The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-30

gutter is also filled with staguant foul smelling wafer,
In which stale vegetables are decayng shoemaker
living al No. 33l said that the street sweepers came
around once IN while, but that they don's seem
unhealthy STUFF in tho gutter. and II ought 20 be
taken away from there" The street itself Is also
sirewn with soiled paper, old shoes ana small heaps
OF DIRT The end the block adjoining First avenue
Is II possible, worse than any other part OF IT, the
contents OF tho cutters being paricuIarly oojec.Un
street there are three large holes filed with thick.
Shiny green liquid. The grocery keeper on inc
street said :--.rbev keen the avenue clans every
other day. but havs', seen the swespcrs on Fii'y-
third street here Tor i've or six weeks"
RANK WITH rgvER-LADEN DOORS.
First avenue between Filty-third and Fitty-hish
ugly holes between the railroad tracks and the side
walks fever breeding deposits OF liquid matter
that seem to occupy perinanent position there: me
atmosphere o this part OF the avenue Is rank with
disgusting doors.
Tho gutter on the south side OF E,ny-iourth stree.
along halt the block running from FIRST avenue could
DO much improved 0y visit from the street
cleaners. The street itself is also in dirty
condition. with pools OF stagnant water at
ip,ervals and small piles OF mud scattered
around Gu beng questioned In regard to its filthy
condition the barber living at No. 354 said he had not
seen any ~eepers around there all this week. The
remaining haf Of this block, toward Second avenue,
Is In somewhat better state only that tho recep-
taccs stale and od0rous in the street
quite SO numerous; but 10 compensate Tor any de-
hcency in this respect the thoroughiarc was Uttered
with straw, ashes and garbage. looking a. though u
had been swept Tor many days In front OF
No. 800 the gutter was choked with liquid NTH, in
vegetable natter The lager beer saloon keeper at
that number, on being spoken to. replied "No
dose sweepers around here;' and then, be-
evng that the writer had some connection with tho
Board OF Health, he said half conhdentialy -''Say
mister, wish you just say that the butcher next
door here has about hundred chickens aud go0ses
ducks down IN tho cellar, and the smell Is awful
It's regular stable down there, and It smells Ike
the devil Two families had 10 move out Of the
house this week Tor that smell" The north
enst corner oil FiftytourtL street ana Second ave-
nue. is In foul state Tor Distance OF several yards
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corner says that somctimes the gutter is cleaner than
It is al present. but no added 81 really cannot tell
YOU sir, when IL was last cleaned"
-ens sTREwN WITH REFUSE MATTER
Opposite No 304 F,tly-hith street. between First
and Second avenues there Is good deal Of dirt on
the street, and pool OF offensive water the gut
ter. Ashes. garbage ana staic vegetables are here
scattered about pr0miscuously. Young man living
ut No 304 said that he hardly ever tho street
sweepers at work around there On the same block,
and First avenue, the street 10 srewn with old
paper pieces OF sheet IRON, broken tinware and gar
bage.
The CUTTERS on both sides of Fityeiahth street aud
First aveu ue rcckug with green liquid, VIII ich
gives GU. odor OF pulridity sufficiently poisonous
to taiDt the surrounding air. saloon keeper on the
northwest corner diuht appear 10 know that the
cutters were SO offensive. having had the nuisance
pointed him this disciple of Gambrinus saio,
'weil l saw tho sweeping the avoLue this
morning; but suppose YOU know that they don't go
nch over their own ground, so am not surprised
that be LETT tho cutters on the street here just as
SixIy.third street, between First and SecoDd ave-
nues, not clean as II should be. 1t Is block on
OF these scattered boil the street we'll
the gutter garbage, ashes and heaps OF RUBBISH
some days ago. Yhe saloon keeper on the southeast
corner OF sixty -tnrd street and Second avenue, on
being asked II he saw the street .weepers latey re-,
believe, but Pm not sure The street might be good
deal cleaner than II is any way" ~
Second avenue between Sixty-1fth and Sixty sixth
streets, is In places very dirty. Opposite No I244
the gutter s horribly foul and ashes, garbage and
other rubbish give II an unsightly Appearance Tho
woman who keeps little dry goods store at num-
Der mentioned. said, or being asked how often the
street cleaners came around there, "Raelly, they
comes here very seldom indeed; cant see how Il is
they DON'T cane IT, f0r II wants It bad enough, God
knows. When they do come they don't hall take the
TURNED INTO A BARN YARD.
