The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-09

The Grand Ipquest believe that no H,eDces to retail
liquor shoo granted those Who oagsged ia hs
ssle o. groceries The Board ,f Excse eonssasg OF the
Msyor, Alderman, aud ss-tst11s al ssc1 ~Arl h1vs
snpe power caeek tb, evil refusing iicsnses TO sell
liquor keep for sse Of sae uecss
ssies Of life and IL should exercise the pc ~er Aud thus
protect females and churel from the coat ing As
socaops sLc bf always attending these places
The opening i6r the sale of werch.ndise ea
the Sabbath also gro wing evil and viol.toa OF the
the State. all goods coats'psd In SUCH store,
liable 10 forfeiture and the Grand desire aad
direct the special attention OF the Cor poreSa Attorney
put stop this business, 30 highly dsno1AuziAg N I'd
tei den cies.
Wusoa small Foreman Samuel Ravnr.
James Nash, Michael Moks0o.
James Cropsey BeoAmn Pike, Jf.
John p WsIe, Eli Grunss,
ID A Tooser, Denis MIArthy,
George Andrews, Whitman Philups,
Chares Roome, Augustus W. Wood
Oliver W N.odfoId, James II. Perkins,
Patrick Treacy, J, n, Parker,
j. baIsted, w. Bauch
SPECIAL PRESENTMxNr.
The Grand Jury specially present public nuissnces
lst. Lots, numbers zoe and I'll, East Ssventesn.h
treet Also ots numbers 266, 264 248 246 Esst Egn-
eenth street. in the Eighetnth ward All tae above arc
sunken ot filled win stIa at wstsr garbage, and ro-
fuse articles, snd require immediate soAtsnent
3D. Manure heaps In Fourtesnth ana Fntesash Streets
3D. Eighty sixth street, bet .ssn Third aveaus aud
EAst river This street is in hgly dangerous coalition
EXPOSED the surface, and the street ia nearly
passsse certainly unsafe for vehe!es Unless ao.sed
r0Comm001 lAuctn0Rt
whose DUTY il is to remedy the evil
4th Ne. 295 West r~enty eighth street, sunksn lot.
Mes 500 5tl and 6o2 Tentn avenue, sunken lots,
Thirty thiid street west Of Eighth avenue suoan lots.
Thireth street. between Tenth and Eleventh avenues,
sur ken lots.
Block, between Fifth and Sixth avenues and Thirty
four h asd Thirty fifth streets, suIken let's.
Thirty second street. between Second and Third ave
Eues, sunken lots.
Block, between avenues and B and Sixteenth and
Seventeenth Streets sunken lots
Nos 277, 279, 2S1 and 2SS avenue A, suslen lots.
T-S tnth orl & I'm NIT
Nos 1859 and 376O in Thirty fourth street. nuaas os
No 1l2 West Thrift street, nuisance.
Twenty fifth street, between Sixth avenue and Bcoad
way, srnken lots.
lots.
Thirty third street. Of Fifth sunksn lots
Also manure heap ths pier foot of Jefferson street.
that they had received the following sta emsat
from the City Inspector mpanos their req aest
As 70 what ausanees affect the sanitary conddon Of tns
city -
COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY INSPECTOR.
CrTY INSPECTORS OFrCs
New York, August s, 1858.
To TEE GRAND JURY OF rHs CIrY AND County Of NEW
YORK -
respectfully submit the folio wing statement Of the duties
Of this department and remarks In relation 70 sach
- affect the sanitary conditio. Of the city
an executive department. to be known the City In
spectors Department which shall have cognizAnce Of
all matters relative to the public health and the chi
officer Of which shall be known the City Inspoctex
This would indicate that this department should have
full power to promptly abste al nuisaeces which might
be oesmed detrimental to the health Of the community
but there mary nuisaDces which, Though undoubt
eay injurious the public health 1t ia out the pow.
