The New York herald., 1878-08-27

the same kind OF attention which is directed toward
the two avenues named above bestowed upon ientn
presents in many places most horrible
and disease inviting appearances. This nitny ana
ma.t without mitigation from Fort second street to
above Ftieth street. The condition OF rhe east s,oo
tEis avenue between Fortysecond aud Forty'thiro
streets is indescribably abomiuabls. as IS also
The same side on the block immediately nortn
Of 4 w. Mater. baker daing ous'acss s'ocs
said, on being spoken to by tne writer:-"yeL you
see how 'tis yousen; dot schmell awful some
dimcs" HIS wife said that she had not seen the
street sweepers around in SIX or seven weeks Ine
southwest corner OF Eleventh avenue and Forty
fourth street ls in snock,ngly dirty =, sss.G; no,s
street and avenue, Is choked up with 1h almost
knee deep, and the odor arising from II talns the
keeps a lager beer saloon on me corner in: IN.
dica,ed, on being asked now o"ga c,aapers
smss s: ssd .ua y :n:
very lucky II SEQ the street sweepers here once
month, and when they do come they never .ouon INC
gutter anyway" Here the indignant leuton pausou,
and after moment or two exclaimed, "li that dirt
was on Fifth avenue they would clean II up ,ast
enough but those fellows don't care for nobody what
lives down here"
why is THIS AvExUs NEGLECTED?
No Ss4 Thomas Victory Keeps oigas sxsnce ana ne
in front OF his store, resembles . miniature swamp
OF nastlness, while tho tboroughfarc and gutter are
which appear lain there accumulating Tor
mouths past "Clean the street. is ~" ai.
do that here - "When were they around hore astg''
you ask me- sIndesd it's long ago tnat can't re-
member H. may have been three s. weeks agU and Inc
smell of 1t often makes US SICK Charies
Hassnauer H, The owner Q, msa, sn, malxes nsxas
now the filth had accumulated in front OF his shop,
said, al don't know how It Is, this side OF the ave-
clean the other side pretty we'll The last time saw
them iellers my side OF the avenue was In May"
dutio in q m throwing BACK
her shapelv head, chimcd IN as iolows:-"i am hvng
here now three years. ant ana .s since saps snas
oncc. 1t smells awfuily, and IS enough
to breed sickness. often wondered why the carts
smell at ne Forty-seventh street police station in
July but they told mo that tho men wore laying
water PIPES ana they could not interfere win 'nem
On Eleventh avcnue, near Forty-sixth street, the
Of the tnoroughtare aud gutter Is also ~
sckening condition. Tho wife OF K Lachowicz. a
shoemaker living at No. 624. said:-.I have been
back whole wcek from the country and no sweeper
has been here sucs The street shows tor ITSELF
whether they clean IL or not II smells rghtiuly all
over.''
MORE NEGLECT
Fortieth street. near Eighth avenue, might be IN .
much cleaner condition than II is a. present. Ibe
gutter opposite No. 3l2 is IN worry bad state being
strongly d ssgrssa6ie odor. Arthur Hoffman, bar
her, doing 1t The number mentioned, said
strhc street sweepers don't lock after this street
at all. Tho whole block complaining about It. The
smell from that gutter Is fearful. How long since
they been here? Well, my boy says they were NOT
hero clean the street since about two weeks ago.
Yes lots OF garbage scattered around. The man VINO
emp,es only around here every two or three
nights and then he doesn't half take the siun away
The gutter on the south side OF Forieth street. aud
opposite little grocery store at No 4Ss 10 also IN
h.ny condition. mrs Alice sO~s ud sne ,r~ od t
up little; always that water smells ike the devil
didn't no sweepers here since last Friday some
times they come every Two weeks ano sOmetnoS once
In week, but not olten."
Opposite lager beer saloon ofJ. Schafer, ut NO.
oas ass ssnos SiIs IN ths street. A. the same point
stale vegetables and other refuse matter were seat.
tered around. The saloon kesrer. on osng asked
when the street sweeper last there, replied that
he hadn't them for fourteen days, adding they
don't come here often, You can bet" Al Nos. 5l3
ESQ and 555 Foreh street there were large pools OF
stagnant water. producing a decidedly fetid odor.
