The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-09-03
PLAGUE SPOTS.
Streets Not Yet Visited by
the SWeepere.
POISONED CULV ERTS.
Official Awakening to the Terrible Con.
diton of the City.

tho metropolis was by the HERALD reporters
yesterday. and tho results, as given below, viii be
found by no means naterns TO the Bureau for Street
Cleaning Although decided Improvement Is
visible IN the condition OF many OF ihc
heretofore neglected thoroughfAres thero srill
remains considerable amount OF work
TO be done in the most densey populated sections OF
the city before New York lay CLAIM to any con-
ditiou OF sanitary excellence. rhe cutters IN many
piaces arc s; in foul state, and with tho present
recurrence OF hot weather emit such deIetsrious
gases have boon known under certain ditions,
10 supernduce some Of tho most malignant forms OF
endemic diseases. In localities stagnant pools
OF water dshgure tho streets and contribute their
miasmatic doors to atmosphere already surchaged
with noisome vapors. Overlooking garbage boxes
aud refuse mAttcr thrown into tho and cutters
in some OF the tenement localities still proclaim
muiely that moro attention IS needed to ward oil an
epidemic.
SEVENTEENTH
That part of the Seventeenth which IS bounded
by Rivington on the south, tAe Bowery ard avenue
on the wcst and east and Seventh street on the
north, was gouo yesterday by HERALD
reporter and showed signs OF improve
ment, when compared with the condition OF
tho streets in that district on formor
occasions. II is under the supervision OF Officer
Maurice Glynn. Sun. great deal remains to 10
done, and why 1t Is that at the rate OF a sweeper 10
every three blocks the street cleaning bureau OF tho
Police Department cannot calculate the unber of
men requisite to keep all the highways and byways of
| the city as clean rs Filth avenue Broadway, the
| people unable TO perceive.
| Beginning ut Rving,ou street, near its junction
with tho Bowery, barrel filled with offensive garbage
and ashes was found in front OF No 5. Tho man VINO
lived ut that number said:'srhat Amt my barrel.
I'm glad hal nj got tenement TO turn out barrels
| lsc that every norma That barrel comes out OF
| Al No. the housckecper left the barrel
| IN front OF the door, on the sidewalk; but
tho ash cart had bsen there rhe housoKecper. a
middle aged woman, said :-"On Saturday l takcs II
weos seq For because as Of ,Ss
warm weather DON'T caro-. ike, to Keep the
ali the At Nos 49, aos au EYER S aas
res wore on the sidewalk and gave cut anything but
an agreeable av o ,o mo las. named house Is
| mixed with stale tomato cuttings, potato peengs,
ana such Ike vags.abs refuse literally rocked g
| comes round 10 empty them barrels; thoy comes
every night, as much as knows: Tho rolghbors
be coming around tor TOUR or FIVE blocks TO throw
| things in that there barrel. We only makes two or
three shov eff Of art Of morn'n' why don't
tho stugnapt water there; there's where the smell
A pair Of rotten fish had just been dun ped, dex-
terously and mystcrousiy on the barrel,
knew how. tho grocery man continued :-.iFlye
rotten fish in tho barrel they're good for somebody.
DON'T want cm'
From Forsyth to Ludlow tho street IL passably
coan. AZ No. 92 there found fresh deposit OF
old, offensive looking odds ana IRON butchers
shop Inc man who kept tho meat lot said the
place had been cleaned last Saturday, tho things ON
the sidewalk he ngcniously Informed writer, had
just been put ou'. AT No l25 there n small tank OF
comes from tho house to tho ives. Of that numbor.
The who spoken to said that the lord did
not fix tho gutter ana u was not MS tho speakers)
business to DO that AT No. l35 ihs street was
c,caner bet not BY any means what i: shooid BE-
Referring to tho sweeper. tho man who was scen al
this house said, II don't him to-day; no comes
round. think, every eight days"
AN INVITING sPor.
