Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-06-28

Green. The delegation OF men and
women who appeared TO state their
casc was so large that tho health
ofYices were too small to accommodate
them, 90 the board decided TO hold It's
In tho big room OF the Street
and Sewer Department.
Say Odor Causes Nausea.
Miss M. NJ. Dugan Of 1114 West
Fifth street was tho chief spokesman
for the delegation. After describing
how an ice plant has been there for
years and was never offensive while
coal and electricity were used TO oper-
ate tho engines. she launched into a
description OF the conditions now, due,
shc said, to the smoke from the oil.
which Ia used for fuel, tho fumes from |
same and the greasy SCOT. which |
seems to be thrown of In tho smoke. |
She said this smoke. SCOT and fumes |
are so bad that tho people in the vi
entity are compelled to keep their
homes closely shut up regardless OF
the temperature. and II Is next to-
impossible for them 10 get any sleep.
She said she tried every room in her
home. even TO sleeping on the floor In
the dining room. hoping to escape the
fumes but this could not be done. The
smell makes people so Ill that they
cannot eat
| She said they had protested 70 Ed
win f. Denney. the manager. all in a
| friendly way. but without getting any
satisfaction from him and they did not
think he showed any disposition to CO.
operate with the neighbors or do any
| thing to eliminate the cause OK the
| trouble. Last Sunday a box arrange
ment which had been placed on the
smoke stack. she said, caught fire and
created considerable commotion in the
neighborhood. It was burned of and
on Sunday conditions were worse than
ever.
Miss Dugan said they did not object
to the ice plant being there. in fact.
wanted TO have It there. and they
wanted TO give Mr.. Denney a reason
able limo in which to remedy con-
ditjons. but they all have TO eat and
sleep and as this is almost Impossible
they cannot go on under the existing
conditions. She eaid the laundry
could not DO placed in the yard and
IL Is impossible 10 keep their homes
clean. She had in her home as a
guest a woman doing jury duty here
but she was made so Ill by the fumes
that she could not get TO court and
caused a delay in the proceedings
there for more than an hour.
Miss Dugan claimed Mr.. Denney's
, threat TO build a Negro apartment
. house on tho site, II he were compel
| - a.. -. - ,oI -
was antagonistic 70 tho people Of th'
neighborhood. but they would al
welcome a Negro apartment there
She declared. for then they could ca
and sleep and there would be peac.
h in the neighborhood- She made al
earnest plea that the health authori
ties do something 10 help them on
OF their present trouble
: Elmer E. Taylor of AIS North Har
rison street corroborated all Me
Dugan had said AT the beginning h.
admitted he was nervous and befor,
i he got through he had wrought him
self up TO such an excited conditio.
q that ne burst into tears. He con
= tinued TO talk, his voice choking wit
: emotion and as the tears rolled dow
Q the Board OF Health officials do some
e thing to put a stop 70 the condition:
n Mrs. Walker of 4oS North Harrison
d street told the board her mother Mr.:
/. Alderman hos been very III and whe
q she was thought 10 be at deaths doc
Il the ice plant was not shut down al
though its operation was a great an
"A noyance TO the sick woman. Mr..
" Walker too permitted her emotions :
! get the better Of her; she wept as SD
a continued 10 speak describing the ST;
uation. She said her family has live
,. in that house for 81 years and sh
= thought It a shame that aged peopl
- should be compelled 10 move noI
- which they will have 10 do II the nuts
ances are not stopped.
Eyes Affected by Fumes.
c. Flickinger of sos North Harri
% son street said his mother-in-law ha
&c been made i'll by the smoke and o
fumes. The fumes affected his eyes h
= said and caused him much pain. II
is told of general conditions in about tn
= had described them.
20 street said the fumes affected he
the same as cold would. A. Cunning
. ham OF 1909 West Fifth street tol
a. the board when any city officials ar
pear for an inspection the engine
. the ice plant is cut down and cond
&c lions are not as bad then but when tn
inspection parties leave the engine
run again at full speed and thing
are as bad as ever. He said his vii
has been i'll but she could not rest
bed for Il rocks like a cradle due
,; the vibrations from the engine. Y
said Mr.. Denney had told him !
was going to run the plant until II
,g courts stopped him. He told Of
nj neighbor's little gtrl who slept SUI
o. day night by an open window. Whe
ne she got up in the morning II was a
IN most impossible to tell that she WI
90 a white child for the SCOT had mas
Is her face and limbs black.
al Mr.. Alderman OF 40S North Harr
son street described the noise as sim
nd lar TO the continued beating OF a b
Is drum. He declared no one would ev
an know it was Sunday in that neighbo
al hood, for the ice plant is going tn,
to the same as any other day.
re DIR. Handy. president Of the Board
irl Health. told the delegation the boa,
a would see what could be done about
but Miss Dugan wanted to know VIII
nd that meant. She pressed for inmec
no ate action, saying the suffering
ne which the people have been subject
ed simply could not go on At this jun
ture Mrs. Sharp OF Fifth and Harris
streets said it was unbearable and Z