THE EVELINE WORKS.

North Otago Times, 28 May 1908, Page 1

THE EVELINE WORKS.

, At ycstci'dfty'a /neeting of the County vO.jjntil some correspondency.was reai 1 .Woiii Dr Finch, District ileitlth Ollicer, oili tho subjoet. of the abovo works. DriFiijch'a lottei' to the .Council wnsas follows: • "1 beg to repoit_thal_the olonsivt trade'of offal nnd boiiQ boi-ing . and treating is so carried on at Eveline works as to be injurious to health and unnecessarily ollensive to the public, nlid is therefore a nuisance under so fi'oti' 72, subsection G, of the Public Health Act, 1900, and I beg to i-ecom-itjend,. under section 7-1, that the local .authority require the Christehurch Jleat Company to abate tho nuisance." Dr Pijich also enclosed a copy of the following report to the manager of the Christehurch Meat Company: " Cluistcliurch, May 23rd. ''The Manager, Cbristchmch Meat - Company, Christehurch. " Sir,—l beg to inform you that | complaints have been made to this Department that the Eveline works have again rise lo very offensive smells. I inspected tho works on May 13th, .and- fofind the following defects: (I) Tho blow-olt from the digesters discharges direct into the open air, (2) Fumes were escaping from the di'ier owing .to leak in the apparatus. (3) On examining the spraying apparatus, which' had been attached to the drier; there] was found to be the merest |i;ipk(b of water, which would be quite ineffettive for the purpose of absorbing' offensive gases. (■!) There was a large accumulation of bones stored in ij corner of tho building, whero the drier ia Bi(uatertl, which had apparently been -tfe(itM iiv thfr. digesters' but-had • not • ben, put through the 'drier, Steam was i'ising from this heap, showing that active decomposition was giving on, ilrnl there wero numerous maggots present in the heap. (5) On the foreshore, where tho drainage discharges,

there is an accumulation of offensive matter owing lo the drainage not getting straight out sea. There was also a dead sheep and one or two loads of oll'al, which had been tipped over'tho bank, for which your Company may or may not have been responsible. If you will refer to my letter of Mhy 22nd, 1907, and to other correspondence that has passed between us, you will, I think, agree that-your Company has had ample

warning in this matter, This letter is written without prcjudico jo any other action that the Department might think it necessary to take, " Yours faithfully, " H. E. PINCH, " District Health Officer."

To tho Council Mr Douglas wrote as follows: "As I have reason to believe there is someone trying to stop the Evoljno works on account of the smell, 1 would liko your Council to appoint n

leptitalion to inspect the samo and see vhether tlioy are offensive or not."

lo was also inviting a deputation

from the Borough Council. ' Tlio Chairman* said lie had been of opinion that the nuisance had been abated long ago. Thcro had been nothing olfensivo to his knowledge for some time.

It : was agreed to allow the matter to stand over for a month,