New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-19

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Now we are prepared to inquire into the cause
inalariaI district; not such as Is found IN
Galveston Charleston or Neworisan9 but St 20
disease The sewerage OF the city Is most deIec1Te'
sniIni and vegetable matter undergo decomposition
and poisOus deveOped which are forced iItV Jul
epousb In the water ana at every now OF the tide the
gases pressed back into our dweulngs .
tnese defeets me CITY, which by situation snOuld be the
heatbiest in the world, stands owesti io osaS
we outstrip Paris aud Yienna-we have Just been rase
10 that dignity in the last month. When you CONSIDER
that the causes which make NewY0rk CITY SO uhheain
municipal regulation the burden comes home 70 your
shoulders and TO mine we are Reop Lbsm ASbanse
You will hear people say TINS thng doesnI ,noi,tv
and % not ap es Genenen don't deceive
Too many times recently have you come 70 mourn 1 ~,
Won could have corrected. We as medical connhelioTs,
have told you, and over again, OF these ueltets
cIy II YOU allow the nth to remain in the present
state when next summer comes pestence VIII Was ri
i'm tie streets and death rate will follow tnat WIN
arouse from their slumbers those who have aept over
this matter Of sanitary violations lfrolOnseu ny
plause.I
DIR. LOOMS then read the resolutions which were
adopted Thursday night at the meeting of the New
York Academy of Medicine, and which he had been
delegated to present to this meeting. They are as
follows and were received with applause:
Whereas 1t is opinion that the uncleany e0naton
OF Of this city Is an ehclent FACTOR IN
Ing the mallgnancY Of many diseases and thus cOnllu
ues TO the present alarming death rate; therefore
ReSored That acting under ueeP srhe % chici dny
is TO check the development OF disease we eafhesty
warn the public against the danger OF allowing 'nS so
RssoSsd That we are heartily in accord with the call
for citizens meeting to be held at Cooper Union rr
day evening" March Is. to demaud RELIEF from the Legs
lature.
A FEW WORDS FROM JUDGE BRADY.
After remarks from the Rev. Robert Colyer and
Sigismund Kaufman, which were well received
Judge Brady spoke briefly as follows:
Twas born In this city, although some people think
was born in Ireland Laughter rms CITY, Ihink ~
the most magnificent city IN the %oTiG ipylsts
they had sufficient interest IN pubilc anlIs Mo
would have nad before TINS ne goo anS S. 600
too much to pay to competeRt cy rcn nS MAKE
$500 900 in fifteen minutes. GLanghterl Il Is
a matter Of great humility That the people
flth in the streets Isn't that shamefu Isn't It dis
graceful Why, this Is simply CITY oil dlrt the onel
day was walking down street with friend ana ne
suddenly disappeared. Laughter hShrd around Ior
hun for an hour or two but dd not succeed IN le
Go my assistance finally discovered hIm under four OF
certed action II one department. OF the city government
cannot remedy an evil, help should be ootained
the eity tnat have been IN consequence OF the
dirt and filth in streets Think Of ms II the ashes
they would bring nearly enough 70 Tor cleaning the
paNements II there Is any body here to e1ntrnvett s
ton Of The subject, woud like to hear him. that
could him on this platform. lAppause.I
THE RESOLUTIONS
After Judge Brady had ceased speaking tho fol-
lowing resolutions were read. but not acted on until
near the close of the meeting:
Whereas More than eight years have elapsed since the
Board ui Police became vested With the power Rnu
charged with the duty Ot causing the streets OF New
York to be thoroughly cleaned and kept at all times
Vh,Teas II ia a matter OF public notoriety that the
atre mi
tiuue offensive to the partially impossible Tor
purposes commerce, and hoOcds for the spread OF
Bherias The Legislature of the State failed from
year year act any OF the measures whereby
relief been sought. until the increasing death rate
among our population gives omlnons EARNING Oh VIC
results ~ further InactiOn; therefore be II
Rcs9red That this meeting Is convinced 0f the lmpos
Ghy OF keeping the streets 0t ths city clean uder the
Resoved That in our opinion there must he separate
department, under sinRe responsible head. Tor the
purpose Of cleaning the streets and removing inc ass
and garbage aud that system may he adopted
shall govern the appointment OF tue empIoy~s.
Resoincd That Ia tbe name or the people OF thiF ctI
earnestly protest against any further conuAhce OF
tbis state Of things aud we appeal 10 the Legislature Tor
immediate and lasting relief
appointed by the chairman for the purpose OF Obtaining
tnS legislation anu TopOrt on .sS sas .o,ou,0
subject to the call OF tho chairman
WHAT d. WILLIS JAMES SAID.
The resolutions were seconded by ID. Willis James
in substantially the following language:
do not know of any meeting Of the many gathere
IN this hail which has covered many points of inter
cot 10 every man. woman and child IN thm CITY AZ thls
has you know. all know, that the streets arc hhy
desire that 70 should 20 out from this meeting IN
such trumpet tones that !hs Heg'atnto my NC
cleaned. remember may years ago. N the early Gays
OF raroadug IN England, that "a great engineer WAS
overcome He answered no. there was such thing as
an Iusuperabr ficu ". Go and look at the o3elsk
There were great aim ;uts 10 DO overcome IN brLging
Il 10 this city, by the careful patient ana ialhihl tO
man those difficulties were overcome now IObk
4 nap tnEa huurd oI
here Therc difficulties 10 be overcome IN c'rhhlhg
the streets We are told but cannot ihey 20 3vcrGome
their merit, and NOT because they were servicraDe TO
political boss or bosses the difficulties In street,
cleaning might be done away with. bold Ia my hauh
very able report OF the committee OF which Ihachor
be- cleaned. and are cleaned in other cities. Mancios-
ter for instance for the am9unt OF money That
Is wasted uud squandered IN New-YUEk
speak tonight the tens OF thUuSands Of children
whose homes are ~ tenrnent-nouseH ana whose play
grounds arc In the dirty ny ssreeA Can you ehpet
such children to grow up good cllErns wnle y"u give
them such places which to the sunlight lyon
could have gone with me through Baxtrr;st me olntf
dRy would have been both sad aud mad At nat you
would have there There saw nundrpdA OF little
children with pale, wan faces playing In Nth that was
in some places seven eet high think you would nave
NewYOrk must and snail be- cleaned am no lawyer
read Of codes being Introduced into the Legsla
turo by the acre, rod and bushel. do know now
many thousands OF children must 81 down 10 Their
graves ana moihers near's De broken-cmuten nuI
dIsnases-brOro the Legislators and the executive who
do not do iheirduty shall DO held guilty Of granddaughter
hear coming down through the aKes "Whrre Is
thy brother 2" Even though they from tenement
houses who lie suffering bleeding on the ground,
YOU 10 answer. Am my brothers keepert" / appeal
tonight the pale, faces OF those children who e
bleeding aud suffering because OF the filthy foul streets
lApplause
DIR. u. b. ST. JOHN RoosAs SPEECH.
F. r. Coudert was the next speaker and was fol-
lowed by &. II. Marshall The opinions of the medl-
cal profession then set forth again. this time by
Dr. u. b. St. John ROOsa, as follows:
Three or four ago. with committee OF emne MT
| a Mayor
city ASK that tue medical profession mignt have
representative upon the Board OF Education order
that the sanitary condition OF the sehoOhOases might
be properly looked after. After the committee had
waited for tune aud had been Osed by politicians
MaKOr llstenel 20 u and blunllY Informal the