New-York tribune., 1867-01-03

very poor turt over TO irresponsible travelling huc
steTs be distributed in the humble and destitute
portions of the city The is true Of the supply Of
fish. and TO Il much more dangerous extent The most
eectua remedy for this great evil is to the pres
restraints upon the free of the country people
the city riets. Country wagons should be allowed
10 stand in the vicinity Of all the public squares and in
the tangles formed by the intersection OF streets; and
for this purpose bc occupd, under such regulations
would render their uohjectiOnabe. by or o'clock
leave their stands and such fee should collected as
would pay for the Immediate casnng of the streets and
tables would thus he brought into immediate contact
With the producer 10 the great pccuniay advantage OF
both parties ana IN" promotion OF the heaIh ana com
fort OF all classes Of citizens
The system ara maintenance of public markets IN this
District hove scarcely changed certainly nor Tor e De
teri during the last quarter Of century lhe Ola suc
da3n incident TO neglected public properly The lower
portion Of NewYorb City contains f9r OF these strc-
lures viz. Catharine, Fulton Franklin and Washington
Markets The latter has within 1cw years been twice
indicted by the Grand Jury public nuisance, and the
others richly deserve The same Gondenna ION lhdcpe
cnt Of the strictly sanitary condition OF Washington and
other markets there arequcsonS in respect to hGr con
tinuance which no intelgeHt citlzGn can 0Nciouh' ai
which allied to the safety Of hic that attention y
called 10 them In this connection Ihe crowded Sraie OF
Broadway Chatham and other streets leading 10 MaIlst
and the ferries has for many years been the source Of
much consideration, and various projects Of an expensive
character nave beei suNS'Sltu as leeuyS oi uhS cl
The practical operation OF our present market stem E
crowd and rush of Washington Market traffic that during
the forenoon it is almost impossible for merchants to de
liver their goods To the various forwarding lines IN the VI
cinty and pedestrians experience great difficulty mp1SS
ing through the crowd of wagons ana cariS IN ai section
of the city The remedy for the great Inconvenience
caused by the crowded state of the streets around these
markets is the removal OF the markets 20 me upper par
treasury would be greatly benefited by ne removal oI
these markets and in proufthey ada table showing tat
the ctls market property ia 1854 cost her S266 7Smoc
than they Yielded and that i'm 1862 their cost 10 the city
was 275 n i'm excess of the revenue which the city
received from them These estimates it J. but airto add
include charge against the markets. Vi per cent on
The city-contuucs the Reports not present ia the
receipt Of more than u per cent net ON ~ marker pro-"
erty and if that property charged witn cry laN> e
interest the entire revenue from the markets woCd moi
only be absorbed in the expenses 10 which the city sub
ieCted in their mana cement hut would buug ilc Hihtl
property in debt the sum above stated
slNGHTEE-HOUsES
On not less than three occasions in c history Of the
ctyo NewYoTl the slaughter hosC have been % Rnm,,Sn &
control Of the butchers, has been prominent subject ~
when the population sparse. and confined 10 the
space below Canast how mach more iuportat j.
sanitary purposes, the whole island is oocuWrdt Nhc
this Board was organized, there wer h"t ir9 man gN
saughter-hou,es in the city of NewlOrb and 90 IN the
City of BROOKLYN These establishments were permitted
OF the city surrounded by tenement houses containing bs
many so to 30 families each. No attention was paid 7"
the drainage other sanitary means Of rendering these
places clearly ana unolj ctona1e. In many instances
these saughterhouses had continued M the sam" io,a,
matter were allowed to flow into rudcy constructed cess
pools into the gutorS ot the street or to c ground DE
meath the loose floors the buildings. The Slaughter
houses of this district have bccH aud arc rs a present
conducted, the source o many great nuisance Ihr rN-
of NcwNOrk defective, ANA these di'ciS arr no
where apparent as IN the streets ANA HNcsnes upon
I which these r-hOustS located. The NiEt
amount OF animal matter ulScHli ~ nc - i.'
causes obstruction, and the stencil which i then Ioscd
durable. II is positively asserted thai uorc hoNlous al
poisonous escape into tie ar iro TINS source nan
would result from the decomposition of human bodies n
the whole Island were giaN Mui, i, ne ,'
Cuse this section of thcir Report Win Uroncuatp
th saughtering hereafter bc required 10 ur done IN we'll
/ regtlatcdrpaEian abalicir..
