The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-24
wHIRLWINDS OF DUST.

A DALMY SABBATH MADE UNPLEAsANT-wHAT
HE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC woLKs SAYS
OF THE NUISANCE.
Easter sunday bright baimy day, just touched
with the breath OF summer, and kept temperate by
been delightful, .'tho unspcakable rural soltudcsn
would have found a hundred added charms in such
delicious weather, but NJ q matter of fact the glad
Easter day. with all ITS balm and It's sunshine. did not
much enhance tho pleasures OF what Lamb calls 'thc
sweet security OF streets" Tho dust the
cause. II was a light and lavishly abundant
dust that caught up by the pleasant
summcr wind, rose in columns whrled
around like muestroms and swept the thoroughiarcs
with most crratic ana splcnctlc uncertainty. The
visual ray, that meta horcay parqed in some OF
Filth avenues churches Monday, materially be-
dimrcd TO a very dsasreeaole extent a little later
for the dust very tnick ana very lively on that
superb thoroushfaro. Ii was SO, indeed, through all
the city, bul chiefly on Seventh avenue did pcdes-
trians ana properly holders suffer between Four
tccnth aud Forty second streets that spacious
avenue tho process OF laying gas mains neccsslated
tho tearing up Of tue old wooden pavement, and the
soh which replaced IL, beng easily irabIc IN
tho warm and dry weather, became IN q
short time veritablc magazine OF mis-
fortunes To the jewellers on tho thoroug iare
ana TO all passers-by. Properly owners have had
destroyed, and accordingly their complaints have
been uttered III uncertain tones Sueh plants
have reached the HERALD from various parts OF the
city, aud thcy have also been forwarded ny ctzens
10 the Commissioner OF Pubic Works, CHIEFLY with
reference to sixth anu seventh avenues and tbcir
clbitics. IL may be asked where are the watering
ana why are not The streets copousy sprnk
With reference to tho inconvenluDccs oi sunday 10
be at once stated that the functions OF water
ing carts are suspended altogether GU . sabbath,
aud, consequently, the streets remain unspribklcu.
Formerly an exception used DO made
once 10 wbIlc III favor OF FiIth avenue, ana tIcn
the cost a the water came vi the Water Regis
ter Bureau. Now Tue fashionable avenue ol the CITY
Is no longer spr,nkicd sundays. H,nc lLs achry.
nae. But the complaints concerning tue dusty coa.
dion Of the Guys streets date back much further
than last Suuuay, aud possibly tue state OF tnlngs
complained OF may be traced 10 some extent, not 20
much 10 an antagonisn as toa slight hitch between
control oil the Ponce Commissioners, and tue sprink
iers, who receive their permits IRON tue Water Regis
ter Bureau, and VINO are 10 certain supcct 10
the orders oi thc Commissioner oi Pupnc Works.
'mIrcH"
Mr. Allan Campbell Comm ssioncr Of Public Works,
IN conversation with HERALD reporter yesterday,
said that wncn to receyed the complaints aircasy
referred 70 from ci'izeis on sixth aud seventh ave-
uucs no represented the matter To the sprinkers
having charge OF those routes, aud they that
they nad bocn prevented spriuklng streets Ny
police Wnen lac leard TINS explanation nc wrote 10
Tho Police Commissioners on the subl, Ct. Captain
amer who represents the street sweeping sont
down 10 see ni ana Ec then learned IN Inc street
Sweeping Department complained that tho sprinkicrs
used to Hood the Streets making mud, and OBJ
STRUGGLING the process Of street sweeping. rho mat
ter, Mr.. CampDel sad, was mere hitch, and when
Captain Gunner lett hun II was understood that i'm
mediate steps wQu ~ taken for ITS adjustment
Mr. Farrell OF the Water custer Bureau. sad that
the city was apportonrd INTO sky routes aud that
tine syrinkiers WAC ptd from $4,000 to
xs2 900 Tor tue oi tile water they took IRON
the They paid their bills monthly In advance
their permits were made out Tor SIX months, and they
maze th,ir.terms WIN The citlzcns hey were undcr
regulations 10 Keep down The dust, mako I'D,
anu TO prevent Doodlhg the carts were suppIed With
sprinklers aod hose OF uniiorm sizc. Sometimes, no
said, citizens wcre unwilling to pay for lie
and VI happened OCCASIONALLY tnat the water shut
of opposite a certain house, or that portion OF a
BLOCK remained uDwatereJ. The watering OF tho
streets by the sprlnkiers was altogether private en-
tornrisc-