The New York herald., 1872-09-15

Tney are wooden structures. Nos. IS, sSN, 80 and
39K were described yesterday. The condition OF
ter street, owned by Robert McClay, No. 4s2 Canal
street, and leased by lsadore Abrahams, stand ad-
joining one the other, and are Of nearly the same
OLD AND RUINous BUILDINGS
originally constructed OF wood and afterwards re-
paired with brick They are three stories IN
height. No. 60 contains three families and No. o2
has five under It's roof. The brick side walls OF the
latter are badly broken and dangerously weak; anS
through apertures where 1t has been torn or by
the wind 1t admits the cold and rain.
drips continually down through the walls and tim
bers, weakening them by causing rapid decay OF the
material The doors & are rotten rotten and % weak, and
places. The woodwork is damaged and some OF
the doors broken into splinters. In all parts OF
and ceilings has fallen or exposing the
lathing and admitting deadly drafts OF
air. The window frames and sashes are also
dilapidated and decayed. and many Of the panes OF
glass are broken. The whole aspect OF the place
Is that OF neglect and ruin. 1t has long since be-
come unfit for human habitation, and the
in this and adjoining streets should be razed to the
ground and new structures erected In their stead.
very ancient and runOus building Is No. u
Baxter street. 1t is Of wood and is three stories
in height. Owing perhaps, to its particularly dan
ger0us condition, II is only occupied by one family,
hardly enough to make it their abode. The tim
hers decayed and broken, and for this
reason some portions OF the floors have become
trembling beneath the tread. The ram from the
roof drips down along the walls soaking into the
frame and causing 1t to decay. There are gaps In
the weather boarding, and the plastering OF the
rooms is partly detached from the lathing, leaving
entrance for the wind and rain. In winter the
snow drifts in upon the occupants, and the cold
must be extremely bitter The building Is owned
by John H. Williams, of 200 Mulberry street;
The other houses in this locality, ana In Bayard,
Mulberry, Pell and Mott Streets are in much the
same state, and all of those which have been thus
far inspected have been ordered to be vacated and
repaired.
NEGLECT OF THE sCAvENGERs
The appearance OF the thOrOughfares upon which
these tenement houses are situated is in perfect
keeping with the dilapidation and the filthy and
slovenly habits OF their. occupants Dr. II. r.
Stiles made an inspection OF the streets OF the
Fourth ward during the last month, and gave the
following report to mis- superior, DR.. 4. H. Jones-
& BeAsD % or siI HEAlTT NEw , YonK August "a! lS72
Shiny daily observation warrants me in saying that
the streets of the Fourth ward have not my opinion
six weeks as they were during the month Of June and
not well as the sanitary interests of that portion of the
The same remark also applies to the ;Sa
want Of proper notice by beringing third By mei' neil
walk fourth by reason Of refusal as am informed in
empty the cans and barrels from one excuse or
Carts neglect make their rounds with any
leaving the balance e lie as source Of nuisance to
ps TeS eS eon he OF & he
'front.' Of the tenement house No New Bowery. #.
Il am, sir, respectfully yours
By such neglect and irregnlarity on the part Of
the ashmen the barrels on the sidewalks are left
full Of filth and the inhabitants of the tenements
are forced to dispose of the garbage and oifal In
some other way. This undoubtedly explains in
many cases the reason why cellars and back area
ways are clOdded with filth, from which arise such
fearful and deadly odors.