The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-05-21
LANDING or ExssAyr.-HrAtrs or mn CRY

LANDING or ExfoRAvrs--HSAtrls OF fxs Crfy.-
We are glad TO perceive that the project Of appro
priating the dock at the foot Of Hubert street, to
the landing of emigrants, was brought to the mo-
tice of the Common Council on Monday evening
last, and that II was referred to committee, to in
vestigate the matter, and report thereon at future
meeting. We trust that this committee, which is
composed of Messrs. Shultz Miller and Getty, of
the Board of Assistants, will lose no time in at
tending to this most important business, and that
they Will be ready to report at an early day. The
memorial on the subject was accompanied by the
opinion OF about sixty physicians, who deprecated
the project of landing emigrants in that thickly
populated portion of the city, as liable to endanger
the general health of the Fifth ward, and of the
whole metropolis.
In a brief space of time We will have our usual
unhealthy season, and it behoves representa-
tives in the Common Council to take proper mea-
sures to avert contagion The most prolific of
disease among us. especially among children
and elderly people, the exhalations which arise
from the filth of our streets With advantages that
scarcely any other city in the world possesses
tor having clean streets-a river on each side, to
which the soil gradually descends from the centre
OF the city, and abundance of water-we are still
cursedfrom year to year with filthy thoroughfares
our children cut off by premature death-and
the lives of all our citizens endangered. We look
to Mayor Havemeyer to give us some relefin this
matter, and to the Common Council to aid him
with their votes.
While on this subject, it may be well to advert
to the dirt which is mixed with the Croton, that
water being for some time past extremely dirty and
nauseous. 1t has been asserted that the reservoir
at Forty second street needs cleaning, and
It Is probable that IT does But why is dirt and Sc
diment permitted to accumulate there 1t must
be expected that river water will deposit sediment
when conveyed into basin where it is mot agitat
ed; and in course Of time that deposit will increase
to such an extent as to destroy the purity of the
water, and endanger the health of all who use it.
That reservoir should be cleaned frequently, and
as often possible 1t has been suggested to that
large filters should be placed in that part of the
voir in Forty-second street, where the water is ad
mitted into the main pipes which supply the city. If
practicable to carry it out we think it is an admi
rable thought, we'll worthy of considerations and
as such, we commend it to the attention of the
Common Council and the Water Commissioners.
Something ought to be done to purify the Croton
water, because, for some time past, 1t has been
really unfit for use, in the form in which it is dis
tributed at our doors.
Not since the memorable time when the COrpo-
ration stood eight to eight, have we had so good
an opportunity as we now have, of carrying into
effect measures designed for the good of the city
The present Common Council is so constituted
that no strictly party measure be carried, while
member would dare TO oppose one which would
have beneficial effect on the health or welfare of
the city. Now is the time for the friends of the
people to show their hands, and they may rest as
sured that the people will, in return render to them
all the honor and credit that they may be entitled
to, when their present term of service is about to
expire.