The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-29

In the locality ana making some important discov-
blocks Cannon street. south oi stanton, and Pit
Wiilett, Sheriff and Goerck, between Stanton and
Houston. In almost every instance the Nth extends
throus bout the entire block. In Pitt street. near
Houston, there 10 row OF half a dozen tenemens
houses IN front OF which there rs ions ana nnuy
of chronic dirt and sheriff street. athoush ~ mas one
oil The most largely attended puohc schools ~ tno
city, almost bad, the cutters on bota sides oeihs
hIled with dirty water, All these highways are
waiting patiently for visit from the Street Cleaning
Department.
But perhaps the worst street IN ward is Stanton
street. Throughout ts entire length u rs sadiy IN
need OF the street sweepers broom In front OF inc
lager beer saloon at No 263 there Is fostering pool
oil filthy and another may be seen IN 'front.' oil
the saloon a. No. PSI. In both places men were sit-
ting playing cards and smiling the doors rom tne
CUTTERS When spoken tom regard 10 the street they
only answered. "Aumph," and, inhaling lresn
breath OF stencil, turned again TO the game In which
they were engaged. Between willett and Stanton Is
one OF the blocks IN the street. Fools OF
water DIAL Kitchen refuse stable manure, and every
cencsivable substance Of deeterious kind are scat
tered everywhere In the block above Lewis there 10
considerable Nth, bat not so bad as the locality
Just described, that part oil the street toward
the river. Commissioner Nichols aud Captain Gun
ner could find better street anywhere In which
walk; tor If their eyes and their olfactories
are onenocd they will how tho work in the street
Cleaning Bureau is done, or rather loft undone
AND YILrH.
THIRD street. between avenue ID aud Lewis street,
has just swept, the DIRT is gathered IN heaps
along the Dlock but the cutters are iuli oil onck ano
dirty water >tandIng ltis always SO" said
young man residing in tho street, and woman, with
q child IN her arms who overheard the conversation,
asked, "Do you como from the HERALD omcef Now,
per h. ps, they'll really clean the street"
Tho reporter found the street sweepers at work yes
terday several parts ward. In avenue q, be-
Seventh aud Eighth Streets nun was sweeping
the dr into little heaps to walt FOR the coming oil the
curtis Further down the avenue were men sweeping
Q following closely IN their track. Laoorers
wore also at work IN Lewis street. between Filth and
Sixth. man at tho corner OF Fifth street SAID he
sometimes saw them sweeping Lewis street, but sell
dom the streets ru ming down 10 the river. But IN
spite Of the sweeping Lewis street Is IN very
bad condit,on ana inc negnSorn0 200 seems ,ss
pools OF water from which offensive odors are
emitted. The man who Keeps the saloon opposite
said that these houses had water and tho inmates
the habit OF emptying their night pals INTO
street, "Nighs before last, - he remarked. 1--WE
wore sitting here playing cards when woman threw
q bucket OF water into the street making awful
stink. The stencil was so bad forgot what was
trumps: Some people have no shame"
In Fifth street. at the corner oil avenue ID, there IS
large pool OF dirty water caused by an cmbankment
made W workmen engaged In laying gaspipe in the
filthy. The cutters are in bad order, and there
heaps OF manure and rubbish At several places An
man lives at No. 512 sad tho street is some-
times in much better condition than II Is now. he
complained that much OF the dh was occasioned by
family moving out Of No. $40, and then. as u ne
might be he'd responsible, he added, IL have been
sick two years; can't help NJ
Dry Dock street Is a little street between avenues
ana d, RAINING from Tenth 10 Twelfth street There
occasional holes IN this quaint nook filled with
dirty water, and cabbage leaves are strewn about
rather promiscuousy. In the street, tho
Of Tenth ia dead Kitten There It iics In The
serenity of Dry Dock street, and NO policeman is
likely TO disturb IL IN It's sleep until tho HERALD In
forms tho tho poor Tabby neg ected
IN its burial may be found.
