The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-31

DOORS MOST FOUL!
East Side Streets Where the
Sweeper Is Unknown.
FILTH AND MALARIA.
Neglected ThorOughfares Swarming
with Squalid Children.
DETECTED RESIDENTS.
The Sluggish Authorities Waking Up
at Last
DETECTED RESIDENTS.

~Hv AAhALD tsPoftoIb yeSteIuay akbth vioitoo p0h
lions Of the city in which, through the neglect OF the
Street Cleaning authorities the of epidemic are
permitted to accumulate twill be that in many
portions of the Ninth ana Fifteenth wards complaints
ade Of the OF attention the part OF the
street cleaners In place the Ninth ward II was
alleged that the cleaners had not been there Tor year
In another, that when they came they simply threw
up tho NTH In piles, which we're never carried away
In the Fifteenth several bad and noisome places were
ound.
NINTH WARD.
Captain Kennedy, OF the Ninth Police district, on
"Wednesday issued special sdict requiring his oicsrs
10 every person caught the OF throwing
garbage into the streets contrary to the city ordi
nance. One arrested, brought to the police sta
lion In Charles street and nned $40 when taken e
SQUIRT.
This ward IL divided into thirty sections and
has the services Of seventeen iaborers. Ofaoer Will
lam J. Ryder has charge of the streets IN ward
With tho exception OF those portions Of the Sixth
Eighth and Ninth avenues which run through H.
Phs Sixth avenue 10 in charge OF O1ncer Grove; the
Eighth and Ninth in charge OF Ofaosr Lindsey. Hud
street cleaned three times week by the officer
IN charge.
The section OF the ward visited on Wednesday by q
HERALD reporter 10 bounded the east side by ID
son street and Eighth and ON The side by
the North River, commencing ut West Houston street
ana ending at Fourteenth The following results
were ascertaned
IN front OF No PIT. and a. No 301 was halt filled
Earbage box inscribed :-''Stoleu from d. Kelly No.
BOZ Houston street." The mouth OF the sewer At the
northeast corner OF Ninth avenue was 0bstructed.
At No. 3l3 was barrel bubbng over with stun.
while mass OF empty barrels, casks and hogsheads
70 front Of The cooperaRe establishment Nos 3l5 and
BIZ, impeded fowage the sewer The etreet other
wise was In good condition down TO the wharf OF the
National line oil European steamers. Al the corner
Of Washington street and West Houston the wreck
pf an old truck and other rubbish were seen.
An alleyway, between No. GIL Washington street
ana a deserted buidlng, needs cleansing. suds are
smpted into the gutter through pipe IN the upper
part Of the same building.
bad condition On inquiry from corner grocer the
HERALD reporter ssoertanod that the street
When they do they only take OF the street
aud iesve The cutters filed with mud and sush Here
YES, .m"ns ,ns ."rh.n va. d % nov ,o rarr
son street, between Ninth avenue aud the river,
locked as II had mover oosn cleaned although some
fatigue mounds Of dirt indicated that the street
sweeper had been around sometime or other. Police
man No. 6l6 was met In this vicuitv taking notes
He said, III people would 90 little more care ul the
streets would bs IN better order. Ny orders are TO
arrest everybody found disobeyng tho city ord-
Leroy street. from Hudson to Ninth avenue, wants
The broom aud cart
= Christopher street has some bad places in its
cutters There were garbage boxes the sidewalk.
West Tenth, NJ the corner OF Weshawksn street,
sbomina0le heaps Of mud have accumulated.
WeehaWkcn street, short street running from West
Tenth 70 Christopher. ''has not been cleaned for .
year, SO q resident said.
been allowed to accumulate near Hudson and almost
all the way down 10 Hammond's pier on tho river.
The sewer at the north west corner IL cioggod
Bethuns street has been attended 10 by the street
ssXnoss between Greenwich and the river.
Ganssvoort street 10 bad several places Idle
trucks obstruct the cutters.
Thirteenth street, below Eighth avenue to the river,
IL obstructed W wagons and carts Refuse allowed
umuatc at the mouth OF the the south
east corner.
There Is q dangerous opening at tho sew or on the
northeast corner OF Hudson and West ronth streets
the aperture being large enough To admit Of the
trance Of fuli grown child.
