, 1879-07-18

AMATEUR INSPECTION.
Thcre'are guod many streets OH the West
Side which look as though they had never been
touched ,.by spade, hoe, broom, or
other implement used by the street.
cleaning gh7xt. They arc covered
With Debris OF nil conceivable descriptions, nrl
Hherc there Is q pavement 1t is almost buried
out Of sight BY accumulauons OF manure,
garbnge, tin cans, dscaylug vegetables, III oe-
casfonat dead dog or cat, now aud then tc-
funct and odorous rat or somn other equally
malodorous article, not by any means caicu-
lated to add 10 the sayury, nature Of the atmus-
pllcrc or psesunt all inviting appearance to tho
casual pedestrian In u1ose parts. 1t may bc
that now mud then the top OF tic deepening Mess
Is rakctl of. but they never get
to thu bottom. They never delvs to the
lowest stratum Of tho accscttons whtct,
smell so "1oud," and which ara day BY day be-
Ing turtherund further removed from the sur
face. At all cvcnts, ono Is forced to bclIurc 80
after ono has passed along these thuruughfarcs
md inhalsll their nasty olors and foul dust.
Tukn ka,le street, for instance Eagic street Is
u sh1rt MD harrow passage, extending from
Union 10 ualstcd, Just north Of Randolph strccr.
1t presents about Us tnricd an aspect us one
Will see anywhere In the city, probably, in tho
same distance. It Is lined with some Of the
ehabblcst buildings III tic West Division, and
thfrklY pcoplcl with ~ Heterogeneous IL colcc-
whites, rcd.faced Irish and dIrtY Anrr,caus,
prostitutes nut worklng-wonen beer shops,
milk depots, stnbles, lAu1drlcs, tcncmrut build
inge tumble down r0okerics, dogs OF variety of
color and differing degrees Of vietousncss, snap
ping at legs of strangers, plurality ut px-
trrtnety dlrtY-faced children, washerwumc,l,
md, III taet, about everything that cs,u!d be
crowded INTO the spacc allotted: Easla, street
y " no esns csan In the rs pass tbs
preston that It is their dt:y to dlttnp oil their
manure futo the street, TO DC taken away, no
doubt, whenever good lnets sends d wagon that
wonlan rcgularY pours tho contents Of her tubs
Into tho cutters, wilcFo 1t lies alM1
Will otler distnstcfut objects. Then
the sauitaFy pepartmett u the, city to kecp
them down, and they yet scattered more or ess,
Those vino have slops to lispusc Of lump them
into tho street, or out OF their windows between
tln pscmiscs begin u sinclE. and nothing bu.
strongest d!sinfectants catl restore the na.uSnl
sweetncss. Unfortunately these are not rs
yet rcsorted To, as,l consequently tho dir Is
crowded Nth mephttic sauors, which, Il not ua.
pleasant to tic senscs Of tuose who live there,
gu, ut all events, to one not useu to constant
association with slch unpleasant odors.
Tie houses along Eagle street aso OF great
vaiicty Of architecture and In all conceivable
stnees Of uilaraaslon. ~ somo Of thetn live
from three to seven families, at,d these people
are 20 crowded .!nt they are hudtliul togptslcr
IN tho rouns Ia such manner that their health
Is constantly endangered. Will, little or 40
scwera.c,-And. III lnany Cases tho houscs nro
Hliuily unprovldcd With this means nf carrying
Oft the aectlnuauons arising frum naturs's de-
liycrics or the customary garbage rcsuItaut
fro1n cooking,,-lt eau hardly be dxpcvtcd that
these hotlscs s.luutd, under Ito most fayu1abss
circumstances, bo perfect health resorts. 30,
wlcn to These conditions nre aadcd the extreme
hcat, such us NO had this week md
aro hablo to have again during The
understand how vital is the necessity of con
atauk and perfect sanitary regulations; OF thur
ouEh cleaning and d!s!nfcctng; Ut perpetual
care mud llevsr-ceassng oversight Of thcso 10.
calittes. 1t IL, Of c0urse, laru matter to re-.
move the peoule; It l. easier to ren,o.e their
filth There IL scarcely any 1,opn Of making
them cleaner, OF Hlorc carcfu' OF their perso1s
and prc1ntscs; they havu brbn bred III dirt a,,el
always lived III iltil. Yet this Is TO rcasun why
they shall esrupe MI rpdc,nc's rnyaccs, should
II break out, OF la TO b. tho medium of scattcr-
lug its seeds.
'll,o attention Of tho Board OF Public Works ia
called to Eagle street,
Willis they nrc looking ns Eagle street, lot
tlleM 50 further, to Lydia, witch rults trolu
Untoa to Ilntstea. lust north ct Eagle. II IL III
irregular thoroughfasc as " surface, and also
10 ossupants. I1!cFo are very few tunement
scattered through It, With Ilrru u1l there great
| gaping stretches Of reaI estate disclosing The
rcnrs OF Lake street tcncmunt-tluuscs, aud
bringing to sight much that Ii calculated TO
lots arc the receptacles for everything thu Ad.
Joining tenants want 10 yet out Of tic way, aud
The result Is they are prutty well plusteret oyer
with rofllse Of various kinds.
Waynan street, Just beyunl, and also short
street, contalls but few houses on the sJush
side. whis The north half Is covered with rail-
road freight houses. Tho street Ii III better
copdftion than nre lta near neiChGors.
South Of ltaildolph strcet, and between 1t and
Washington street, to another OF ttesa alley
strcets. Tha ono Is called Waldo place. 1t Il
lined with ule rcars OF stables and hero and
there = tsucmeut house. liossotnnnnrc Is thu
| occupants Ut The dwelling houses make tns gut
ters tho recep,arles Of such refuse as they wisl
| to dispose oL a Geaning up and dlstufectng ot
Waldo plars Ia loudly called for.
Iil the. reeton cast of South Ilalstcd street,
eouait VI Van Birem aud aort1 Of Twelfth strert,
sne streets Aru certainly Ia very bah coulItiop,
They have tlte appearances OF streets In n bust
lIug mInlag-camp, wlIcre u!ese is no sewerage,
aila mhrrc eycrythngl IL elthsr pitched over into
The next yara Or out iato Tho street. Theirs ~
Du kogen street for instance. The cleaning
eapc probably hnye forgotten that lllcra IL aIls
such strcet Then, 'raylor street; II ia positive
| ly dlsgrucs. Ewing street, also. il extremist,
| dirty; ana 80 are ths otlera which aru con
| tiguout. All have about the same Appearance
| lie streets arc tuil OIL p!tch-lolcs, which ar<
! full Ut allh Of all kinds While ths cutters art
filled with stiukDy waters, slinlu-coycred ami
| disgusting.
And 20 ail through that locality there Is great
nesd OF more thorough cleaning, aud oltsoar.
TIE IlADY HOSPITAL!
| The Floating Hospital boat did not leave
town yesterday, tho b1ecze being considered toe
stiff to couduco to tllu comfort OF tae children
their parents, cr their uursca, Gu route to ,h
North avenue pier. alauy Of the iEttlo folk
md their guardians, however, took the st1est
curz, wbfch landed them at thu suutl, entrauc