The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-01-13

chains and older anchors refuse OF junk shops and
the debris OF old ships Of every Imaginable character
Of barrels containing oils and Kerosene and here ana
there piles OF rubbish OF every possible description
Among the heaps that proved the most annoy ing and
impeded travel causing desriment to business,
the following:-
South Srees-Opposite No. 49, anchors and chains; No.
90 barrels In street and on sidewalk Nos U.s. % and 90
anchors and chains sidewalk No 49, barrels ON side
walk; No. So piles Of arred rope on sidewalk at Full
ton Market and at the fish market opposite carts broken
down, old boxes that once contained the articles
the dealers traffic within and rubbish generally seri-
onsy bockaded the street, from BeeKman stree. to Bur-
ling the entire block Is aligned with hsh stands that
viii as once DO pronounced q nuisance; Nos LOT, l6S
1862 cotton bales and hogsheads on sidewalk; Nos.
10 and Ill berels ropes chains and rubbish on side
walk No 1856 tiers Of barrels on sidewalk near the loot
OF Market street old pump boxes line the sidewalk NOS
223 and 243 the boring OF pump boxes was actively en-.
gagged in the sidewalk seriously impeding the pedes-
uans progress; No 262 hogsheads OF oil on sidewalk
No 266, cotton bales sidewalk Nos 275. III 29o ana
$50 sidewalk covered with bales OF hemp, bags OF coffee.
boxes &c, and is here exhausted from an engine
beneath the sidewalk through the laggng into the
street, No. 23 bossheads, dirty and old aud piles Of
Fliton Styea-Opposita No 90 piles OF brooms bales
Of merchandise, &c, SD walk, extending into Inc
street; No. IL brooms tubs and wagons Oh sidewalk
and street; there minor obstruouons ~ various
| Maiden Lane-opposita No 166. old chains anchors
and bales extend the sidewalk and At other points
| along this street like impedments exit
| Wal Sreet-Opposte Nos lO5, 107 and 100, casks.
hogsheads boxes Ut mercnandse, &c. run out INTO tue
street trac az the foo, Of This Stree. there is deposit
tory Of old boats, old iron, old poles and an od mouse
seemingly place OF storage !. y serious OBSTACLE 70
business aud permanent blot.
| Old Sip-opposite Nos. is and %, cotton bales
almost cover the sidewalk; No 2s poles and rubbish
old carts and old lumber destroy the appearance OF the
street, aud are standing shame TO tho CIT:
C6e.uSss Stip-Oppose Nos. ID 10 and IL, old hogs-
heads casks fish boxes &C., the sidewalk, extending
the street. Around this slip at It's foot the same
immense piles Of barrels old CARTS &C, at other
i are
river OF -four in tiers the crosswsk block
| ing up tho approach to the pier
walk; No 81 barrels OF kerosene on the sidewalk NO.
q, numerous heavy boxes on the sidewalk; No. a. the
remnant Of old booth exists the back portion OF
remaining and this enclosure is repository Of piles OF
ashes, old barrels bottles and refuse generally A. the
foot Of this street, the centre OF the block from front
to South street, covered with cotton bales, old carts,
the inevitable shanty and rubbish generally That IN It's
decayed appearance dsgracetui Directly opposite on
| South street the frutng havo their barrels IN
trade such distance into street that the progress or
| Peek Sip-At its foot heaps OF old chains and old
carts obstacle to sidewalk ana street traffic
| DouG Sreet.-Its lower portion Is impeded in hke
manner; piles OF old CHAINS anchors and rubbish are
| in profuson to nearly block up the sidewalk.
Roosevelt Street.-The same is to DO observed. !.
James Slip Opposite No. IL old barrels on sidewalk
and other points bales OF hay piled in tiers that were
| alike obstacle and dangerous
Market Sreet-AmoSt the eEtlre DOCK ~ the 100. OF
this street. South and Walter streets, Is flied
with lumber boxes rolls OF wire, ponderous boxes con-
| taining iron and rubbish impeding the thoroug hare
extending the crosswaik to the serious annoy
ks street At the foot Of this street there are old
boats boilers &c. deract from Its appearance and
| are a serious obstacle TO travel.
! Eas, Broadcay.-opposto No. 30 old wagons extend
into tho street, Nos. As and 30 old furniture Is exposed
for sidewalk at other points along this street
! are similar Interruptions Of travel.
