New-York tribune., 1867-08-08
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ward In the morning and return to after sundown ana
consequently know nothing Of It's sanitary condition
beyond perhaps its nocturnal senches; and these they
naturally charge to defective seweragS ID swamp that
lounge about their dwellings by daylight they might dls
cover the real cause of their sanitary s
have been tolerated in this fiat city OF sluggish drainage
sYn TOR t we bere there from four 70
six inches under the ponderOus burdens they nave been
storm present every variety Of surface from pave
meDt TO sloughhow we expect TO Keep the pesu-
the streets in this ward which are not in good order
sh0ud say briefly all the streets IN the ward bet te
list OF parts Of streets that shockngy runous and
positive disgrace to the city is Drefer reported on
Capt Jamesons books and embraces only parts Of each
cleaners $50 eaed-laziy paw the loose top DIRT
IN these % streets once or twce Week INA ana a. or n 10
they clean the thoroughares nor can they unni
The cleanest part-but hold tle ward has no street
which can be said TO be clean The lthest street wcn
our representative found in the ward yesterday IS Ham
ilton--a street of tenements, inhabited by cltl-
zens OF quite recent adoption-citizens who seem
and that ma nastiSess t and not cleanliness is god
llness The reporter saw no quadruped swine an th;s
way was so admirably fitted for wallowing And the
Odorsl If lie had been driven into the neighborhood
snpposition that he was in the Central Park In Jack
sonst near Cherry,st he found lots Of old boots tnat
skirts several carloads of garbage that might have been
emptied into the cutters three days ago. mass ol 9ask
One solitary laborer killing time IN TINS street. paw
ment with which he was pretendng to eXhume the bnrcd
pavement the smallest Of garden hoes Ihls was to
only person pretending to be attached to Mr. Whting
department that the reporter in an extensive tour
yesterday through the Great East side NJ, NH,
Beyond the Seventh lies the Thirteenth ward. IhiS
Ward retains good share OF its old American popua-
tion and has not suffered by the introduction OF the
tenement houses Little two-story andatt houses
neat unpretentious and homse abound ID IN tins
les homes appear to have seconded the sanitary anto
tiles their attempt TO clean the city They had no
finn SODS,
hoops deceased feline animals, and ny Dl0w meats INTO
they deposited il early in the garbageboXes, and the
carme long before the hour Of our reporters VISIT a
the Broome Delaney, and Rivingtoast piers rotten
and wrecked filthy and WashingtonM"rketl are an
In the Eleventh Ward the particularly those at
the foot of Fifth and sixth 70 be demolished
are drowned They far from the center OF dense
population be really dangerous sanary, 80 that the
city may let them continue rot without fear OF the inter-
ference any sanitary inspector The streets nave Dee
swept and the cleaning OF the Ward mas Deeh &
agency fire; for the western half OF the Ward Is from
four TO six stories in hight ana eyeEg cry se at the
Board Health enforce in the streets must go
y nauQht while so many human beings are crowded INTO
iyentated and illglted bedchambers, and forced to
breathe their own carbOnic acid gas -,
ON Nineteenthst from FTstaye 10 the East River the
dirt in many places is six or eight inches deep the gut
ters damned and full Of hhy water ana seemed & 70
cast out from the houses Garbage carts go
through the street every afternoon, but SUI III ah
third st. where the garbage from the vicinity dumped
there Is a pile Of this stuff seven feet high at
near See tho '.idde Of the block Here the garbage
Is kcpt sold and taken away by farmers for mannrs
and the heavy black mud is cut by carts INTO ruts ten
and twelve inches deep After rain the ellva IRON
is carried back the tenement houses on the adjacent
streets Between d ,e east sfa side of ibe road
are badly broken and flooded with water The vacant
lot adjoining Point Ferry has several largo
OF
ecumulation round the edges showing that tho
RSnd' tbe are northeast pt corner Of Thirty fourthst
and Frstave there has for weeks been pond Oh ~aes
nearly hundred feet long and 2 or IA feet WIDE coVered
with Vegetable matter the stencil from which the resi-
dents say is very noisome O1 this NUISANCE S
the vicinity says that he has notified the sanitary sa
ntendent four times, and also in company Win othes
petition concerning i to the CSof 6 s soaS Ser the
sides Of street srewed with enormous pieces OF
wornout machinery twenty 0a and 30 feet Of
propeller shaft with sixfoot propeller ataeheI O
nsed As stone yard on Twenty secondsr, from
Avenue the pier the whole block is used as stone
carts are obliged 70 follow ereaitoIs , roadway
are also the cause Of much gTumbng.
