The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-09-01
IOOL ODOhO.
Pest-Breeding Spets in the City's
ThOreughlareS.
WORK FOR THE BROOM.
Offensive Garbage Still Poi
soning the Air.
SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT.
The Citizens Delighted by the SweePers'
Sudden Activity.
SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT.

spection OIL the streets yesterday with results not un-
like those OF previous days. In the lower wards
much dirt and alth was found. While the expora-
lions were making the east sido and up town the
Street Cleaning Department followed IN the wake OF
the explorer. forgetting The downtown streets
altogether II is NO wonder, then, that the lower
part OF the cty-the First aud Third wards espe-
cialiy--shoud he in an exceedingly bad condition.
This the moro to be regrsted rs strangers Visiting
the metropolis who are greeted on their arrival by
the doors Of West, Rector, Liberty, Fulton, vesoy
and Barclay Streets apt TO form The worst pos
sblc impression OF the unhsathtuincss Of New York
reporter explored part oil The First ward, be-
ginning his explorations at Nassau and Liberty
streets Oaicer A 5. Hamilton Is IN charge oil THIS
ward. In front OF the old Post once building he
found heaps Of dirt In the gutter and turning into
Cedar street, the block between Nassau and William
found not by any means clean as It ought to
be. Pools OF dirty water stand in tho street. and II
looks as II it lad not had a thorough washing In
long time Wall street. especially below William, ID
SO sticky with black m I'd made by the watering carts
that 1t Is Impossible to cross It in many places. Ex
change place Is also dsagreeable, II not absolutely
filthy. Dirty collects where the stone and wooden
pavemens are Joined, and AZ the corner OF Now
street 9th oozes cut 81 tue pavement, making the
place as bad SPOT can DO found anywhere.
West OF Broadway there are q number Of little
courts and alleys which, without exception, were
found to DO very nithy Exchange alley, which is
nearly opposite Exchange place and extends from
Broadway 10 Church street, Is notsw orIhy example
of accum ulated nth While the reporter was looking
at policeman entered It, watching an intoxicated
woman, who was seeking to escape observation In this
foul purlieu. 1t never the officer,
however, that tho alley greater scandal to tho
metropolis than tho drunken woman, and apparently
nc gave no thought 10 the accumulated nth OF
months, probably years. Another quaint little street
In the same neighborhood Is Edgar street. run ming
from Church 70 Greenwich street IL was visited by
HERALD reporter weeks ago ana /. has not been
touched ~ tho street cleaning force since thar visit
At the Greenwich there is a large pool
OF filthy water which is great offence 10 the neigh
oorhood Citizen living the vicinity recognized
the reporter, saying, "Ab, you soc shey havn't
cleaned IL yet don't believe It has bean touched IN
a year, and am beginning TO loso all hope OF Its
ever being cleaned at AL"
OTHER DIRTY STREETS.
Some OF the oul places noticed by The reporter on
hts former visit have disappeared but the huge gar
bags boxes with their venerable contents und
new spots have appeared where tnero
a feS weeks ago. In front oil No. l29 Washington
street there Is althy spot, but nobody could
smcls," said q man on the corner, but this WAS
the only Information that could be obtained IN regard
TO II. From Washington street to the river every
street In the ward 10 In bad condition. Carlisle, Al
bany, Cedar and Liberty would all be greatly I'm
proved by sweeping and washing. Liberty street 10
full Of mud. even between Greenwich street and
Broadway, aud Morris street, at the corner Of West
Is too filthy for most stomachs Foul smells al the
atm ospnere, and the doors sickening that peo
pie coming from Long Branch and the New Jersey
highlands lear she locality much as dirty child
fears q bathtub u.
STREET.
One OF the very worst streets to be found in New
York Is West street, below Liberty. There 10 NO
son the Nth which makes IT such noisoms local.
ny, except the neglect Of The Street Cleaning Depart
Tho docks and piers are all clean enough, and
the SIDE OF tho street adouins the docks aud piers is
comparatively Tree IRON MIN, but the east sde OF
West stree; Is too nlthy almost Tor belief
lis TINS street ever clsausds" The reporter asked OF
Old maa wne was sitIsng BY TIE sidewalk and
looked as II be belonged there.
