The New York herald., 1878-09-23
NEGLECTED TH0ROUGHFAREs.


STREETS IN THE TWENTIETH WARD THAT DIS
GRACE THE crTY--EILrH AND pIRT-RE-
MARKABLE APATHY OF THE STREET CLEAN
InG DEPARTMENT
While many parts OF the city have steadily im-
proved in cleanliness during the last month the
Twentieth ward seems as steadily to have grown
drticr and Glinier This ward extends from Twenty
sixtn street 10 rhrly-arh street and from Sixth ave-
to The North River and includes within III limits
OF The noteworthy plague spots yet remaia-
Ing in the city OF Now York
MORAL PHYSICAL BLEaisH.
Probably the worst district, both morally and phys
ically In tie metropolis that part OF the city be-
tween Twenty-ssvenin and Thir,y-third streets and
Sixth and Seventh avenues 1t s So noted as moral
blister spot that visit to it is almost impossible and
Is to this circumstance perhaps, that its present
t,ny condition Is due. reporter OF the HERALD ex-
plorod every block in this region, and with results
tha. arc Tar from satisfactory.
Twenty y-seventh street has tho appearance OF not
having been swept many days The pavement is
Uttered with OIL 4 OF every description and the cutters
are choked with 1lth.
Twenty eighth street, although It Is blessed with
splendid pavement, Is also very hlthy.
In Twenty ninth street the pavement Of cobble-
stone very rough and unevou. In several places the
holes recently existed have dllod up, but
SO far as cleanliness is concerned there nothing to
be said behalf OF the Street Cleaning Bureau. Just
below Sixth avenue there Is very filthy mudhole III
the gutter, and through the block cutters
both sides Of the street are very dirty.
In Thirteth street the cutters abomfnabis. In
front OF No. lo6. where stable, blacksmith shop
and, according sign on the baildng. the 'Ebene
zer American Church, seem combiaed In the happy
occupancy OF rather limited quarters, there deep
mudn0ie filed with filth. This filth Is due great
measure to the impertections in the pavement.
ln Tnirty-hr street the cutters are very htny.
Thirty-second street showed yesterday mastery
array OF garbage boxes and barrels. most Of
which stood the sidewalk all day phsre Is muca
hth III the street IN front oi Cremornc Garden and
there very bad spots IN front OF Nos. $50 and l64
ANOTHER DIRTY LOCALITY.
II not SO remArkao!e as tue chosen home OF vice
the district Immediately adjoining tne one just de-
scribed on the west is scarcely behind It IN fth.
Every block between rwenty-seventh and Thirty
| third streets, and Seventh aud Eghtn avenues Is
| 1lthy Ia the extreme.
Tnirty-second street is cursed with a very bad
pavement, bat entering the block from Seventh ave-
upper part Of II Is found TO be dry, although
over, Tor from THIS middle Of The block Eigutn
nue. there Is much liquid nth The cutters are 1ed
with mud ana water extending into tns middle OF the
street and presenting an appearance that would be
disgrace 10 any OF the tenement wards OF the east
side.
| In Thirty-nrst street the cutters very filthy
thr0u ghout the entire block.
| Thlrtieth street Is unswcpt and filthy.
street, although not clean, 10 cleaner
rwenty.eigntn street ia well paved, but In spite OF
| this the cutters u OF chrome hiln.
Twenty seventh street Is not uniiko Twsnty.eighth
A CLEAN NEIGHBoRHooD.
Turning from succession oi blocks in which filth
| Is pr0dominan IL " comort " nnd in the
streets others which are can al least by
Such Is tho case with those oil Eighth
| From Ninth avenue eastward the grade very
and to this. perhaps is owing the comparative
Isnu ram tra "a
| by the street Cleaning Bureau. But these
sireots tue broom could be used to advantage, al
IN tLo waro, 1t would Ue too much 10 expect this.
WEST or NINTH AVENUE.
In Twenty-Soventh street, west ot Ninth avenue
| the pavement Is bad and the street unswept
Iu rwenty-eighth street the pavement is In better
condon aad the street Is not as nthy as It's neigh
| Uor
| rwenty.ninth street is comparatively clean but
there lai 60 pile OF clam oyster shells on the
north side OF the street IN front OF place
"Board and Lodging-Meals at all Hours" From Tho
avenue to the RIVER, ths pavement also is In very
| bad condition.
| In Thirtiotn street the cutters are full OF dirty
water
| rhe pavement In Thirty.lrst street has been SO
wrctchsd .hat force OF worxmen Is now engaged III
Repairing IL; but Is likely that the nrst heavy rain
viii oavo bad condition as It was before, De
| cause OF the manner IN whch tue work ID DONE
| NEGLEcTED AND NASTY BLOCK.
Bad as are the otner blocks west OF Ninth avepua
| and those between rwenty.seventh and Thirty
| third streets, and sixth and seventh and Seventh
| aua Elgpth avenues there Is NOS one oI them that
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| between Nintu and ientn avenues In Thirty fl tn
| street Botn tno SLrcel Cleaning Bureau ana the
department OF Pubic Works have managed to forget
| 1t. The pavement Is very bad-worse probably than
in any BLOCK below Forty-second s,rdsI Ine street
Is iu of holes aud these illed with mud and filth.
The cutters are reeking with 1tny matter, ioul
oaors corrupt the AR and offend the nosirils IL
not only the hlthiest block the ward but possibly
IN the CITY. Even stained stanton worst
conditioo could not airy rival H. Ne should have
| an epidemic In New York 1t could scarcely falI ID
began Thirtynith street, between Ninth and Tenth
| avenues.
| AvENUEa
The avenues on the wost sIdo arc generally In very
fair condition. THO Tenth Is Kept as coan
perfect pavements will permit. Tue Ninth Is clean,
and the only complaint 10 be mads about It yester-
day was that tho dirt which had been swept heaps
was eit 100 long waiting for the carts fhe ignlI
was gcnsrniiy good condition, although betwee en-
Thiroth and fnirynrst streets, OWING TO tho Droset
condition oil the pavenent, much nlth auounds. The
seventh, matter OF course, Is strJcious but al
the Whole street Is mudholc, aud Wall os nti
! the new pavement IL laid throughout It's entire
length. II Is not fair 70 mold tue street Clsaui
| Boreau responsible tor It's condition
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