The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-09
THE FILTHY STREETS.
THE SNOW, THE sLusH AND TIE Mur

THE SNOW, THE SLUSH AND TIE MUD.
Unstable as water-which, In its various forms
OF ram, snow. han and seet 1t brings us so much
of-the recent weather has nevertheless excelled
in all that is disagreeaole. both in itself and It's
concomitants. One OF those weather wise people
who base their calculations on no known law,
who know nothing Of areas OF high and low ba-
rometer and never record m observation, during
the latter part OF February predicted that II It
stormed on the LIST Of March IT would do so on
every other day through the month. Where tho
inspiration comes from who kn0wethf Let US
trust the prescience was limited in supply. not
SUFFICIENT to las. through the month, for 1t has
thus far proved an entire success an d as the re.
yesterday lay imbedded In vast sea OF slush.
1t runnet 4 the city's region FOUND.
After short struggle the sun came out alori.
ousy in the morning, and tie immense volume Of
snow which had fallen the day previously and
which, owing to the nigh temperature. was OF the
soft compact KIND, began TO thaw ana Broadway
even became a vast canal filed with water, snow
and dirt, through which the vehicles rolled along,
the horses splasning the horrid compound right
and lett, spelling or at least dreadfuly song the
garments OF the unwary passer-by and exciting
explosives only commendable for their emphasis.
Tue usual compliance with the city ordinance re-
curing occupants OF buildings to keep their
SIDEWALKS cleared. enabled the pedestrian to
street crossings. where oitentmes the
slush was so deep that rubbers and arctics
be passed under penalty OF wet leet small
torrent OF water rushed along the cutters during
the entire day, sometimes becoming damned up
and so turning Its course to the middle OF the
street, making the passage still more ditflcalt ana
dlsagreeaDle. Gangs OF men were put on in the
course Of the day to throw the snow into heaps
TO be carted or during the night, ana by the
time the sun went down the great thoioughfare
was partially cleared.
some OF the side and more remote streets. not
ably those along the river front, were In q far
worse condition than the one described Wash.
lngton and Greenwich streets. two OF the more
Irequented commercial highways. were almost
impossible from the depth of snow and slush,
wnlle West and South streets presented a scene
OF Understandable filth. In Thompson and Wooster
streets the snow had Deen thrown each side OF
the railroad tracks to sucn height that no attempt
was made to pass through them with vehicles save
in the wake OF the cars, AMI large numbers oil the
more narrow streets were in the same cOndi-
ton. Fulton, Dey, Cor ilandt ana other streets
where rhey lntersect with Broadway, were filed
with slusn and mud, in many places TO The depth
of more than foot. Several loot passengers hur-
ryinQ through 1t stumbled and fell into the mass
to rise completely covered with the liquid filth
amid the good.natured laughter Of the spectators.
The amount OF snow which has fallen and now lies
scattered over The city, surface IS very large, and
while the warm weather and the efforts OF the
Street Cleaning Department will soon render clear
the more prominent thOrOughfares, some weeks
must necessarily intervene before We are freed
from the nuisance.