The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-01-20
TAs sissA END Hss a the Streets Yea


The strcets Il the metropolis yesterday presented
very uninshing srpesranoc 70 tho unucky pedestrian
who vcntured 30 steer his her cossse through tAs
pools OF sush and mud tbst covered sidewalk and pays
nent Nature may pride herself on her spotcss mantle
Of snow In winter long ~ the skies are fair
or the thermometer keeps below a certain st.n-.
DAD but when that mantle s touched nv ths
warm prs,sth Of Ph0bus no hInerant pedIer or
underground fslsref 4 alspda,cd clothing ever
boosted Of garment filthy In his Establishment.
Every crossing became slough OF Dcsrond in which
dimnutive urchins, with mud. coated faces and nde.
scrba5le jackets, wadcd, broom In hand constituting
themselves for the time special street cleaning con-
tractors and vociferously mpcrtunIng each pssser by
for penny. ~ the ccvner OF Chambers s,rese
and Broadway. In particular was an sccumu-
iaton OF melted which tested the wafsr
proof power Of boot. 10 . considerable EXTENT
re many dainty gathered foot slid from the trcacher-
Gus pavement ANGLE deep into natures melting man.
te," and elderly gentlemen los, their equilibrium siose
a9w mn 20 SITTING posture and scattering the
sllsh on All sides around them lady and gentleman
Dow cross lie has nearly plcted her across In safety
,on1 an, ~ I'VE WAGON or stage come. thuadsrns
embroidery q mud An unfecilbg small boy in ths
middl, Of The crossing dances ss,scy a Tie sight,
brodcry with b Z hroom Here and Their. are Few de.
consoste looking Indlvifuas with bands on their hate
looking sani dsmay q, the slough BY which they are
Some ~ them are opening sewers ana
making valn edors 10 induce the psussent sush
take sslf % those rspsaIes Larys eskss o. frozss
Snow still sdhcrc 70 The sidewalk o. the feet of to
vsay psdesssn Dsirs ca attempting 70 ~ ~ -
s,enges WITH thc szninhle intention 81 forcing thets
swrer 70 snsome horizontal position Up town,
me Nerfh river. encountered solitary sleigh ~
which The borse aud driver seemed conscious that they
bad no right there The drvcv he'd cut probably
With the idea thai the SILL on the ground
plsely forgetting what form 70 had assumed The drvsg
showed good deal Of Quxote consistency perrsves.
ng his drive. very little cf which CONSISTENCY Wa
,vInced By the In the cassc shades 81 the sfvth
rsrd and Msckescive the slusb fan Ethiopian hue
nd highly sriced with oorcus ingredients from shcss
lens OF pesflepcehe tenement houses The custom %
implying the DIAL and rcfuse Of houss into the
,peu street " prevalent in many parts OF the city,
md the only receptacle for such 9Th In
ONE houses s small wooden boz place1
IN the sidewalk and entirely uncovered In
ondon, Manchester and Dublin each house provided
nth large dustin placed back yard and covered
Nth I'D In this receptacle al the refuse o The houss
thrown and ash carts empty u Whenever u IL fun
my person dstected the st Of throwing nh into tho
ircet IL punishable by law and the Police depart
nent see that this ordinance u observed In those
tiles The people are not ofendcd BY The iosihsoms
iEhts and su,cls that greet them n mrny wards %
Jew YORK sis street seems N be with rs but CON-
non sever p .eccptace Of 9Th and garbsxs through
'hch may alk the dread form u King Choers befOrs
mother snnsmr passes rrcvet sanitary vrccsutiooa
~ not adopted