The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-09-04

licensed vepder has q stable, the sptrauce to which
mau in a store at No. POD said :-''fhe Ame from tnal
stable place Is enough to knock feiIer down Ihat
IN the gutter there comes out OF the alley
way, and when they throw things into II and stir II
up u stnks the whole neigh borhood."
ado you know how many families live in the rear
Eyes. do; nnesn families live there; AMI II that
gutter was cIesned tonight IL would BIO just a. bad
again In the mornin,'
West Houston street. between varck and HUDSON
streets, presents neglected appearance being strewn
with muliiarious assortment OF odds and ends, IN
Guiding dilapidatcd tiIwarc strips oil cas-ou m liter.
pieces OF socd par or and collections OF rubbish aud
airt which may have been swept together some days
ago, but are now lattened out and scattered around
by The curt wheels ana the miscbicvous small boy
Tho cutters In some places also contained siagnapt
water, into which stale vegetables had been thrown
and len there 10 rot woman who keeps u bakery
at No 265 Houston street. said "As ruio the street
kept oS s or'
night taat they ought not todo That Is what makes
the street so dirty"
street elevated railroad West Houston there
is heap ro,ton cabbage leaves aud potato parnes
butch or doing business a. No 81 Houston street said
at must be week since last saw the street cleaners
around here; They Keep Greenwich street pretty
clean but sney oon't often como on Houston ~ TINS
corner"
STILL THE SAME CRIT
On the southwest corner OF Greenwich ana Houston
streets the gutter 10 in filthy condition ter distance
about twenty yards. The saloon keeper At
No. $50 opposite the s,orns Ssposi; alluded
the at work there rsplied-"very sell
dom indeed perhaps about u week. That quite.
the corner OF Houston street hasn't been cleaned
In two weeks except what cleaning I've had done 10
II myself" AbystaDder remark ed :--"Whsn Old Keep
hero no Kept II clean, as he came round here
every day. The old fellow who does only comes
round about ence In TWO or three days, and then ho
doesn't halt do IT.
Opposite No. 564 Greenwich street there is an ugly
hole in the gutter, which Is filled with stagnant liquid
that enits rank door. butcher dong business at
that number sad -"fhose street sweepcrs como
round here, suppose, about once week have to
clean that gutter out every morning myself or else
would DO tar worse than IL 10 Pm sure IL hurts
my business, bat can't nelp IT,"
Green wch street, between Charlton and Spring
Streets deserves the attention OF tho
we'll rs that OF Contractor Swift, who
10 paid $4,000 per annum for romov-
ing dead animals On this block stale ye2c.
tables una other rubbish scattered
proms cuOusly. Tho cutters In places were also in
very filthy condition. Opposite No. o45 dead cat
lay under cart, covered with q swarm OF hes.
girl at that number said:-'srbe has been lying
there for week ont at the railroad track Vt
frst amt the boys got sticks and poked It under the
milk wagon"
Opposite No. 622 Washington street, between Charl-
ton aud spring Streets there Is large, broken gar
bngc box which seems to be used as receptacle for
every KIND OF solid and liquid hh by The peope liv.
ing the teneme ut house ut that uniber The liquid
portion OF this refuse matter escapes from tho broken
tilential deposit. One OF the occupants OF No. 522
said nlludnx The guttcr :'lts nearly always like
that, and the smell sometimes is terrible"