Abraham ConKng, q truckman living at No. $50,
said:-.rhere has been water in those holes pretty
much all the summer Before the water Is dried out
the people all sorts OF dirt into them, making
them smell horribly. This street wants repairing
opposite No. bla is ~hsre the sever has
fallen In. and ! very near lost my my
opposite No. 1874, aud Conxling explained It's pres
ence by saying that the young ones mad kicked over
the oarros which held the garbage and carried them
away. He thought the street ut that point had not
been cleaned since last Thursday or Friday.
PRETTY STATE or AFFAIRS.
On Forty-third street, opposite No $685. stone box
wns filled overnowing with garbage, considerable
portion Of winch nttsred tue sidewalk. The saloon
keeper ut that number, however, sad II was emptcd
pretty often, and the people had no fault to Gnd.
In front OF No. $50 large garbage box piled up
with refuse maitor, much OF whlcn lay on the side
walk rhe gutter at this point was also shocking
condition. One OF tho women living IN the tenement
opposite the place said that the foul gutter and
scattered garbage owing altogether TO the great
number OF tenants who had no other place TO throw
thoir refuse matter including slops. She said the
DIRT carts often came around there.
AtNo $40 Forty fourth street u small keg takes the
place oil garbage box, and accordingly thcrc was q
small cart ioao OF decaying Vegetables on the side
walk oil around the keg Albert Dunkhase, gro.
Gerry store keeper at that number, SAID that as all
their barrels had been stolen the landlord promised
three weeks ago TO put box there. ana that was
the last they had heard OF H. He said 'What you
there - oil The fault OF the landlord"
On street near Eleventh no avenue. ~ and
water, while tho street Is Uttered with old boots,
oes burned and other things offensive 70 the
eye, A woman living IN Tho tenement opposite TINS
as we'll as uusavory spot said that she
ievcd the street cleaners came around about once
week.
EFFECT OF THE HERALD's EXPOSURES
A reporter yesterday also went over the ground
that was In such nthy condition last saturday, and
found that the HERALD's exposures have not becn
without effect The street cleaners OF the Police De-
partmsnt to have suddenly walked ap TO the con-
dion OF things, and are exertng themselves as never
Iu Forsyth street all the Objectionable boxes and
barrels OF garbage that were complained oil have poe
removed.
In Allen street has also recently been OBJ
served.
unpleasant habit its Inhabitants have OF emptying
sops the gutter. This gives sour and imp easaut
smell 10 tho atmOspnerG Tne garbage nus all oeen
takcn away but noisome smell still comes IRON the
pools OF dirty which collect the ire. .uari,cs
OF the street, which is poorly paved win cooble
stones Opposite No. l75, In place OF figstone,
which has been removed from the sidewalk,
there Is dirty grcea pool ~ tho same con- con.
diuon as It wns last SATURDAY, only that
tho smells have grown older and more
nauseatiug. baker, William Bee, living al
No. ISL, says that the street Ia regularly cleaned
three times week and ashes and garbage removed.
But the cleaners do not DO away with tho pools oi
dirty, green, sta2nant water, which are tho chiei
breeders OF disease.
Iu Essex, stanton, Division and Rivington streets
tho carts all appeared yesterday, and much OF tho
offensive hith desert ocd In the HERALD was taxoa
away.
AN evil THAT SHOULD BIZ REngDIED.
Delaney street has also been very recently cleaned
The greatest trouble here, as Ia mos, Of the other
strects, aecms TO be the throwing OF eops
and other liquid matter into the Streets
Tnesc pools never cleaned away, but allowed
to taint III the mir around. II tho streets were
properly paved thore would be iair chance Tor " to
of into The sewers, but as they are at presen
there sre too many inequalities In the surface 10 ai
init Of this Numerous small lakes are the result
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