The New York herald., 1864-06-18
THE HEALTH or THE METROPOLIS.
A Drive Through the Ci;y-Incid-nts Of
the Trip rcoIor Booie ~ Work.
Condition OF shc streets-Genev Clean

cArtahiy ono cnctes< dressings WHICH
y could be visited. New York ia daily becoming more
md more EXTENDED both regards limits and popna
,in. The necessity, therefore, for thorough and most
efficient sanitary system among sprarent. Warm
weather npon Old Sol casts down his burning ravs
pavemens and whatever In the shape of refuse
matter remains them becomes rank and poisonous
casting forth paaseoas smells ana breeding pesenas
Diseases Spasm ,dc efforts will not sustain city as
regards its sanitar svste these efforts must he con
tuuous and well disciplined. Always The wstco
where work Is 60 be done. and where work Is most
nesied those the dispositions which chracerzs the
faithful! OF people this Important branch of
public dntv Pint the citizens or New York may
parnttvcly sleep at ease Regards he toa'c.
city inspector Booe s sti IN the 6ad armed rr1'rr'S
Hs forces vel m,rshailsd, his artillery well rosicd:
ne 10 himself the front, and the result IL New
York city is as clean be eynectet nndr thr cir
OF there rough sn s which
might be improved bus thcso We viii speak OF by and
by.
TRIP THROUGH THg CITY.
Rv invitation Of Mr.. Roo,e several members n the
p'ess accompanied by officers Of ns nrctnr's Drart
ent took ride throgn tho ci:v Yesterday order 10
examine the condition o the streets amng the ''rtv
the following ntieuen:-Mr. l. Fl. 8"oie brother
the City nEpector) Suer,aendent Of Sanitary isren
ton Alderman Brady. MIR. 7. wa,nr'sn., MIR W.
Mci'aniev. Nr Chambers and two or three m'rr The
City Inspector did accompany the the car
riages owing TO slight udspositon under wbcH he is
at present 'sh"ritg He however met them e, later
period of the day NJ dinner.
horv qe- eleven ocl r., tho party e,rrtad the
INSPECTORS Office in three carriages and rroceaaed 10 tho
lower portion af the at easy pace, drviog iasn
Cortland. street to Washington. The localities here o.
curse" ranked sonr tfe worst IT, the city as rarrns
cie1ninea II is almost an imposstbiy 10 keen Them
IA hat state tst sensitive walk through
them vi hout having their nstriis ipated with nisa-
grecahe Fvprv OF ,e fact that tha
tho First wsrd does hiob repn,a'i
rs wealth rosn'iress ihs sixth ard ne or 'Ss
other wards the civ nre emitted TO the same renu.a
ton Rut there except innS - every rrs Isnv
scectahc seopia m druht ntahi' These iar,tes but y
is 10 be rcrreied that they are poor. 10 many
hn tfut,a NJ Yrnt N
fr mt OF each o' these houses despite tina laws 10
force reeprdng nuisances, hsth ana garbage
THAI the dirt car,men cali every mnra'ng on the &C
csson - ilf-ie usual ernmhlatons Most m the-e loor
pe'ie recss and City IN their haas. anc II wnn'd
be cam sravely as easv tsst to prevent ocr worthy
President crackins nks ia;rodnce into
tairiy smell tn bs found in ~ ashnson s'rect-;bcre
certainly smrlie; hut IN whit city throughout the
world will yon nnd everythiur comr'ctrv clean that
thafe portions 0f IL -crr thc V Ill
not ha dsgrsied while travelling t'rcugo them B"t 10
is'ss me record Of this noron OF the It s air
% r-n}rk that Washngtu street. Green vien street. ard
othe- localities OF the FIRST ward through which the
pcr"e rarty yesterday passed. were much ceansr than
they have been for years past.
rrH-rS9 9RoUSrS.
A'ar psseng through the immediate down town 'ocs'i-
ties party proceeded the side of
the oct OF o~eyeit street, which ~ one OF the c'y
dnapna grounds. Here halt was madn, AMI At!
