The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-05-25

A"e NohOhvl0n OF inc YSreetos
C0hMENCkhxNf o. THE MAYORS sTREET CLEANING
PRosECr- REPORT OF THE PROGRESS OF TaE
WORK NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. FOR A CLEAN
ClTy-rIvE THOUSAND LOADS OF DIRT REMOVED
YRsTkKDAY, ErC, ETC.
On wednesday last The Mayor and Comptroller were
quesed BY resolution Of the Board Of Health, 70 take
into consideration the subject of cleaning the streets and
removing night so in view Of the unsettled state Of
affairs IN the City Inspectors Office Aer full conside
ration Of the subject by those officers the Mayor deter
mined that was his right duty at take the
responsibility 10 put this city far laid in his power
In healthfu condition, by ordering an immediate clean
ing Of the streets. Yesterday the Mayor called 10 his
assistance Richard o. Downing, the Superintendent Of
Sanitary Inspection, and after long consultation the latter
officer was empowered a. 70 take immediate steps 70
remove the nth from our streets, Comptroller Haws
agreeing 70 meet the necessary expense Of the work
as 1t proceeded Mr.. Downing at once commenced the
task Of locking up the members Of his old force who
were Eomewhat disorssnized in consequence Of tn
notice nom the Mayor and Comptroller, published
few days since, refusing 70 pay any bills that might
after the DISMISSAL Of Norton from the City Inspectorshp
BY all the inspectors received orders from Mr.
ing 70 at once set street cleaners 70 and
employ asuicent number Of carts TO the street
manure, aches, and garbage forthwith Much difficulty
was experebced In getting sufficient number OF dirt
carts, Consequence OF the temporary suspension Of
business Tor The past week, rs many Of the cartmen
ann teams Al one O'Clock yesterday, Mr. Downing mar
slaed host o. street sweepers Tue
Organized INTO gangs OF seven 70 nine eacn and from
two to three gangs set to work In each ward r the
city. In the tnld ward the street cleaners commenced
ReAde went through that and 70
Church street. The accommodations Of dirt, ashee gsrb
age store sweepings, &c saca that tho work Of
pilng up In beape end removing was necessarily slow
In Murray and Warren streets the street pavere, under
the decton of the Croton Aqueduc Board hal boon a.
work, and they left behind them In heaps, end strewn
thnky over the new pavement hundreds Of cart loads OF
sand which they should have removed a the expense OF
the Croton bureau In This ward there three gangs
Of en II work. Barclay street. from Church street down
to Washington market, was in o very filthy conoitio1,
pecialy ID that part contiguous TO the market Plies OF
art ORANGES coopes puddles
OF stagDant water visible The serekeepers in that
vicinity appear to be utterly reckless in the manner in
which they dispose Of the garbage The country who
bring market track TO sell strew their waste vegetable
matter promscuoosiy in the street, which in
few hours by the action OF the sun resolves itself
into tecayed and sends up q smell highly
detrimental TO the public health Mr.. Downing says
that the streets around this market are swept twice
q day, Notwithstanding which IL appears almost i'm
possible TO keep them in a wholesome condition. The
police, too, charged with neglect in allowing parties
to dump their rubbsh In the cutters aud streets without
bringing the parties accountability for the
ation OF the corporation ordinances. At the dumping
ground at the FOOT Of vesey street there an Immense
heap of street manure probably about two thousand
cart loads waiting until tho Authorities find purchaser
for it, During the spring about loads OF street ma
dumped the Battery from the Third and
tiguous wards. At The vesey street dumping ground
there were tive vessels loading with garbage from the
Third ward and at two O'Clock over two hundred loads
had been dumped. In the Second ward gang OF street
cleaners put TO work in Spruce street, and by the
middle Of the afternoon about fifty sixty huge piles OF
dirt bad collected together ready 10 be carted or
Apo,her gang was at work in William street, and
third gang in North William street. The great
difficulty in this ward appeared 10 be in the
scarcity Of CARTS WHICH understand will be remedied
TO-DAY At the foot Of Roosevelt teet there is dumping
ground where oil the dirt and ashee collected from the
Fourth Second and sixth wards carried and shipped
During the day yesterday vessels were loaded each
averaging about one hundred and twenty loads making
total Of $50 loads Of filth removed from the Fourth ADD
sixth wards The Second ward gangs did not get 10 work
yesterday in OF the difficulty In procuring
dirt carts, but they will commence operation nis
ing by cleaning Fulton street Is expected that 900
oaas ashcs and manure Will be from last
three wares 10 day. IL the Fifth and Eighth wards the
work pcs essirg finely, and it gave relief to the
stones. At the Watts dumping gsound the NSrlh
river ride, 81 We d'st AID ashes fiom the Fifth N.nn
and Frprteentn rards taken From this place
Blk yessels, carrying about hundred loade each
were ire GIFTED, making total OF elk hundred loads o.
that during the upwards of thousaod
Of street manure alone independent OF the asnes
pee .aken away from ting pince 10 Spring street from
West street to Broadway the street evident
~ been at WORK judging from tue pleasing sight OF seeing
examination THROUGH the Eleventh and Seventeenth wards
evidences wanting that the street cleaning had
received impetus which, If kept up for few days
weeA, Will have removed all danger from contagion
At tho Stanton street dumping ground, where the dirt
from part Of the Seventh and the Eleventh and Seven
tenth Wholesome hIIdred and twenty ave loads
received from the first named ward during the past year
I'VE thousand loads Of have been shipped this
point, and there yet remains pile measuring twenty
feet height and containing about ten thousand loads,
ready for customer 70 purchase All the ashes
from the Eleventh and Seventeenth wards are
dumped at the foot OF Fifth street, East river.
At this point, yesterday, about one hundred
and sixty loads of asbcs received from the Eevch
ward over three hundred loads from the Seventeenth
ward were dumped on The LoTber property foot OF
Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets Upwards of three hun
dred loads Of garbage and ashes, collected from the
Eighteenth and Twenty first wards were received a, the
dumping ground at the feot OF Twenty fret street, East
river. IN other wards not here enumerated tue work
prosecuted yesterday With much success and IL
estimated that FIVE thousand loads OF dirt and ashes were
removed from the streets dur ng portion Of yesterday.
The inauguration Of this street cleaning tournament
mepets satisfactorily and II pursued with yieor will rid
US in few Gays Of the pesi entail gatherings OF dirt
the streets Today al the dirt carts that be hired
will be put at work, With sufficient force Of aooreIs
push the work forward 10 hasiy completion. Thus il
will be seen that the work earnestly aud honestly adco
Gated by the HERALD FOR several we ks back has
menced, with iair hope for its ultimate and sfacory
completion.
The sweeping machines commenced operations again
last night on Broadway. The work, understand Is to
be continued rs heretofore, viz the city paying for
nights in the week and the "Broadway Association the
balance.
The necessity of keeping the street clean has been
fully demonstrated since last THURSDAY, in the filth and
dust which has made travelling that main OF
the city as oisagTeeable since then it was formerly
pleasant and agreeable.