Year: 1872

soBnoxious subject of fat-rendering was handed
over to special Compnittee, composed of Commits
ssioners B0sworth, Ceccarini, Stephens Smith ana
Uross, and 1t was confidently hoped these gentle
men would settle the matter in a manner that
would preve satisfactory to the public. At the
time this transfer was made paper, pretending I'd
be report upon portion of the subject, was also
handed over 20 the committee for their considera-
ton The particular branch Of the fat business th's
mecial paper referred to was what Is known
rs the New York Rendering Company, a Kihd OF
public-priyate concern that consumes its nith
upon the Hudson, and defies the inhabitants o1 the
banks OF the river by the adroitness OF its manage
nent This company is paid 5000 year by the
city of New York for the removal OF all material
lom jts surface that shall be deemed by the author'
Ities a nuisance. Under this heading come such
thinxs as horse carcasses, the dead bodies OF
all other animals, OF no matter what genus,
ana the otral OF the slaughter houses The
New York Rendering Company is supposed to
remove oil such offensive stun from the surface OF
the CITY Immediately upon notification, but the
.sneness" OF the management Is so acute that they
are able as general thing to suit themselves For
systance n a horse dies In certain stable during
the night


TIRE BODY IS PUT OUT ON THE STREET
xne following morning, shortly after daylight, and
Che Rendering Company is duly notified; but the
company will be in no hurry to take that carcass
away unless it Is in the habit Of having good many
9ittle jobs Of the kind from that stable. Not
Nnfrequently when the carcasses lie upon
the ground an unusual time, complaint
is made to TIE Board Of Health, inspector is sent
TO look into the matter and the nuisance Is finally
removed; but the people living in the vicinity Of
the putrefying mass are obliged to put up with the
sbomination all that time and wait the gO0dly plea
sure Of the Rendering Company. II is the same
thing with horses that fall in the streets nom heat
starvation, sickness or neglect The carcasses lie
where they fall until the Rendering Company thinks
well OF removing them. A lady complained to Com
missioner loswortb, President OF the Board OF
Health, one day last week that the dead body of a
horse had been lying in front Of her residence
for thirty six hours The dangers to the lives and
health Of the people from this sort Of thing are
liable to settle on the r0ttng carcass then con-
vey the poison virus OF decomposition to healthy
gases arising from the same source tainting the afr
and destroying the life In the vicinity and there is
q these diseased bodies Hs In the s ma narrow and
crowded thoroughfares OF some OF the wards In the
city the earsass s,, Of horse s no sooner exposed
tnally play upon It, innocent OF its destructveness.
when these bodies are taken away they are carted
foot OF West Thirtyeighth street, placed on board
the boat used for manufacturing filthy fat out OF
through all the processes they undergo they are
always fruitful sources OF sickness and annoyance.
On the river, while they are being reduced to fat,


THEY SPREAD SiCKENING EFFLUvIA


along the entire shore line, Inspector Styles to the
contrary. Notwithstanding, and afterwards by the
tris OF the poor who are compelled to live In huts
ON the waters edge. During the winter months
pany is stationed at the foot Of Thirty-eighth
street. but when the river is open and
see wsn s
vessel Is propelled slowly up the stream and the
population OF the neghborhood is subjected to o
prolonged steamng OUT of filthy 0d0rs.


~ A PETITION


signed by a large number OF respectable citizens
against this intoerable nuisance was sent to the
Board OF Health previous to It's last session. in
which the people complained OF the odors waited
upon Judge Bosworth asking for relief from the
nuisance One member OF the committee told the
President Of the Board the thing had become
get get ~ " couple @ 81 twenty-eigSs light Hs% FOUNDERS
ana sink the craft If the Board of Health was not
toned the gentleman that II that done the
city in few days would be suffering from pesti-
hOrses in the streets. Upon this the committee
man suggested that these carcasses should be
burned; 6nt i when the President pointed out that
the gentleman insisted that they could he buried


DIFFICULTY OF FINDING PLACE


10 carry out this project and getting rid OF the ashes
being brought 10 the gentemans consideration, he
the bay aud cast upon the bosom OF The waters.
But this was precisely what was done before the
present system had been inausurated. Then, when
nm easterly wind blew, the Oral not only returned
10 the city, but was nuisance to all the shipping
arriving at the port and steamers going in or out
Of this noatng filth. The Board of Health, how
ever, took the petition into consideration and de-
termtned TO md out the exact extent OF the nu
exnce, and how far it could be remedied. To this
end Inspector styles was sent on board the Render
Ing Company's boat, with special instructions TO
nnd how the business was conducted, and report to
the Board hat iregularit cs he could detect, and


rHE oDoRs FROM THE VESSEL


were likely to affect the health OF the people living
along the river. The Inspector fortified himself
with an empty stomach, he told the Board in his
report, set OF senses OF peculiar acutencss a
powerful opera glass and then went on board the
Tats. pipes boilers the cutting up of carcases and
the other different operations of the business, but
could Gnd nothing offensive. In fact, judging from
the tone OF his communication, the people living
along the shore were more than ordinarily blessed
by the presence ofsuch lovely vessel every day IN
'front.' or their residences. When his acute senses
had fed upon the


pEiIs MIS- OF THE SHIP


@ .tseli, ,hs powerful opera glass was brought into
Tor something that might he inveiged into beconi-
my nuisance but not cat or dog or even
dried piece OF weed could bc iound that would own
aieglahce 10 the barge carrying so many beauties.
Ihe Inspector strained bis sight and gauged the
Powcliul opera glass tc its strongest focus, but
nothing could he detect OF ilnpurity The wind
the Doctor explained in his report was blowing
Gnent,y compelled to hug the Jersey shore what n
treat Tor theserseylcs, They viii, no doubi present
tne Doctor VA asod shield that's ifthcy are really
able 10 nDdepstond the blessings shed upou thcni
by THIS one Gtp. Tue Doctor is evidently not
man oi nanticsi tastes, or il weuid have dawned
upon the insptSsoria mind ioiir before The renort
was written, tlEit The man ~ the hclni-who is by
the way, nientitT.h m tue commandments
have chuekled hugely during the whole time of tha
voyaFe He never Knew. oi course, that the rcpre
sentative III The Board OF Health was on board ana
had received no nsiegciions TO keep IN close 10
the land W the iefseyite possible Of
course not; but then 1t does seem strange
that even The elements should have lent their Mud
stance 20 make The ir,p OF LASTING pleasure
10 thc medical Irver gator. Then eleven carcases
were cut up and prepared jOr the next veyage OF
The craft up The stseaD but no more attention
rald 10 The work ttan there wouid be n no llspec-
Vol We're on board Naturally, how cGlld apyone
tsecting