New-York daily tribune., 1863-08-03
Sanitary Condition Of the City.

At the special lIvtation OF Clty inspector no0
company Of about l6 gentlemen, among WHOM
we're several prominent oflicialJ and n nuinoer VI
representatives of the Press set out III carriages y"
Saturday noon from Mr.. Booles oflce IN 0hs'"""'
street o tour of jnspe cton through different paris
of the CITY The ronte embraced portions oi the
Firs,, Second, Third. Fourth, FIth oi&'n' I'S"s''
Ninth Eleventh. Fifteenth Sixteenth, Seventeenth
Eighteenth, and Twenty-frst WARDS, ana as VIC
were wbirled along we could not help observing I'D
.verv street trayersed q woncorfui improvement
ppon the old state of affair. The company Deing
reouested TO state the location WHICH they desired
70 examine particularly, with one voice named the
:. Five Points as the first, and It was not long
before the carriages were rolling over the cobble
stones o. Centre, Elm, and Worth sreets-landIng
the party in few moments in the center OF the To-
cality designated. This Augean stable had been
thoroughly ceansed, and the place was found Tree
f,om the ankledeep filth and the sckening stenches
which but recently greeted the oliactories OF the
rasser by. Even Cow Bay and Little Cross street
were free from filth, every little corner giving abun
dant evidence OF the recent presence OF the broom
! hoe shovel and Croton hose. MIR. Boole explained
tha, il required the unremitting attention Of the
Ward INSPECTOR TO keep this place clean in conse-
quence Of the neglect of the Police to arrest the men
and women who almost every honr of the day,
dumped slush and garbage in the streets fronting
their doors.
At the time of the visit a number Of sweepers
were scraring up the dirt and garbage in heaps and
scattering disnfecng powder along the gutteTs.
Leaving the Bloody Sixth, the company was
taken TO the Fourth Ward-visiting Roosevelt,
Cherry. CathaIine, Batavia, Water and other
streets, which they found in cleanly condition, the
cutters well lined, and the atmosphere generally
free from dsagreeabe smells. short rldc brought
the party TO the First Ward, which exhibited
abundant evidence Of attention except IN those
,narts where carts and horses kept standing all
day waiting for loads. Mr.. Boole explained that he
had found it impossible TO remove the dirt IN these
localities, and that he designed organizing night
CORPS for operation in all eide streets where day
labor cannot be performed advaniaseously.
The Third Ward wac next visited, aud in addition
70 the obstacle above mentioned is another far
more difficult to cope with. IL Is the immense
traffic between the farmers and hucksters and the
dealersat Washington Market. Day after day. from
. oclock p. III. until the next noon, long string Of
farmers wagons laden with garden truck block ny
every avenue leading to the market. All the horses
are fed from the front OF the wagons ana ne con
sequence the streets are converted into ttablesihe
henus Of manure in every direction being increased
by the refuse vegetable matter thrown away by tie
farmers. The city derives trhug revenue from
the farmers Tor the of the streets, but IL s more
than counierb balanced by tie expense Of clearing up
the dirt left by the horses. The City Inspector
intends 10 secure the pessage OF sn ordinance regu'
lating the use OF the streets by tie farmers IN such
manner that his duty eau be performed withou! IN
reference by them.
! The Finn Ward, with it, mixed population Of
black and while-Ieople Of almost every nation
Atty under the sun-reccived the next call Of tie
visiiors who expressed their Qualification si finding
the streets and alleys Ia clean and healthy oondi'
lion From the fIilh Ward, the party was driven
through the Eighth and Fifteenth Wards. up aid
qowu utn avenue and other stfccls Of the " West
End" thence To the Eighteenth and Eleventh
Wards, visiting Mackerelville, and the dumping.
ground at the foot Of Sixteenth street. l.. X. 1he
ftreets Of the Eleventh aud Seventeenth Warte,
which during lasi Winter and Spring were ankle
deep with mud and ilih, eriraoriiuarl = clean
aud the gutter we'll spnnked with lime. Late ~
the afternoon tie company scparaicd, one snd AL
expfessing themselves as in every way satisfied
with the tour Of the day.
During the five weeks that Mr. Booe has held
Office, he hss employed u force Of between 600 aud
500 men, and has removed an incredible humber Of
loads OF dirt, ashes, and garbage, which had been
allowed 10 collect Ia tAe streets through tho neglect
Of the late contractor. The gutiers have been well
washed aud lined, aud lie promises 10 keep the city
as healthy as he can with the limited means IA, hs
command