The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-23

industry, as well as American resources, have
commanded favorable attention at the Vienna
Exhibition.
The Removal q Death Breeding
That the health authorities need q sharp
spur, constantly applied, is an incontroverti-
BILE axiom in this city. They are prone to
meet very often and talk great deal without
attaining any results worth speaking Of
Their proceedings often remind one of the
traditional Bull against the comet By the
persistent efforts Of the HERALD they have
been lately awakened from their Rip Van
Wrinkle slumbers and have actually gone to
work. Coquetting with pestilential nuisances
and passing innumerable resolutions Charm
less, however) seem to have been, heretofore,
the sole occupation Of our sanitary magnates.
But no one, even gifted with the longest
stretch of memory, can call to mind Sum-
mer before the present one when the
Board of Health buckled on their dis
injecting armor and. lance in rest, sal
lied out against the monsters of filth who
have been so long doing their utmost to create
q pestilence in our fair city. They have
passed resolutions and submitted them to their
legal adviser. This worthy gentleman has
mildly demonstrated with the counsel of the
filth breeders, and Summer after Summer has
passed without any abatement of the nuisances
which offend the 4ostrils of all well-behaved
citizens In fact, the proceedings of the Board
of Health have been marvellously like the
conferences between the Modoc murderers and
the United States authorities, which ended in
tragedy But the sanitary guardians have
at last bestirred themselves, and have actually
laid violent hands upon those time-honored
nurseries of disease, the downtown markets
and the uptown homes Of the bone boilers
and fat meters.
gang of men worked with will yesterday
to let in a little light and clear one Of the
streets fronting Washington Market But
what will be the result of their labors? In q
sanitary point of view, nothing. The side
walks will be more crowded with distractions
than ever, and the market itself as fruitful of
disease. The very posts in this rotten old
structure must be pulled down and the'gut-
ters and sewers regulated before the Board of
Health can claim any credit for improvement
in this direction. The same will apply to Full
ton Market, although not in as broad sense
Both markets, as they stand at present, are o
disgrace to the metropolis. The cry of reform
is delusive as long as they are permitted to in
feet the air.
The bone boilers, fearing lest the health
authorities might carry their oft-expressed
threats into execution, folded their filth
silently on Monday night and stole away.
But they did not rid the community entirely
of their nuisances In the middle of the Hud-
son River is moored a boat which contains
the accumulated denominations Of these parties.
An. unfortunate inspector, especially detailed
by the Board Of Health, watches over the
floating cargo Of carrion. The odors of this
cargo are equally distributed between New
York and New Jersey, and while the boat is
at its present anchorage picnic parties and
steamboat excursions up the Hudson will be
al discount We fail to see in this respect
any practical work Of reform on the part of
the Board of Health The Hudson River is as
much thoroughfare as Broadway, and we de-
mand the speedy removal Of this death-breed-
ing cargo anchored opposite our city.
The returns of the sanitary inspectors from
the various wards show little improvement in
the condition of the streets. The downtown
districts are still reeking with garbage and
ashes weeks old, and the Inspector of the
Eighth ward cannot point to single street
which has been recently cleaned On the
east side in many places the street pavements
are in such state Of dilapidation that it is al
most impossible for the police brooms to rid
them Of their stagnant pools and heaps of
garbage. In one instance there is an area of
fifteen blocks which has not been touched by
the broom, where children roll in the fostering
heaps and car passengers hold their noses in
vain. In those localities where stables abound
the evil is worse. With such foul condition
of affairs before us we decline indulging in
any complimentary remarks regarding the
Board of Health Those sanitary guardians
have great deal of real work to do before
they can earn the confidence of an oft outraged
community