Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-04
DONKEYs, GOATS
AND MONKEYS IN
FAREWELL MARCH
Together with Sheep and Tur.
keys They Leave "Canal
Zoo" for New Home.
"OLD BARNEY" FAITHFUL
ANIMAL, KILLED TODAY
Conditions on Canal Bank Are
Rapidly Improved and
Made Sanitary.

The exodus Of animals-donkeys,
goats, monkeys, sheep, turkeys, ETC.
from the Wanner Canal Zoo" which
began last week, will be enoed tomor-
row. The Wanner yard Is being lev
eled, the stables have been white
washed and a manure pit, in the Hob
SOD yard, or the other side of the
canal, is being built. These changes
Inc improvements were brought about
by The Evening STARS disclosure OF
the unsightly, ~unsanitary n noisy
conditions on the banks of n Norris
canal at Washington street
John G. Wanner, who leases the yard
on the north side of the canal, at
Washington street, said today that
every donkey now located there will
be taken away tomorrow and quar-
tered at his brothers. grounds in Belle
vile. Every donkey but "Old Barney"
Mr.. Wanner declared thai "Old Bur-
ney," who has been in the show busi-
ness for forty-two years, was killed
! today, because of the fact that he
has outlived his usefulness, as far as
Mr.. Wanner is concerned, and rather
than sell him to people who may mis-.
use DlIl tIC dVAhSJ WOO RoS
death.
STAR Causes investigation.
About two weeks ago the Evening
STAR investigated the conditions or
the canal banks, and found that al
Washington street the stables occupied
by F. F. Hobson were In an unsani.
tary condition and that a Board OF
Health law was being violated by tbs
absence of a anu pit On the othei
side the Wanner yard was round r.
contain a menagerie, all sorts Of ole
wood and lumber and other u~nsightly
things.
The residents In the vicinity mad COM
planned that the donkeys kept then
awake at night and that the board OF
Health authorities had neglected t.
enforce the sanitary code with refer.
ence to the stables. The Hobsor
stables were not connected with the
sewer and the manure was thrown
anywhere in the yard and not in a pit
as required by law.
Following the publication of these
facts the Board of Health ordered Ger
tain improvements to be made, and a.
the present time the manure pit In tnt
! Hobson stable Is In course of construc'
ton and the stalls are In a more SAM
tary condition.
Speaking about his yard today, Mr.
wanner said: "At first. I thought tina
the statements made in the Hverin.
! STAR would drive me out of this busi
ness. I'M I thought it was unjust T.
prosecute me. / realize, however, the
the people in the neighborhood should
be taken nto consideration. and tina
animals do not belong In this part o.
the city. BY tomorrow they will all b.
removed.
Filling Up Yard.
az am also putting the yard in q
presentable shape. Already l have had
twenty loads of dirt brought In to fill
up the low spots, l have w~hitewashed
all the stables. and | am arranging the
lumber so that IL will not be seen from
the street. The bungalows that | an
building in the yard will soon be sold
and then everything will be satisfac.
tory"
The Improvements are appreciated b!
the neighborhood, but most of the peo-
pie there still think that the cana
banks could be further improved. One
of the men seen today by a reporter
suggested that a high fence be bull
around tbs yards so as to hide the un'
slightly view. The fence would In nc
way interfere with the business, he
said, and 1t would be a blessing to al
those that have to pass the place.
One of the neighbors said that the
manure pit being built by Hobson will
not be watertight, as provided by law
and that the Board of Health authori-
ties should investigate this matter
William Nealy. a negro employed In the
yard, said that although the pit is
being built of old boards II would be
covered up by some waterproof mate
rial in O. day or two.
A well-known man in the immediate
vicinity of the yards summed up the
situation IN this way: Il VIII admt
that improvements have been made
he said, and we all kno that we owe
everything that has been done to the
Evening STAR, but ideal conditions
do not prevail as yet, nor will they
until a great many changes are made.
Eventually these things will have to
get out of his section of the city,
but until then L hin that the high
fence should be built concealing the
u~nsightly scene."