Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-06-04

ing from the chemical plant ~
is located at Market and Gz
streets, are detrimental to the h5o1
nauseating and Z nuinnnco- 1
Board OF Health, after coum00<1
delay in acting, ordered the plant
close last week and the aldorsaGM
structed the city attorney to tn191 -
the fight on behalf OF the rG1<
The chemical plant, hoWexofs =
cured temporary Injunction W1~
by the plant was permitted =
main open and the hearing f61G
has been called in order thm< ~
Board Of Health and czfy nz1<l
show cause why the tsmpoxu<T r.
junction should not be mado DoE1
nent.
Leo GoIdberger, aktorney 1o<
Board of Health. made . mot<cu u
the opening OF the hearing. fhn< 60
restraint which prevents tho G1zV
from closing the plant be roM16V6
under the law as the vice chnuc -
is prohibited against granting q -.
junction without first holding = -
ing. The vice chancellor dec16
that no legislature has the x1U&< -
interfere with the actions e >1l1
chancery court
The first witness to be heard
Rufus B. Allen. OF 135 Market 11<o1 b.
secretary of the Dublin ImproxoI
Association and local school q s.
er. He stated that ct III
which ID two blocks from to
the "vile and nauneatinG AlI
such that he and his fan11z}
unable to sleep nights. W6
the smell to that .ok 4G41 Izz<
-
any fresh air in the -
windows must be closed "
the smell Even with the
closed, he said, the TUNES &&{
the house. He told OF going to P
c. Olsen, one of the directors of -
plant; to Herbert Gillis, one of fE1
officials of the plant, and 20 III.
Phillips, president of the concern II
an effort to have Conditions RENE
died He said he was told fhe
fumes did not amount to anything
and could receive no satisfaction ~
to whether anything would be done
to remedy conditions.
Continued on direct exan1fnation
Mr.. Allen declared one was sure the
fumes came from the Herbert e
Herbert plant, as the white fumes
could be seen coming from the fu1a7e
stack and also that the nearer the
plant one walked the greater the
odor became. He told how his wife
had been made i'll by the fumes ana
his child also. He declared fhk
plant operates day and night
On cross examination Mr.. Allen
said he lived three feet from the
plant and that although there are
many plants in that vicinity. some OF
which were named, that these planf1|
did not give forth the fumes as they
had been there for years and M
fumes had bothered the residents ur-
I'll Herbert & Herbert plant began
operations. On a question asked BY
Mr. Goienbock. representing the
chemical company. Mr.. Allen said he
mad never called doctor to attend
either his wife or family when fhev.
Were III from the fumes
George Wusterfeld. of 20e 63rsn II
street. the next witness told or beir~
made Ill and confined to his bed bv
the odors. He alleged the odor wz
discharged through the sewers -.
well as into the air. Mr. Wusterfe1d
declared the odor to be similar 10
rotten eggs The odor made l1in1e<1f
and his family sick TO their sff,Tna -,
many times. he said.
he told of waking up in the night
ana pelng compelled to close all fhe
windows in order to sleep. He de-
clared this was a frequent occur
renee. Continuing he said the .otors
had run down his condition. so mn<s1.
that he was seized with an attack Of
rheumatism and had been Confined
to his home for some weeks.
On cross examinatio Mr.. Wusfe-
field stated that he had been 4 ruf-
ferer. from rheumatism for quite I
number Of years. 's
Mrs Howard Richards told of ia
illness Of her daughter and how Il
mas been impossible to open the.
WIDOWS OF the house although fresh
air was needed and that even with
the windows closed the odor cana
into the home She declared III
odor to be worse than rotten e6<z.
The odor also made her III ana @51s
could not sleep. On cross exa roi1Sz
ton Mrs. Richarls said she t<x
never noticed the odor until the HSrz-
bert & Herbert plant located IN ff1<
vicinity. IA
Paul Jacobson residing in Marx e
street, told how he had traced tn
odor to the plant. OF it making Mr.
Ill ana having a worse smell fhax
rotten eggs. He said the no14s c(
the machinery in the plant made e.
impossible for him to sleep and ftc
odor made him dizzy. He also 4
clared on cross examination that II
had traced the odors to the HS1zz5
bert & Herbert plant an only 6rnAlfr
tne fumes when the wind blew III
the direction OF the plant
Mrs. M. Peterson told OF tho. &
and how 1t made her III and
that the smell had never b6911
ent In that vicinity until the s. &
& Herbert plant began op1<
Mrs. Dorothy Juhl also t4<11 81
to the odor making her 81
Charles Babel. z55 M4116
q forrnev employs At fHo IA
the course Of 1nanu 11EI
chemicals rn61e tl9F&