Of this department to remove, unless some means
shall be devised by legislative action 70 provide lace
and mesns for the removal Of the Same from the oty
One Of the most grevous Of these Is hes ping up Of
Thousands Of loads of street stable and other
and nlth the decks, and in the opsn lots in the
ros the docks into the East and North rivers OF the
extent of this ast evil aud that arising from the vast
accumulation OF street MANURE idea may be formed
by referring to q communication made by this Depart
ment to the Board OF Aldermen, dated May O. 1853 by
Which it win be that during short period of
months, (prevous to the above date,) that besides
seventy six thousand eight hundred forty loads
Of dirt, fifty five thousand four hundred aud ninety
three loads of had been coested BY
the Department Of 81 eets and Lamps and in addition
this ount Of dirt &C. six thous lad buadred and
fifty osds Of right soil had Svsa frsm various
parts Of the city and eup,ied into the rivers from
four piers used dumping places for the scavsngers
Yet these minor es 10 the arising from ga
theng VI sable manure, inasmuch ths Grst Ia
movea from the docks ss promptly as possible by the
Street Department aud the night soil the
river, while the horse manure is collected by persons
Who ia some Instances hire, Jet more frequeaty
pass upon, the property OF other psrsoas and make
tbtr depoeis u til tasy reach mountain height and
then left 10 tester and rot until The whole becomsya
trio being frequently turned and exposed al
ternse TO the showers and the beat Of the for that
purI0e. CONSTANT COM plaiats have besa, and are
daily made of these evils but as of the persons
gsgsd in this business Die bs proved
he es re sany pafnes Is ss5 a,oIis paa vs..
law and the nuisance cannot be sbated by this de
nent for want Of place aud to this
to, justified in Eeziog what BY tho
would be denied nuisance aud claimed as vsiua-
bic article to them notwithstanding the paints of
those who suffer from the ofsnsveness OF this truly
outrageous nuisance As TO the this maaure
and tine extent Of the evil the best authority inor
localities much conpisined OF at tho pressn. time -
On Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets bet weea ave.
nuss S and q ase taa n Tenth Avenue
both siees Of the city, and Eyaty sixth street.
between Second and Tiird Another evil al
from the low and sunben lots IN the upper wards ha mig
in ther stsgnaut pools Of water aud large qusstes of
hhb nun bers Of dead cats dogs &C. thrown lying
raid lots The filing OF lots the awful grade be-
lepss 10 the department the Street Co b, the
amended chaItsr, but formerly duty this de-
psrsen but which bes csy power SINGS ths slterA lion
Of tbs cDsrter to sbate nuancs such lots tnat
after the long delay necessary 10 taken authorize
thu action If the department. When a plant is
tered at this ofcs Of sucb 10 the Health Warden Is
structed to examine the lots and report TO this depart
nsDt. This seidom exceeds tse days, When upon tbs
messing OF the Common Council return is made or or
dBsnces are prepared aud transmitted 70 them for their
action thereon These communication geIer ally
fered TO an appropriate committees, whose duty it is to
the same for tie action OF both boards Of the
Cemnon Council After tho action thu had IL becomes
Dscessry 10 advertise for proposals. to n lots
any great extent for at least days and tn On
contract has be- completed and the work commences
All this time the nuSeoe must esis to the danger Of
health and life, It bs utterly impossible for this de-
pertinent 10 set without this course being pursued For
unber OF these places would respectfully refer you
10 the communications made TO the Boegd II Adermsn,
from Nay 9th 70 the present time the last D+dng the
I'd int. Another offensive nuisance arises from the
CLEANING Of the street cuverts and the placing the Ath
iron tbs same Ia the street instead OF being mm sdstey
renewed Another srest nuisance is the bone boiling,
and other similar business carried extensively in
the upper wards pot~thstandng tho efforts Of
tsis Department for years 70 ppre these places
The keeping OF large punbes Of ssDe Ia OF this great.
est DussncsT Of our city and the gathering OF Rsosge
through the streets TO feed sne kept in the upper
wards furnishes anything but agreeable sight or odor
" citizens The present ordinances permit the keep
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