The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-09-01

here very seldom. That gutter Is IN an awful cond-
ton. bot what can We de about nf'
The conarion vsssy street, vest Of Church street
to Washington Market. Is positively abominab IL
II would be almost impossibe 10 describe SO IS 10 do
justice to the offensive subject Not Gully are tho
CUTTERS choSed up WIN s,agaan, water and all sorts
Of reskng flth but tue thoroughfare Itself does
not present. square rod or clean surface.
Opposite No. % quantity OF offensive dirt had been
raked Of the gutter and thrown the street. to
q depth OF several inches, giving forth sckening
odor. young in the tea store a, the ABOVE
number said that the last time he the street
sweeper work there was about two weeks ago.
Barclay street presents ioui pool OF sagnant
is also covered with rotting vegetables Old shoes
lay 10 the Shiny deposit which filled the gutter and
storekeeper at No. 7s& asking him n tho street
swsspers we're often there. aDd hs replied :-l don't
see Them around here very often"
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On The southeast corner oi Barclay and WASHINGTON
s sss S v,s ~ sn SorGy n,sy
Aecaying vegetables iester under the heat ofthe sun
An apple woman on the corner said when asked about
the street sweepers, ~ didn't see 'em round hero
lately. TO be sure us bad md tho boss IN the store
there made q compliant about IT, that they mustn't
lave the DIRT lay SO long Ys, II smells very bad,
and divii one o. me knows why they doesn't come
and take Il away"
Opposite No. las West street tue gutter Is In
offensive state, il also the street that point An
Italian cigar seller said ~ see them cleaners here
most every day and don't know how all that dirt
got there. Sometimes u smells bad, but myself got
USED TO II by this time
The southeast corner of West street and Park place
Is rendered unsighty by the condition Of the gutter
which Tor Distance OF several yards flied with
green Shiny liquid, tho odor OF which Is far from
agreeable cartman whose stand is at tho corner
named, on being asked now long the Nth had lain
;imc. although the sweepers comes round nearly
every day. think that water runs down IRON some
| where up the street, but | don't know where from
| It's meself that wishes some one would como and
Opposite No 1872 West street ,hore is foyer breed
lug dcp0sn oil foul liquid In the gutter In the
store ID haven't seen sweeper here IN SIX
months, but they may have bsen und not
/ rtats In altV huIa
IT, because there Is low place In the there
and the water and Stops that are thrown into can't
get away"
THE rwsSrY- SECOND WARD
That portion OF the rwenty.second ward extondipg
from Thirty street 10 Fifty street. between
Eighth aud Eleventh avenues Is IN charge OF oncer
Daniel webster. This includes Tenth aud eleventh
avenues. he portions OF Eighth aud Ninth avenues
| IN that ds.riot are n charge oil olhcsr Thomas
| Lindsay.
HERALD ins pector yesterday passed over the dis
nici found numbsr oil stree:s badly cleaned and
number OF pestiisnce breeding pools OF stagnant
water.
orectod, and the dirt md waste 10 being piled up IN
the street in front. Some garbage ana dirty water
werc also found The gutter. AT No $50 wh ich
Is grocery store, there IS box OF garbage flowing
over ana the gutter Tor Gty ieot fun OF decay ing
Vegetables. An ovsrao wing box OF garbage also
seen at No. 5i2 Between For.y.second aua Forty
third streets the easteriy gutter was filed to the
depth OF inches with stagnant slop wafer,
with here and there cabbage Leaf or an old shoe
floating peacefully. In front of No 6l2, drug store
kept by D. ". DaKin the street very dirty. Cab
bage leaves, broken pieces OF aud wood, vcaela
bios and old peots Of leather strewn pcutiiuiiy
cleaned s' asked the inspector Of ons Of the clerks
'Wel it was ccsned two Or three days ana mat
as n. ai s,s % s s,s 1:' very s
shop. and the people there said that tho
block had been cleaned yesterday morning Tho gut.
tors nlthy, newever, aud certainly appeared
II they had not been cleaned IN month In front OF
No. 49, bakery kept BY John G. Feick. the Inspector
found pool OF sagnant waier that actually startled
him. II fully one foot In depth In somo places
ami about SIX loot In diameter II had also
was in most DIS. ul condition as regards
pavement, aud the presence OF the water
pur.ment OF Public Works than Street Cleaning
Bureau Tho houses in front Of this pestilsntai pool
intsrosiiua with tho people bakery
| "Bow long has that water boon thsrer was asked.
