SIMON
ScHERMERHoRN, JOSHUA UNDERHILL and
Mr.. Oracle were some Of the delinquents
early In the year. Mr.. DELAPIELD had
only partially complied with the order
Of the previous year. MIR. NEWTON,
Builder was forbidden to erect a struc-
ture for Mr.. MARsToN, next to "Mr. KIP's
lev store because in doing 90 he would
disturb and expose the filth under the
surface. In August the Health Com
missioners undertook the task OF Kidding
the city OF spoiled meat, which was
stored In such quantities as TO make tho
streets worse than unpleasant. By this
time the yellow fever was more violent
than in any previous summer. Every
device known to the authorities was
used to roo out Its supposed causes and
arrest Its progress. DR., BAYLEY was
most active, as was Chairman OoTHoUT,
in this work. Many citizens objected
to their procedure, and the meat in-
speotors had no easy time. JOHN A.
HoNsoN, the chief inspector, was ao-
cused Of lack Of skill, a charge that was
not substantiated, and seems TO have
originated only in the dislike Of dealers
In meats TO have their stocks condemned.
THOMAS PEARsALL, a Quaker, Of oa
John street. and JAMES and GILBERT
Woodruff, were merchants whose
goods fell under the ban.
At the end Of the summer Of 1898 DR..
BAYLEY laid an exhaustive report be-
fore the authorities, In which he at
tributed the virulenoe Of the disease In
that season to the extreme heat and
humidity, which caused the foul grounds
to give forth unusually insalubrious
vapors. He called attention to open
sewers uncovered muck heaps, low and
flooded lands, stagnant pools and similar
spots az breeding places Of disease, and
urged that they be filed up. He said
nothing Of insect carriers Of germs, but
he advocated cleanliness as the true
remedy OF the conditions that favored
the epidemic.
From the repeated visltations Of this
disease, and the constant urging OF
municipal cleanliness by DR.. BAYLEY
and farsighted men like him, came a
great good, for New York adopted the
underground sewer system In oonse
quence Of the lessons they drew from
it's experience between 1890 and 1900.
This did not save 1t from future pes
thence, however, for in the early '2os
of the last century yellow jack In
vaded the town and caused such
suffering, panic and death that it has
been said only the description of the
plague in London, as penned by DEFoB.
could do justice to the conditions within
the city.
Ono Of tho New Generation Of Egypt
ologists.