At Twenty Of the whole pier not 20 ieet is e@H @
vedores and aborers at their expense 10 save th
horses legs from being broken 4, a., o,orol ,,on
kept Jersey-st. seems TO require total oyerhaahng
The street swept Monday, but the yards OF to
houses are in most wreehed condition the seneb aiI
ing them being strong as to be easily %Sts
ali through the street This street during an aSt msl
was impassable account OF nth that was aoWed W
collect in il, and the odor arising tnereirom n u ,
Ninh-ave from Fourteenth TO Thirtieths, "a IN iar
condition. the street itself is swept once IN aDo" %
veeks-the last time about a week ago betweeh iini-
tieh and Fotethts NiHthave has not been swept ier
several weeks and between Tmrtysixt and F9rtleth-
sts there are heaps OF filth lying III the street. VIII az
oensve odor arises from the green stagnant ass thae
Ais the cutters Here ALSO the ashes and garbage are
often allowed to remain upon the slueWak tWo uays'
not cST between Sixteenth and Twen
tieth-sts and from Thirtieth to Fortletnsts. s ro
teenth TO Eighteenth although swept on Tuesday pre-
sent filthy appearance stagnant waasr sSSs srr s"y
the streets the yards and alleys however are gener
ally clean There Is much cGmpant ond IN .i % TeSary
two and sometimes three days intervene between te.'
aSnd uSop SS the sidewalks and in the cutters In Nine
teeuth St. Tenthave there ls stagnant poor se
Ing forth an offensive odor and poisoning me ar hYu
FTon rhrtysixh TO Fortiehss heaps OF filth are ylnX
I'm the streets although they are reported az Ue ~
IN IN Fcrtiefhst where there number OF shanieS
crowded together the yards are very snAS G m h
Among the points which are not 81 M ~ sg %
ing survey and to which the attention OF the SANITARY IN
spectors Is invited, are Fify,second,s', Oc."een % n
and Tenthayes Eighthave., between Forty secpnd and
Forty dfhsts: and Tenthaye, between FIFTY rst ana
FIFTY all OF which were yesterday most in
p t6e north side Of Fifty between Tenth and
E1eVenthayes the ledge has at some time since the Del
& han b,ow2 out TO give place dwelling But the
landlord appears to have abandoned ms enterprise aet
getting % SeOn senr the E lot has Seen made rees
Gle Of rubbish It has not become frogpond for has
aiateiy snbsesnent to fall Of rain Yesterday it was
filed with stagnant water, old boots and Shoes broken
bottles and crockery, rusty nware and snnN
nSs and wall paper excrement and shells On the
cliffs above this peserous are number OF htto
cabins and on OF these, yesterday BOY nad as
played his bunting that this sum OF was ot
once unriyaled in being surmounted by the American
flag -, r,s,. ,h,rd onl
Fifty fourthsts and Tenth and Eleventhayes Is asmy
pond into which all the filth from the unceah ea
ms on the Nnth.aye hill There would seem 10 DC 10
outlet for this accumulation Of poisonous liquid and
do mot
ave sinks NAV MI the place TO oyerfowing core
spondent says Of this pond and other nuisanees IN ths
region The police apply their white gloves to their OF
tended noses when passing these plague spots The at
mosphere OF the neghborhood pestentia the people