Ever since moved here last fsll'
.'Do you mean to say that II has been allowed 10
| main there nearly yssry'
stop IT, One OF US once dumped two cart loads OF
earth In tho nole but II did not do any good. The
stencil from y q. times y horrible ana !; Is . wonder
hood before this. Two tamics have moved The
block on account OF Il and moro are contemplating
change. 1t IL awful and AFRAID OF ves.n
In front OF GawJans bakery, No $40. large box Of
garbage WIS standing, and the proprietor said it ire
quentiy WINS lett unsniptied two or three days.
In front OF No. 6s7 simillr box was found, which
the residents sand had NOS been emptcd s.nce
Wednesday In front OF No. 742 there were pools Of
stagbant water AMI the pavement shoekngIy bad.
At the OF FIfy-third street there pools Of
stagnant water In front OF Nos Sl7 and SlS there
were also posis gresn,sh cutters were
dirty. Fnty ourth street looked " IL had
Eleventh Ssps 'Un a s between Fifty s.vso's and fiy
eighth streets, the cutters were ABOUT four incLos
deep with slime and nith In front Of No $50 Fifty
eighth street there was garbage In the cutters
Fifty-sscond street, between Eighth and Ninth ave-
MUGS, was dry. AtNo. $50 Eighth avenue, a gro
ssry there garb tho gutter In Forty.
fourth street, between Eighth ana Ninth avenues the
cutters were full OF swsspngs The CUTTERS were also
| dirty In Thirty- nlnth street. between Eighth ana
Ninth avenues. Thirty eighth street diSt,sr. Al
No. SOB Fortysxth street box Of garbage, overflow
| Ing, found, which John Haggcrty, who nved
there, said had not emp,ied for over a week
Thirty.sixth street, between Eighth ana Ninth
nues, was shockingly dirty. There we're numberle
pools dirty waller, old IRON, shoes, vegetables &C.
aud block looked as II It had not been swept Tor
month.
The close scrutiny OF the HxRALD appears TO DO
having marked effect on tns energy Of the Street
| Cleaning Department. Yesterday u reporter went
over the track aid down IN the article that morning.
and comparison showed that many causes OF com
| plant nad been removed; others mad been parity
| improved, while n few were vet rank 10 their onen-
siyenes. the sixteenth ward under the charge OF
| Oricer John D. O'Bren, were many improvements.
The principal evils set IN existence Tho beaped up
boxes aud barrels OF garbage that do not appear to be
| cmptsd halt sitcn enough, and pools OF giving
ortn an offensive ,meiI tnat are lar suggestive
Of season ~ quarantine or even IN one OF the city
hospitals. These pools exist whore The streets
have been cleaned and are due MALAY to deceive
! pavemenIs. On Tenth avenue the sweepors had
been a, work. tho piles OF dirt we're stil eit Ia
| tho middle Of the avenue iate la the afternoon.
| Near rwcnty-aitn streot and rhrd avenue the re-
porter met an elderly resident who appeared TO have
been watching tho street Cleaning Department rat her
closely, for he said, with sone cxuItation :'wen,
you've donc ~ Them swecpsrs have been along
here aud tho things complained OF In tho HkRALD
/ this morning seem TO DC the vory ones they took
notice most. We're no, afraid to open our lungs
and breathe freely now, and hope your paper viii
| keep up the pace It's DOM heap OF good"
In West Twcn,y-nIth, West Twent, fourth, wost
Twenty second and West fwcntieth streets, con
Tenth aud the river somo attempt al cieanli-
was observ,bIe The offensive barrel OF garbage
In front OF No. 5I5 West Twenty fourth street had
besa removed. Al No. 43S West Twentieth street tue
pilc OF bricks on tho street sti lay TO discommode
driver, but the greater evil, IN the shape OF a do
ceuscd folnc, had taken away. The street. how.
ever, in the vicinity oi Eighth avenue had been
swept thou III tho cutters covered decay ng
| irut and vegetables and garbage.
|
In the Ninth me portions u described IN tho
HERALD OF yesterday were especially the object OF the
street cleaners attention. Ofncsr william j. Rydor
has charge OF The streets In tins ward. la the neigh
borhood OF Hudson street Houston street gangs Of
men at work all the day. Clarkson street
UGH improved, and several OF the adjoining high