The Washington times., 1923-03-25

Packing Company, which has one Of the
largest slaughter houses within the smell
area.
Meanwhile inspectors from the Depart
ment of Health had nosed over the ground,
and when the case came up for hearing
before Judge George w. Simpson, in the
Municipal Court, the other day, some
very interesting official testimony from
the city official smell chasers was put on
the records.
George w. Diedricks, supervising in
spector of the Department of Health, took
the witness stand and gave some illumi-
mating testimony about his hunt for
smells. It was October II last that In
spector Diedricks cleared his excellent
nose for official action and invaded New
York's smell zone. He was walking along
First avenue, his nostrils open and alert
when, as he reached the corner of East
Forty-sixth street, a rush of foul odors
brought him to standstill. The testi-
mony then continued thus
QUESTION (by Assistant Corporation
Counsel William J. Leonard, for the
Health Board) will you describe speci-
fically just what those odors were and how
they affected you, if they did affect you?
ANSWER (by Inspector Diedricks)-
The odors were foul and offensive and
from my experience in the slaughter
houses judged that they came from some
part of an establishment occupied for
slaughtering cattle.
Q.-Did they affect you physically in
any way?
A.-They were nauseating smells
foul.
Q.-You have inspected slaughter
houses in the city during your time as an
Inspector?
Al have.
Q.-About how many places have you
inspected where they have offal cleaning
establishments
About eighteen or twenty
Q.-Would you say from your expert
ence that this odor came from an offal
cleaning establishment?
Al thought it did from the peculiar
odor.
Q.-And did you follow the odor?
Al did.
Q.-Tell us what you.did following the
odor and what you observed when you
arrived at a certain place, if you did ar
rive at any place?
from northeasterly direction and went
east on Forty-sixth street when l got this
odor at First avenue, and at No. 418 East
FOrty-sixth street l found the door wide
open to the offal cleaning establishment
operated at that address by Wilson & Co.
Immediately
Q.-You found door wide open?
A door wide open and foul odors.
Q.-Then you went inside that door?
Al did. | found about four en-
ployes cleaning entrails of animals l i'm
mediately had the door closed
Q.-From your experience as an in
spector would you say that in your in
spection of some fifteen or more offal-
cleaning establishments in New York City
that the odors that came through this wide
open door in premises No. 418 East Forty
sixth street permeated to surrounding
residences?
LAWYER KEHOE (for Wilson & Co..
That is objected to unless the witness
can speak of his own knowledge.
Mr.. LEONARDO am asking that of
him as an expert.
Mr.. KEHOE-He isn't an expert on
SMELLS
QUESTION BY MR.. KEHOE (attor-
ney for the slaughter house, Now, Mr..
Diedricks. give the Court general idea
of the surrounding neighborhood up there.
At the foot of East Forty-sixth street
what have you?
A.-The garbage dump.
GA garbage dump of the Street
Cleaning Department?
Ayes, sir.
Q-The north side of that pier is used
as manure dump by some individual,
isn't that,so?
A.-Yes, sir.
Q.-Usually there is tied up to the