Inspections of Milk at Railroad Stations and Steamboat Landings.

During the months of July and August an inspection of milk arriving over the different railroads and steamboats for consumption in New York and Brooklyn was made, after the milk had been delivered by the common carriers to the grocers and pedlers. The plan adopted was, as usual, to obtain from the police department a detail of two or more officers for duty at each depot when inspections were made. With their assistance the wagons were formed in line as they came off the ferries or from the railroad depots into the streets. We then inspected the milk found on each wagon before allowing it to leave the line.

The milk arriving over the New York and Northern railroad, delivered at High Bridge station, comprising 275 cans was inspected on the night of August 28th.

The milk arriving over the New York and Harlem railroad, delivered at East Forty-eighth street and Lexington avenue, comprising 1,450 cans, was inspected on the night of August 19th.

The milk arriving over the New York, Ontario and Western railroad, delivered at West Eleventh street and West Fortysecond street ferries, comprising 4,300 cans, was inspected on the nights of August 15th and 27th.

The milk arriving over the New York, Susquehanna and Western railroad, delivered at Cortlandt and Desbrosses street ferries, comprising 1,750 cans, was inspected on the nights of August 26th and July 14th.

The milk arriving over the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad, delivered at Barclay and Christopher street ferries, comprising 5,700 cans, was inspected on the nights of August 13th and 26th.

The milk arriving over the Homer Ramsdell Transportation Company's boats, delivered at Franklin street and West Onehundred and Twenty-ninth street docks, comprising 725 cans, was inspected on the night of August 20th.

The milk arriving over the New York, Lake Erie and Western railroad, delivered at Chambers and Twenty-third street ferries, comprising 4,000 cans, was inspected on the nights of August 12th and 27th.

The milk arriving over the New Jersey Central railroad, delivered at Liberty street ferry, comprising 245 cans, was inspected on the night of July 14th.

The milk arriving over the Lehigh Valley railroad, delivered at Desbrosses and Cortlandt street ferries, comprising 740 cans, was inspected on the night of August 26th.

The milk arriving over the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, delivered at Montgomery and One Hundred and Twenty-ninth streets, comprising 1,100 cans, was inspected on the night of August 18th.

The milk arriving over the West Shore railroad, delivered at Franklin and West Forty-second street ferries, comprising 1,250 cans, was inspected on the nights of August 15th and 27th.

The milk inspected when delivered by each railroad and steamboat line, represents one day's shipment over each line for consumption in New York and Brooklyn, to which must be added 650 cans estimated as the average per day by miscellaneous conveyances. The result of these inspections showed, by the test applied, that only a small percentage had been adulterated. The following statement shows the amount of milk, cream and condensed milk received over the different routes on the day that the inspections were made, to wit:

The above average daily receipts for August of crude milk, cream and condensed milk is equal to a daily receipt of 27,470 cans of crude milk.

milk, cream over each

and condensed milk.

110,442

3,675

2,170

3,751

.180

81,288

3,461

2,758

.187

7,802

186

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