Three large abattoir have been constructed: one at tls
foot OF huudrcCand the East River; one
on New,York Bay. At CommWlmW, NewJeItcy; ana one one
tt.H bg
These aeaoir are MY capable oi inlyns ail me @ Dt
sumo, and OF sailing and packing for other markets
larger quantity than has been produced Ia this
Vicinity OF the economy Of the new system there Is not
parts Of the animal hcrctofoe thrown away VIII fully
The consumers viii peculiarly bencftcdh this change
IN the system OF slaughtcIing.
UTiLiZING ANBiAL SUBSTANCES.
TO properly dispose Of and utilize the various refuse
rrouonglcnI ni.ol1,ncc The dsfcc In thc present meth
0d Of dispOsg of H lt soil dead animals "tfa ind gar
elco demand a radical change IN the systems, NcwYorA
ana Brooklyn have Icat natural facliiic, for prompt!
cit system great part OF this. valuable material j. al
lowed to purity ana decay within & lh' cry H41, or % uhon
methods may bc modified as 10 secure snhitnIy r-
form 10 the city even though the pecmhly advantages
/ remain 10 the present contractors
sUBI.GTTING OF DwLLLTSGs
York from overcrowed and mpcrfcctly ventilated dwell
/ ugs arise from The common practice OF suhlctthg
The owners Of real estate do not ~ general ic over
crowd their tcnemeHts but they rent them on leases 10
"mddemen who are frequently Of the most heartlcs~
and INSCRIPTIONS character and who make large profits
by ubctting. They leave no space uBoccupi"d; they
rent sheds. Easements and cellars TO families and
odgcis they divide rOpms by partitions ana bch pace
whole family h single room, 10 be used Tor living,
cooking and sleeping purposes THIS system j. lacc'd
n the Older portion Of the city TO fearful extent er'
ciay In the Fourth, Sixth seventh Tenth and Fourteenth
ioned dwellings, originally constructed for family,
subdivded aud sulet to such an extent that even The
former sub-ccaTs occupied by two more families.
As general ulc, modern tenement houses are 80 planned
as to make further subdivision impossible
when this Board of Health organized II esti
than 2oooo in the city Of New.York An effort mas been
made to reduce this number during the preValcnce~Of
cholera, and IL Is now estimated that not more Than
10000 to 1900 persons occupy apartments below the side
walk To allow even this number to sleep IN damp eel
lars TO breed evcis and other diseases 70 destroy ncr
own lives, aud 10 spread cOnadOn IN the neighboring
the time to come when the Health Board make the
owners OF tencments responsible for the sanitary con
CONTRA AfdfsEsrf,rEvDoUs FRAUDS RxPosHD.
Three contracts were made by the hte city Inspector
gret fc ci 70 ven Nh. BoarG Tbe & % l. W ThcmS
AnaTeTs, for the remoya IN b1a roin ccI, m aoe1 1o
efcd ana Tor this service he receives the sum OF $4,000 per
annm The second contract Is with Daniel Gallagher TO
deliver to him at Lodi New-Jcrey, all the nghtsol IN
the City of NewYorl and for this service and delivery
the city receives $1,000 per These twO contracts
"Daniei Gallagher" Is only used 10y Andrews to conceal
the fact that he receives $4,000 service for which in
turn he pays only $1,000 The object Of the second con
tract Is TO secure monopoly OF the entire contents OF
g PE M S @ ns dnn o 'e e G SnyeI o IT, t m
Lodi, that part of this material which Is not carried off
through The street might be thrown from the ends
of the piers into the waters Of the East and North Rivers
aslhas been done without incOnveniencrOm time immc
mortal BY these contracts the city loses sci 900
num- for ten years; but this is only small portion Of the
actuab0ss TO the people The city has water frontage
Of about 20 miles the nghtsOil must bc delivered at
of the four piers desgnaed the amount OF crage
H. thereby necessarily Increased, and the charges
OF scavengers consequently at least one dollar
and half more per load than before the existence OF
these contracts About loads of nighsoi are yearly
removed frsn NewYOrk, and the unnecessary tax for
tins service, Of 90 per load, amounts to $4,000
num- AS all firstclass houses connected with the