The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-22
sonai observation. nrst OF "otner spotsn and then
OF the Fourth ward.

sonai observation nrst OF ''otner spots" and then
We're there such being as the Dickens OF Dirt
creature who would and could do with filth and
garbage what Boz has done with human nature,
describe it to the hie-how the soul OF this dirty
Dickens would revel In the contemplation or GER
time 81 the HERALD represenI atve beheid 1t on
Saturday and sunday last
delight IN describing Frankfort ssreet M0q FOR
Rose street ITSELF nothing could De more
old garbage. with q liberal percentage OF OLD
leatter-and Is as uDseemly spectacle as the pic
turesque eye could possibly desire. But 1t is notn
which Is most deiciousiy dirty, the dirt being
characterized by less ola leather. but more de-
G c;ms vegetables and more eRgshells. than its
The, Fourth ward is, considered from street
cleaning point OF view, q variegated locality.
are terribly filthy. The authorities have
pursued here their ordinary pollcy--tne prlu-
streets ON which any influential people have any
necessity to come are, comparatively speaking,
.'swept and garnlshed;' but those localities where
lnnuentla people do not come, where only the
poor live, these streets. though In q sanitary
ana humanitarian point OF view, infinitely the
more important and in which by lar the
greatest numoer OF human creatures 'Iive and
move ana nave their being" these streets are al
cleanest street In the vicinity, but branching from
1t on all sides are lines Of hlth and rottenness.
clean; other portions are wofully filthy. That por-
ton OF Water street beyond Catharne, stretching
between that street and Market slip, is very vie.
full OF fth mud and muck with proiuse per-
centage OF vegetable matter. Heaven knows the
people about there DO not look as II they mad many
vegetables to eat; but there Is plenty or eating
material, such as 1t is, In the street.
Water street, near James street is likewise quite
Oliver streets, Is quite rural spot, considering all
things, containing thirteen vegetable gardens
n Tn n
rustlcity OF the picture, there two pools and
arst class muck heap. The junction OF Water and
rustic.
Cherry street is an unequal locality. 1t has had
It's spaSms OF street cleaning and there are certain
"bits' on which the work OF the broom and the
street scavenger has been rendered apparent but
the major POI ton OF the street Is as yet unac.
quainted with the workings OF the Street Cleaning
Bureau.
Between Catharne street and Market slip Cherry
street presents quite an unduated surface, the I'M
dulatons being caused Dy the rise and 1aii OF dust
and dirt heaps, which impart quite picturesque
flavor to the ancient thorough.are. Near James
SLIP too, Cherry street Is wonderfully dirty.
James slip itself is filthy, with kind OF business
Nth, and contains quite picturesque bit opposite
would drive housewife to suicide. James street
has sewse It's own little ISLANDS q tn and ITS
itself are dirty beyond words. Our
BOZ or THE CUTTERS,
previously alluded to, would here be in his element.
In one little block III Batavia street are half dozen
choice Dts oil dirt, alter the other each direr
than the otner. Nothing could be tltnier fouler;
nothing could be more disgusting to the eye and
the nose and more injurious to the health.
Oliver street Is comparatively clean. Roosevelt
street is comparatively at filthy especially in the
varies from the comparatively clean to the posi-
lively dirty, as in the vicinity OF the extempore
THE WEST sIDE-DowN TOWN.
Many OF the streets on the west side down
dirt. the Junction OF Worth street and West
Broadway is full OF piles OF dirt and rows OF gar
bage
lower part Of Hudson street Is nasty; the foot OF
Warren street is terribly dirty place. In one
one mountain oi dirt. West street and vesey
street are dirty-Vesey street particularly SO.
In TACT this portion OF the city is worse than any
corresponding portion on the other side OF the
city.
OUR MARKETS AND OUR RIVER FRONTAGE FOUL
NESS IN SPOTS.
IL Is simple truth. and "truth is mighty and will
prevail" That our metropolitan markets are in
better condition now than they nave been Tor some
time. Yet il Is equally true that they are not
clean in any sense OF that term. Washington
Market, for example on the Vesey street side, Is
mass OF filth ana garbage, and its filth Is dlvIsbe
into two prominent pOrtiOns-One resembling a
species OF red sea, lul OF blood ana animal refuse,
and nauseously disgusting, the other beng
garbage pool, ana bctn being, IN sanitary point OF
view, dsgraceul.
Fulton Market is very much like many streets or
sections OF our city. mat portion more familiar to
the pubiic-i. e.. the Fulton street side-is kept
quite spruce; but the portions fronting on the
side Is nasty and the the rear Of the market is
flthy. jefferson Market is more dirty than either
Fulton or WASHINGTON IN proportion to i's SIZE
Spring Street Market is filthy. Centre Market is
about the same as 1t has ever oeen-one day in the
week clean, comparatively; the otner SIX days
dirty, positively. Somewhat strange to say all the
streets ana thoroughIares near the East River are
much cleaner. as q general rule, than those verg-
street Is not as clean 1t ought to be. Depeyster
street Is In bad condition; so IS Fletcher street.
a al RON
Is creditable But on the west slde along the
North River, the very reverse OF this IS the CASE
this sGaGemenL:-The loot OF Dey street, by exami-
nation, has been found to be dirty The loot OF
Liberty street i Is IN nthy condition me loot o.
bany street, It's terminus is picturesque "bt" Of
filth delightful IN The eyes OF street contractors
only. Decayed animal and vegetable matter Is
scattered around IN prousion, and the spectacle is
charming TO the nose as to the eye. But 1t Is in
Carlisle street that filth holds its carnival To
look at this place, one would have sworn that
there never had been a street cleaning commission
appointed on Manhattan Island. There Is choice
dirt pit here in front OF BARRIERS shop, which was
worthy OF the descriptive powers OF the Dickens
OF Dirt elsewhere alluded to. The scene was very
varlegated.
Rector street is dirty; Morris street is dirty-al
the adjoining streets are dirty; out II is in Wash
tngton street, from its junction with Carlisle to its
termination at the Battery that the street cleaner
Is most sOrely needed though must seldom seen.
Washington street around here Is an insult to the
name OF Washington the was the savior, not the
scavenRer, OF his country. Mulberry street
near the immortal Five Points Is the only thing
that can be compared to 1t. There are some places
here foul that one has to hold his nose, and hold
1t very tightly too as he passes on the double quick
'sThe Accumulation OF desOIatl0nu would be a most
appropriate title for this locality In front OF one OF
the tenement houses in this section OF the city can
be seen at any time o most excellent illustration
OF cause and effect. Almost every five minutes
some old woman walks out from the tenement house
into the street, bearing swirl pail. and, advance
ing to the sidewalk, c0Oily upsets her odorierous
burden, and makes day or night, as the case may
be, more hideouS than be fore BY lust the amount
OF the nasty contents OF her bucket Consider
what pile OF filth must accumulate in even one
day by o dozen old hays repeating this process
some half dozen times day each. But, when
we consider that the street is never cleaned more
than once q week, once every seven days, and
the system can be iaintly, and only very family,
imagined.
This pouring of household refuse into the public
streets is enc OF the most common occurrences or
every day, ana yet IL is most pernci0us and 1t Is
OF all others, the most potent reason Tor our filthy