New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-01
STREETS THAT NEED CLEANING.
DOORS AND SIGHTS THAT sIeKEN.

DOORS AND SIGHTS THAT SICKEN.
RAD p1vFMFSTs AND CUTTERS FULL OF STAGNANT
WATER-sCENEs IN TENEMENT-HOUsE DISTRICTS.
A reporter of THE TRIBUNE made tour OF
inspection through the city streets SATURDAY. paying
particular afternoon those Which were REPORTED to DC
IN the worst condition with regard to cleanliness. INC
exploration showed that while some streets In New
York are remarkably oean, there places which offer
liberal invitation 10 diseases and epdemcs'
In many cases the streets improperly paved ana
poorly drained; many pavements are worn out nave
sunk In places and are absolutely dangerous In some
Of the poorest streets. filed with tenemehthouses the
dwellings aud their occupants are Infinitely urter thh
the streets themselves. Many OF these persons are not
only careless but they openly and almost hourly Violate
the city ordinances throwing garbage ashes ana All
manner of refuse in front OF their dOorways All xmas
of stckenng odors we're this tour Of In
spectlon many Of which arose from stagnant pools OF
water In pavcments and cutters cut OF repair.
The prominent thoroughfarcs were generally Iounu 20
be in good condition; considerable repavng is being
done, and some cleaning A good rain would DO much
for many Of the streets. Centre Pearl and DOVer-Sa
and City Hall-paca needed sweeping; the gut
ters OF Park-st. below Five Points were filthy
Bsxter-st. was chiefly distinguished for its noSious
OdOrs which seemed to come from the houses
more than from the street. MOtt-st, was IN a bad
condition the street had been swept once upon a
time as the piles OF refuse along Its entire Iens'h
attes,ed but 1t seemed If thar time had been long
curbs; some Of them had beer Overset; Shiny
water nllod the cutters and exhaed the most ht;d
odors The occupants seemed IN perfect harmony with
the street in regard to unclealness Pell-st' from
MOtt.st. the BowCry, nike hottest, aud Bayprd ST.
was little better. Allen-st. would bear considerable
cleaning, and Orchard-st. was exceedingly filthy, the
pavement being in dangerously bad condition. Parts
OF have taken up and newer replaced Hester-St
eemed with men, women and children and dirt The
pavement bad aud filthy water stood in the gut
tcrs garbage in barrels and also srew@d in
the streets, from which arose an insuierabe stencil
Between Essex and NorfOk-sts. Hesterst. ut its
worst, and WAS partly blocked up with old wagons,
disabled junk carts and the OVERLOOKING stock of numcr
Gus iuuk-sores. A number Of goats and many dirty
children dsported themselves happily as If they
were earthly paradise.
Essex Norfolk aud suffolk-sts. were full OF nosomc
smells aud badly paved In Divlsion-st there
were piles of decayiug garbage and street sweppngS
and Shiny ran across the sidewalk from some
houses the cutters The reporter penetrated into
several the cOur-yards between Hester and Division
SITS. and found them filthy that the streets outside
seemed clean IN comparison. The population positively
seemed to thrive on disgusting efiuvm. Monroe-sI was
mserably paved aud dirty. Old bottles and rect
sweepincs were its artistic features "Thry never
clean tins at ALL" said rather resp ctaAe-ork
ing old man to the reporter; and he added that Their
was siderable sickness in the undOuOt
ediy resulting from the condition Of affairs.
From Clinton TO SOuth-sts there was great improve
nrnt Corears. Cherry, Cannon, Jackson Henry Shcr-
it, GOuverneur aud Ridgc-sts., all need rcpayng and
thorough cleansing. Forsyth and Chrystc-sts. are III
bad cond ton, and MnlbcIryst. shOeknViy hhy IN
cans Jcrsey-st.. west from Mulberry. is also III vile
condition. Above Grandst. the East Side tc streets
are paved better and cleaner East Eleventh,
Twelfth and Fifteenth needed attention, ana Eat
dirty cutters FSrty.second-. IS badly paved ana "
dry between Second and Third-lvcs ON the West Side.
tSe East side. Betwren Fortysccond and Tcnass
tucle WAS II The to be e9mpinrd o. except tha many OF
tnem the work has already begun West lfy-third'
among the driiest All OF the rrosstrccts were
DC wrrR Seventh aud Eehth-aVes. .
Farther down town, IVES Fourth. Cornt!ia. Bedford
Carnlne. Houston, Prince, Grcenc and WooscrSts an'i
South Ffthave. moved the need OF attention. Sp'nS
and WcsSts the pdvciucnts are bad aui tie sirrrts
extremely titdy ana ro"t OF ne crosss;fees III
the lGAOoiLotd were al ne stin' condition. -
Among tie ntneSt s;Tce,s iie ieporter saw were
those abO1t Washington Market, which were $trr%n
with carnage dcca,lnS fruit aud almost all kinds OF
refuse. Tue cutters were full OF stan inS slimy ~R'
and the stencil 0ksnng. Nearly al OF the streets
west Of Greenwich, from Barcay-st to the Battery
G The Fast SIDE about Fulton Market the condition
Of airs much better, though many Of the streets
Ga sntntd'v evening TRIBUNE reporter called upon
pin Williams, Sulerln nacn; Of the Street Cta'ng
Bureau, ii Ills nous, No 100 Edst nhst. In answer
question relative t0 the coalition OF the street, '
Captain stated tnat III May the Board oil HeIih hdd
made ouiy cmpiaints 10 him. ali u when lie Hdd
p"Iny OF the streets" said he care very badly paved
almost ilnpoSs Bile keep SAGA streets clean. Where
ur,s OF pavement pools OF stagnant water
are formed and make disgusting smells; besides, many
OF The persons the worst streets empty out their Sns
in Their houses, anu seem to c0nadcr nc street
re uUcr nj 10 the distribution OF all their KilHE"
aud refuse that II such streets were ceaut III t"e
morning. at they would he utterly 1Y. Inc uc-
Cupanlh take no interest GENERALLY IN keeping things
clean Thcy tlnk: 'Oh well, this rubbish Will be hauled
away tomorrow, might as well throw 1t cut IN the
| street," - .,
Ills was the case, Captain Williams said. in Hester,
Noit and number Of The worst streets to when Inc
reuorter referred rherr $50 miles OF paved streets
IN this city," continued, land the gteater part OF TINS
| is gone over three times week. Some Of the dO"h
town streets are cleaned every day; others. uptown
streets the best localities, do not need cleaning
that the Board OF Appotionmcnt Old not MAKE pl owl
aou IN appropriation for the increase OF buiduEs
aud nha bitants many seciOs "In the Twenty third
Precinct" said he There tns 1876 more dwell
ng-hOuses thau there May last year. yet the
appropratio removing the ashes ana garbage has
| uot been increased penny"