Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-08-18
EGGS BANNED IN
MANHATTAN ARE
MARKETED HERE
Health Inspectors Detect Load
ed Truck and Trace 1t to
FurnivaI Bakery.

Jersey City health authorities are
working today on a tip furnished by
the Newark health department. that
may result in big reforms in law-vio-
Iating bakeries and other establish
ments all through northern New Jer-
sey. An investigation conducted by
the local men in quiet way, but
with thrills as abundant as those of
a detective story, has resulted in the
unearthing of an extensive business
of folsting upon New Jersey con-
sumers food products banned from
Manhattan.
Newark was apprised of what was
going on yesterday, when DIR. Charles
V. Craster, health officer of Newark,
and Samuel G. Sharwell, chief food
and drugs inspector, emptied out 110
quarts of eggs they discovered in
liquid form at the bakery of Fred
Furnival, at Avenue c, Parkhurst and
Harper streets, and condemned.
The incident was the outcome of
an investigation begun last fall. Its
a regular Sherlock Holmes story"
said DIR. Craster this morning. AL
through the tale runs the mysterious
figure of a stealthy automobile de-
livery truck that has been gliding
through New eJrsey highways with
bad-smelling cargoes of goods shipped
across from New York. The truck
has no lettering upon 1t; nothing to
indicate its destination or home or
errand."
1t was this truck that Inspector
Sharwell and Sanitary Inspector Ed
ward Flynn saw creeping into the
Furnival establishment yesterday
morning.
The Mysterious Truck.
They recognized it at once as the
truck that had been described to the
Newark authorities in the fall, when
tip had come in that impure prod
ucts were coming across from New
York. Once the truck was sighted
they did not hesitate to enter the
Furnival place, and once in they were
rewarded by the odor of ITO quarts
of eggs of shady character.
Furnival declared "I didn't know
they were bad. I'll dump them out.
I'll never buy anything more from
that dealer He said the dealer was
Nathan Meyer, of 256 Henderson
street, Jersey City.
Inspector Sharwell Immediately
communicated with Health Director
EdSeu and Health Of1cer hagen, OIL
Jersey City, and told them of the ex-
istence of the Meyer establishment.
This seems like old times come back
again." said Mr. Hagen. ut surely
is,' said Mr. Sharwell and then the
latter told The Evening Star why.
Running Down the Clues.
Last fall, according to his story,
Health officer Hagen same to New
ark to tell the authorities here he
believed bad eggs, brought to a Jer-
sey City baking establishment from
New York, were being sold in New
ark. At midnight he and Inspector
Sharwefl, working on a tip, met In
the Jersey City tubes and went to
New York and watched house there
until dawn, hoping to see a man
emerge who would go directly to the
Jersey City bad egg place. Their
watch was fruitless.
Next the watch was taken up in
Newark. Finally tip came a week
ago from Miss Margaret Hampton,
of II South street, who once worked
| for Furnival. On the strength OF
the tip the lookout was resumed, and
Yesterday the capture was made.
With the ice broken by this cap
ture the local authorities believe they
and the Jersey City health officials
can go far toward putting the sub
rosa dealers in bad foodstuffs out OF
| business.