The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-23
PESTILENTIAL STREETS.
Disoraceful Condition OF the East
Side Thoroughfares.
WHERE ARE THE DIRT CARTS ?

tween avenue aud the East River and between East
Houston and Grand streets, found them to be, with
but Few EXCEPTIONS in sckening state OF neg
iect The closed box, so familiar IN otnsr
tenement regions. seems hero TO DO UNKNOWN
and. perhaps, were the temporary reoeptaCles now
used ADEQUATE in size and occasionally emptisd. 1t
would improve the health OF the city. Bot when the
waste Of households Is slowed away primarily ON
the Sidewalk, the principle OF trying 10 pour a
nogshead OF swill or refuse INTO quart measure
cracked at that, the consequences are Objectionable
Naturally, there Is overflow from the brim-
ming barrels and boxes and broken down old
eoalhods or supsrannuatcd stoves, TWO OF which
are actually used receive garbage. Practically,
each and every street 10 from end to end
one vast garoage box. The fetid slime forms IN
pools between the coboiestones, and perfect lakes
where that famous pavement happens to be broken,
while the cutters sleaming sewers, and smelling
TO heaven with loud protest against tho Ignorance
and indecency OF the people who SO misuse them
and neggen: Of the persons appointed by law to
keep them cleansed. Late ram had, NO doubt,
washed AWAY much tho accumulated filth. The
bright appearance of the tops Of stones here and
there, like oases in q desert. showed that Dame
Nature had been bountifuily engaged in q much
needed general washday. ana the contrasting oulness
vas rendered more conspicuous by these specks Of
cleanliness
PLAGUE
At No. II Pitt were some other barrels and
little box psepng from beneath young mountain OF
mingled and dscayed vegetation. while the road
was torn up and there. with stray bowlders
struggling about, ike messengers from Bald Mountain
that lost their way Their places were filled with
apparently uniathomable ponds OF foul biackness In
Broene street, from ESSEX opposite almost every
third doorway appeared or more diminutive
cracker old flour barrels. with masses OF rub
bisn, while evident enough from the stranded
trag ments visible in each intsrslcs OF the pavement
that tho stuff ostepsibiy gathered together
recording TO regulation WAS but frac
ton OF the real waste from the vast
dirty, crowded tenements Nos. 200, EOS, $50. 1874
and 1s4 were fool In the extreme. The small old
fashioncd, rickety tensmsn,s which alternate IN
blocks with lofty modern style OF house which
ths landlords Of to-day fna such Donanzas, seemed
proportionaily more crowded and still moro filthy.
They were evidently occupied by poorer class Of
the very poor. grocery peering toward the light
OF day the depths of hideous flight Of broken
steps reading from sort OF sub-sellar, where The
business selling staie vegetables ancient pro-
beast ption ally disgusting. 1t had bouquet
Of own, n SAVIOR OF sourness which could discount
she most appa ling stenches of Cologne Or the Black
Town OF Calcutta
Attorney street in perfect log OF unpleasant
ness, aud the ycow-faced spinde-snsnked, ragged,
little children padded about IN the CRIME
Gnd clambered about the tracks and wagons with q
Engagements are, doubt among the causes OF dirty
streets AT any rate they serve an excuse Tor not
sweeping under them, and Wherever truck Is found.
beneath it is sure OF pstrsfaction suggest
ing nothing much ~ = cesSpooL The practice -
Suffolk street some children we're having high ola
time peting each other with the garbage from
sandry barrels having q iittis s'ormina OF Slsvna
ni,ion Crazy looking women, siipshod and slsttern,
abound There are plenty Of drgg stores ana saloons
all OF waich seem 10 flourish Which get the IN st OF
the money or Kill the most oil tie population As
question not to be decided hastily The sidewalk
anu cutters opposite tue big tenenent house at No
100 Norfolk street = terrible condition, aud
the grocery NJ the corner OF Norfolk and Broome
y example Of ail that should DC avoided. With
ovsrhowing barrels OF rotten and cutters 1ed
bnm with ever ythng unpleasant to every
sense, II 10 disgrace n CIVILIZED community OPP
posle No. Is appeared, strange say like diamond
IN q coal mine, patch OF clean sidewalk and actually
. STRIP Of clsan street. On inquiry II seemed the
good German shoemaker and his CHEEKY old spouse
waged systematic war dirt. fney DO their own
.,,u diligence. "Bu, dem sn,idren una dem
sakpiegers, dey make always muss' they |
SAID. rue enough, over went q oo1 wn'de ths
child sprawli,g IN the debr's, whiie two |
doors on soibd creature In costume oil coal sacks
Apparently, turned over some horrible mixture IN .
