New-York tribune., 1879-12-21
HOW THE WORK Is NOT DONE.


AND CoMMIssIoN-CHARAcTERrs1 NRW-foRK
s,ySys-IrALIAS AND IRISH KNIGhTs OF THE
BROOM AND HOE--TRE ASnMAN's ROUNDS
WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS SAY.
A standing subject of complaint among the
citizens of NewYerS for past mas been the hthy
condition Of Effort has been concentrated
by way OF doing little weI IN failure to oSii' ON
Broadway aud Ffthaye., the two great ana aslonaOe
toroushares Iu spite OF this. in wet weather lower
broadway especially plastered with Shiny mud, and
IN dry the whole length OF the street ap"uhus
IN dirt and rubbish, with which each wind pels the
eyes and faces the thousands that daily throng ts
sdewuiks Ffthave. is always less dirty, bui not so
much SO as TO deserve the tiile OF the lone clean
street OF New-York" From tLeSe two streets
- the degree OF dirtness rapidly rises In passing
from the main side thOronghfares to the less
frequented cross and poverty stricken hyways
where snperat ~ nasiiness Is reached III the
purens Of Baxter and Nuiberry-ss. Filthy pavements
are only half Of the nuisance Garbage barrels are mus
tered daily. frequently Tor hours at time, III the most
conspicuous places the cuihstones In 'front.' oi the
hahations of the itch we'll as OF the poor, ana IN
hideous array the eye and give successive Shocks
10 the nose OF the passer-by. stranger visiting the
city might take away with him, his most vivid im-
pression OF New-YOrk picture of a reesnr garbage
parrol standing front OF brown-slone mansion In
n fashionable street Hoverng over the barrel Is
nlthy Italian seavenger. who Is looking Tor
food and fuel and who passes - another barrel
only after appropuating little and scatter
ing more. Citizens have become accustomed
t. the disgusting sight and have Gepored the fact that
garbage and Italians OF tins class exist They have tried
remedies and iaied and weEigh concluded that dirty
streets are chronic. and not susceptible o permanent
sure There l. STRENGTHENING Bureau. however ID is
branch OF rhe POlice Department, and Is spending
nearly 500 900 year. Captain Williams was transferred
to the head Tuesday and streets that
had been neglected several days were visited by the
asl-carts on Wednesday ami Thursday
A "A ~ VI telpgrIpncu
clnct yesier lay by Commissioner Macfeau directing
that sweepors be stationed at all crosswalka where
travel Is great whose duty 1t shall be to keep them
clean
RESULTS OF A TOUR OF INSPECTION
So many citizens take personal note daily of the con.
don OF the pavement and sidewalks of broadway, that
detailed Of what seen IN tue way OF dlIt
IN the artery of the city rs snperhnous Moreover
there are fertile fields for observation Broadway
a swept every night IN the year, except when tie
weather Is very stormy and wDen the pavement Is COW
cred with snow. the first street visited by the ash
carts IN the morning. and these are expected to empty
every ash receptacle Broadway and f1ith-aye by
O'Clock good starting point for 'our OF inspection
ia the chef Office OF the SreetCeanng Bureau TN the
Central Police Office Mulberry-st, between Bleeeker
and Houstonsts. Mulberry-st runs south from that
point to Chatham-st- The pavement IN frOnt OF
the Central Office on 1uesday was respect
ably clean. Tue next block south needed
.weeppe few wellRled ash-barrels orname nied the
came up and emptled these few barrels. The bottom
fell ou barrel after had been empted OF three
fourths of its Since the driver bad no shovel
with hun could not take up the heap on the slde-
walk so lie brushed the OF the curbstone with his
boot and drove On both days the situation re-
maine unchanged In Of the street south The
garbage barrels became more plentiful as Canal-sL
was approached. and the overflow at the base OF
the barrel IN some eases amounted 10 TWO or
three barrelsiul. Near Canal-st. there was an
e rfa tp-nI m 1na
standing. Evidently II had grown so large that the
stoufest cartman quailed before IT, The succeeding
blocks to Caatham-st. decked out with garbage
barrels standing sngly in twos and in hrees, In nearly
every instance heaped up un the filth ran over on the
pavement Every few rods there wereheaps Of refuse
on the emeut greater than the ibage Ia the
barrels.
Passing at Chatham INTO Baxterst, the next parallel
street west filthy sight disclosed ITSELF afIer
crossing the Points where two dead dogs Ay waiting
nOr burial Between the Five Points and Canast tnere
we're great of heapedup refuse lining both sides
of Baxter-t at intervals of lew feet The boxes held
ahou; te same quantity scattered In heaps over
the pavement Perhaps four men might INT one OF
these boxes and dump the contents into cart The
stencil awful. though II was considerably moillned
by the frost which CONCEALED the slime On Thurs
day morning blocks OF Baxter near Canalst were
visited by the The stirring that part OF the
street received diminished the amount of the flth but
almost added to the offence 10 eye and nose
>t.,t
East Side thoroughfare from the City Hall Park to
Harlem There were found spots in Chatham-st only
less foul than the mlder parts OF Baxter. Chatham
square at the lower end Of the Bowery was In dis
gracefully filthy condition Al this point eight streets
centre aud the number of that pass ~ very
large is also the amount Of traffic. suggestion as
to long had elapsed since had been ccaned
WIS found in the fact that the ground be-
meath the elevated railroad strewn with
chips cut from the beams anf crossties-lOt only
fresh chips work recently done but chips that had
lain 40 long that hey had changed color with age.
They were half buried in quantity OF finely pulverzed
dust brown clouds OF which hled the ar whenever
Qs. of wind swept the square from any OF the
numerous intersectng streets.
Ash-barrels were not very numerous In the lower
part OF the Bowery, bat IN many places the cutters
were very fthy. Between Canal and Houston-sts- an
occasional ashbarrel and ashbox met the eye and bad
spots In the pavement collected mud and garbage.
Thlrdaye. presented much the same appearance from
Eighth to Tbrtieth-St Tuesday afternoon. Between
the up and down railway tracks there wes
a uniform layer OF thick mud which might easily
be removed with the aid Of hoe and shovel. The
avenue wore a general appearance of being ashidden.
aud the sidewalks were Uttered Every block gave
evidence OF neglected ash-barre sometimes halffu.
sometimes over1owing with ashes and refuse. Each
place where an sh-Darrei had stood and had been
empted was marked by shovelfui more less OF dirt
where barrels had overturned ana stolen. the
tens instead OF being shoveled the cart had been
Jeff pile. and some Of trese hts mounds looked as
reveal reveal barrels rel on each block ony lew sirsels
sss'q;s as 1sss,.n 'isns a hsaps
four feet above the board, we |aps Was proceeding
ing the fth as Y went Practically thus vas unloading
been noticed time and agaia that the manure al
va5s leave a lrsl behind tsem Ihird-sye: was very
On wednesday Fourteenth-ssr east Of Third-svs.