Near the corner OF Suffolk street some hons wero
busy scratching 10 a heap Of dirt that was piled up
uoaf pool Of water whose odor was auyin,ng but
pleasant The water dipped down from pump en-.
bodied In recess OF the wall tho south OF tho
street Tho man who was found to live az
the corner made this staiemep,:~.ror tho
| last twenty years they've been dumping dirt
| cleaners come every three Jour days.n dead rat
and some rotiing meat Onamented .he dirt Pile
| yards IRON the corner
Al No. II Clinton the man In tho lauor store
thcrO said that no took away the stag water him.
sell. s terrible round tho house; tho gutter wants
mcndng Pm not positive, but think that tho sweep
ors come around once or twice month" la the
grocery at No 81 CLIFTON street tho woman said =
"NO they don't como roun1 10 sweep, couldn't tell
| you when. Last week, think, man WINS here -
Several very dirty barrels were IN iron, OF Nor Al
and A. Tho block between Rivingtor and stanton
streets was found 10 be quite dirty.
Taking tho route along stanton street, stout Cor
shoulders, gave the BABY an anectiona,e pat ms
caubby cheek ana replied TO inquiries as TO the ire
knows when they come? | saw the eicanorsthi,
mornln'. don't know OF he did not CLEAN the dirty
the foul water did not run or; the broom could not
take It away. Tho block between Norfolk aud Hous.
ton streets IS excessively dirty Hhy straw SCRAPS OF
old foot wear and mems headeoar with broken tins
and an occasional heap OF DIRT offend tho eye making
the place, which 10 "a tenement neighborhood very
unsafe should sickness appear. man In the drug
store the OF suffolk street. who seemed 10
have small idea of tho English toug que was un-
derstood, by u shrug OF the shoulders aud wag of
tho hcnd, TO be very much dispeased with the Efforts
Of Captain Gunaer's men. Just north OF this drug
store there is aEorrid looking place in tho block
tween stanton aud Essex streets. Tho small
heaps heap , OF wet rss.s OlasS; r0';,ns an that
lic IN the hot sun, sending out their
pestiicrous vapors, whc waiting Tor a DIRT cart TO
carry them away There is also bad block between
Essex and Ludlow streets. II is Uttered with dirty
decayng vegetable refuge particularly in front Of
Tho smlthy on the north side A man at No. % ra.d
the swccpcrs did not come there; they son1 a man
every tnroe weeks Tho stagnart water he
asserted. eavo out perpetual stcnch. AT No 30 tho
the grocery said "ihc cleaner used 10 come
regularly, but l believe lie has not come In a week.
In Orchard street, fronting tho dairy at No I75
there is u ccsspooi. The woman spoken To- said.
"Ihc sweeper uon'Ltake that away II stands there
ali tho time. 1t smells SOL cont know how IL ~
l see them once IN II week or once In two weeks:
can't tell how oiteu.'
swEEPgRs IN DEMASD
Along stanton street was the next route TAKEN
Between Edrd2e aud Allen streets, at No. 65 in
front oil dairy, plague spot was notoi A woman
IN tue ookcry replied 10 Inquiries In these words:
ave DON'T know about the sweepcrs should think
hcy ought to takc the wafer away, but we can't say
nothin tor then thoy mightnt do anything al ali |
Tho cleaner was here this morning but the water no
never cleans oai" Tho block between EIdridge ana
iU'Dy'" 'N'eV"'oy s'0""b tvnsiucIng Inc EelKu-
bornood, yet not tree from stagnant water on The
south side Between Forsyth aud Chrys streets an
attempt has been made TO Keep tho roadway c.can,
but the usual puddies OF long standing water
are there in many places the south
SIDE OF tho street. A. No. IL Stanton street
there Is small restaurant, ana although
II was quito pain that the water In front have
como fol IT, tue man, German who could sea rccly
speak any English, persisted IN denying nil know
lodge OF how got there. At Nos Is and Is, wnero
garbage and stale tomatoes ware pointed oct tho
street. The man IN the grocery remarked laconi.
caly :-"We, they throw them out OF tue windows -
AT nos. 200 25I and 2d Bowcry foul water was soon
In front OF the doors In East Houston street Ger
man In a small snoon at No. 95 SAID tho dirty water
from his place was cmplicd Ia the middle OF tho
street. AT the corner OF Cbrystio street tho soda
water man said, al haven't seen DO sweeper IN "A
good time dis side OF de street IL hc does sweep
hc sweeps shGst locte und don CLEARS out again.
Al the corner OF Allen street garbage buckets and
barrels were found ON the south sue Between Alien
and orchard streets tho dirt was heapcd waiting