hshied to take view OF the "9orti9crtons" " this
pla'. There Is nothing peculiar or interesting in me
ccsstruriop II 'hs celebrated locality, there s no
necessity 0f going into descriptive details Hero
a few statistics eteanei relative TO 'sdumping
grounds which provs OF interest. There are sew
these places in the city. At tho Roosevelt
there are $500 ioeds received
daily. One would imagine by this that ncw world,
quite large the srtere preseu inhabt michi
he constructed " all tho refue material which New
York from her bosora yearly II ebs could
t,ke q by this ard sso cart from her bosom
All te refuse human" material "hich daily Is devouripg
her vitas what paragon rctnroiis would she
bee But OH, nsophy and dirt will not a.ree
u ~ here better to continue the statistical limo OF
with reference 10 the organization and government os
thasa DIRT carts word night be said Each ward has
81 m ny licensed csrS the proprietor or winch receive
from th'v ortvnve cents for each od In order 10
prevent im:ostcn y check s given 70 the cartman by
tnr I'D rsnector, which be presents at the dumping
rroruG and there onians receipt
rncr. ave in ore-a,ian a, present hundrcd and
ninety ash carts, hundred and ftythree dirt
ana tour hundred and sixty swespers.
ruE SIXTH WARD AND FIVE pofSrs.
eav'pg the c-asc locality OF the Roosevelt street
IN in0 unG behind The explorers pcS s'erred their
cnrrsa classic locality ~ the Sixth
or course ,akg look In ct the neauies the
Five pcipts. On artan Hail. the Arctic explorer, in spite
or he g-eat ,h,s,ns as a navgator would have con.
siderable trouble steering thronch some places into
which the IRVING ptcpersities OF our paftv forced
t"am f'l'hy 'bominatous certal'ly abound hrc but
caaro he kent clean unless house
IHcatv Is rayed the ground. Sagtiid p'verty.
hi leons crime, bapstlv immortality. stare the visitor in
tne face he posses along. II was shortly alter noon
WHOM ths carriages reached the Five Points. and
would think that the blaze Of Heavens light wDnd
chase ihose deflrmed creatures OF crime au nmn
rsry who haunt mud i've In The shaoiies arord bad
aud lay hudded together at the doors
and In lEe h1lis the miserable hureeT. some
snnkng some drinking others blasphemng. but all
ire seal hardened oauy stamped upon their features
and there concealing It, ins place disgrace
ant pollution u the city The smell there niocrahe
Mr b Is not TO bsme, for he does I'll that lies In
power renova'e and keep cle1n this hotbed Of crime
pcstcnce II this streets, ailevgays and lanes
all renewed AID thu inhabi itants allowed remain the
Of resl and lih would still remain. Instead
improving ana building upon other PORTIONS Of the
them elves md do away with this central point OF
rupii I'm and resience II Is true some good work has
hAnu Sr~p1fc al hnt ASot
rne other portions Of the sixth ward IN excellent
cond on They have been better than at present
run SEVENTH WARD.
Aleiure,y drive through The Seventh ward was next
taken. tbis rd could nos well be cleaner. East
and n,hor thoronehf.rrs are ~ smooth ana clean a.
drawing Firm Inhabitants Of the Seventh ward,
10 sever statement has been made that the dr, cart
not very REGULAR in their calls Probably some
az tho gentlemen cf the fsspscsos Department can res
From the Seventh ward the party went 70 the Stanton
street dumping ground and after Few minutes delay
taking another Wow Of forticcatons," the routs
again taken up
pArr AT Mr.. BooLy's RESIDENCE.
Ia Seventh street, whore Mr. Boo'e resides halt was
made -, soes S wss 81 NOT "a At home eT .ss honor. we're
ke'reshmeass wsre served mp, ana Mr. Booles health
drsck Ia fwips bumbets of sparkling vine. About
honrs -try vas made vhsn tho ssstcnsn again took 70
OTHER PARTS op THE crrY.
scu. o, the the up tow ocal'is' . W. xsr: sh:a vis.sd.
sui,ci aiions with regard 10 clsasincas The Tarty
drove ~ second avenue 70 Thirty fourth street.
ana thence 70 the North river, IN order
a. catch pimpee Of " the bone boiling establish.
m.nts hnsi vas only glimpse. and the exprs.sio.
''dlstsncs lends enchantment To tbe view" wir hold
emily good IN this connection distance not only
Icst en- hsntmsut TO the view but 10 the smell one
g.nte z-sbr waffed iscK 10 the direction ~ tho party
bearing upon its something rather than
he odofs derived from chsrne house. which the
erss u piscns the drivers IN their seats and sending
thc horgcs fast trot.
The tntiy then returned and put up a wipdnsts.
where dinner provided which received
share Of attention. Mr.. Deole himself here
go.rat
ovvgpAL APPEARANCE OF THE err.
Tn The whoe, the city may he set down In clean
cond'ton With those few exceptions mentioned
ABOVE IN. hoods through which the Marty passed
rea knblv clesn ard the public may congratulate
themselves on this happy state Of affsara
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