The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-28

cent on The dsy afssr it is cleaned OF course Il smells
badly somstimssn The southssst corner OF spring
street. at Elizabeth street, 10 In very offensive con-
dition, owing TO the gutter being choked with Stag
naDt water, 10 which were floating old shoes ana
LIQUOR store on toe corner named said that
the sweepers paid more attention to Ehzabs.h
he aoknowis edged that smst very badly al the same
time dscsiminR any responsibility for the nuisance.
hs south sae 0 h. ana
ter are dsgustingy unclsan the latter being nied or
several yards with Rresnsh liquid, while the street
is disfgured with pieces OF old mats, dilapidated oil
cloth aud other odds and ends 'too numerous 10 NEIL
tioa." p. Dempsy. who keeps store on shs corner
place swept twice week. and that the stagnant
water in the gutter was owing to "fal IN tnat pol-
ton OF the street. Between Mulberry and Marion
streets Spring is in filthy state, there being
gutter at all on the south side, which Is covered
ashes oppOsi.s 81 is the worst pool o 9TH on
the block. William Ryan, dong business at that
number said he dd no. oesys ne was Of
business looked rs though IL had not been attended
to In a month
Baxter street, between Hester and Canal hao w.
usual complement OF old shoes, decayed Vegetables
posted during day by the sensitive poo
pie who swarm In the tenement houses ON each side
%ss sn an utter TO Keep inc stree. clean
halt hour after the dirt cart had left It
ios ~b,sn emi.ssd ahtuI
stencil. Y. L1dwick who Keeps music store there,
says the water In the gutter 10 always there, ana
that he ncighbors bad to sweep II out them
nearly every day Even this. he said docs no
good the runs on the street again into the
same place, owing TO IL being lower than tho sur
rounding street. He adds :'It smells very bad, aud
II me aud the grocery store man next 1oor ala not
sweep It In turn every day II world be lar worse tnan
On the southwest corner Of Elizabeth ana Broome
streets the gutter presents very asasresaoIe ap
water, which emits sickenipg odor d. b. Lanier,
proprietor OF liquor saloon on the corner. says
the gutter has been In that condition for the
last thre years, and In hot weather u smells very
badly. He also says that no washes Il Out himself
gutter raised up before the can
be abated. ''You can't get u cleaned" no aaaed,
pay o week and
then they just look ut IT, pull the broom tnrousn "
and leave The water standing" e,n
At No. l27 Elizabeth street The gutter IS very Iou
shoemaker named Emmerich, living at that num-
Der, SAID :-'.Dot schmetls ofal sometimes Yah,
those schweepers goomss round hero 'oouat once III
week. but dey d0n't clean dot gudhsr AZ ALL"
hts- RESULTS rHK HERALD's EXPOSURES.
the plague spoSs spoken Of yesterdays HEsALD.
and found that In some Of them much Improvement
had taKen place. while IN others there was only an
East Efteepth street, between First and Second
avenues. had been swept as clean as new PIN, tne
garbage hac all been removed and watering cart had
gone around soon af,erward. giving tho street
washed-out appearance. At No. 405, Mr.. A. Mcbride,
undertaken, has resided Tor some years. the re-
porter fortunate enough TO obtain an interview
with the gentleman over barrel that was reeking
IL j.
was pretty fair condition, that the cartmen came
round every mig ht and took away the garbage, while
trou"is sros" from The slops which would remain in
the gutter and create an unpleasant smell The only
TO remove this would be 70 let the hydrants ruc
at certain hours during the day. One hydrant would
to water both sides OF the street, because 1t
could at first be turned on slightly for It's swn sds
and then turned Oh more fully when the wafer would
to the other side. rD
In East Sixteenth street. which IL finely paved with
Beig ian pave .nent, the sign tho sweeper
n h0
wet sand showing that u had been recently cleaned
The Questionable pile Of stones opposite NO. oo4 had
not, however, been removed. - la
East Eiltesnth street, between avenues ana G,
had also been cleaned IL ~ only block from The
headquarters OF The Street Cleaning Department at
the OF East Seventeenth street, and this probably
accounts tor tho early attention bestowed upon 1.
colony OF urchins must have recently enjoyed .
great FEAST Tor the signs OF IL In the shape oil melon
with dirty water Further on IN the same street. on
tho worry block the street cleaners had Just been
around and cleaned inc sire nicely.
Twontleth street had been swept and cleaned In the
way The secret Of the washing that several Of
the strees had got unolded BY young gentleman
who was driving watering cart on Second avenue,
near the mentioned street SAID ne, "rhs street
cleaners 70 US, and so VIC iry 70
be thsm, water tho streets as we and from
our routes We not paid by the police, but by
private persons who wish 70 have their street
HIT FOR TIE PoLIcR es
Opposite No. 3l2 West Twsnty-second street and
within a bootjacks throw Of the Eighteenth police
sants tho spot and sends foul doors threugh the mid
night air.
the pool OF spoken Of in yesterdays
paper as being twenty fess square. IL 10 now nine
teen ieet six inches square ms SIX ncass soss
not decreased 10 proportion. The pool ON the otner
side Of First avenue hsa dried W under the influence
Twenty-eighth street 10 still very bad condition.
Al No. 800 there stable with detective drainage.
Garbage boxes lay piled around lady living AZ No.
324 said that foul had affected her throat The
MARRIAGE mon had not been around eince last Thurs
day. An day sunday the rocking th lay before her
door. She would have been ashamed TO invite any
one to see her while there was such sight there
The reporter found that generally the street clean
around more frequently IN streets inhabited
by the better class of people, where there Is not
need Tor them in the more crowded districts
THE POLICE COMMISSIONERS AROUSED.
the captains OF sbe various police precincts
were summoned to Police Headquarters yes
terday and addressed by Commissioner Nich-
OILS, chairman or the Street Cleaning Com
mittec. He directed their attention TO section
95 OF the Sanitary Code, which IL given below, and
informed them that they would be held to strict
accountability Tor lis enforcement They should
givo the patrolmcn undor their com maud all
tho necessary instructions, and direct them
arrests whom Violations occurred Their attention
should called particularly to looking after the side
walks In front of houses and to preventing
tho In front OF them OF piles Of garbage
and ashes The Commissioner then read the fol-
lowing
SECTION 95That shall DO the duty Of every ten
ant, lessee and OF aud building or
In generally buit portions Of the
cry OF New York forthwith provide " be
vided At all times thereafter to keep and cause TO
be kept and provided within such BUILDING or place
suit able and sufficient boxes barrels
receiving and no ding without leakage, and without
being filed within four Dches OF the thereof all tho
ashes rubbish garbage and hanld substances Il what
ever kind. that may accumulate during thrtys.,
tenant lessee and every such box, barrel
with suitable metal That separate vessel shall
ashes and rubbish another for garbagc
and LIQUID substances aud esses and bish shall
be kept In the vessels with garbage and
liquid substances; ana all ashes rubbish and
liquid substances that should be removed from such
Of business from for which
said reccptaces provided and other twhout
proper consen shall be placed therein. and such
public place longer than may be ncedul for the removal OF
the contents thereof