The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-09-04
AROUSED At LAST.
Increased Activity in the Street
Cleaning Department.
THOROUGHFARES IMPROVED.
Localities Claiming the Immediate Attention
Of the Broom Brigade.

The persistent efforts of the herald 10 inform The
Bureau OF Street Cleaning precisely what localities
needed the application OF broom noe and shovel nave
been In measure rewarded. The minute directory of
tho dwellings AMI tenements whose occupants con-
tribute most avsshly the public display OF swil
garbage, trash, manure ashes and every description
f housshsld refuse upon the sidewalks OF the differ
sn has been of incacuable service to
the force employed to remove these offensive de.
postts. With map of tho city one hand ana the
HxRALDs guide TO garbage In the other the foreman
OF gang OF sweepers 10 enabled to iocaie his mon
without loss OF time the precise spots where their
services needed. That this has been done
with good results, In some sections at least, was
proven by the reporter of the HERALD yesterday in
tho course OF rapid OF the city below Thrtieth
street
Commencing on Tenth avenue, the discovery was
made that the brigade had been at work. and for the
most part thoroughly Indeed, the entire west side,
from the Battery to Thrteth street, between Church,
Hudson, Eighth avenue and tho Hudson River, has
been for dsconiy swept. with occasional excep
nons, and almost all OF the accumulations OF dirt
and debris have been removed from the pavement
This gratifying beginning, say the residents, Is
mainly owing to the action of tho HERALD In many
quarters exsrtions have brought to light the old
Dutch cobbo sionepavcment which covers some OF
the streets but which was buried from view by layer
upon layer Of filth.
HALFWAY MKAsURxs.
II Ii noticeable that the cleaning process of the de-
partmept Is limited TO the Of and shoves
These implements serve we'll enough where only dry
refuse matter is to be removed but much Of the fth
Of the streets is IN liquid or sem.liquid state. La
dies Is suggested, would be moro useful than the
ahov md no hoe hero fstn I'm
abound, but NO such implements are supplied
The lmpossbilitya OF hosng out sink hole full OF
water has become axiom with the practical Nom.
bers of the brigade only recruits try the
experiment TO insure perfectly cean, sweet smoll-
Ing streets the labors of the sweepers and
not supplemented, 1t Is claimed they should be, Dy
thorough washing out OF every filthy gutter.
Tho scraping process oftentmos removes the crust
from q stencil breeding in the cutters, until
the spots thus uncovered again sun-dried they
scrve to poison the surrounding atmosphere worse
Than before they were disturbed. citizen drew
attention 70 this fact and suggested to the reporter
that copious fow Of water from nydrans and
hose ought to DO employed In all such cases,
nnd finally, that chloride OF lime should be sprnked
Ss ,s .ne pusn amno az The
should have 10 be suggested TO the persons specially
ss..s sS city pu Sas
the tardy removal OF matter from cnoked
up sink In Grenada that ipcitod' the terri
bic plague which has since devastated that
happy town. Yet day alter DAY equally foul places
are Uncovered IN the strects, and Is Is not unusual
10 find piles OF sewer lih brought 20 the surface und
left street for hours unsil the OF
accidental events, the appointed carts arrive to
move u.
One cause OF the unsightly and un wholesome &C.
foundations along the sidewalks IN every variety of
paper band boz is that tho coming the ashmau and
garbage gathcrer is uncertain they pay spasmodic
visits to such ncigbborhoods as they Ill to
q q k0e mar
ran ioretcll the hour OF their advent.
WHAT HAS AND WHAT rAs NOT BERN DONE
Atolcra6iy tidy Appearance. But some OF IT'S chronic
eyesores still remain, as for instance, hugo cal
lpdstsd box OF rejected vegetable matter at No. 1885,
limo OF foul cutters above rwcnty-snrd street Tor
from broken and isaky box al No. PSI; a
pile OF dirt IN front OF No. 1885, on the walk
the flags in front OF No 2s9 and, tn addition huge
of hastily selected Kitcnen refuse before No $50
avenue Is we'll nod with boxes ami barrels along the
curbstones. The cross streets on the west side
generaiiy "a mucn more nay conaitioo tnan on tho
sixth street, between Tenth ana Eleventh avenues.
NEED A CLEANING.
Ninth avenue IN very creditable state now, and
" Is 10 DO hoped Will remain SO. The cutters IN
Greenwich street, near Houston, need dsinisctlns,
for Shiny, green coated liquid IS stagnant IN them.
Tho King street cutters present the same emerald
tinted 1aid, near Greenwich Tho CUTTERS are also
very unwholcsome along Greenwich street, IRON
Canal TO Desbrossos street. Tho sweepers had just
gone over that ground, but this poron Of their dis
A similar offensive style of gutter prevailed near
Fulton street.
For evidences Of Indifferent work let those intor-
ested Inspect Barclay street, near greenwich Fulton
from New Church to the rivor; Washington stroot
from Battery place TO Barclay; Morris street, from
ties Tor keeping althy state superior those Of
tho adjacent streets II is narrow and full Of holes
roadway, much 10 The aa0oysncs Of the reundsman
on that beat. who says he cannot stop them,
~ no boxes or barrels allowed upon the walk Tor
lack Tne cutters Morris street nre plague
breeders beyond doubt Noa 81, 50. 70, 81, ~ aud
"ssnnns.Cn stree. nave pormanous nusanoss IN
gusters and Shiny sidowaIkS Atthe corner OF Cori-
iandt In washington street. attwo II N. yesterday.
laid cat, whose ninth lie had been long since cx
hausted There were two lnrge hcaps OF dirt In tho
same vicinity and fresh deposit OF garbage IN the
gutter o. No. 179 Washington street.
West street, from pier 10 Rector street, has been
put in order, bu, above that point to Albany street It
IL still worthy OF black mark by reason foul odor
giving piles OF DIRT. Liberty, from New Church to
West street, Is dirty, asd so Is Dey street. near
reporter that cutters that locality were hoed
out daily, and that the collections OF matter al
lowed remain piles until the rams aud winds re-
distribute the mass over sLe streets rho boundaries
efNashinR.on Market are decidedly unwholesomc.
Tnr
There some mod hcation late universal nth
that made the east SIDE tenement house section
hideous; but the iou gutter .predominatss with
COLUMBIA street, Ia Houston toward FIRST Second
avenues, and along Second and Third streets All oil
THESE sHoetst toHetner WIN Avenues A, D. Y aud ID,
have been newly swept so that tho street surface IL
comparatively clean. The Bowcry ana Fourth ave-
nue. below Union square toleraby we'll kept just
now, but the boxed garbage nuisance - frequently
met with even there.
THE EIGHTH WARD.
Passing through that portion of the eighth ward
lying between Canal aud West Houston streets, Sui-
van street aud North River, HERALD reporter yer
to-day afternoon saw many places which there Is
work jet lett Tor the street Cleaning Department.
The sanitary condition Of this ward Is entrusted
Officer Thomas Black, aud eleven laoorcrs are en-
poyed Ia keeping II clean.
Near the northeast corner Of Sullivan street, be-
tween Prince ana Houston, the gutter Tor many yards
vas flied with black, foul smelling deposit, which,
appeared have lain there undfsturbcd for week.
a German barber In tho basement at the place Indi-
Gated on being asked how long the odorous matter
had remained IN tho gutter paused while snaving
customer 70 say, IL don't know noting at all about
H. dose sweepers, believe, comes around here some
dimcs."
Cauurasa slraai whlch In haih shart and narrnx.