Daily Republican., 1881-04-19
FIFTH edition
PEST.BREEDING DISTp,o.
City Streets resk ing with Fi,,A
NOxisns Odors-Pestile.cs 'sa
gfng Where the stree,. h
Cleaned. shol

"ithF Filth a..
NOxfsns Odors-Pestile.cs'sa 'sa
sing Where the Streets A.. ~ ~
Cleaned. Aei
At the meeting Of the Board NJ H..
last night very little complain, meat
made of the condition of n" u. Wa
Two or three instances ger. ,ar Usiet
where the garbage was not NOT rsin poie
and that was all. Knowing ,ha.'
slant complaints are being maJ0 ' = MA
all parts of town a REpUBI IcAN r. iron
er, wondering how it could be tbePioS tbePoS
people would find fault with n aa. sta. %,
affairs which the health vroSnN eN
did not see fit to notice, mall oan' ~
this morning through districts ~, WQ
lower part of town to ascertain W.
how the matter was. JUS
He first visited that section n :,
Ninth Ward lying over Eleventh s, M
bridge, known as "Pickelyille S'''t! ~
course, being n comparatively new ~,
Of town and necessarily having or,ppN pN
imperfect system of drainage i 'a ca9'Ns
be expected that everything in piah.I pu
vile will he Of q natlre conducir'
the best Of health. And sureIv Nv.
were not of that nature. From ona n'n
of the place TO the other a tilthv cDrI; eiu
tion OF affairs was discovered wt;it u.
was revolving in the extreme, A "i
sance meets one at every step, T,Ir
streets, reeking cutters, puriept 2 %o
styes and stagnant pools are IA rSS :.
found on all sides, and the air is be,,v
with an unwholcsome stencil tina, |,
sickening. The cutters look az If ,bs'
had never been cleaned, and numaror,
pools are filed with w1cr that has I l,'
there so long that it is of a rre.pi%
color.
In the northern end of the se,tlem.,,
which is almost exclusively the npr,'
quarter, the dangers of disease from
poisoned atmosphere are added ,o h,
the crowded squalor in which the mi.
cradle inhabitants live. Little hns
built close to each other, with narroY
back yards reeking with filth, are IN
habitations in this part Of the plaC.
and in nearly every one, two and thtn
families-sometimes a dozen person,
live.
1t was not in the least surprising ,ha
from one of these novels surrounded M
this sickening dirt, the ominous yelIosb
flag proclaiming the loarhsome disease
small pox, tioated on the breeze. Bm6I
was surprising that more signs Of ,hb
kind could not be seen.
From here the newSgathcrer proceed.
ed across the railroad bridge and /,
the section of town lying adjacent ton
southern end found Il state of affairs d.
plorable in the extreme. Visit Gree,.v
street, and you will see SprCtac. that
you will not want to behold secODt
time. The ground is covered with bali
rotted manure and partly decayed gar
bage, and the cutters are in very diry
condition. 1t is just such places
this that smallpox or some similar
disease Is sure to break out, II the din /
is not removed, and rage with great
fury.
The reporter approached house near
here. He wanted to ask if the cutters
were ever cleaned. In response TO his
knock tho door was opened by a Mack
woman, with scared look on her fICs
"G"od Lord, honey" she exclaImd,
"Dar' a man in heah wifi the small m
or snmeting oh de kind. -
That was enough The reporter Ha
All along Locust street the gutteSg
running with "A Shiny Ooze, but thil
not half SO bad rs the mountains old
in the middle OF the street. The "a
bage barrels have been emptied out NJ
and the smell that comes from dccaaI
vegetables &c, is wcll-nigh unbearaOa
GLOW often do you see the garbl!I
man around here ?' was the Quest
put to the woman in the cigar store
Seventh and Locust?
"Iie has not been near here Sina
March 18th, | know. That's when W
moved here. When they do come aIolJ
the neighhors say they won't take The
garbage and say this amt their dl
trict."
On Church street the condition
affairs is equally shocking, only 'a
cutters are not quite so bad. RottIn,
garbage, however, is more pIentllu7
and standing on the corner you CG
count five yellow flags.
"Does the garbage man come aroun9
often 2"
"No he don't, he never comes: snap
ped the red headed woman TO whom LIN
question was Purpounded, and her eysI
flashed as if she would vent upon tl
humble reporter the anger she fel vi
ward the recreant garbage man.
The same state OF things eNiSI y
narrow and puvrrty-strickcn Car'eU
street. The ground is paved win HscoLr
posed vegetable matter, aud nuiSNnyp nisIit
in back yards arenumeronS. IL Is Sl.A u,
ening to walk up this street, anu , ,S, N.
people living on Sixth street NJ! sa
stencil that comes from it is at ''lD1
terrible. On Spruce street the '!Sn 'I
garbage men are utter strangers ~
the people complain that lhe " s"
cleaners are impudent If asked u S'"
the cutters, which are fillhy' ,,.,,a
At Lord and Pine the first eVID'T T~
Of street cleaning were notlceap,'' o,u
decrepit oil men were drudglns Stc
leisurely and hopelessly at tneh .h. NJ
mendons task of scOOping out Tue
tiers, and throwing the refuse INV ann,
street until the easy going ca.S o A,pi
along sometime in the future u Law
away. ,.roots sJ
In Jones and Mechanic sireS,S si,it1Ieyvau AZ
other side thorough fares and 'alesS%%,
the garbage was waiting the Nd
man who never comes, or nav
emptied out on the grounu' anu Vs.
ters were filthy. ,v,
WHAT PRESIDENT sINGLEf 'H ~,
AR REPUBLICAN reporter tn. TINS of Ti n
| ing asked President Sihs'eIS .Io tmS
Hoard of Health, what effect tue mrtb ,T
ton % of the school Board at its mr, ~ool
indignation meeting last nlSn' ;Strre
have upon his action IN 'ne Uttered q
"None whatever" he ahsW'i'th @ ! thll
shall only close schools when dsmapI
sha,a sha T ;aencies of the occasion, atn IN Al
it, but / shall not be lntlu9nVTTbe The Boon
degree by the School Boafu' ,b times y
of Health has power in SGcn nu i csund
abridge, and they will be pGI G cDar.e ~e uO
when ever necessary pnt Vi
when unnecessary.
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