OvERFL0wiNG CARRIAGE.
Grcenwich street Is bad In many places In front
oil No $50 seven rsceptacles OF garbage overflow
their TIN pans pals coal scuttles aud other utensils
with the refuse Of their kitchens. Young girls
10 % seen nsnsg Out Oh the aeorls partly consumed
eorncobs which they seemed TO relish with famish
Ing appetite.
In front Of Acksrman's horseshoeins ana wagon
shop. Gresnwicn, between Bank aud Bethune streets.
were numpcr OF wagons, and ut intervals between
them heaps Of dirt, the swesptngs OF street.
chow often do you have the street swcspsrs around
neref" asked the HERALD reporter.
Mr. Ackerman-rhsy were around last night and
swspt up, but 10 usually tho case what 10 swept up
day not taken away Tor several days aiterward,
and the stun again becomes part OF the muddy gath
sriogs In tho street nnd that some places In the
ward are bsttsr kept than formerly.
un.s" - : ''' ''
around used to haul my trucks out OF their way and
lcl tnsm sweep New they haul the trucks OF the
drink. The stree, PAYERS arc the wors. Of The io,
They were six days msndiDg few holes one block
10 Bank street. Our people have been 10 SEQ the
Street Commissioners on several occasions, but with
out effect"
TnR rFrxKSru WARD.
There Ia still room Tor Improvement the condi-
ton OF OF tho streets In that portion OF tho
Fifteenth ward situated between Houston and Fourth
Streets ana Carmino street aud the Bowsry. onicor
kafnu mol fOP he ifnrv
atoB OF this ward, with the exception Of Broadway
ana Fifth avenue. which arc 10 charge OF William
aish, one OF the only two gaIgmen retained when
the old system OF cleaning the streets swept out
Of existence. Walsh 10 in receipts OF So 90 per day
from the Bureau OF street Cleaning, by he Is
regularly employed, the rs a day aporer or In
spsctor The Fifteenth ward divided Into twenty
assigned II is cleaned Captain Gunner states twice
q week. and wherever hack stand IS located hai Is
cleaned daily broadway and Film avenue looked
alter three times q week by Walsh and his men.
On tho southeast corner Of Houston aud Biecckar
streets, In The immediate vicinity OF Harry Hill's
yesterday u contained the head aud other inediOIe
portions OF q good sized goldfish, Substances
ws,sn ci.n0' .sno..d Tong av
SUM- Hebrew clothier, doing business
on the corner indicated, hav,og had his attention
called to the piscatsral nuisance, threw down mis-
scissors Jumped TO the door, exclaming, ssGood
ness, gracious, ders vas q nsbman DIS morning.
Ny dear sir have never dat nsh before you toll
he about H."
CnokkD-uP CUTTERS.
The gutter ut Greene street, corner OF West Third
street, 10 IN y most offensive condition, being mel
with black hauid winch emils highly dsagrssabie
ooor Al No ~ THIRD street, on the corner named,
young man IN the grocery store said, THAT
stun you there out OF the livery
stable nsxt door. OIL those street sweepsrs, they
are AROUND here nearly every day, but they can, be
here all tho time; and that hole, swept out WIN nl
up again an an hour. The whole thng could be nxsd
ny raising up the gutter so u would throw on That
water VI conrss II smells pretty Dad soinetimes"
On Greene street, immediately north OF West Third
street, the gutter for distancesoi hf,cen or twenty
yards on the west side OF street niIed WIN
sugnsnt wafer IN the grsen stage VI puridity. Tho
sDlvon proprietor on the corner, ~ No 81, on being
asked nov often he saw tue street sweepcrs srouni
there, replied, "well, believe they como here most
every other day"
where does this wa,or como from, shon' ' asked
the writer
~ cant toll that exacsly, but believe II runs from
that carriage shop ny there, at No. 225 don't no
lice the smell IN ucn IN tue morning, because am
seldom mere then, but get the be nent OF 10 IN
evening, and u smells horribly somstimes.n
sTRkwS WITH RxfUsK.
Opposite Nos 2Is and 2i9 Greene street the guttor
Is IN shocking state. Stagnant ~ater Of tho fouest