The New York herald., 1878-09-15
CLEAN AND UNCLEAN.
CONDITION OF THE STREETS IN TIE SIX
q TENTH wARD-vARYING PHAsEs-LocALI-
TIES IN WHICH THE BROOM COULD BE


TENTH wARD-vARYING PHAsEs-LocALI-
TIES IN WHICH THE BROOM COULD BE
PRoFIrABLY WELDED.
Another inspection OF the sixteenth ward was in.
stituted yesterday by HERALD reporter with results
that we're both satisfactory and unsatisfactory Many
of the blocks found TO DO comparatively clean,
while in many others much filth and dirt were
still visible This ward Is ono Of the most respecta
bic In the city, and although 1t has large tenement
house population IL has descended 70
tho apject condition Of downright NTH which
has boon characteristics Of down town and the esst
side IL extends from Fourteenth 20 fwcnty-ssvsnth
street ana from sixth avenue 70 the North River.
OCissr Brsn charge OF the ward, which, under
the spur OF the HERALD now presents very fair ap-
pearance Thore Is much room tor Improvement,
however, and many Of the streets In TINS iocAhty
are badly paved n requires constant effort aud the
greatest vigilance part OF the Street Cleaning
pepartmsot TO overcome the difficulties. which arc
enhanced by neglect of tho Department OF Public
Works.
DEFECTIVE PAvEMgSTs
Beginning his explorations ut Fifteenth street and
sixth avenue tho reporter found tho former street
very filthy IN account Of tho wooden pavement tho
uneven surface oil which affords many places Tor water
to gatuer and stagnaie Al the CORNER OF Ssvsnth
avenue the wooden blocks ara rotten and worn out
aud pavemont has ueen repaired IN the middle OF
the street w.tn stone, making wherever Or vs,.r INC
series OF mud holes reminding one OF tue low water
courses which meander along tho Long Island Kali
road. 49, a.
Sixtecnth street, iron Sixth avenue TO the river, Is
paved with round cobbs stones, and Is SO uneven as
TO be almost passabls. In many places there arc
deep hoes serving as tho recsptacies OF dirty water
Between Sixth aud Seventh avenues tne street hau
been swept before the reporter VISITED It yesterday
but the dirt remained pied up IN heaps waiting ior
the Police Department carts, but between Scveo,n
ana Eigntn avenues had not been swept at all, ana
| .l I'm h..nc nnn m ~ "A
was trying 10 make II presentablc At lcas, so lar a.
affected her premises In front OF Nos 2l4 229 and
$50 there are specimen mudholes, but II must oe
| rene inferred ihcy are only specimens The gutter
before the Baptist cburoa is nied with water IRON
staanatcd sufficiently TO offend tho nostriIs Of the
shippers gong In aud out OF The church Below the
church The pavement rs all broken up and tho street
10 hlicd with water strange 10 say the street Is In
better condition west than east Of Eighth avonuc
There has been swept, but the swsspings have not
Seventeenth street, though In better condition than
either Fifteenth Sixtsenth TAR cleanliness ~
| concerned, Is paved only win cobDie stones and In
QueDce 10 very uninviting Below Eighth avenue
the water las gathered numerous holiows, ana Inc
bIock mas tie appearan noe OF being very uncicau In
front oil No 3lS there ~ pond IN tho middle oil the
street. aud there mudhole 10 front OF No. 32s.
Al the corner of Ninth avsnso The gutter very hihy
| Tor considerable distance.
| MORE OF rns SAME KiHD.
| eighteenth street, although as badly paved as the
others. ~ on the whole more wholesome IL has not
been swept lately, but tenan,ed by some OF the
most respectable people In the ward, who look aitef
IT'S CONDITION 10 some extent for themselves. NINE
| tcsnth street Is both well paved ana clean. An at
tempt has just been made 10 repair some OF tho holes
| In the cobble stone pavement In Twenticth street
| near Ninth avenue, bat the attempt mas not peer
very successful In somc OF the blocks, especially De
tween sixth and Seventh avenues, tie street II verJ
htby Twenty second street, one OF the most respse'
| able IN the ciy cannot be made 20 Look ciean rn'
psvemeut Ia mixture OF tar aud cobbis stones, VIII
| innumeraDc holes and bad CUTTERS into when sn'
| Is a rather unsavory spot, and between Ntssh an'
Tenth avenues, especially, the street is disgustnR
As Com mmissioner Nichols lives IN the vicinity d
might walk round the corner and look at H. twenty
lhru street. below Ninth avenue. was very dirty yes