New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-09
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
, rp,,ITrIT. soI,RCE OF DISEASE.

FRUITFUL SOURCE Of DISEASED
CONDITION or TIE BLOCK Ar TIIIRp-ANE. ANp
six1Y-sEvESTH-sT., RECENTLY occCfihD d
suANTIEs.
NJ cora,,;o,, ~ the block between SxtS-seventh
and Sixty-eirhth-sf and Third ana Le1ngIona-
ayes which was occupied untii recently 1S ob
ter shnties has not been az al nnbsSe1 in
Twp TRIBUNE TRIBUNE reporter yets.sInaf VIZ &c
carefully over the entire block The hot glare 0i
fhc sun drew vile smells from fetld pools OF Watet
oman wants and the remnants Of the refuse nom
stables Beginning at the east end, two Vaut-h9T,es
were encountered filled with water ana bltn' .ho
sight as well as the statements of the reBlei 10 ts
engine house on one corner OF the biock, Sa
these vaults had not been cleaned OUT. In h~s
Snnsb ~ savap feet by measurement with pole,
said one of the frenen 1hey pli. ~ . thoso fet5
dsinfectants Last week, as well as INTO .i1se 80,
nools where the stables and houses were put ,le
r ~; 30 Srashed tbem away apparently. These DIS
infectants are good for abont week. anu .en :l,
smell comes out agsn dS Mea where house had
stood. was filled with water showing q hause ,ts
scum. On side of this some boards were aeat
which had formed the flooring OF a stable, anu
underneath the ground was black and soakeu
with stable drainage. On the other cue maS
pile of mud and manure from the street, MiGn nsu
been dumped under the wall OF the epglne~nouissgL
Just north of this house pool OF fetld WAFER MN
accmulations of manure marked the siie Oh AuoenSi
stable Below were two other abominatlons; eiougn'
a. neghbor said in themselves to condemn me en-
tire block. A lake of black water mingled MIN gar
bage flied the site of house ana near W az
stencil. There was green scum on tnat W.T.
until they mt in the disinfectant, ana tne hulel
WIS ten times worse than 1t Is now, snlu
fireman. Below, on the southwest corner OF the
block a lot of comparatively clean sandy earth mas
been dumped from the upper part OF MSoisonn,asc,
This is said TO cover eight or ten yan-iOes. A3VNe
This were two huge pools OF water suIrounueu py
renipders OF the stables On the SIDE or one Wa
large swill barrel overturned Win l's ia H. ater
tents scattered over the ground and IN tlie wafer;
An attempt had been made 70 bufn ~ ShiV1 f I ~
simply succeeded in charTing the outside Oh the
mass. . ,,.lo ..ornd 10
considerably higher Here, besides the hlthy spots
where the shanties had been, was deep open vault
filed with an indescribably disgusting mass Az az
tempt had been made to hide 1t 10y laying over tne
fcp a few pieces of sheet tin. Near by was ueau
rat and other dead animals were sald 70 Dc dIuonB
fine eauses of the smell from the pools OF water ana
vaults This is almost under the WINDOWS Oh me
Pounding ASYLUM, which il just across SIXTY
eighth-st. Yesterday the neat nau CausSu Wy u 10,
10 omen the windows and the air that blew In must
have been tainted with disease from rus nun. LUG
Mount Sinai HOSPITAL Is exposed in like names
From the upper side the block presented q success
sion of uncIeaned vaults, pools Of staghanI VIZ,
manure left from The stables, and little utches
filled with green slime The whole surface was
covered with rusty tin cans stove runners, pieces O
sheet tin wire springs and hoop skirts. lnle OF
sbanties on the east stlll remains. One man TOOK
fha contract to burn what left after the houses
xvere torn down said firelnan; "and another the
contract TO remove the tin. They lald straw over
the tons of the vaults. But they did not get money
enough and the work was not hall done. here aIe
boards that were not burnt, and the man TOOK away
three loads of roofing tin and tried to dump them on
another lot when he was arrested. SO the TN stays
here They will have to grade the lana down -
clean these vaults aud holes thoroughly, out an
they have done Is 10 use some dlslnlectants' W.
have got malaria here IN the eng1ne-house, put
do not know whether it comes from the condition OF
he