Year: 1875

which though in disuse retains its old character
for filth, and wears to-day worse aspect than it,
neghbor The river bank is coated heavily with de-
composed accumulatons, and no effort so far as any
man in the vicinity Is has been made TO rc
lcve the place OF It's fetid incubus The ceder laves
both and daily carries away with IT towards Croon
Lake much of the nasty stun. Right above these
pests and opposite Mr.. Evcrcts house. is privy Of
ancient date, and iu high winds the bane Of the sur
rounding residents. Then comes


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house and privy right overhangng the river and drop
ping its poisonous burden into ''the Branch" Hero,
too, close at hand the Irish settlements; Thomas
prvy, Van Schoys ranch AID necessary, Walter
Branchs outhonse Mr. Baileys closet and at the foot
OF Marvin's mansion, settlement Immediately con
nected with Brewster's Station, and called Monkey
Town OF all the places in the district reviewed this
undoubtedly the worst. Each hovel and tenement
house occupied by Irish people, hangs the river
and all the prvies empty themselves into It, Little
streams run from dwelling TO brink bearing on hourly
the Stops suds and general refuse Of the aborcrs fam
lies But worst Of all at Brewsters and contiguous
to Lake roneita is


Of Hunt Co II is perhaps the greatest generator OF
poison and taint to be met with or.ths Of the
Croton River. II stands upon small stream that IS
known only the Factory Stream and about 100 rods
from the Croton Every particle Of muck aud shop
garbage flung into the stream and borne down the
slope uninterruptedly INTO the river; the dye, wash
and scraps meet similar tate and when ! the
mouth Of the Factory Stream few days ago IL
tnged with coloring used BY Hunt & Co But at
Bewstor's there much to describe and It, with Carmel
and the tributaries about Lake Geneida, merits much
more elaborate description than anything yet men





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with its machinery and condensers, working the year
round Its foundation laid on the shore and IS
now washed by the Croton within, no doubt all that
skill could do to make the place ceany and sweet has
been done But outside refuse and stun Of every sort
fall into the and remain there. The shop is built
level spot at the foot of hill and close to the
stream as il can be. Every drain ditch in tho neigh
borhood must empty its filth therein that the slops
OF the hands in the shop finds similar outlet Indeed
the urinal and prvy at the side Of the dam and
contribute to the general infection Of the tributary
Certainly this part OF Brewstcrs Station is bad II
could we'll be, and the people call the settlement
Monkey Town out Of sheer dsrcspcct for its appearance
and character The cattle pen ut the depot Is drained into
Croon River and AL the Of the village discharge
themselves there also. Bad however, Brcwster's
s Carmel is II is the prettcst village in this part
OF Putnam county and stands upon the shores OF Lake
Geneida, four miles southwest Of Brcwster's The
headquarters OF the engineer stationed in this section
OF tho CrotOn Water Department Is next door 10
Smalls Hotel and in full view Of the lake. On the
roadside, sOutherly from this occ, erected the
dwellings Of the we-o-do villagers. They face the
main road fenced in and rod from the lake. Each
has a backbouse directly ovcrhanging tho water and
the family slops are deliberately thrown into IL. This
is the case for nearly mile along the margin. and
nothing special is said about It, True the engineers
think such practices wrong but they owerlcss
to prevent them. Such has ever been the tom, and
until legislation is had to abate the nusanccs hcy Will
continue The location OF the houses the Glcncida
shore at Carmel IL Indicated by the spots marked A. b.
G. &c. They are downright poisonous to the water
which feeds the western branch Of the Croton.