"very seldom indeed, sir,u was the answer. "rhe
Police Commissioners arc TOO SAVING Of tue money 20
keep u ciean. IL seems as they didn't want - give
employ mcnt 10 poor people,"
Opposite pier thoic Is a very filthy spot, and OPP
posue per 4, both above and below Morris street,
great heaps oi ART. extending Into the nidas OF the
street, to DC seen. farmers barnyard. rsek
with manure and orai, could not be worse. Captain
Gunner says this srest cleaned three times aweek,
and ne certainly believes IA u, bat how 80 much lith
could accumulate IN Two days AS was seen oy the re-
porter yesterday between Liberty street and the Bat
terry u couundrum which even he would nave great
difficulty IN answering On the east side o tue street
there not lever than twenty cart loads OF mud
aud nh and most OF IL looked as n u had been there
all summer.
THIRD WARD.
A HERALD rcprescutativo yesterday inspected the
Third ward n,any portions OF which we're found 10 be
III diseascinvng condition. rnis ward is In charge
vi Oucer A. - Hamilton, aud ne IS resronsbis to the
Bureau OF street Cleaning for It's cieaDibcsk II 10
coDncc cd with tho FIRST ward, the two bong divided
nto thirty Tour sections, TO winch tncfo IS allotted
a,r quota OF lsborors IL stood that Washing
tJn, Green wien, Church and all cross streets from
Green's ich to West street, cicanod every day, rain
shins. South aud West streets are attended TO
thrce times weekly, aud MI Inc other streets are
cioaned twice week.
On inc souln side oil Fulton street, between Broad
way ana Cnurcu, there stood early ycse rday alter.
noon several pues OF stale vegetabi, matter portions
ol when had uecn scattered around by the wheels OF
passing these MOUNDS OF nth gave tho street
a very unsigbtly appearance besides rendering iID-
pure tho surrounding almo- pherc. Opposite No. los
tue gutter was IN dirty condition. A party that
nuiuDer being asked now often he saw the street
sweepcrs at WORK there replied :-..rhey sweep Tho
street early The morning aud leave the DIRT here
uBtii the aftorboop, bv wuich Time hall Of IN scat
tered over the street. The same condition Of gutter
observed IN front Of No. 49, where black. stay
bsnt water emitted u decidedly iouI odor. Decaying
cabbage leaves and other rank specimens OF discarded
very undesirable. man NJ No. 192 said:-"rhey
sweep II almost every day but they allow the drs 20
fact. The gutter doesn't look though II cleaned
to-day, ana nov tina, you mention u don't remsm-
ber having seen tho sweoDers here TO-DAY. agree
with you that INC gutter Is In IA very bad state"
RKsRnBLks A STABLE.
Further wesL toward Washington Market, Fulton
street rcsomUed bsdiy kept horse stable, In which
all sorts si extrancous NTH had been Introduced
SAID huckster doing business at the corner OF Fulton
and Green wich streets Y on can't beIp this street
Dsing IN the condition u Ia Saturday, The isrm.
ers are here near all the night and morning with pro-
dpce and her horses stsna here all that time, you
must expect dirty street alter them"
The cutters on Grcsnwich street, between Fulton
and Vesey streets, were IN dspIoraby dirty state,
I'm forlf ttngA
and other vegetable matter. A man doips business
at No ly2 said ON Saturday mornings tho street 10
generally IN the condition you now II, owing to
the number OF farmers aud their horses shat stand
around here. On otner days the street Is generally
pretty cIcan. Opposite the nsh packing establish
inent al No 1874 greenwich street the gutter VAS In
q shocking condition Of nltn. man 10 a store said
II all the work Of the farmers added that the
street vas cleaned every day.
AN uNsiGHrLY PICTURE.
On the northeast corner Of Greenwich and Vcsey
streets the gutter 70 very foul ana the street Is In