Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-20
CANAL SIDE 4
MENACE To- HEALTH
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anse, and leased by william Fitzpatrick,
who %subleases it to Wanner. Mr.. XII
patrick admitted that the animals
should be removed. and declared that
he told Wanner to take them some
where else. He denied. however, that
the stables were ~unsanitary. When
asked what he thought of the view In
that section of the city. which Is really
the heart of Newark and not far from
the -Four Corners" he said that he
agreed that the outlook was not beau
tiful."
The officials of the Board of Health
and the inspectors readily admitted that
the stables in question do not meet with
the requirements of the law. and are
not as sanitary as they should be. One
of the inspectors said that Hobson's
stables had no sewer connection n
that the pile was exposed, In
stead OF being covered with a water
proof cover. He admitted that Hobson
had been told about keeping the manure
pile in good condition, and that he
promised TO do so. Tho promise was
not kept
In speaking OF the Wanner stables
one of the officials said that these were
not as well kept as they might be, and
that some Of the laws Ire not adhered
to. Some of the stables in the Wanner
yard are sewer connected and others
are not.
The reason given Tor the condition Of
the Hobson stables Is tho fact that the
sewer on Washington street is not NV
enough to admit of a connection
with the stables. The officials denied
that they ever told nyone that Lally
made a complaint. They said that such
things were kept in confidence.
While the reporter for the Evening
STAR was talking to one of the heads
of the department about the disgrace
full conditions, he called three inspect
ors before him and told two OF them to
right out 20 the places complained
OF and order the proprietors of n
to be more careful in the future
and to keep the beds in the stables
clean.
Fish odor Among Other Things.
The head of the department denied
that the canal was used as a dumping
for dead animals, and said that
the Lehigh Valley employees patrol the
banks of the canal and take good care
to remove all dead animals from 1t. He
said thai the last complaint about the
condition of the canal was made last
summer where there was an odor OF
fish about the place caused by the FISH
In the Centre Market. This
complaint was looked into, he said, and
nuisance stopped.
The Columbian Laundry Company
a building in Halsey street
adjoining the canal, and the rear of
is building faces the Wanner stables
Augustus S. oliver. superintendent OF
he laundry, was asked by a reporter
% give his opinion on the subject. MI.
oliver was exceedingly reticent except
when he talked about the improvements
n the laundry. He said that he had
never objected to the conditions. He
apologized for the condition of the
aundry yard, which was filed with
barrels, ashes and rubbish. He assert
ID that because of changes in the build
ng the rubbish was not cleaned VI.
The building is eighty feet high, and
It's engine room is a structure twenty
feet high, extending a few feet beyond
main building. Although there
are Horoscopes in the rear the scape
10 not reach below the roof Of the
CINE house, twenty feet above the
ground. There are about 200 girls en-
in the building.
roo Girls i'm Laundry.
Mr.. Oliver was asked how the girls
would leave the building in case OF
Ire. He resented the question and said
he would not discuss the subject.
admitted, however. that following
he High street fire the State authori-
les notified his company that fire.
escapes would have to be built In the
Of the building. Mr.. Oliver
this was unfair on the part
the State. but later said nat II
might be q good thing.
A business man who asked that his
name be not used because II might
,ause him trouble when he wished TO
renew his lease next May said:
'I doubt II there Is another city in the
where such unsightly and UNI
conditions are permitted to
exist in It's busiest section. We hear a
great deal about a greater Newark, a
buster Newark and a city beautiful,
despite all the talk by citizens and
Board of Trade we are in the midst
an unhealthful Newark, and q dirty
Newark. Property owners suffer, and
all those who must conduct their bust
ness in this section are forced to inhale
stable odors and germ-filied air. We all
dread the summer time. Now, al least,
we can keep the doors and windows
closed, but in the summer the stencil
and the flies and mosquitoes make life
miserable for U.S."