The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-28

block said. "rhe dirt carts come sometimes. bat they
haven't swept the street today
when did they sweep IL iastY, the reporter asked
"Don't know-a long time ago"
IN A TERRIBLE CONDITION.
East Eleventh street 10 probably IN The worst cond
Nou any tnoroughia in that locality. Just below
Third avenue 10 q bad spot caused by wsssspipe
wnicn projects into the gutter through the soswan
who keeps the vegetable stand on the opposite sac
OF the street said that u Is not offensive gensfay'
And that laborer came nearly every day 70 ceanse
''Has he been here to-day % asked tho reporter.
81 haven't seen him to-day"
little further down the block there 10 heap OF
rotten rubbish and street is strewn with DIAL of
various kinds. Al the corner below, above second
a thriving grass plot has sprung up on each side
OF the street. In front OF NO. $50
cart sta nding close up large coal box the side
walk. under wncn there is an immense Pile OF rub
Dish. 1t has been there long Time II It's remarkable
aspect IS any criterion upon which opinion
In this block there many bad places. There Is
one No. $780, on the opposite side of the
front OF No. 1856 and particularly offensive
one front OF No $40 The man who keeps the shoe
at the last number said "rhey clean the street
sometimes, but net often. "
the reporter asked.
.rhsy don't like II, but We can't help ourselves. 1t
is bad enough now to breed sickness"
LOCATIONS.
The block between First avenue and avenue is
also very bad block In front Of the lager beer ga.
always there, said man who IS regular frsqusnter
Of the place There is similar place IN front OF No.
420, ana others in front Of No. 422 and No. 425
The block between First avenue and avenue A, IN
Twelfth street, is sadly need OF sweeping In the
middle OF the block The HERALD reporter met la
borer with broom such by the street
Cleaning Bureau over his shoulder, but tho only re-
i Ipns was s.Hey. what do you say ~
The vicinity Of Twelfth street and avenue IL made
particularly offensive by escaping gas which 'mpreg-
mates the atmosphere Tor considerable distance IN
every direction In the avenue between Twelfth and
Thirteenth streets. there is succession Of pools OF
mud aud hlth, there is pool Of dirty water at
the northeast corner oil Thirteenth street ana ave-
nueA.
some disgusting specimens OF filth, although IL IS a
broad splendid thoroughfare and within sight OF
the facade OF ranmany Hail. In front Of o. 538 there
was yesterday dead cat in the street and boy laugh
ing heartily a. the HERALD reporters curious nspec-
hon OF 1t.
sometimes" His words were soon verified, for in front
Of No 5l2 was another dead cat broiing in the sun
andTwelfth and Eoursesnth streets were found 10
comparatively good condition. bot even thersa closer
application OF the scraping implements would do no
EASTERN SECTION. ~
Taxing East Fourth street q, The corner o. rnrd
River as far avenue b. HERALD reporter yesterday
ascerta,ned the following sc.s-in front OF Fromm's,
No. 80 East Fourth street, there is garbage pail
that has not shaken the hand OF garbage car'mah
for long time At No. so garbage pals, nlled with
ana go telegraph pole lies in tho gutter impeding
the flow TO the sewer. Opposite the Deutschc Ameri-
Nos GO and s., there Is an array Of tin pans pals
and other reccpsacies for garbage that should
be carried OF: In front Of No: 81 coal
fuse. Of rotten tomatoes has been
IL middle Of the street opposite No. 3d. The street
wants cleaning from Second TO First avenue; near the
OF the latter wagons and carts impede the way
TO the sewers. The street from First avenue TO ave
nue. b The cutters are pad. From No. $50 10 below
"Mddchen Schulz yum Alerh. Erloser,v opposite ST.
Aloysius Library, there Is amount OF debris that
should be removed Immediately. In front OF No. 21S
Academy dc Notre Dame" there are bad gutter de-
posts. Tho frontage OF ''RnabIe Schulz yum Alerh.
