The New York herald., 1873-07-09

are bricks In a goodly heap.
Near Seventh avenue pile of bricks and stones
make nice obstruction In F0rtieth street.
Forty-hrst street, near Ninth avenue, is also
adorned with Its heap o. bricks.
brick heaps block the way In some degree In
Eighth avenue, near Forty second street: also In
fortysecond street. between Eighth and Ninth
ana ientn avenues
Forty-thrd street.
on the block on Eighth avenue near Forty-fourth
street there is pile of stones.
Near seventh avenue, In forty-lourth street,
stones and bricks IN heaps block up nearly the en-
tire thor roughlare.
Forty fifth street, near the same avenue is In
the same predic2ment.
stones sand and building materials take up most
OF the desirable width OF the block ON Eighth ave-
nue., near Forty-siAth street.
me same %ay ee ssid - the block adjoining in
corner OF Fortyseventh street and Eig.h avenue
tne tnorou snare Is almost completely blocked with
On the eighth avenue between Forty eighth and
Forty-ninth Streets all one side OF the block Is
blocked up, so that no vehicle can possibly get by
without taking the railroad track.
Forty-ninth street. near Ninth avenue, has It's
particular and exclusive heaps OF brick and stones,
that make the block quite contrast with Its
Between Eighth and Ninth avenues In Ftftieth
street lime barrels, stone and brick piles block the
way admirably.
tity-third street, between Seventh and Eighth
avenues, and also between Ninth avenue, Is
ADORNED with o heap OF stones.
Near Ninth avenue and Flty-seventh street the
entire block Is nearly oil occupied with distractions
OF various kinds.
Between Seventh and Eighth avenues in Fifty.
third street bricks, and building materials
make huge mound IN the middle OF the block.
The block near Ninth avenue In Thirty-seventh
street Is completely blocked with bricks and other
distractions.
seventy-ntth street, between Madison and Fifth
avenues, IS partially blocked with obstructions.
From Etghty-sixth 10 Eight fourth the Harlem
Railroad track forms barrier across each block,
and from Seventy-third to several blocks below
there Is no means for anybody, with or without y
vehicle, getting across the scuL" now being made
In Fourth avenue.
Both sides OF Madison avenue, between Eight
| and brick heaps.
In Sixty-sixtn street, between Madison and
| Fifth avenues, there are piles OF huge stones and
although the street IS nicely paved and graded,
these stones, with piles of dirt have been allowed
| to remain 80 long part OF the neighbOrhood that
grass is already sprouting all about on the heaps.
S,xty-ar street, between the same avenues, Is
about In the same condition as the above IN GER
In Sixty-eighth street, between Fourth and Lex
ingtOn avenues heaps Of stones block up the way,
and right In the middle pile Of wood and the
| remnants Of shanty rear their fair proportions
| high. at
avenues, is almost impassabie from all sorts OF oh
| BtructlOns. ..
Madison avenue. between Sixty fourth and sixty
fifth streets, is lined with building materials stones
| and blcks on one side and big iron pipes I'LL III
the other space on the side OF the tracks on the
| Otuer Aue Vi buc StIccC. lutTc Is ACTUALLY NJ
thoroughiare on the block except over the ca
| tracks.
sixty-second, from Madison to Third avenue, il
made almost impossible from all sorts Of obstruc
| tions.
From Sixty first to Sixty-second the obstruction
are all that the most Negligent OF street Inspector
could desire to base good report upon. Big pipe
go to adorn what the other distractions iall II
make attractive.
| to Sixtieth street is In a miserable condition; OBJ
structed most thoroughly except where the Gu
Filty-seventh and Finy-eighth streets, near
Seventh avenue, are also seriously obstructed ii
| certain places.
The block between Madison and Filth avenues Is
almost impaSSable. Mortar aud brick heaps occupy
| even the middle OF the street.
| There are Obstructions IN the way OF brick and
stone heaps III FOrty-sxth and Forty fifth stree ts
between Madison and Filth avenues.
Madison avenue, between Forty-second and
Forty third streets, on one side, Is Uttered with
bricks, stones and building materials, and
down Forty-second street to near the depot, on
both sides OF the way, there are building material
brick aud stone ODstructOns.
Many OF the uptown streets have been rendered
perform tner work. The sdeSa.Ss OF seyera
| thoroughfares have been Tor week, and months
| blocked up with piles of block stone which tt
| be laid IN the streets when SO IL pleases the con
tractor. These sidewalk ObstructiOns are not only
| nuisance out they are dangerous to limb an(
life. The passage through the piles or alongside
very often this passage Is Uttered with the stones
which fall from the heap rendering pedestrian
chances for life at night time exceedingly slim
In tue remedying OF this pal ticuar nuisance tn,
| Commissioner OF Public Works should move a
once. contractors thus block mp the streets OF
| the plea that they were not paid for former con
tracts let their present contracts be revoked anl
| given to somebody who will do the work quickly.
On the east side Of the town, where extensive
| building Is going on, there are on many blocks
serious distractions also; but the above specified
blocks, where travel Is necessary and constant
Will suffice to indicate the nuisances which builders
and others make OF themselves to the general pub
lie by not ODeying the city ordinances. 1t is nIgf
time there was some method adopted to bring
them to their senses