New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-05
C. Perkins, president of the Pacific Coast 80 ai,1R
Company has eleSraphed TO his agents not 10 acceP'
any steerage passengers from Canada
PEOPLE WHO WILL NOT KEEP CLEAN.
DIsCoURAGING CONDITION OF SOME OF THE
DOWNTOWN STREETS.

DIsCOURAGING CONDITION OF SOME OF The
DOWNTOWN STREETS.
With cholera already menacing the inhabitants
OF ths great city, and with City, state ana Natioh"'
authorities making every effort to keep IL OUT, =
almost ncOnceivable that large Grass oi 'e''u."N
here should continue. day after day, deDihe s"".N'
laws through C.ir ignorance and lnoiHerehce i''"s
n condition Of affairs which would enaoie on'ie'" ~
gain a foothod. And yet this Is what the Peopo
in the Hebrew italian and Chinese quarters are DONG
They cause the Health and Street Cleaning Depar"
ments more trouble than any other class Oh Peop.
in the city By their readiness to buy uhr'pe an.
dccayed fruit and vegetables, and tainted meat an"
fish. and by their habit OF dumping garbage INTO inc
cutters. The condition Of the streets yesterday LII
these neIghborlOods shameful.
Mctt-st.. from Chatham Square to Bayards.'' Wa,
dirty and hundreds Of Chinese were passing In ana
out OF the foulsmelling houses. Near baS"r"-n'
there were several p)ols Of dirty water ana. a pie
Of rotten garbage and paper lay In front OF sum
water fountain Canaist., between Mo'ts'' anu
Mulber!y-st, strewn with corncobs, Watermelon
rinds ard paper Muberry-st., Between Canal ana
Bavard sts was lined with pedlcrs' wagons selling
frt and the street was strewn With watermelon
rnds hanaha skins, corncobs paper and buliuing
material From Bayard to Worth-st this street Is
known as ~The Bend, and is filed with filthy houses
in which Italians are packed like sardnes
Bayardst near the Bowery was extremely dir'y'
DlNlSlOn-St mas an HSpiHht P"'c""''' "''" I" cN''o
OF street cleaning men securing II with water ana
brooms The reporter turned east and went ovc'
the ground traverscd BY the sre tel aners and con e'
I'm two blocts thirty three heaps OF garbage placed
there since the cleaners had passed The pavement
was still wet with water.
Iudlow-st was lined with wagons, and contained
the usual assortment Of rinds. corncobs ana ihy M
IIes.cr-s another gang Of men was met flushing ana
sweeping Hester-st Commissioner Brennan WAS
directing the work Speaking Of the way In which
the streets we're filed with garbage. he said These
people should be arrested and sent to prison for doing
such work. From Hester-st. to Houson-st. In Lud
low-st there was much evidence OF the dirty HABITS
Of the people. Iloustonst. from Ludlow to Ridge ST.
was extremely dirty. Ridgest. frOm H0uston,st 10
Hester ST. not behind the other streets IN ie ac
emulation Of fruit refuse, paper, hay and shavmgs
At Dehncey-st. there was heap OF moudy Dfeaa f
pile OF offensive garbage III lroht vi s'"""""'
fountain.
Ilester-st. was again looked over, and was clean
from the effects OF the scibbing which IL had received
But corncubs and fruit refuse had ALREADY Decl thfo"n
into the CUTTERS and the people were evidently doing
their to nullfy the work Of the street Ceanng De
pa tment. Eldidge-si Uttered with paper ana
crowded with children. In Elzabetl-st. from Grand
10 roome the dirt had been collected Into heaps for
hy the people. There were many barrels 0vernowlhg
with garbage In the street. and heaps OF refuse werc
I'm the gutter. From BrOome to Houston ST. small
OF garbage and paper were III the street.
The same condition of affairs existed in Mulberry
st. from Prince 10 Bayard ST. There were some clean
spots, but wherever there was tenenenf mouse theic
found paper corncob, and fruit rrfnse. Al
No. 1913 there heap II gnrbage In the gutter
Baxterst. from Chatham TO Worth was dirty looking
and from Worth to Franklin was Uttered with corn
cobs, paper and watermelon rnds.