The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-09-07
VISIBLE IMPROVEMENT.
The Streets of the City Cleaner
Than Usual.
HURRY UP THE CARTS ]
Places in Which the Sweepers
Are Wanted

parsment incresses and where there was while ago
immonsty Of nlth there 10 now comparative clsani-
mesa Everywhere there are satisfaction and con-
GRADUATION the effect OF the HERALp's exposures
and everywhere the hope 10 expressed that the good
work may 20 In order to take BIRDS eye view
Of the improved condition Of ,ninss In the Eighth.
Fifteenth and Eighteenth wards, which comprise the
very OF the city from river TO river, HERALD
reporter yesterday traversed most OF the leading
shoroughfarss this important zone, beginning
with West street. on the North River, and ending
With avenue d, on the East.
xIoHru WARD.
Within the last fortnight the Eighth ward has re-
served frequent attention from the HERALD, and many
Of ts streets were found TO be In an exceedingly
filthy condition. The ward extends from tho North
River to Broadway and from Canal street 10 west
Houston, comprising the lower parts OF Mercer
Greene WOOSTER South Filth avenue, Thompson and
Sullivan streets, and parts OF Macaougal, Varick,
Hudson, Grsenwich, Washington and West streets
interesting the streets just mentioned are Grand
Broome Spring and Prince, besides Watts, Dominick,
vandam and King Some Of these streets we're a.
bad a. any In the city. Hudson swept very ir-
regularly. Spring, although swept daily, was
covered with a thick paste. Charlton Was exceed
ingiy untdy in appearance and sullivan and Thomp-
son chronicaly unwholesome. Greenwich from Canal
10 Houston noted as the very worst In tho ward
But during the last two weeks tho condition OF all
these streets has steadily improved. Many OF sho
blocks as clean as the fashionable avenues on
Murray HILL Even Spr,ns street, Uttered, as 1t Is
Dvery morning with refuse from the farmers wagons
Uhich the market At Its terminus is not In such
that Il especially 10 be complained OF.
East Of varick street II Is clean be, but
the blocks arc still rather uthy Al Spring
ana Greenwich streets the reporter saw man busiy
Engaged in cleaning gutter which had been COM
IT, IruAr Tha nd WAN RAr lnGk
ana unwh olesome, ne wns placing IL III little
heaps The pavement to wait tor the coming OF the
carts. In Spring were many similar heaps OF
and hlh also awaiting the carts, but the trouble
seemed BIC That the carts were TOO long IN coming
Greenwich street was found TO be very much in-
proved, aud Hudson ana varick strscts were essen-
italy Clean
Al the OF Thompson aud Spring streets there
are several heaps oil refuse BRICK and refuse building
stones which ought 10 DO removed AZ regards
Thompson street itself II Is SO badly paved that It ID
next TO impossible to keep Il decently csan consid
ering the haoits OF many of its residents - st
rather filthy In spots and probably Will continue SO
unui n"repavsd. -
From the Eighth ward the reporter crossed West
Houston street into the Fifteenth. THIS ward ex.
The Bowery and Fourth avenue TO sixth
avenue, Carm,ne and Blescker streets and
Cottage place. II comprises the principal blocks In
Blocker and Fourth streets aud all OF Great
Jones, Bond ana Amity streets and Clinton place.
prses besides the streets already mentioncd
, number OF thorou ghares which are al all times
IS1 the E,snn ward thy F.snsh has been greatly
Improved within few days. The upper part OF
sresns IL clean, and Wooster Thompson. Sulli-
van Macdougal are, II possible, IN better con.
Alton than IN the Eighth ward. TINS ommendation
must DO regarded only as general There are stili
many bad spots which have escaped the eye or the
broom the sweepers and which SILL require
boxing alter Blocker street moods moro frequent
attention, aud both Captain Gunner Officer
Davidson; UGH IA they arc 10 DO comm ended, now
will remember that clean streets the price
Of eternal vigilance.
rIGQr w
HIS inspection vi the Fifteenth ward completed the
reporter crossed into The Eghteenth, sdjoining.
Fourteenth 10 TwenIy-sxth street and from SIKH
East River vi all the blocks west Of Third
avenue nothing necd be said except that thoy are
clean, us tney almost always arc. rhe OF
ward, although IN much better condition than II was
fortnight ago. Is ar from clean An snors mas oesn
proved entirely successful Yesterday the street
scrapings were gathered IN heaps wal'ing Tor the
carts aud apparently having long time 70 wait In
many of tho blocks in tins street the gutors were
sxcssduely atny. There rs pool OF dirty water Ut
The corner oil avenue A. ana the avenue
In this neighborhoOd has many bad places,
which not noticeable Two weeks ago.
In This Instance there has boon increased neglect
stead Of Increased efficiency. The cutters IN Seven
IsenIh street, between avenue and Fret avenue, are
also very nIthy-worse than before. IL - singular
that Fifteenth street. between avenues and which
noted regular stand Tor carts, and where
mucn dirt was allowed 10 accumulate under the
carts completely to block up the cutters, aud
Eighteenth street, between FIRST and Second avenues,
tho south side OF which fortnight ago was covered
with drty water, MIN. oDil, potato parings TOMATO
skins aud ashes, should now be Comparatively
clean while other localities, those just referred TO-
should have been allowed TO become htny from neg
lecI II Is truo pools OF still stand nj
The corner of First avenue, but
change In the general coudion oil tho block Is 80
great that the degeneration other localities IN The
immediate vicinity 10 all tho more surprising Tho
fsct however, 10 in keeping win the observations OF
the reporter on his previous VISIT That while one
block clean ana sweet another not IN any wav
unlike II In the Same street Was dirty and nltny.
A fortnight ago The reporter dscoS oicd pool OF
nuta m I'm led MN nj he IN
Of Twsnty-tnird street and First avenue lnqur-
ing IN the provision store on inc corner no
Was then told the water had been there
ever tho last ram. THIS pool was
then described twenty feet IN dimensions, but an
other reporIe visited It subsequently and found that
II had sbruuk TO nineteen foet SIX inches since
then however, has greatly Increased n sizo. ana
10 nov probably iorty oy twenty feet In dmsnsions
IL has, besides tue advantage OF being covered oy
OF greasy matter which gives II the appearances
being surface OF oil spring. On tho opposite
pool of water formed since the reporters
previous visit, large that Two boys we're
nsning in 10 with n corDcoo lied to strinR. AS
Of all tue other hithy spots IN the I'm
mediate vicinity are still In existence.
INTEREST WANING.