The section OF tho Nineteenth ward embraced be-
tween Second avenue and avenue Tor tho East
River) and from Seveneti TO Eigbtleth street, IN
elusive, contains u number OF unpaved Streets tor
CLAIMS no, held responsible. Some OF the
niciral officials should be, however for the benefit OF
the sanitary condition OF this part Of tho city, Tor In
some places the streets arc in wretched state.
Seventy first street, from avenue A to First avenue
seems to be eysum tor creatures Of The kind above
mentioned. They abound everywhere. rho gutter
on the south side was never opened Water dribbles
down from where the shanties perched anu forms
nucleus OF muddy pool, outlet being at hand.
The gutter on tho north side. near avenue A, is
cioggcd with all sorts OF stun SO all the way along lu
garbage mad been recently there. GLOW often
does the garbage cart como aroundT' asked
tho HERALD examiner Of lady VINO apparently
box and seeing mat II nad been partially empied,
she soid:"weil, SIR until the day before yesterday
the garbage man hasn't been around hero for three
weeks. We have had to throw some OF that stuff
INTO the lots, tho pile was getting 50 big" Thus the
HERALD has been tho meaus VI stirring up the gar
huge gatncrers In this region as well as In others.
This street has been shameiuiy neglected. In front
OF No. 407 there three barrels OF garbage and rub
bisb--guticr Oiled with weeds and debris with here
and tuerc some holos where tho sIusn accumuiates.
In front oil u row OF nice looking brick buildings on
the sdc First avenue, there uninter-
rup,cd line vi gutter Nth, emitting, when agitated,
intolerable stencil. Near py there Is bydrant OF
Croton water apparently used by OF the neis
borhood, with no outlet Tor the waste
An UNHEALTHY REGION.
sevcnty-thrd street IS not open from Second to
First avenue Thence to the river tho pnssagsway Is
through line OF shanties, sabies duck ponds, ma
nure heaps and rocks. scarcely wide enough for
horse wagon. The whole region teens with fouluess.
and In case OF an epidemic would prove perfect
labor itory CT POISONOUS vspors.
seventy-.Ourth street-Duck ponds In vacant lots
wants sweeping badly iroIl Second to First avenue,
Horrible mess Ut corner OF FIRST avenue, whore, &c
cording to piacard, J. Macarthur once Kept u coal
yard, but who're now, according TO sign, there are
''carriascs to ot.'
Seventy. nih street is something like a country
road, being unpaved and very dusty all through
Seven ty-seventn street Is unpaved aud dusty, bu
the corner OF First avenue aud extending ali tho
way 10 seventy eighth street there y enclosur,
with high board fence " hch presents u sicksninl
sight one looks through the crevcce In the centre
OF the lot ana en- OF Its arcs
Is pond OF stagnant water with a grecnsh ana SHINY
covering. emitting malaria, that must have an IN
healthy effect upon tho entire neighborhoot Al
congrcgatc here.
seventy N nth street-From Second avenue TO ave
nue has been recently swept, but the heaps OF dir
lett uu disturbed, which Is tue case with most
tue streets where the street cleaners brooms hnv
| been at work.
| SEGLsvrED ny rnpssrRKgr swEgPEas.
Eighteen strce-Cupavcd anu fearful piles OF nlth
| garbage ani ashes accumuiating opposite Nos. 81
and 3l4; also around Pile OF bricks IN The centre o
| the street. Between kirst aud Second avenues oil,
Shoes broken ciockorv, dccsying vegetables and coa
ashes nave possession or street, Nos. 3O2 30I
JOG nave doiectaDe frontage OF mud and uncican
lincSs.
In second avenue, between SEVENTEEN and Eishteil
streets, ~ ascertained That the street cleaner
camo along once IN a month or 80. Garbage care
lessly left on sidewalk IN front OF Z. q. Koerner
Son, No. 1865 empty Rarbarge barrels. but gutter
nlihy, in front OF No. $50; siush deliberately throw
IRON pail into tho gutter ut corner OF Seventy
ninth. From appearances OF the garbage eoxet an
| other reecptscics ina garbage man had been grOun
! lately 10 front vi Nee. LSll. 14l3, 1,4se; bU
there stil remained unemptcd vessels at 14s3, 4Sl
lIC0, 45O. i3O, 42y, i23 and other pons show
lug that the garbage gathercr u he had been along
| nil Ind IN Nv ppsu so spO ~ IN from