New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-19
OySs sTHEETs-TsIE DANGER AND
TEsE EE'iRoy.

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Iolways have honey and incense, ior The most
uecc ,arr things Of life are III some cases Tie
most unpleasant. Our present invest CATION Is
especially so. 1t would be very agreeable to us
IL VIC could sly. LOOK al our beautiful broad
streets. for which so many hundred thou
Of dollars are paid to clean, how clear AID ncc
they are. and That sweet, wholesome, health
giving odcrs come up from the bay aud sweep
along Dr0a'way. Blessed street cOnlraCtols,
how much we honor you' Nor is there any
relsol why this shculd moi be cur comment this
morniue instead of tho censnrc We feel called
! Upon 10 pronounce. J.. l.. Brow, ". II. De-
voc and :. T. Knapp contracted oui agreed IN,
tn month Of June las. 10 dean the streets of
Now-York fpr ten vc9cs for the sum Of $50, 800
per year. The contract was awarded to them;
some men have said oorru9tly, but certainly
under c!rcuins dnce. Of pcculiarpo.ial.iy. One
! COMPANY Of gentlemen. As responsible rs the
/ Con,rac,ors, Offered to perform the same work
.or 81 40, 00G leSs and tie fact flat they were
! oy,ri1lcd ana the JON given to Mcasrs. Brown.
! Dcloc and KuaDp, coaaiitItes Ia; peculiar par
'a.t- Ct which We speak, a0d compelS Us 10
hold these ,erten.a, 70 n stern account. Be-
fee cut.ise ,pur BE work they know what
! they bad % perform. They have had Ncw-YoI*
n their keeping for nearly thee months. How
iha7e they kept their trust?
or metropolis certainly looka majestic from
,Ae window OF Broadway stage. A bal
looa view IS said to inspire The sazer With The
'c.iing Of pgil, duly becoming the American
citizen. The Fiih-aye. people aud few sig
ally blessed communi'e, no doubt feel that We
live IN the days Of cleanliness and purity. This
j, Tie crust, the thin ice. the IN reuous frosting
thrown over our prominent points. attractive to
y the eve Of the ha.iy Traveller, but hiding from
= view a vast amount OF rottenness aud filth.
, Oug porter: have been down in the depths.
The ilnernost paths and hooks and alleys OF the
y iowa have been visited, and they alltel the same
5 disgusting story. They can scarcely find apt
adjec,ives and ore sorely pressed for words to
portray what they saw. In some parts Of the
Town the mud is an inch thick" Other streets
are oyered with "thck, viscid, unctuous mud, -
many highways arc almost impossible on &C.
coun. Of mud gathered into heaps and pas
sase ear only be obtained by cutting channels
through The center Of heaps Of dceay;ng yege.a-
ble>. In many sections this is aggravated by
detective sewerage and the want Of sinks, and
street, where men and women live and travellers
pas, % ard 60 are literal cesspools IL No part
Of he ely except the few favored point, like
Broadvay and Fiilh-avc. have the contractors
ever attempted 20 keep the forms OF their cove
naat. In It's lett and spirit it La, been diso-
bcecd and broken.
Nor do we see any excuse fox this shameful
fraud upon the public, or TO Use a stronger AID
10 less Just phrase, this felonious conspiracy
against the health and happiness Of Nev-York.
These men accepted the contract. II i said
they had it changed 50 a. TO suit their own
convenience before the formality OF an ac-
ceDtancc was answered. They receive IN i'm
mense sum OF money, within $4,000 of the
maximum amount authorized by law, and nearly
two millions more than the amount for which
another company wished to do the same work.
They have had time. Throe months have al
most elapsed, three lot, dangerous months,
with the cholera in France, and pe,tilence
standing at the door, and yet tho city continues
full of disease and death. TyphuS lies before
every door, and creeps from drain to drain in the
neighborhood Of every home. Typhus is but one
Of many evils. 1t does not come as ali angel of
terror and death, filling the heavens with black
ness and every home with mourning but crawlS
through sewer and gutter from place to place.
carrying of its victims with the skill and per-
lection Of italian prisoners, insidious, sure and
deadly. The admonitiOns of cholera the FORE
runners Of yellow fever. the daily victims of
typhushave had no effect, The great metropo'
rs les under the hot September sun to-day
fostering in her own filth, and sending exhala.
tons to heaven SO noisome and fatal that We
wonder that the birds of heaven keep on the
wing. These birds, it must be said. rarely come
to New.York.
We thus close our indictment. The facts are
evident, the remedy is in the hands of the GOV.
ernor, who is charged to see tho health and
happiness of the people assured, and who
hes summoned the men who gave this trust
to these contractors TO answer for that
deed The interest we feel in Gov. Fen.
toms acts or any decision that may be rem.
dered upon Mr.. Gregory's complaints is sub.
seryient to the anxiety we feel for the preserva.
ton Of our lives and those Of our children. We
wish to soc New York the best and purest city
IN tho world. We are perfectly willing TO pay