The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-09
NEW YORK HERALD THURSDAY MAY O. 1872-rR1PLE SHEET

days sonrlbu9ns 70, extra bo the ,
ton was here apparent in The unusual amount OF garbage
house sSP additions %hc seem to be prevalent
The niersecdng these avenues were found sl
Inc dri had been performed ost these heaps Mere s
This dsiay@eyaesy in some Instances for more than
mSnre rom the the OBJECT Of
ng clean streets most eneeusi ,l, r,,
fourth street Third avenue. From twenty third to
were not clean and had not been cleaned apparently
Gangs Of sweepers were cleaning the streets and ave
Of the Seventeenth ward below Fourteenth street,
Il was remarked that although The carts here followed
the p s oss a, e
WINGED .Si the work had inst been done
the Eleventh ward are paved with WORKOUT cobble.
stone and as anclean cutters
From Houston IN the Eleventh ward 70 Division in the
being clean q them the most travelled and from
sprnklnY being quite muddy The cutters in nearly all
IL .he seyenth ward DiSs9n street East BrosSway
Streets and ali Of South street were found IN the usual
dirty condition of week absence OF the sweep
tenement Houses the usual accunulatons Of thy ashes
garbage and house sops were everywhere evident to at
IN the Fourth ward catharne oliver James and noose.
ness. slthsass moi . bad has ,reaasny been
gang of cleaners were 81 work through them with good
Through Second ward clouds dust obscured the
!si Heokman. Ann, Fulton and John streets and
Was bss n ss s and
streets mere very dirty with at least weeks
Ga sy
hs Ga% Ss s a the sn @
houses The cross streets inersec ting thcm from Broad
S Sof there sHseSn within
few days TO remove some Of this nth but The condition
sole to clean thoroughly or keep clean these two streets
scribe them, and only compulsory ride through them
fan e Third ward % of &
In the sixth ward.usuay the worst of any-evidently
much effort has been made for the better and with the
q Baxter below Canal ana and portion; Of
clean
Canal West Fourteenth street, with the execution OF
streets running westerly particularly West Twelfth
River We're in toeraby fair condition. Those ,s ng
ms, b S 3 s dirt fseh he XII a
which becomes puverized and is more objectionable
su, The The
eaarp S f ana aa hss a aT @
them-Lewis, Cannon, Columbia, sheriff Willet Pitt,
ward from so%ery and Fourth avenues to sixth avsnua
West scn Houston to West s9aeenIn s With is inter
sonth Fifth avenue unpaved.
from West Fourteenth street to twenty sixth street the
streets are Hean elss with F some FEW
heaps Of art 9 a BE-
NTH aud Twenty sixth bad cobblestone pavement
Il very bad condition; Twenty.sshih street between
and streets dry and Iaa
to Fortysslh street paved with the old coo6es;one
all in bad condition and as a Consequence unelean
Forty street. Eighth 10 Ninth avenue cobblestone
Fitch street, Eighth to Ninth avenue Belgian pave
tifty-second street. Eighth to Ninth avenue, Belgian
Fifythrd street. Eighth Ninth avenue cobblestone;
Fiyhft street. Ninth to Tenth avenue, cobblestone
As general rule the nearer one approaches to the
streets both to cleanliness and faulty pavements The
Third and Eghth avenues Another reason Tor the
dirty appearance Of many streets lies in the fact Of
relaring rebuildng and the construction OF build
Pe o 10 the "ea sonoSs All ess
sSsTy street but tSs dir. Tsass Which 'H aTs
Uttered with dirt dropping and tie immediate
eann i saeT Rropsdl
add sTsay dssomo5 par,suarly at ibis tune,
when for want OF rain earthly matters become reduced
Although the streets and Of the city generally
dons that they did three four weeks since yet
but the sS"f Viii mot
cannot Keep the Sly IN a saSh sanitary condition as the
Without its being in any way an apology for neglect
nd Il Mf e a s sr w s Wp
great the defective terms of the
ing contract, requiring but weekly cleaning Those
sections of the city where there great density OF
latOn in tenement houses, require, u sanitary
cessy at least three ceanngs week. these including
all those wards lying easterly OF the Second
TTyfourth street to Fourteenth street. and all OF the
city south of Fourteenth street. and portions OF the wards
lying west OF Eigth avenue, from Fourteenth street 10
Fiify-fourth street.
Another fact was markedly apparent in this hasty
animation, and has been frequently dwelt upon by the
Health Inspectors that qi the faulty and in many places,
but sSaS sn bs s e sSss
old cohble stone and rotten wooden pavement have very
much to do with this unsanitary and unhealthy condi
ton for the rule was almost without an exception that
streets and avenues paved those most filthy.
From the fact the irregular system collecting
and garbage by the contractor has followed the almost
neglect and violation OF civil and sanitary laws
in the throwing into the pucc streets OF every kind of
use and house th thus causing seeming indifference
TO the public health
With decomposing animal and vegetable refuse con-
santy in the cutters, giving Oft poisonous
or with impapabe clouds OF street dust penetrating
lungs what better means can be employed, IL be
asked, 10 invite epidcmics and endemics pes-
iences TO flourish As sanitarians and guardians of public
health these conditions cannot but anxiety and
stimulate to renewed exertions TO place the city III