Chdtton Sree.-dere seems to be tho elysium OF
street Interruptions Along its line the furtive-eyed
denizens expose the sidewalk almost their entire
stock OF traffic ana travel oaen sea NY asd ase
wind blankets, &C, that oittimes flap IN the faces Of
| pedestrians to their great discomfort.
Wet 50 eet.--Ihs west side dortG OF our cy-too
| narrow IN sidewalk aud street proper, without the
inconvenience OF encumbrances-is, the major
portion OF day. suffering from the inatentlon 0 Its
occupants to the city laws Among the more serious
noted Opposite No. pilcs OF pig ead in street,
| No 49, cotton bales on sidewalk and extending into
street: No as numerous boxes sidewalk Nos As and
40 barrels sidewalk; No oil old anchors ana cha ns
with tiers OF barrels on sidewalk NO 80 coton Daies
each upon the other sidewalk Nos l43, IA and l45
boxes barrels Nc, on Sidewalk Nos l5s 100 and ise
on sidewalk No ISL, bundles OF paper and tiers of BAR
sidewalk; Nos 22l and 222 bales Of heavy ma
rer1al on sidewalk Nos 26l, 277 and 2s8, the same
the gross violations were Observed but
| less frequent
are numerous here, but they were observed at
diferen points, the lower portion particularly Here
cotton bales our barrels and cheese boxes offer annoy
ing obstacles 10 pedestrians and the trac oil the thor
ough fare = -
boxes piled tiers obstruct the sidewalk, aud many
Of like character are observable upon either
side 70 It's terminus
through Washington, Greenwich. Dey, Fulton, Cort.
iandt Murray Warren, Chambers, Jay, Harrison and
Blocker Streets with the Bowery, Battery place aud
the avenues up town, ike distractions exist while the
several streets leading to Washington Market
blocks in some blocaaded with wagons that
seemed TO occupy the thorougniare 70 nucKster her
articles OF traffic
spcn as about the CITY fall park Chatham square and
Bowling Green, occupied by old booths disgrace
the appearance OF the city Carriages blockade tue
plaza standing upon crosswaks. and piles OF stones
unffar ia n panA
Carts IN every in the lower part OF the town,
in loading and unloading quite frequently drive on the
sidewalk, rendering the pedestrian locomo.ion very
| slow and at times, dangerous. Why should these OBJ
strucons existr Why do not the four Messrs Inspect.
ors Of Encumbrances who receive from 81 500 to 600
per annumn, especially TO abrogate these aunoyances,
work with much spirit that they and all similar ones
should soon be matter OF vac pasiY true, many o.
certain times only but whore sidewalks are encum-
during the day. and wagons obstruc tho passage
of streets during time and at night Also there
| 10 but one remedy that the law which has boon 50
long dead letter should become an animated fact by
the impartial enforcement by those who receive The
public moneys for tins object alone Tho police do not
or observe the obsiructons that dot every
business block, they daily persnbulale past them,
ioling the hours in many instances, as thousands
have noted the Cution OF these daties but
in tie pleasant pasime OF laughing with sdewalk
| Iounsers or kindred spirits OF either sex
| NAME.
is supposed By some tnas tho ordinance requiring
that all gas lamps street aud all corners OF
streets the city arc legioy lcLterad with the names
Of and that strangers and citizens both
|
OF officers and others, know OF their whereabouts.
But this supposition IL pleasant dclusion Possibly
two-thirds OF the lamps required by ~ be cttered
are correctly done, while tne balance are innocent Of
such handiwork, or have been SO bunglngly attended
| 10 as TO msead where they should assist Through
every street in tho lower portion OF the
city negligence in this respect Is observable.
| particularly through West soatn Gear Liberty,
Dey Fulton, Murray Warren and other streets leading
to ferries aud depos Broadway is included within tue
list and various corners where the lamp Is marked
al all the Of this thoroughfare only DC found,
while nothing TO designate tho street divergng
from It, The east and sides of the city are also
conspicuous for ike omissions and amusing bunders in
the lifting OF the lamps TO the posts Many are correctly
iettered but placed in such "a manner that whore an
avenue is designated should be the street. running at
right angles with H. leaves the traveller bowildercd
whep follows tho silent directions they give causing
annoyanccs or an untold nature, and the impression
exists that those who placed these lamps in position were
either unable 10 read biissiul ignorance OF the
| English language THIS culpabie negligence Is toe
serious to longer remain So AID citizens Ask Cannot