rhirteeutn street, between avenues aud D, 10
very good example of the difficulty OF keeping streets
clean IN which tenement houses and stables abound
Part OF tho block IL uttered with ona and loose straw
opposite side OF the Is " large heap Of kitchen
carried there BY the inmates oil the tenement
houses. The German who keeps the saloon al No 7oS
response repoi ter's query whether the
street swept, ''Swopt, oh yes, every weok;
but the policemen don't Ike the stun from tho
stable"
STILL NEGLECTED
Yesterday morning the HERALD gave a detailed
OF the dsreputable condison Of streets and
avenues comprised In the Fourteenth and Seven
teentn wards Late in tho afternoon reporter went
over the same territory for the purpose
to lessen the plague spots The result was most
Evidently the department is unequal
to the task OF cleaning the presidential localities 10
which a reliable directory has been furnished rhere
lad been occasional spasmodic effort 10 brush up
here and there; oat there are at least twenty-five
ably thousand mcn with 100 CARTS could gather the
rouse irem this section In dav but ut the rate at
which tho attempt Is being made u VIII be cold
weather before tho Joo 10 completed. Possibly will
never be completely Tor, as fast as block rs worked
over is with tho emptvings OF tho vast
tencments OF this too populous ncighbornood.
In walk through toe district from Canal TO Four
tcenth street ana from Centre street and Mulberry 10
the East River the reporter encountered but threo
garbage ana ash carts with one man 10 each. Daent
inquiry faIed - elicit any definite Information as TO
residents told conflicting stories Evidently the
passage ash cart through . street was taken by
some innocent minded persons as evidence that the
streets were being cleaned when the piles Of DIRT
Inc pavement and the OVERLOOKING boxes aud barrels
along tine ouros together Win the OF the
been made TO Improve the siokening condition OF
things.
Reviewing Hester street, west OF the Bowerv, II was
found that h had not been swept. Tue cutters arc
oul than when first report a. and the sidewalks
lined with the usual complement OF garbage re-
ceptaces
Baxter street, near Canal had been brushed up,
but The cutters were stll uninviing.
PKsrERrNG THE sen.
Mott street exhibited dirty cutters from Canal TO
Prince street. Near The corner OF Hestor the deep
day) serves TO collect tho waste water from every
quarter The block betw spring and Prince streets
10 aoominaby many. ms nulsanccs noted In front
oil Nos 1s9 19l, 1913 Us unmitlgated In any
degree In addition 10 The otygsn condition OF tho
cutters and tho extraordinary quantity of garb 70
this DIock the reporter discovered, not
the iDhuitesimsi remains OF cat. but giant pro-
por ions dead horse fostering IN tho sun. Tho
animal occupied the centre OF the street. north OF
SvrIpg ana nycsgation ec,ted the iact that II had
lain there tor twenty-iour hours Millions oil flies
were Ieastiug around the open Jaws, White dozen
children were frolckipg upon the csrcase. fhe
of he deceased steed reported to 1--we IN Nut
berry street. Perhaps the proper officials will take
measures Tor removing the remains oil this used-up
Buccphaius to-day.
elizabeth street, oy some extraordinary circum-
stance, was reported been swept three times
yesterday, between Hester and Broome streets. II
tolcraby Tree from Dirt except IN heaps
that had been cirefuliy overlooked. Probably tho
brigade lost It's reckoning and went over this piece In
lieu OF attending to me adjacent streets. But the gut
ters we're unimproved. Inc pool OF waier Deiore No.
100 mad uol been touched by The cleaners. The water
runs "a &C TINS siukhoc from Smiths soap factory at
No Ill rhe nelghDors disgusted with the stencil,
" ich is not astonishing
Broome street was noticeable for It's foul, slim y
CUTTERS.
Spring and Prince streets looked surprisingly clean.
RksUME.
Poor stanton street Is evidently past redemption.
II Is far worse kept han Baxter Mott or Mulberry
Of tho Five Pointe From the Bowery to East River
The roauway Is dsgustipgiy encumbcred the cutters
are reekIng with swil and waste water, ana every
amy T. generously represented by It's garbage de-
posits along the sidewalks
lhe following Is a RESUME Of the condition OF the
re maindcr OF the streets in this distric, Houston
street, comparatively clean; second street. mod
sratcy CLEAN Third street, moderately dirty; Fourth
street, middlins; Finn street, very dirty;
sixth street, inddlng; seventh street, bad:
;isnth street, fair; Ninth street, Dihy;
Zenith street. worry dirty; Eleventh street. sDoc kngiy
Iirty, improv cmcnt since former report Twelfth
md thirteenth Streets same bad state Fourteenth
street, iron First avenue to the East River, badly
nc elected, garbage boxes In prousion on sidewaiks