garbage box WITH the IRON hook oil MS profession. On
being asEed when the street was last swept tho shoe
maker said 10 was Thursday. "but, mein Colt, |
dey DON'T sweep not at all; dey only scratch nttls
here little dere, und dey smoke ders pipes und |
dsy go away" FMS appears TO 90 the usual prac-
tcs--just alick and promise. as we're A. No l2l
Delaney street was seen galvanized iron bucket,
TINS street and Essex was a ioui spot The |
whole block north OF Delaney was in a /
barrel here and there, certainly not more
,han average 10 each huge tenement. No. |
iao Essex ,tree. Is very dfy grocery VITA Tire:
marsh around them, poisoning tho air In stanton
street, jus, west Of Essex, 10 an ancient mound OF
diispidaied bricks exceedingly recusive state.
SYMPATHY FOR The swEEPxSG
At No. ID avenue stands huge truck in perfect
BARNARD Of straw inter No ~ na small aud re-
pusive grocery, with barrels OF nth. Attorney
street. south OF Houston, tor several blocks very
dir,y No resident spoken TO appeared TO be able to
say when last swept One man did say at last
that he thought he saw man taxing a vrusn at Is
poor man. aBedad," SAID he, 'the poor ieI-
low gets ii eo day, aud they do be work
one big sh,rsst, or four or msyo. Ave shor, biocrs
they can't kape 'em clans. There ought TO DO mere
min. Where does all tue money gotoY The Iaborin'
min don't get IT," Ridge street, south OF Houston,
awIuL The boxes barrels we're few and lar
betwesn out any mad been put out and the contens
teriaI remain. From seeing three people In as many
minutes empiying pals OF swill into tue gutter tho
tsns regarded them tue proper places TO put gar
bsgs H. The same pleasing performance repeated
The home Industrial school, No 10 Al so. 45l
Houston street was an upset box, fragralt
ssnnos ever have been swsp. There a..
not the fossil remains OF broom. No. 32l Stan
som. OF The dirtest tenemens In New Yorx Win Tho
stores under them all " ieL IL Is evident the dis
lsry has CROWDED tbofn all out VI business The ntb
10 iron IL indescribaUle hsnRn street Is dirty, but
with the compsrativeiy shoiesoms art OF factories
and cOaluusL IL has lew dwellings comparatively
lever storss. Inc barrels OF No Jos DsIancsy
street excessively noisome and No Al Lewis
street equally afflicted with an upset looks
~ a tho cstsstrophs had occurred many days ago.
Cannon street Dapsreo all over with The
used up wfappings OF caeap grocer ies, and further
relieved, In sort of Eastlake style, with broken
TIN cans, plates, ancient ooos, &c. Tue trucks and
the eobDrstones tnere In lul force and the
dirtiest collection OF rancid putridity seen IN the
Primary school No. TO- flied by mo residents oil No
~ and tho remote regions In the rear Of IT, approached
By urty alley way. Columbia street, better paved
and with ssoping grade. 10 waste Of deserted gas
pipes, ana has evidently been unacqusntsd with the
broom but opposite hoes Printing Press and Saw /
Factory IL really clean. But tho authorities should
not be held RESPONSE ple--tbe ram did o..
The heavy dampuess OF wednesday night was
benedicuon Tor the Street Cleaning B1roau, for II