The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-05-03

for the summer great deal remains yet to be done
principally In educating the people TO habits OF oean
ness and partially lettering Of pavenents which,
in three-fourths OF our frcquened thoroughares
are observation-disclosures perfect cleanliness can be Sc
cured and most Of this depends particularly the
RETAINING OF tenants from empying their garbage into
the gutter Then too the Of New York gene-
rally too level in pave admit OF the rapid shedding OF
water in either direction. and the cutters SO cumsiy
laid 20 be easily obsrncted, assure and irregularities
Of surface bel frequent as 70 render any refuse
matter liable 10 be caught and held the current
The following il the result OF tour OF inspection and
observation yesterday through those portions or
the city usually most neglectei:--
Turning the horses head east from the Bowery, at
the intersection OF Third avenue, long, narrow street
of dingy tenement houses some OF them holding at
twenty families. From the Bowery to Second avenue
and themes to First the cutters were free from
ltb although the debris OF moving day was scattered
everywhere along the aagslones From First avenue 70
avenue A and thence TO avenue interviewed couple
uneven he water iorms Slack, shiny paddles the
rate Of three or four per square rod On either sae al
this point the cutters lined at intervals With heaps
OF garbage Of every SORT which, however, had not IAN
Sufficiently long for decomposition 10 take place.
Rounding the corner at b, and passing along
that thoroughare for blocks, there material
alteration in the aspect either of pavement or or guiters
though the latter were completely covered with vehi-
cles OF every Sort through the phaanxes OF which It
would In many cases have been difficult TO make ones
way from walk TO walk. Why this accumulation Of
CARTS blocking the Streets and occupying in some cases
fully one-third of their width should be permitted,
passes UNDERSTANDING but this fact is certain that for
ten blocks along avenue II would have been impossible
to appy hoe per to the gutter without the re-
moval OF two or three carts TO the rod.
Down Thirteenth street, from avenue to the river,
th1ro fewer membranes, though the pavement
rough and uneven $50 rough TO jolt carriage dis
agreeably with horse the wal and for every square
there was more or less garbage in the cutters or IN the
street near them The pavement bore every evidence
of having felt the grating bite oil the scraper within
day two, and yet tbers puddles and heaps OF
garbage here and tnere obviously 'he accumulation OF
Conple OF davS. for OdOr emitted. and in
cases bits of vegetables not wjlted. On the
extreme east siae turning the horses head norh
the gas WORKS, owing 10 the fact that the gro6ex "a
mostly devoted 20 manu- ncturing purposes
Of household garbage ceased and, IT, ~. tbs xrnks
wers sn anu ~ oe pot for naf square
E3fei pr.sIrr backwar" sns y .nsas.h ~" sreet
.braugh SistS several as.o's bocks Of tenement
houses Ges' was no substantial alteration N
s Second q pavement Or ga ,ss Mns
av.g the walks ceased 10 appear and fresh watel
powed along the cutters Rounding tie corner o.
Twenty sixth street and Seventh ayenue, the genera
average of cleanliness the west siD found to b
some degrees be than the casi side; end, from
Seventh avenue 10 Nhth, pursuing zigzag OF soah
square anu west square, 1t not untii the square
old rooeries between Sixteenth and Seventeenth ssrcet
| breasted that any locality where people obvioas,
made business of theirs to throttle tho cutters WITH
garbage was gesoped. Here for tho first time tn
trip, one's nostriIs sauted with slight odor,
heaps Of garbage, obviously not more ihan tnree Gay
old, flied the cutters and sluicc-ways, aud formed II
iney pools in every nook OF the broken uneven pave
1 meut. a% sFkNM
Blocker Street aud the small intersecing IL
mostly Inhabited by people in comfortable circumstance
--were found be exceedingly cleanly; and in tn
| vicinity Of washington square. from block . BLOC
habii throwing the potato peciiDgs fish bones, an
| general refuse of hoasc keeping nto the street.
wooster street. between Blocker aud Prince, wa
nflher batter ns to ncumbraaces and tArow
tnr Of cbare into the gutter than was fbird street
Frs senna On .ns e . sos; whe ,ae oW We, po,s
Greene and Mercer streets vera found To DC toerab
FREQ from Rubbish and crossing Grand TO Mu!herr.
street. the Investigator bont his attention 20 Five Pom.
and vicinity On Mulberry street the habit OF tvovyin
all aorls Of refuse matter into the street broe out l
an epidemic; though had the sa,Inagand Q
animal vegetable matter lam long enough to docosn
pose and emit offensive odoTs On Mott street the haei
wss iu ed 10 sill greater exten; and on Bake
street. from the appearance OF The cutters II wa
obvious Tia, nobody threw ANYTHING elsoxhrr
than into the gutter. Ashes. vegetable matter, ls
bones and every variety Of refSss hal accnnnia cd Il
| spots the depth OF nearly half afoot-though per
fsctiy iaodorous. and hen.e not having lan suicicn
long 10 ianuce decomposition Baxter street was thor
ouohly scrapcd but week or so since. and yet In ,ha
bret space OF time on amoart o. garoago has accrmu
lated tho street that ought not to have accumulate
| year. There can be no reason why this dnnping
| be permitted by tho police Even tho explore
passed yesterday the distance OF three blocks o.
| Baxter street, less than three cTones wcr
empty pals Of filth nto the gutter, With an un
Consciousness in their which,be.rayed The fac
that they hsd not tho fear OF NJ Ps properly oefor
their cyes nor is IL possible that uation
sach depth shoold take place in a week without some
ooiy having sean IL.
Along Roosevelt street, james STREET. Rose street. Oal
street and Oliver street.-The last being tho first in
feeed district II l932he srcets have not been free
from oa!aie AL 20 Sd0rlass or ten years. and II
Baxter and ulb rry srccts--,he last baing tue rs
p,aguc spot OF the threatened epidemic OF last year
notwithstanding the disgustful habit OF throwing al
garlaa into the erest and the percussion OF that babi
b. the police, pave stones that the sun had nos
FOR years before lie barren and bae and dry In the day
s sS b BY sasls 81 WITH o
tlocs both 81 broom AID scraper--yy: the habit o
throwing garbage into the street., which Is the rnle
the tenement house DISTRICTS ths of cart
ia several localities aong the walk. and the rcrmii,in
OF building materials and Of rubbish In especial to
left the sid walk. Either OF those might, with viz
sbo thai resan streets should be kept clean for tire
| hours AZ q timo