Erlra dnvv shn he halt ar
rhe children In this locality are very numerous.
mostly 81 German and Bohemian parentaae, and Tor
the most part look cleanly and well taken care o.
FILTHY PURLIEUs
Fifth street at the OF avenue B absolutely
swarms with children. In front OF Nos. 54S and 600
Ia that thorough very bad looking lot OF garbage
being uled by some vt these young repub.
cnns front NO. Ss , %o%aa was n ses srn 20
forth bali decayed head OF cabbage, which she
adrolly slipped into her own basket as sne wished
avoid the attention Of the people around her. Ia
front OF Nos 5lS SIT s12 vcssels over
flowing with accumulated garbage. sN
Sixth street Is cleanly except IN the lever part,
whore tho absence OF the garbage master is notably
apparent
avenue, which should be immediately removed.
In Eighth street hve barrels OF stun have been al
lowed TO remain In front Of No. 81
In Tenth street garbage vessels we'll 6lled, stand
iron, Of Nos 24s, $50 $50, 2bi ESQ, 1858 sso ae2
cart already well filed, waiting lazlly Immediately
above.
Tenth street and First avenue IS In very bad cond
tion. OF garbage Id In front Of No. 240 and
ovor1ows from the boxes and barrels and Ills up the
cutters.
Those scavenging angels, the ragpickers and ofal
gatherers like the Uuzzrd in south Carolina, might
introduced here eminent benefit 10 the neigh
borhood in the absence VI the regularly paid street
ceaners Their attention might also be called TO the
CARCASS of dead dog lying in ossiu al quctude the
middle OF the street In front Of No. Ola IA. Bais)
A line OF patent street sweeping machines, with
irnpfa hrin Oinpr n r0ar
In tho shade in Ninth street, near Third avenue, with
its left flank resting on second avenue The com
mauder-in-chicf was respectfully saluted by the
HERALD reporter, VINO inquired:-
GLOW often do you como around heroY"
"Don't come around hero ut ALL"
SHAY DO presumed to inquire where you do 60
aroundT"
ssWhcre?"
s.Yes, ~ you please swhere?'
eve go only to broadway aud Filth avenue"
In First avenue, near Fourth street, barrels OF
IN front Of No. %. also at Nos. I32 and 1877. The
presence Of police station No. II at the corner Of
Filth street quasi guarantees for cleanliness in this
Avenue 3, from Fourth to Fifth street, wants over
hauling although there places in the district.
Avenue A, from Fifth street up 10 Tenth, Is In
comparatively respectable condition.
FoURrHEsTH WARD
The Fourteenth ward - one oil the most densey
populated OF any In the city Ii extends IRON Canal
to Houston street and from Broadway to the Bow
cry ana includes the ''Five Points" This ward,
to cether with the sixth, divided by the Bureau OF
Street Cleaning into twenty nvo sections, having
iaOoser 20 about every ssson and eo.a wards arc
the Bureau looks for their proper sanitary condi-
ton. Baxter, Mulberry aud Mott Streets as well as
all the osner thorougnfares lying within the bound
aries OF 'Five Points," arc Captain Gunner says,
swept aud cleaned once Gay. The Bowery, he says,
is also cleaned six times week, whe broadway
is only swept three times week. Spring
street, stated by tho Official Is also cleaned
three times week, ana all mo rest OF the ward twice
week. Captain Gunner accounts for the street
sweepers being seldom scen performing their dutios
In the afternoon BY stating mat In hot weather they
usually commence nj four O'Clock In the morning and
nnisn Their work by the hour of noon. The Bowcry
exception to tns rule as the aborers com mence
sweeping IT every evening at SIX O'Clock
While thcro scems to be oil late marked improve
ment In the condition Of The streets In the Fourteenth
ward there are still many places within us
limits tnat require the Immediate atiention
OF the Bureau OF Street Cleaning. IL must
not DO suppoaed however that Mulberry
street, between Houston and Blocker streets, Is In
cluded In the exceptional localities alludea TO, AS,
were all the streets tue ward attended with such
scrupuous fidelity that opposite aud contiguous 10