, 1873-06-22
, Sanitary Condition of the South
Division,
Several Pestilence- Breeding
Holes Discovered.
Cleanliness the Great Prevent
i've Of Cholera.
Public Opinion--Letters from the
People.
CHAPTER 2.

CHAPTER Y.
AL those who have been through the quartz
thug fer described in The TRIBUNE must adm
that the statements and facts produced contail
ed nothing but the truth. There has been +
attempt at sensation or exsggeration. The da1
gers that surround the rich and poor alike ha,
rather been diminished than exaggerated.
one will deny that the greatest evil, the greatel
danger Of great city, lies in insufficient sewe1
sge, imperfect drainage, Rlthy slaughter an
rendering houses, and dirty, crowded streets
It is an unpleasant, as we'll as an ungratefu
duty to go through al the dirty streets, all th
pestholes and other dangerous places, and truth
fully describe them, because thereby the ire AM
ennity Of many wealthy parties, who only car
for themselves ard not for the rest Of mankind
are aroused Such parties would not for mo
ment hesitate to eander the writer of such artic1e
because they dared to tell the truth in spite o.
their wealth, power, and political influence. al
long as the places and habitations Of the pool
are oommen.ea rrcc, tLeJ sit chuckling in
their arm-chairs, and say, ''Thank God We are
not Ike other men +" but as soon as their
places are spoken Of, they furiously rise up and
CRY "6landerer, scoundrel, blackmai1er." The
object Of these articles has not been desire to
alander, to hurt, OF to frighten any one, but to
arouse the public to a correct appreciation Of
the sanitary condition Of our city, and to show
tho rich sad wealthy that their interest in many
Tays is bound up in that OF their poorer neigh
bors, and thht the health Of one is irresstbly
linked with that Of the other. II cholera should
find foothold in the poor and filthy districts
heretofore described, itmight gain such headway
there that it would sweep from end to end OF
Cur most aristocratic avenues. There is no rea-
SOD, as has been stated before, why our streets
should not be clean Ind we'll paved, and our
city the healthiest in the world.
It would certainly be far more beneficial to
the health and prosperity Of the city il the
$4,000, 600 intended to be expended in the ereo~
ton OF a new Courthouse and City HalI.should
be used to complete the sewerage Of our city
and make our streets what they should be-
proper sdjuncts to the splendid buildings lining
them. 4 new Courthouse can be erected five
years hence as well as to-day, without injnring
the health, comfort, and prosperity Of any one,
except, perhaps, a few geredy contractors and
epeculators; but our srreets, and through them
our health, oannort afford to wait, and
should be attended TO- without delsy.
presen: tiule which does not need repairs. Take
for example, Clark street. That part OF it which
Is newly paved has already settled in several
places, while that part Of the, street between
sable, End the cutters are in many places OBJ
structed by heaps Of ashes and rotten yegeta-
bles-
r State street, from the river to Thirty-ninth
streep, ia in still worse condition, having the
old eobole pavement, which is in shocking
state Of repair
Harrison street, between Clark and State, has
been in such terrible condition this spring that
very often the mails were delayed because the
HeEone stuck fast in the mud.
Third and Eourth Avnnufa had haar1 f1fla3 J1r,
to grade about year before the fire, but no
effort has as get been made to pare tile came
consequently these two narrow and densely~pop-
Mated streets filthy, particularly Fourth ave-
nne, which becomes very foul and odorous be-
low Harrison street. The street is very uneven,
and the deep depressions are full OF stagnant
water, and no ripple can be seen in it except
when new supplies Of slops thrown from the dis
reputable houses on each side cauBe it to over
dow into the cutters.
The small groceries On the avenues at the cor
ners Of Polk sud Taylor streets ere particular |
causes OF ofense. AL their refuse as we'll a. !
household garbage is thrust into the street, /
stopping up the CUTTERS on eithor side.
;" On Taylor street. between Clark and Fourth |
a7euue, there is 8 deep lake OF stagnaut water
By number Of the lowest. dirtiest
kind Of negro dives.
Tie alleys all around this ueignborhood are
iltfv in the extreme, because the low classes
living ground there will throw e1ops into th611 IS
,con Us the sanitary policeman IS ont Of sight.
IN Third RrHDuA. between TAYLOR and 1lwe}fth |
t-eets faread natches of wster ~ areater W.
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