The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-26
THE STREETS.
CONDITION OF THE PUBLIC THoRouGHFAREs IN
THE NINTH AND SIXTEENTH WARDS, WEST


CONDITION OF THE PUBLIC THoRoUGHFAREs IN
THE NINTH AND SIXTEENTH WARDS, WEST
OF EIGHTH AVENUE.
One Of the best regulated wards In the city for
health and cleanliness 10 the Ninth. One reason for
this may be traced 10 the TACT that most OF the resi-
dents their own estates and are people Of SUBJ
stance and respectab:ty They are just such people
the police rely upon for hackers IN case they
are brought TO by politicians for jealous
else duty when trenches upon the Of their
irIepds. Hence tue police Of the Ninth, under Cap
tam Kennedy, rigdiy enforce the sanitary reguia.
tions and keep wstchful eye upon she tenant
disposed to throw garbage reckessy into the
OLD GREENWICH VILLAGE.
The Ninth ward formerly what was known as
Greenwich village aud once the residence Of some
OF tho weathest citizens on Manhattan Island,
each pretty villa and surrounding garden OF
flowers and ornamental trees. Among the old resi-
dents might be mentioned such wel-xnown names as
the Clintons, Van Ncsses Mortons, Bayards. Van
Horns, Torrys, Gansevoorts, Wheys, Hamerseys,
Warren Harrott ana many others. In the year 1877,
when the yellow lever prevailed as pestilsnce In
Now York, everybody who could get there hocked to
Greenwich village the healihiest spot on the Is
land, and about the only which the scourge had
not touched. At that time thore was chain across
Fulton street to prevent people from going
during the cnoera times Of 1882 and 1884 Green
wicn village came in Tor share OF the terrible cpl.
demic, from winch part oi the island was exempt
The ord United States Bank Building. in Abingdon
square, was used as hospital during the contnuance
The maiady With these exceptions the village now
the wara) Was celebrated Tor us salubriy, ana II has
been the ambition OF the descendants OF the orlner
houston street, wnere there were some signs that Tho
street cleaners had not passed lately, through Chrs-
,1pnsr In.rss re,'y w''a Eewea the
OF Fort GaDsevoort up to Ia street. where
tne ward limo ends tners vas every indication that
tho ponce were doing their duty anQ thai tue citizens
OF ward, west vi HUDSON sire. aad Eignih ave-
hue, were cooperating with them ~ keeping the
streets Tree from garbage.
THE sixrgKNTH WARD
The Sixteenth ware JOINS Ins Ninth at Fourteenth
street, and We eau scarcely cross Inc Hue and 10 as
lar AS ixieentn str,e wsst oil Ninth avenue with
out discovering marked difference IN the cieaniinsss
and general SANTA regulations OF tnis part OF the
ward, a. comps with Ninth six.eenth streel,
from Ninth ~ Twelfth avenue, presented. oay Anew
days since, each sao nne u cutters ehokcd with
stsguunt water, nih ana uecaylbg vegetables. The
garbage boxes arc unccaDy anu The garbage exposed
10 the rays nearly All day me Iocaily swarms
| with occupants OF toIemcnt houses children run
loosely arounu ia AN atmosphere that must eventually
prove aI uuess anItary lneasures arc soon
upplcd. Inns was INC CONDITION oil Sxtesath street
up To yesterday. wnsn the Street Cleaning Bureau
sent It's agen1s around and removed portions Of the
dangerous ueposts Iro al Tue cutters.
Inc reply ~ qaetion put 10 woman who was air
Ink her children yesterday ia front vi tenement house
NO. AGO ~ uon't Know wnen street cleaners
mere; Uut tue soncn IRON tho cutters Is awiuI
| bud enough to oreed plague" Inc trouble IN como
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near Tenth avenue, where Tue Level oil the sewer ut
the southeast corusr OF .he street above the level
OF Tue gutter anu The BACK wator the sw Stops &c.,
thrown The street lodge In front vi the tenement
houses, anu soon become cssspool OF nitn and
eoutag lou. Between Seventeenth Aud Eighteenth
streets the hauhattan Gas vompany's works are To-
caisd, but there Is no complaint against them, aud
tue adJoDing streets are cieanly IRON Ninth ave-
nue. the river la Nincteent h street No. 5I3
pans OF water closet NUISANCE Tue street ~ toicr
ably cleaniy out u visit from the garbage cart would
do no harm. From lwentisih 10 Iwenty.ourth street
the streets ali Clearly with the exception VI the
latter, where tho cutters need cleansing OF rotten TO-
matoes. cabbage leaves and other garbage. twenty
NTH street, below lentn avenue, Is umDsred almost
| bl0ckaded, with beer barrels Que side ana with ai
sorts oil rubbish, junx ron &c, Ia front OF tho Full.
| Ton Iron Works ON Inc other, winch must Interfere
with the How water In the cutters In case OF heavy
rams lwenty-sixth street, from Eighth 10 Tenth
avenue one vi The worst streets In the west part Of
| the city.
| A xRGLxcrED STREET.
IL 10 the dividing line between the Sixteenth and
twentieth wards, and seems " be- cared Tor Ny the
thorties Ia neither. The cutters on both Sides few
days ago gislened with SHINY MIN ana garbage; the
middle Of the street Is The receptacls Tor all Tho old
hats old shoes, &c, OF The populous neighborhood;
ashes are dumped IN the street, ana 10 add TO the
ousness oil The atmosphere dead cat lay decolnpos
ing IN front ONO. AIS Tho locay Is partly occupied
by tenement houses OF the better class, and II 10
wonder that the residents do not enter a strong
| protest against the manner Ia which tue street Is
neglected ny the street cleaning authorities. Y ss-
tarday solitary street sweeper msde his appear
ance ana swept up the hight stun lying around ana
piled IL In small heaps in the gutter. where II was
left On the south SIDE sixteenth ward, IN the re-
gon oil Tenth avenue, there were no evidences that
tue broom or the hoe had been there lately. There
were depos o mud deDris IN the gutter In front
OF a outcners shop near the corner and a, other
places The butcher said the neignbors complained
great deal about tho condition OF the street, and,
lie added, with good reason. The street cleaner or
the bosses want a stirring mp" Near the corner
Of Ninth avenue, on the south SIDE OF Sixteenth
street, police officer was encountered when was
tbis street. iasiY" aAksd ths ranortax ia wAa