The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-05-25

uora places, believing IL absolutely
necessary that they should be
attended 10 at once.
WHERE THE rnTH Is.
Take Tor instance Nineteenth street, ana
what do we find From one emu TO the
other the streets lined with old boots'shoes'
tin cans, and rubbish Of every imaginable
description. with here and there the carcass
of dead cat or chicken to give tone 10 the
generally bad condition of the street
Then let us come little nearer down
town, and what do we see at the
CORNER or EIGHTEENTH STREET AND
COMMERCIAL AVENUE,
There exists beyond all question the
worst "slop hole" in tins city. Every con-
ceiyable description OF rubbish has been
deposited here, and together with the de-
tsctablc pond Of Shiny water that STANDS
there the year through, gives
vent smell most unc-
tuous in it, flavor for the olfactory nerves OF
passing pedestrians.
From Seventeenth to Division. is in about
the same condition As Nineteenth street.
Indeed,
DIVISION STREET
Is not the clcanc,t thorOughiare in the city.
II few of the Old shoes, boots, cans aud
battered dshpaus that line ii were removed
out of sight. it would present much i'm.
proved appearance.
In tact, take all that portion Of the city ly-
| ing between Eighteenth and Division.
and Washington Avenue and the lcyec.
and 1t presents most filthy and unhealthy
! appearance.
In the lower portion Of tie city many of
the streets are on a par With those sup
town ' already mentioned.
TENTH STREET,
Though probably not 80 bad a. many Of the
other streets in the city, is dirty enough
Several very bad mud holes exist on Tenth
between Walnut and Cedar. but beyond
this the street Is not in rs bad condition a.
it might be.
NINTH STREET
l. nth all over. There is not a clean spot
the size Of a half bushcl to be found the el'
tire length and breadth Of the street. Woo
and coal piles, ashes. brush heaps. oyster
cans, broken wagons, dead cat.
| chickens, anything everything - thai
Is rcpulsiye to the eye and unpleasant
To the smell may be found on ninth street
| Ninth needs scrubbing.
EIGHTH STREET,
From Cedar to Leyee streets is one batch o
| rubbish-old cans, WORKOUT boots and shoes
heaps of brush, old paper, etc. Eight
street clean would be one of the hand,om
est streets in the city; but Eighth stree
dirty is an eye-sore to every citizen who ha
spark OF cleanliness about him.
! SEVENTH STREET
/ j. IN no better condition generally than to,
other streets-probably no dirtier than some
and not halt a. clean as others. And 30 Il
| is with all the cross streets all the wav down
a. far as Second.
WALNUT STREET FROM TENTH TO TIL
GAS WORKS.
lswc believe one OF the iilthlest, if not tn,
! flthiest street in Cairo. There is nothin.
In the way of downright filth that cannot b,
found on Walnut. Walnut like Ninth. re-
ONE OTHER
strip oil ground in the city to which We wish
TO call attention of the board of health, aud
"'~', go "h"n have done-ior h.i- ss----- :
Is the Illinois Central railroad strip iron
Tenth to Fourth streets. ON this strip o
| ground may be found any and everythin!
that, under the ordinances ofthe city migh
| be declared nuisances. IL would be an END
less task to attempt TO enumcrate the differ
ent kinds and qualities OF the NTH that NAV b,
found on this strip. Not only should there
be general Kidding out OF this batch OF
healthy stencil that arises from 1t, but be.
cause in it, present condition IL is the bes,
place for fire in the city, and sooner OF
later some of the buildings that line either
side of IL must be given up as food for the
flames
This Is all we have TO say on this subject
at present The statements as to the con.
dition OF the city-sanitarily speaking-are
correct, and prove that immediate attention
to the reeking evils in our streets is abso.
lutely deman led. Cholera has made il, an.
pearance in New Orleans and Memphis. and
II il the duty OF the mayor, the board of
health, and the police 10 investigate every
nook and corner OF the city, and enforce
81, anliness on every hand.
.Burger has just received ami opened fl
large stock OF damasks, napkins, towellny,.