New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-10

the cav and careless and poverty stricken blacks hold
high reve in the mdGt of noisome sights ana odors Oe
of Tho low houses, dOOrless and windowess ana gwen
over as pavhOuse for children, is evidently the one
that was gutod by the Irish in the time of the negro
riots. a., .,,-. l..
the Five Points Although the cutting of new streets
nuisances the place retains its prominence among the
vile nests Of the city, from the fact that nowhere else
can be seen such utterly dapdlted, little tumbledown
wooden houses abound on BaXtcTst. I'm front OF te
worst OF these the sidewalks are of planks which au
init most unwhoesOme Accommodations beneath Eynents
these lowest dens one sees, occasionally, rosy ded by
blooming like flowers in Sahara. The blocks D0un far
Vandcwater, Gill; Pearl, and Frankfort sts 80 ON the
specimens of the excessive crowding Of buids remain
east side. Many topping wooden str. no'"a blessing
large fire smo9g these might Noticeable that
some of the few remaining breathing ,ti new houses.
are now about 70 be gfckS as found very filthy
condition Many piles OF garoa9goo GOTHAM Court" One Of
e Tea fs % X lying this court 9s @ Is
ments for i26 families rom alleys feet wide AND by
reason Of The vicinity Of another % n condv day
many rooms are q, 50 read or sew in them without
, ~ IiSbt It has not one room nn wits
can III any "6ch are carry OF the NTH OF me lso
ana have grated openings in the alleys ana uonr
families he cellars through which noisone ana deauy
ways III nenetTate and poison the air OF the mousse ana
Suits The wateT-clOses for the whole vast esap
e emf are range of stalls without doors, ana acces
M not only from the building, but even from Inc street.
SComort is here out OF the question:; common decch9Y
has been rendered impossible, and the horrible brua-
ties of the passengershp are day after day repeateu
bat larger scale"
The West Side" contains many wretched streets ana
clusters of tenements but few places that compare
with those enumerated The much larger proportion OF
Amcrican-bOrn citizens living near the Hudson helps To
preserve good sanitary conditions. Perhaps no district
Of the CITY, OF Broadway contains more degra led
and miserable people and fcyCr-lests than that lying
about the foot of Washington and GrCCnwchsts IL Is
crowded continually with reccntlyauivcd emgrants,
who bring with them not only the bad habits OF Euro
pcan peasants but also those of the packet ship Many
cannot he forced 10 keep their dwellings cleal
or to refrain from delng the adjacent streets The
southern part OF the old swamp ground, which was
drained by the canal that once occupied Canals l. sun
famous drncss This extends from about Diane to
Ieonardsts west West Broadway. The original swamp
reached high BrOOmc-s, ana extended across the
island and included the ponds that lay where the TOms
is situated. Some of the quarters above Canal
such as those Thompson McD0ugal, &c. offer scenes
of saualor not surpassed by anything the East side
Still further up. beside the accumuating nuisanccs
in the vacant and newmade lots Tenth and Eleventh.
aves cOsepacked lofty tenement houses, there
is much of detrment to public health from the great
aggregation OF stables and factories west OF EigaVc'
and north of Thirty -fOurth-st
The conclusion OF the writer after the closest scrutiny
possible In a visit TO those parts of the city, was that
though New-YOTk may have begun some Summers with
worse health prospects than those existing, there Is
much immediate occasion for alarm in the present CON
ditiOn OF those pest-breeding districts