New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-12-15
MORE ABOUT The STREETS
h Edyfoy Of Tn Tri5n1f


To he Eda0y Of The TribHns
1t IS painful 10 trespass upon your columns upon
90 odous subject that Of the condition Of our streets
but Is upon which s impossible 10 remain silent
The spasmodc activity caused among the Contractors
at the close Of sst week BY the Circular Of tie supern
tendeni Of Streets has entirely passed over snd these
gentry seem inpervious TO the indignant Of
the public as the hide Of rhnoceros would be 70 a
charge Of snipeshot In the meantime, the Of de-
csying garbage which ils goes steadily
Increasing and In parts Of the City has become
deep that the only faithful scsveDgers who visit
these regions-the pgseither through disgust at these
oceans Of Eth fear Of being snothered in tbemor
perhaps, because this latter calamity has actually
taken thern-have entirely disappeared
u IS believed that the sixth Ward claim the pre-
eminence OF being the drest Ward OF the direst City
in the world Resdest east Of Broadway has not been
cleaned since the lat Of November-ths will undertake
10 prove; and ! am confident that II should name
much earlier date 1t would be within the mark Il il
true that melancholy procession occasionally passes
through this street who scrape the mud from the gut
ter- into mounds but here their agency ana
for ditcart such object in this street would be
looked upon deseryedly az almost ss great phenOm
enon As the Flying Duichmsn Of Sandy Hook. IN the
meantime the mounds go steadily Increasing In size
until they threaten entirely TO obstruct all passage In
Orsngest the mud in many places lies, on an average
level with the curb stones and Anthony Pearl Duane
&C. are but little If any better
Now, Mr.. Editor, these are precisely the sections
NbFfff from Hlput OF lNHE OF inc III
hsbitons II might be- expected that epidemic would
soonest locate tsei-Bnd yet how Ihamefully they
ne elected The public induced % anticipate that
the action Of the Board Of Health would lead i'm
provemen but il must be recolccted that this body
composed Of the very men who, Aldermen, have
been certifying for weeks that the Contractors were do
ing their duty IN the face Of the most open and scandal
neglect and it will be that any expectations
based upon their actiOn will be- likely 70 prove falls
cOus.
propose. Mr. Editor. that public meeting be held
IN the Tabernacle possible 10 order 20 give
expression 10 the public feeling on this subject.
In the meantime will undertake 10 furnish, II you
desire for publication the names aud residences oil the
Contractors for the different districts those Of the A.
dernen Of the Wards who have regularly signed the
certificates, and other statistics Of interest. y
M. Edifor Permit rne through your paper, TO in
form the inhabitants Of the upper par; Of the City who
may have friends residing in the Seventh Ward, and
wish TO visit them this Winter thst they can do 60 by
procuring pair Of stills the mud s so deep that We
DOLLY the three upper stories of the houses oPpo
site
There was a strange report in circulation short |
time since that our streets 10 be swept twice
week but presume IL was without foundation, a. the |
vision Of street sweeper has not greeted eyes for
the as, two weeks DwELLER HENRYsT
v BIZ any one has occasion 10 pass through III
vision il would be advisable be provided with
long pole with hook end, for the double pur.
pose Of ascertaning the depth Of the mud and hooking
out any unfortunate individual who may be waowing
therein
FnFs.-The barn OF Mr.. Haley, ON Fifty second
t. near East River, destroyed by FIRE !aboui
,clock last evening There were two valuable horses
md carriage also fsvorite dog burned In the barn
The fire evidently the work Of an incendiary....
about oc ock this morning a fire broke cut in the
econd story of house q Marion ct. occupied by Mrs
Williams, and before the flames could be subdued con
siderable damage was done 10 the hoaae and furniture
In what manner the FIRE originated could not be sscer
sined.
An OLO OFFENDER CAUGBT.-A cOlored fell |
low, known a Charles Henry Johnson alias Owens
was arrested the Five Points by officers Shadholt
aud smith, ON charge Of having committed bur |
sary iu New Brunseick y. J sbnut Eve weeks ago
Accused IL represented % be desperate character and
but week previous to the commission of the burglary
In question broken OF a a. New Brunswick where
he WAS confined q m another rhsfpa