New-York tribune., 1879-12-09
MASSES OF Film IN THE STREETS.

NEW ORDER As TO REMOVING RETUSE-NO PER-
CrPTiBLE IMPROVEMENT, EXCEPT FROM THE
RAIN.
Among the many capital hits that the speakers
made at the dinner of the ST. Nicholas Society, Sat-
urday evening, the remark of Chief-Justice Noah
Davis, who had been enumerating the virtues of
the old Knickerbocker rulers of New-York, that the
Dutch kept the streets cleaner than they were at
present called forth the loudcst applause and
laughter OF the evening. Fortunately drcnching
rain that flooded the streets came TO the aid of the
Street-Cleanng Department on the same evening,
and left the streets in much better condition than
they had been in tor several weeks. On Sunday
general order was issued to the captains of police
precincts requiring them to give notice TO all cti-
zens that hereafter cartmen would begin to empty
asll-barrels ut a. m, instead of at p m. as here
tofore Ii was further ordered that only such YES
sells as could be easily handled should be used for
the reception of ashes and that all stationary ash
boxes should be removed
An examination of many of the downtown
streets yesterday Indicated that the order
had not been regarded in the least. Many of them
were filed with filth, mud or standing wafer.
Wherever the streets would shed water they were
passably clean. the CUTTERS however, being gen.
orally full of mud. The heavy rain seemed TO have
swept much OF the DIRT into the sewers. The ash
boxes were numerous, as self-assertive and as
full to oveiflowing as they ever were. Every one
dodged them carefully except the dirty, half
clothed. repulsive-looking Italian rag-pickers.
barrels around Fulton-st., Washington Mar
ket, FIVE Points or Mott-st. were of the
sidewalk or even emptied. The huge box in Cham
bers-st.. which receives the City Hall ashes, was
half full, notwithstanding superintendent Wall
ing's order. Travel in Nassau-st. was impeded by
the clusters of barrels. Greenwich-st was found
to be very dirty, and the cutters contained much
decayIng vegetable matter. The upper part of Dey-
st. was washed fairly clean, but there was an
full
of garbage and ashes stood III Westinghouse. and
the rain had washed together great masses of filth
at many places III West-st in the vicinity of the
market. In many of the streets the cutters
| completely blocked with accumulated refuse
| Reade-st opposite the American News Company's
| building, was iull of mud and standing water, and
the other streets in the 7cinly were nearly as bad
The streets III the neighborho0d of the Five Points
were III an awful conditl0n-tlled with mud, pools
of filthy water, cabbage leaves straw and other de-
caylng matter The condition of the streets af-
forded a sufficient explanation of the pale sicky
| faces, sore eyes and wasted forms of scores of
children who, While playing ON the side walks and
in the streets, were Obliged 10 inhac the foul odOrs
Ashes piled IN the streets III dozens of places
and many OF the barrels had been knocked over
ana their contents spilled. Baxter-s. presented
sickenlbg sight. rive great asI-blbs stood III Bay
ard-st. The policeman said that Ill obedience to the
general order, he had given notice 10 the landlord
| that they must be removed. MO.t-st., too, below
Prince-st., was found TO be very hlthy.
East OF the Bowery the streets seemed to be some
what cleaner, and five weak, sickly looking ltal-
| ans sweeping. Grand BroOme. Delaney
and other streets had been swept. but IL seemed
II some OF them had been swept before the ram,
since tho heaps of dirt which had been gathered
| here and there were gradually becoming spread
| over the whole street again.
Captain iIedden, of the Sueet-Cleaning Depart
ment said that the change in the time for the gatn
erIng of the ashes had been made 80 that the work
could be thoroughly done and be better super
| intended. Heretofore II had taken all night and
~ 10 expected that II will take nearly all day to
complete the work.
| Commissioner MacLean talked 10 the reporter
for some time, but SAID nothing. except that lac had
| not read the morning TRIBUNE.
| Superintendent Wallng said that the ash-barrel
| nuisance would have TO he stopped. The hugo sta
tonarv bins must be replaced by small vessels that
| could be easily handled, and much labor would
| thereby be saved to tho Department. After they
| were emptied the vessels would have TO be removed