The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-08-12
SANITARY CONDITION OF THE STREETS.


Cherry street Not Bright Cherry
I'ity Hall Place NeeIected-The Avenues and
Railway Tracks, &c.
The condition OF tho streets at the present time GER
taDiy not Of nature give occasion for sefcongra
nia,ion on the part OF those whose duty IL TO render
Abe city invulnerable the onslaughs of epidemic or
vymotic disease
Though many localities bear evidence OF partial REFORM
yet there are those in which the serving ev' still hnds
itself soe master Of the situation and with every pros
pect Of always maintaining It's unenviable supremacy
BY each householder occupant OF q tenement eAer
clsing reasonable precauon much may be done toward
averng an excessive activity the disease and dives
ing it Of some Of it's more malignant characteristics
careful survey OF the greater portion Of the city
the that there is ample room FOR
tnned exertons and fact, necessity for prompt and
careful long as any traces Of cholera exist
within its limits; and moro particularly during
the auctuating changes Of weather. such have pre-
vailed during the past month.
BATTERY
and proceeding northwsrd through Wost street. there
are found comparatively fow offensive localities In the
vicinity Of pier No. there defects arising
fSom old and worn out garbage boses which allow the
feculent oozngs OF impure to flow the curb
stones and becoming fermented in tho sun, emit
wholesome smell Morris and other the
ntersectng that portion OF the city under great
disadvantage account OF their preventing
the sun from thoroughly drying up the mud, which
continually giving out moist and necessarily impure
halations The defects in tho boxes also oh
servable in the neighborhood OF pier No TO- The vicinity
Of Washington Market ia decidedly better than usual,
and deeterous fumes noticeable. Throughout
this locality the sewer mouths free from obsiruc-
tions, but the Of Thompson, Laurens and
Broome streets they somewhat impeded, in one Of
them tho matter being almost level with the street In
l,ra f;s,,t
tire absence Of garbage uncean matter in the gut
ters and good sanitary precaution seems to prevail
among tho residents In Mulberry and Elizabeth
streets from Houston TO their terminaons there
is great lack Of garbage boxes and consequently the
garbage is in the cutters, and quantities of it become
scattered over the streets many places the euvum
Is decidedly prejudlca to health, and this parlicu
Iary about the lower portions OF this locality the
population is more dense.
BAXTER STREET
maintains i.s wonted supremacy, and this it win proba-
bly, continue to do, the efforts Of all the health
street commissioners in Christendom TO tho contrary
Notwithstanding Dirty sidewalks dirty CUTTERS, drty
houses, dirty occupants and der occupations the
salient characteristics of this classic vcinage Shades
Of President Schultz, when viii this abominaton lose s
world wide Dot0riety
ROOSEVELT, ROSE WILLIAM ynASKfoRr
and the adjacent thdbIghfares arc In good condition
many parts OF which formerly noticeable for their
nncleanness being now the reverse. In OF the
aforementioned streets occasional unwholesome smells
found bnt they do not appear to proceed from
cnlpable negligence of the Inhabitants; the location
which some parts is low and moist being probably
the cause.
in places has an impure atmosphere and OF
the mouths somewhat obstructed, but the
dion Of the street is toerable The remainder OF this
locality the line southwark OF Canal street. in fair
fokdition. At
however or the mouths appear or less
Obsructed, and garbage rotten clothing &c, lie IN The
street and cutters
from the vicinity Of Catharne Market " in poor cond-
ton OWING to the lack bad condition Of garbage boxes
Sreighted with eluvium far from suggestive Of cherry
blossoms This state Of Affairs exists W Pearl street
which is in rather good condition. In
GoUyERNErR
and OF the small alleys running from South street
westward the sewer mouths are choked externally, and
IN some or them RECOMMENDATIONS Nh snces arc obscrv
able Tho neighborhood OF Wall street, Fast river and
Old slip is 10 good condition.
WARRINGTON AND GREENWICH
streets in good condition for horoughfares the
sure Of whose business IL 50 varied and extensive and
parakng much OF the character OF market place
but In u the smaller streets bisecting these
principal the exercise Of little
ters relating TO garbage would be decidedly beneficial To
The inhabitants.
10 In ANYTHING but comnendabie condition hat repre-
Lensibe Il may be, its occupants
A. II IN eysum and endure the varied denominations
with non balance aud ind! ference absolutely astonish
Ing probably deerplng Themselves contagion proof.
Park street and Pearl street adjacent thereto apparently
do the sympathy Of the scavengers. and
joce in less o. squaor and uncleanness
ing considerably Of potent msarial exnaations.
The foregoing survey relates, as will be seen,
30 lie most crowded and, a corcllar,,
the most unclean portion Of the city. and
considering the Disadvantages under which this portion
o the city IS placed be conceded that almost
faoltess cleanliness observable other sections Of
she cannot reasonably be expected to exist in this
II is probable during the day at least three -ahs Of
tho entire population in this area OF about one n %
Sana street, up west street and Tenth avenue to Tie
Park there 10 little 70 COMPLAIN OF excepting on West
the vicinity OF Twelfth and Ganseyoot streets
where low that water finds Judgment at
all times and frequently 10 such extent 20
the railroad track 10 depth OF several inches In warn
weather the mud aud water become here fetid, and
must be detrimental 10 the locality. Fortunately how.
ever, there but few residences In tho immediate
surnyrn AND SEVENTEENTH srRRsrs
west in the best condition, owing to the eIyi
snce OF ANAL Judgments and quantities Of gar
haae thrown careleAs,y ~ the streets In some VI tie
, streets
the same evils exist extent, and garbage boxes
altogether wanting or in bad condition. Returning
~
the streets dvssns east aad ives, are In good condition
such found in the lower part OF the city prevail
here The breeze sweeps along these thorouahare aud
IL il occasionally raises miniature smoom il is not
plague. fregbted. The hickly populated locality IN the
caRnsr Avn coRxmiA srRKns
without any considerable fault and passing through
OF those plcsant little streets among which may
be mentioned Grove and Barrow belonging 10 thu SET
ton and cleanliness Oi the reNoehis ID avoiding
the commission Of any nusances which would prove
detrimental 20 the sanitary welfare seems worthy ot
commentator. for though not ~ thcky populated ~
some portions OF the city, Is nevertheless sun
Gently dense for social and physical convenience
throughout this vicinity the DRAINAGE appears 10 be
ceent mouths unobsucted the streets beng
free from muddy or other deposits and perfectly dr,.
Anher advantage Of this locality is the possession Of
many
Ynzxa
which keep on the intense beat Of the sun, and even
there any deposits Of garbage other foul matter
would prevent The ~ Fermentation and detom
rorition from setting IA rapidly In other Gases
The refuse matter In streets unprotected from the suns
rays seeming alnosi TO scethe In a tauldron, and
becoming prird n single days exposure Some few
of the rct inersectiLr Hudson would he improved w
Aefai stowsge OF garbage In their proper recop
lsres bat the genera disposition OF the locality would
indicate that v occupants alive 10 the al, antages
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