New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-30
CLEANING THE CITY,

FICuITIRs or STREET NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF
VARIOUS STREETS
The sanitary condition of the streets OF this
city was made, yesterday, tho subject OF VIDE anu
searching examination, which included every warn cA
ccpt the twelfth Twcnty-thiId and I"eh'y-lo."'"
Wards. The worst sections Of the city, Where h'H' u
WAS expected would be- found were visited and careihy
examined While In cases the streets were loun"
to be IN condition by no satisfactory, the uh-
cleanliness was evidently due in almost every Instance
10 no lack Of vigilance the part OF the street CcahR
Bureau Defective paving 10 some Streets ana IN oHeIS
careless aud unsccmy practices by those living III 'ho
rendered futile almost the work Of strect-swccpcrs
Ia the lower wards huge ash-boNes' "h'n
line some OF the streets, were found To Dc
in very dirty condition, Of wood which by age has
been saturated with moisture They have been maze
rccoptaclcs OF all descriptions OF ofal, "h' yeNt'-
day were rocking with filth The boxes are So large Ih"I
thoroughly clean them IS work OF great "hleuN'
Along business streets the lower wards the cutters
have been covered with planks, sometimes without p
break i'm whole blocks This has been done in order that
draws may backed mp close to the steps OF WarthoS5
and thereby easily loaded ana unl"aded TINS was
observed especially along Water and Front-sts where
the cutters are shoal and with only slight grade stag
uant water was found standing iu these cutters "hcu
could not DE removed without taking up the p.ankS.
Il WIS learned on inquiry that all the avenues ana
broadway have been swept and cleaned three times
week while the Bowory and Chatham-st. nave been
swcpt daily Many the business streets in the lower
wards have been swept every day. Greenwich ana
other streets which accumulate large quantities
Of rubbish from market wagons and store sweep
Inas nave been swept daily, while Hudson
west and Contrasts. have been cleaned every
other day. In upper wards the cros-stroetS have
been swept once week. WhIe ID the N'I'' ""'"' l'
which moro complaints nave "''" wv" nan
the rest OF the c'l'Ue ci"''-''I'''' nav ''"
twice a week. In the I"'u'N ->''oi" " "iu' ''"'o
FfrIttl sta
Tcuth-aycs, and Nmccenh-sL in the sixteenth ward,
have been cleaned three times week, ana Essex ana
Ludlow-,ts aud some other streets III the Ieuh war"
have ncen cleaned daily
In many of the streets visited yesterday was seen
rubbish which had been thrown out after 'no s''''S
had been swept la the morning 'u''rI'9 -'','
Grand ana CnnaI-sis' was I""n" 10 '' I'''I'" WI" r
fuse although II h'd Derh swept curing '"' u'!, "
pavement IN tul' street was 'o""" ~ 10 D"
condition with several dangerous uoI'S' INC paw
mcut Of Ch'I'!-S' u l'I' uneven u" ,''7 ~ " ''
places. III one o' '"'S' 'o'''' "''' " ~ ~ va,
""ter' were P''"i'E, A'''''"''' W" 49,. - '''
no, over ,l.'t . VI V,'' ,,or r ,,', ,r chin
boas Janon-st was found clean COud tiOu, although
III several places the cutters A'-i 7.'E"u' ""'I' "'
worst place 10 this street was IN roh OF Oi''s 'ou"o
al No. - l'sy,uy , n'' ' ,,t,r
- can, t,, hri,, A. W,tcr and DrrI,uaT.-.ts
the g;tcr was fun OF dirty water The street in the
vicinity was ofttc clean although the cutters through
- - .. 10 ..,.,,l,, in hal condition
II were lOuhI 10 DE S'H''''J }" ''' ,''''''''
workman standing at the door OF Decker
co. M No 80 GreCnwich-st., was asked If the
O'' az ,I,-,. v.i,I ,,r.ot ,,,,,,,,t
street WIS FN'P' -"''.'' ,
ness lie replied ha, he bad not seen the s"ec|"r' iheIe
..-',f, ,r.. .,r.., las "a ON -y..pf daily IN thrt
i"I '"o """'">' ~. '
time; to s"eepcS had Oeth ~ WORK ye''c-u'y N'iH'
ing, and tho street was perfectly clean Further up
..,,,r. q. tIc ,r,u.,r,uco ,f tine street indicated
49, ., n5 loo, s,ycrt recently Pieces
thHJ h'H nv" '"'i, '
Of decayug veg table natter were lying III
the cutters, and all the deposits were tresh as just
= 80. .,,,,I.,r c,,,i,ft,u was crsrry.d IN Wash
thrown out SIuI.''' O"'.'.,''' Wv ' -, ,,,
iuCtonst., ana front Of no 2G3 vas barrel nlcd
win r,tt,, frult and vegetables
On the Last oiue tue S'''''' "''"P'u ~
ue''' P''"'.'o" 1,. ,, ,,o,..rr,,t ,,.,
h""a''n-'" vac '''', - ~. -,
rrehlng Win MOISTURE having "'uH I"'' 'I''"",'',
stanton Attorney ana RyIngton-sts We're marked
~, ,-l, r,,,.,ts nj, 90 rh,g, evidently thrown
only by the Tres" u'Io''S "I EIpIS. e'i"'N''! 'o""
cat within Few hours Al NO o. fI''o'' " m'H WIS
7"c''luH " PIC " I,1 ,, ,,, sc.,,
mo the S"''' VIM" w 60, -
The street-SWeeper muscular ue'ih"n' WIS
hrougi,t 10 tho Circumstance and he
asked n that was usual among the residents OF the
sircets By aid OF an Interpreter the inquiry
nrotrd and he rcp!ird cmphaiically that GARBAGE
thrown INTO the street more rapidly than he could sweep
II together Wucttst has cobble-Ntone pave
mcnt Old and Uneven but was reasonably clean
d. matter i'm inc roadway yas dry and dusty
Al the rear OF No. lOl Widest Is "a stable.
Yesterday afternoon team was standing
t,crc witch loaded with THIS
Ia,n drn,oad ou tnrty ar ANY feet through narrow
nassrva winch was covered as was the sidewalk with
tho wet material Tho stable Is in very small back
ward surrounded with tenement houses On the next
6i"ck hone and otincarf with open tor was standug
a., NOM az snloou Tine cart bore the name of Nul.or
W,lu.Ih I / The od0r emitted by the vile contents
wa. rerrnuflr for fl long distance RIdgc-st. is paved
roughly with cobDlc-stoncs, but not very dry
III iair Uttered win dry dir and sand Aluuruc ana
St2 o,, ,rore evrnt and Upury-st was uprtrclIy
NiduISOLS's' ~ % 80 81 - . - ,,,,n,, yisIia guf
ClIau 5I tJ E,fIt 80 boJ hcSp svlt na,iIv ana
oln, m I univ yIH made Of garbage
~
~ 49,, arn I.s.ov-st rom IIou.ion IN DIvtslou-Sts
ana NOV. These streets are lined with ofty tcue-
an S,Iyas croy,Icd WIN a muItuIe of Poles Tho
nrran,n Isyc IA, en- ,weut daily but Yesterday tncv
,t,ar.i 90 bnv. neon made the receuiucIe az every
"ppa',,hic ia ~ tb Orclard AtiriI and EIdridIG.