The New York herald., 1867-01-08

lions Of population This estimate is doubtless exagger
ated but We give II ~ nnd Il stated Our population
at this moment H considerably than million; and
II 10 said 70 double itself every twenty years. It'll easy
70 determine a. 70 the time when. Like our tenement
houses Il VIII b unable to accommodate any moro Hat
for the outlets for population Brooklyn New Jer-
sey, Staten Island and other adjoining suburbs there
would not now be scarcely unoccupsd lot Of ground
that in this exodus from the city aarge majority Of those
having loft merchants, business and what ara
sn1 the middle c.ss q society while . me
general thing settles down in our already over popu-
lated sities while the other hand most Of the mi
attention agricultural and mechanical pursuits From
reports which have already reached this country II s
oas ss, not more q sa n.ssv
oil Of them will arrive In this city, and does not The
question at once present itself In shape that cannot
such to successfully the attendant evils almost
sure TO accompany such immigration Our quarantine
sooUerat,on of tSs ststs ma general xoSernment i
could bs made the most eciens Of any country In the
world. Tho difficulties expsrsncsd last year. BY the
mck emigants and passengers subject TO quarantine ere
fresh in recollection, and the uncertainties Of the
On n9s
ana while We are gratiaed % isasn that the
asnces, i 50 far T as this City and surrounding.
are concerned equally conscious that much OF
quarantine system which the Legislature alone give
us Until that has been done the wealth Of our cssy
despite the exertions Of the Board Of Health, win be ie
almost wholly at the mercy Of such vigilance as can bo
applied by present quarantine accommodations and
regulations This Is the first ordeal that Board Of
psstiisnce nom abroad, While the second, 70 secure
healthy dwellings for the poor and destitute Immigrant
viii NOT BE the least Of their labor This subject must
very short time the most important Of their duties
The health and safety Of The community call for early
gradually among u.s. and il soems % deeply rooted and
established y necessity, that there is hesitation IN
SusHns hing, fear q ts with
for the preservation Of the public health, deals with the
subject with an extreme caution, s II IT. were
perhaps ncurring uncomfortable responsibility In
word, while the evils Of the system are admitted,
movs and such evils = attend the system continue 70
and become tolerated through custom There
surely something wrong in this condition Q! thing
II the existing laws upon the subject are not sucicnty
stringent sufficiently definite, let bill combining
such additional grants be at once prepared and pre-
sentsd for legislative action Lot provision o. that
bill make the owners Of tenement houses and not the
tenants responsible for ashes and garbage thrown from
their buildings into the streets BY this provision me
subject Of clean streets would be forced upon the aen
tion Of the Of those tenements 90 far at least
their Concerned and they would DO made
to cooperate in that part Of sanitary reform without
which al other sanitary regulations are impotent Nor
would such course be Impoverished " presaIs 70
most Of the large cities Of Europe a part o. thsr SAM
pense TO the Of these buildings would be trlng
by the employment OF janitor, Of whose drtes
would Be collect from tho tenants tho ashes and
garbage and deposit tho same in vessels prepared Ior
snch purpose and kept in some convenient place FOR
the ashman. fair trial OF this experiment would DO
t il gratifying 10 b able 10 state that Of late
attention has bes. paid 70 tho construction Or
provement Is st ample, and II is hoped that the stn-
ZION OF eur Legislature having been fairly directed 70 the
increased comfort or che OF those abodes and
ths improved hssish Of the community An Admirable
n iiycool wfers underground tenements are either
entirely abolished permitted 70 exist undor certain
well defined laws providing for the hth OF thsir In
Our city has been and will continue TO be the recipient
Of thousands Of poor immigrants, who they remain
among us may become burdens 70 themselves and TO US
and Who X aided In getting away 70 those distant sec
ons OF country where their labor ts required VIII Dc
maze useful citizens and contributors 70 our national
wealth. II in estimated that We have IN the city about
one hundred thousand immigrants Of tho class
Who on their arrival might have been induced " 90
lated sections q the country Many are the emptyngs
or poor Of England and other parts Of Europs
and they become the principal occupants OF oar hospitals
pratey belongs 10 the Commissioners Of Emigration In
sanitary point Of WOW addresses itself 70 the atten-
The necessity Of ceanly condition Of the streets as
safeguard the health OF the city ls plainly demon
rasd in the hss spo r. ha ans ss.n sv
Illness Of the city invariably eynces dminuton In
our mortality With proportionate ractionary increase
imperfec,ly cleaned. In view Of . fact 60 clearly
demonstrated, t may not be out Of place TO dwell with
'Pnass S a. no.
that paramount consideration TO which II is entitled in
the discussion Of projects for the preservation OF the
II ia singular circumstance that while other matters
relating 70 the public hoath are considered as Justly
coming under the lurs,t9n OF board n @ % hean xss ,s
subject cleaning, which must be ~ the iounda-
ton Of all plans FOR the protection OF the public health
vats hande Tho question whether we have, under ihe
present contract syste those facilities for thorough
% o. I'M sns ono e health muss nscesy Be-
answersd in the negative In coming 70 this conclrson
there 20 intention 10 cast the slightest reflection upon
the present contractor whose duties under the contract
i y alleged, being duly end faithfully performed;
but the nhsreni defect Ii 10 be found IL the contract
sassry rnsS ssC.ssss q sho indeed such necsss
ss ever entered Into the mAsnaons Of those who con-
c6eted shis stangs Instrument
ne First FopFth sixth 1snths eleventh, IourssentA
1nd seventeenth wards ars 70 ~ cleaned but once
cisssiae ssa -. az sns % v.ss ioess ~ksIs AVER: daiha
r. ss a e NOR: r:,sys ssss.: : q
Board map possholss Of the city, and they contain
snosId according % the plainsss dictates Of common
as :, rcS
daily In thorough state Of cleanliness, and In which
every nfrngssnt Of the laws Of health should receive
the most prompt attention The public health requires
that the streets Of this city should Be swept every day.
and should b taken 70 Insure that object This
will require further legislation and additional appropra
tions without which change for the better can % ex
usced In the work VI street cleaning and particularly IN
ihoss districts which, under the contract are swept but
once week II may be ncontestably urged that II the
mortality In those districts has boon docseased this year.
and 10 sxent by the aid Of the street cleaning con-
tractor there can question that this mortality
be reduced TO much reatersxtons BY daily attention
70 duties Of which only weekly performance 10 now
L is now Of almost daily occurrence that In various
parts Of the city there nccossity for the sweeper
but the contractor having already performed his duty In
sweeping the streets, y under no OBLIGATION TO perform
this additional labor Here defect FOR which, under
the existing system, there is no remedy and
IL equally certain that remedy can b provided except
through legislative acsion thoroughly modifying the
whole system and giving 70 IL an expansveuess adapted
20 the constantly increasing necessities Of increasing
metropolis The nrst element absolutely essential 70
success must consist In entire unison Of action
the cleaning 0 the city between the Board Of Health
and the cleaning contractor To accomplish this
under the present system 10 An mpossibisy from the
causes to which ~ have adverted oven can there