New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-21
REAEDYLNG DEFECTIVE DBAyy4nr
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN MADIsoy-Avr xr.,
FIFTY-NINTH-sT

WHAT HAS sEEN DONE IN MApIsox-.vr xr.u
FFTY-NINrH-sT.
ror long Time there has been a good deal oe
malaria In the neighbOrhood lying between Fo,vth 49,,
'A' ayes anu rnueth and fifty-ninth sts The ground
IA soou part OF TINS area was formerly low and WATER
course known as Mill Creek ran through II aIsn a., It,
OF sxth-ave, then through portion OF the lower an =.
central Park, and ultimately found its way into the r..
RIVER along the hne OF Fifty ninthst When this snao
was hhed In the work was done in sloyenly manner
Large stones were used Tor filing, and over these com
p'ely lnih layer OF earth was put The sewers vera
la many instances this filling instead 10
gong down TO the original surface The result ba.
Deen that In many instances the sewers have become
broken and the sewage leaking through has polute tb
""r that mas gradually gathered there from the old
Nd'ercourse To remedy this condition OF things thu
department OF Public Works has constructed soma
-, Sung uoWh TO the original surface thirty or
i've Ieet IN some instances. One Of these sewer.
now being constructed in Madison-aye from Fi,tyl
io"th 10 fHty-nnth-st., where the trench has heen
opened 10 depth Of thirty feet or more yol,,r, =,
pck water dubbed up, the odor from wbicn ba, h,o
unpleasant to the neigh5orhood IF 4 IN, ,o,,, :.
nIiii'hs mat this peatup polluted water has been
.no cause OF sickness in the vicinity. This sewer.
"neh complete, will, It Is believed drain en-
he'shDorhood' The water aud sewage will he carried
INTO Tue trunk drain in Fiftyninthst and from, ,I,
10 the East River. The sewers which have re- -
structed for several years have been buIlt on seo
ps ana the result is that the east side OF The citv
ABOVE fHy-nnth-st is thoroughly drained Deem
'o"eiS nave oeeh DUH In such way TO carry OF not
Only the sewage but the drainage from the soil II "a
the intention of the Department OF PubIic Wor I,t
marley to have lateral sewers running down near the
"aIer 'front.' on each side Of the city Into these all n,
the cross-town sewers will empty. At intervals
uiScharge sewers, communicating with the lateral
sewers, will be built out into the rivers
Property-Owners in the neighborhOod of Madson-ave
NTH md
yesterday over what they called attempt of real estate
brokers TO depreeiae the values Of their propertv
Many spoke enthusiastically Of the general oooi
health OF the residents in the vicinity of the renored
Underground lake. while Others declared they had never
known case OF malrial sickness in that locality EP
Dicke, Of No 20 East Fftyeghthst pointed with nrid
to the small stream of limpd water which flowed fo,
the direction Of Fifty-seyenth-st along the bo,or q,
the deep trench, in which the new sewer i,
being constructed, and was lost beneath the n4U.
thing into O ts ae fGnGu Which Is to empty every
was lle hrt TO sign the petition for the construction OF
bt I I, eTGI ne SAID " mad not the renoest idea
nst II Would unearth such stencil polluted the air ON
,ast Friday have never noticed the slightest MAS
the ar in Is pure and the walls perfectly dry Mr.
ce said further that the ground upon which his bonse
at the Idea OF there being an undergTOU nd lake
). H. Beach, of No. % East Ftty-seyenth-st said be
did not know healthier locality When he puTcbasej
ms property from Cornelius Vanderbilt over TWO years
40 ne inaue point 10 investigate the character OF the
was satisfied that there water under them and mar
most OF them were built on piles He could
not believe there was such an Underground laEe
as was reported, but II there was N must
be clear pure water He had known Of only one case of
sickness IN over two years-that Of an old man who did
OF Bghts disease. II there any malaria he had NOT
it, c. G. Cornell OF No Is East Fiftyerbfh
ST. was OF the opinion that the foul air ard water came
from the Old sewer IN Madisonave and he was convinced
by the pureness OF the stream now running that there WA
no more trouble TO DE apprehended He thought the
water came from underground springs
The foreman I'm charge OF the sewer con strcton told
TRIBUNE reporter that the which dubbed up on
Fylday bringing so much and foul OdOr became
clear on saturday morning and has continued clear and
sweet ever since. The stream delayed operations two
days but yesterday he had laid twentysx rect of sewer
walls At p. yesterday the atmosphere in the neigh
oorhoot and Immediately the mouth OF the pit was
entirely pure.