New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-11-24
CITY ITEMS.

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md 4 P-1s1ssy was swspt .ld sc-aQei INFO Little
hi ocks ri-a were ss usual ii 90 be scattered s-sin
over the streets process Thch IN s. crowded and
iranpied thorolgalsre SIS Broadway. requires bui =
few hours There hss always seemed % IS % Be- sn
amour: Of practical stupidity % his operation uaieh
hss 10 psrse. Ia tie operations Of the human mind l
any other sss or county And Jet . sppes-s @, have
become as .nveters,cy rooted IL our municipal habit.
The fashion OF wearing may 5reeches vas IN the
affections q our Dutch foreisthers Tie ies q *.
pending immense SUNS q money for sEeeP.n. the dirt
nto heaps and then letting u De and be scattered over
the street s-sn e. one which should ente is 5r.ins
Tor % m3nlmeat--of mud and We would suggest
that these Alie heaps should themselves b. made
Of for tbs purpose.
Buff Broadway were The worst Bad s. s, j, dirty
and squs.id looking A. 10 SPITE Of is noble blldlnss
and brilliant crowd. 90 70, iust step aside from 10 IN
either direction and the memory q rs mud and ietd
odors VII Do b. sweet as perfumes and garden walks
conrasied v..h the impossible mire. the s5oui.nabe
stencil. that surrounds you. Ihose whose bushes.
does take them into these quarter. q the City esn
form but very siut idea 81 their res condition They
give yoa sensation If you bad come upon the greet
yat snd brewery u ahch cities were distilled. and
.melt the horrible iermentng process soln. ca-Vhie
al around u would be easy 10 conceive the mud and
6tb Of tee the refuse sud sloPs Ct such
interesting process To be obliged even 70 psss through
one Of aese precincts enough to dim every sight of
loneliness end - endor that flashes along the oyous
tide Of Brosdusv and even % blur The sce Of the so
rou. .ky i'se.f
But health health This TIE great matter, siier
All There IL doubtless and unqussuoned death in 81
this horrible 9th The influenza. which generally pre-
cedes more iat- epidemics hs. already attacked 0s
aud almost every s more or ess seriously affected
by u The CH0LrHA is near We know no, what
morning may not BE- announced having srrived and
commenced ~ ravsges IL our City 10 nttns condi
ton 10 rcceveti or does not the scsndslous the 10
famous condition oi the streets Offer premium on de
ease I'D invitation % death Alderman Citizens
Men What are you doing 10 this matter How are
you dischsrsns your duties 70 your fellow citizens and
your own c0nscences % the contractors coatlnue
20 get their pay lor sweeping the streets Thoroughly
fri- rcet thus their engse, ments) and DO you
s sgu their certihcstes hai they have thus performed
their duty shame upon you, q you DO We appel
10 the whole community against you. uufsiihful ds
honest public servants who not only permit the public
money be- squaniered but who trde with the lives 90
the people We have lived IN New 0fk many years
and We an name dozen streets within halt mile ot
our Office that hove Her0 been properly swept ncrer
decenty clean, in all that time. When has anybody
seen Washington and West etc IN the vicinity Of the
Battery OF Morrs or Rector or Thames or Liberty
Il. 10 a passsble condition Who ha. ever seen Ann
It. when it was not horrible abyss OF nre and abomi
nation We dare the Alderman u the Second Third,
or sixth Wards TO 60 through Tneater Alley Spruce or
Frankfort or Vandewater. or Rose or Chatham or
Pearl OF Anthony sts with bis new boots on. We DEFY
the whole Board to produce. after digent search, 4
bare paving stone Ia tho whole reeking triangle that
DE. within Broadway Centre and Canal Els The other
side Of Broadway, an along Churchst and West Broad
way Is quite As bad and along the East River and
ap 10 the Hook il it, We were about to say. worse
such things in City easily kept clean aud where
the people pay such enormous for street sweep
ipg are monstrou- No manIcsn be NJ to b4 trusted
who will suffer them 20 remain If in his power to re-
move them.
Let them say what they viii, in the attempt to shuttle
the responsibility Oh Of their own shoulders, We tell
the Aldermen Of the City that ihsy and they alone are
responsible 70 the people Tor these outrageous abuses
II they would simply perform the duty oi sfffng that
the streets 10 their respective Wards were swept
-ording ~ contract and well swept and would DfthOd
thar sgnayes from toe certificates u those contrac
tors who elect 70 perform iner duty, the evi! would
It once be remedrd Let them no longer think % es
cape the responsibility which accepting ofhce they
have voluntarily assumed We are deternnd that. 90
far ~ DO Co. the true state OF the cssr shs be
known and the people Dee enabled 10 put their mi ers
upOn the delu0uents.