The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-07-16

out here IT would come from the tenement houses
and not from the streets. In some portions mo
tenement houses thick'y settled, ana tlo
habits of many OF those who occupy them are hlthy
in the extreme. rule OF the Police Department
directs the men leaving post duty at SIX A. NJ to
report at the station houses all garbage boxes or
barrels seen, and their location. The rules of tho
Street Cleaning Bureau direct that all sweeping anu
gathering OF garbage and refuse shall be done at
night Violations of this rule are promptly reported
ut police headquarters. that the responsibility
for the omission shall be placed on the proper
shoulders"
streets. was found to be quite filthy. The cutters
contained stagnant water. which mingled its foul
euvia with that arising from several garbage bar
rels that had been undsturbed for hours apparently
The roadway also looked il had been visited
by the sweeper for long time Cherry street, from
Franklin square up to James street. is lined by tene
ment houses. front and rear. These tenements are
inhabited by the very dregs Of society. and
uenty their habits correspondngly dirty.
Garbage boxes and barrels lined the curb Of both
sides Of the street. and the pavement strewn
with decayed vegetable matter. old shoes. dirty
straw. tin and all sorts OF similar rubbish.
The cutters filthy in the extreme the Stops
thrown in them having been allowed to remain until
an uncomfortable stencil the result. Water street.
between Roosevelt and James. presented q similar
appearance, which, no doubt. was largely due to the
disgustingly dirty habits OF the people who live In
the locality.
IN OAK STREET.
The roadway Of Oak street. from Roosevelt to
Oliver. strewn with all sort OF debris and did
not look If it had been swept for weeks. Chatham
street found to be tolerably clean. except the
CUTTERS sweeper and ashcart were gathering
up the refuse. The sweeper brushed the sweepings
ing the mound to Tester In the broiling Park
from Centre to Pearl street. quite dirty.
Filthy straw. sweepngs and 'rbage were strewn all
along the cobble stone pavements which did not
appear to have received the touch OF broom in y
week. Both the curb lines were decorated by gar
bage barrels the presence Of which was detected by
the nosrs long before they were to the
eye.
was extremely dirty. Garbage barrels and boxes
were frequently met. and all along the pavement
decayed Vegetables and other refuse lay tho
cahh thrown
by the careless occupants OF the houses in the neigh
borhood. Here. too. the cutters were most ioui:
emitting sickening odor which mingled with that
OF y dead cat in the roadway near Madison street.
Sitting in the doorway OF house in Madison
ex-sergeant- at arms OF the Board OF Aldermen Tho
reporter had noticed that the Belgian pavement Of
few garbage cans or ash barrels to be and
he inquired il that was the usual condition OF affairs
SWEPT REGULARLY"
"It is was the reply. The street Is swept regu-
larly and the sweepnss and garbage as regularly re-
moved 1t Is about as clean as you see 1t now at all
times. In fact. never saw the Fourth ward
cleaner"
Pearl street was found on examination to be pretty
thoroughly swept Rose street, the contrary.
was very dirty Its roadway strewn with dirty
straw and garbage. which sweeper with sprinkler
began to gather up as the reporter passed at two
p. NJ. At the acute angle fronting the Newsboys'
Lodging House. formed by the junction of. William
and Duane streets. the pavement. we'll the gut
ter, is extremely dirty. Great heaps of black muck
in the latter gave forth terrible odor..,
In Pearl street. between Oak and Chatham. the
porter encountered solitary sweeper. who was
gathering up the sweepings OF street that was
already tolerably Clean City Hall place was found
to be passably clean.
Meeting Mark Lanigan. the Fourth ward politician,
the HERALD reporter asked about the general con-
dtion of the streets far he had observed them.
"In James street, where live, it is usually very
dirty. The dirt is taken away regularly enough but
the people around there filthy in their habits
that o corps of Board of Health stationed on
every block wouldn't keep them neat and cleanly."
Centre street was quite clean. as were all the
streets where business houses mostly located
both in the Sixth and Fourth wards
ELEVENTH PRECINCT.
The boundaries OF the Eleventh precinct East
Fourteenth street on the north Itvington street
the south and avenue Il and East River respectively
the and east. In making tour of the neigh
borhood yesterday the reporter WAS directed by
almost all the citizens and officers with whom he
converted to that portion OF the district confined
within the limits OF stanton Rivington ana Houston
streets. with limit the east at Cannon street.
Here abound tenement he asses inhabited by families
OF nearly every nation earth. and the popula-
ton peculiar it follows that the difficulty III
securing proper sanitary regulations here is used
to give color to an often repeated excuse that to
keep the streets clean in those neghborhoods an
utter imposset.y. Inc wofs, spots ID TIE ware
point and then making an inroad on any or the
blocks leading to Houston street. There are con-
gregated the great bulk of the citys rag pickers.
vender boys, dealers in oranges hsh, and in bones.
Wagons of every conceivable style and of every
degree of dilapidation line the curbs and the side
walks swarm with ragged and unwashed children.
Standing tho corner OF Willett street. i'll STAN
ton the first thing which struck the reporters eye
mixture. In Sheriff street. through to Riv-
ington street, the cutters on the west side
In front of No. los large stagnant pool Of
filthy water simmered under the scorching sun. and
on the opposite side of the street, near wheel
wrghts shop. an equally offensive cistern of muck
invited the children i'll the street to play it.
On both sides of the street on this block heaps
OF garbage were rotting. and filed boxes stood on
the sidewalk In the tenemcnts here, as rule,
every couple of rooms contains family OF six or
eight persons. and they cannot stand the stencil
from the refuse in the apartments they throw it in
the streets. The Street Cleaning Department say
that they tell these people that every evening the
carts are around to empty the barrels boxes, and
that they must not throw the refuse into them
until about the hour the carts may be expected.
But orders, threats and enreaties said TO be in
vain.
A PEsTILENTIAL BLOCK.
On the west side of sheriff street. between Stanton
and Houston streets. the gutter might be said 10 be
one continued pool OF rotted garbage. The street
was covered with tenement house debris at about
the middle of the block lay u dead horse, which had
been there since early in the morning. as small boy
informed the reporter.
"He worked up to late last night" said the boy.
but they took him out about two o'clock this morn
ing -
huge bone carts were busy ut work. adding from .
tenement addition to the stock they had been coli
Letting during the day. The stencil really sick
ening and in the hot air Of the afternoon uure-
leved by single breath of pure air, could scarcely
prove less than deadly to feeble children but strange
enough, there did not seem to be any such around,
though the sidewalks aud the streets were crowded
with little ones.
stagnant pool filed the gutter the south side
or the latter street, between Ridge and Attorney.
filth prev ailed in front OF stable where last year
number OF persisted by fire. In Attorney
street. between Stanton and Houston. In located
what is called in the neighborhood the stocking
colony" Several large tenement houses stand in
the place. the occupants Of which mostly in
business on their own account There are taiiors.
cigarmakers, shoemakcrs and many other merchants
of minor degree all of whom work in the dwellings
they occupy. 1t is a busy block. and the din of the
toilers fills tho heavy atmosphere. The street and
sidewalks filed with filthy garbage packed into
tin pals wooden boxes lying loose. Swarms
of children were playing in the dirt and budding
around the wagons Of y few vendors who were
loading their wares. The atmosphere was heavy to
sickness in the heat. and the smell was enough to
drive any unused to the place away. The whole
block needed purihcaton. One OF the neighbors
told the reporter to round about eight O'Clock
in tho evening, when there was scarcely standing
on the sidewalks, and behold tho eighborhood
Gin its glory