The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-04-08
STREETS IN BAD 0DOR
Lower York. Grand. Suf-
folk, Morris. Essex,
Washington. Green
and Hudson.
THEY ARE DANGEROUSLY DIRTY
AccumulatiOns Of Months Make
Their Condition an Eye Sore
and a Menace to Health.
THEY ARE DANGEROUSLY DIRTY

We give warning to Jersey City. 1t is an I'M
kempt, unciean. grimy, s~iobbery, fusty place. 1t
ouenl 70 De somehow secured up, fxed up; SET
summer sets in. 1t looks bad, 1t must have an
incompetent city government. Its people do
c coa ,ny 70 ke dlpea ls hea Amy DOR Or 70 0d gu siTa a hsed to
their own interests. Its property holders do not
seem to desire any advance in the value of real
estate; they do not strive to mako it an attIac
tive place of residence or business. They ar e
very foolish. We must begin to stir up Jersey
City. We would like to see it worthy of its place
alongside the city of New Yok. YORK. Sun.
1t is doubtful IL there is another city in
a civilized country with streets SO filthy.
unkempt and neglected as the streets of
Jersey City. The past winters frequent
heavy snowfalls made the work of street
cleaning contractors difficult of thorough
performance and adegree of patience was
no more thar fair. But the snow BANKS
of winter have long since disappeared
and the work of cleaning has no OBJ,
~struction. People are asking REASONABLE y
why is the accumulated filth of the win
ter months allowed to remain. and max Q
the streets almost impossible for man
and beast, n plague the eyes
and nose with its dust or mud.
its stencil and unsightiiness and
feed malaria in a season when
prevalent small pox and menaeiug chol-
era make thorough cleanliness a plain
and imperative precaution of public
safety. This question was asked many
days ago., when the evaporation or the
snow disclosed the filth deposits of the
winter months. There has been no ex-
~planation eff the failure of relief. Sun
and wine turned the mud ban KS aud fall
lows 10 dust and distributed IL with IN
Discrimination over streets and side
walks; through every open door, window
and creviee In the homes OF rich and poor
and upon the budding trees. Eyes were
made sore and n%ostrlis, throat and lungs
Invaded, until yesterday the snow and
rain changed dust to mud.
L STREETS DIRTY.
There isn't u clean street IN the city but
some parts are worse than others. A
feeble effort has been made to improve a
few places here and THERE. where IL was
absolutely necessary, for the passage of
teama with heavy loads. Lower Mont
gomery street has received a little atten-
ton, but remains in a condition OF hltn
that Is a disgraceful nuisance.
YORK AND GRAND STREETS.
Perhaps no community OF the city has
streets in quite so bad condition as York
and Grand streets, east of Grove, aud the
tnickly populated district east of WASH
ington street and south of YORK street.
The rain of yesterday washed the accum
ulntion of mud and the offal of horses
from the middle OF the pave
nent to either side, filing the
cutters u spreading a bank of
fertilized earth sometimes rising.aboVe the
level of the sidewalk, b deep and rich
enough for a flower bed or q crop Of
clover. 1t might not be a bad idea IL the
street Is not cleaned this year,, to make
some such use of the idle earth and so
produce something OF advantage TO those
VINO survive the diseases the mala ia
spreads. East of Washington street, |
stones, bricks. bottles. rags pieces Of oil
cloth are strewn among the pile of earth
left by builders and the dirty accumula-
tiops of many months. Toward Hudson
street, ashes and the emptyings
of stables add to the variety. Graud
street is not quite so bad because
but 1t is very dirty. Some OF the people,
IN lower York street use the street as If
they liked its present condition and much
to the disgust OF those of nicer habits.
Two piles of dirty stand at the south
east corner of Grand and Green
streets where they were left by
a builder, who after making re-
them up. The piles have already been
depleted by tue four winds. and return
ing dryness will soon result in their dis
tributIon in Grand and Green strests-
The north side OF Grand street, east OF
Green, is occupied by a long row Of Inn
mense steamboat boilers, which take u
third of the street. blocking the cutters
and furnishing q resting place for drift
ing dust. Hudson street, particularly the
east side Of it south of Grand street, looks
like q dumping ground.
81 SOUTHEAST CORNER.
Suffolk street is In q little better order
than York and Grand streets, but It Is
far from clean. Morris and Essex streets,
with their tenements and dense popula-
rion are in d~eplorable condition. 1t Is
difficult 20 Keep Essex street In order,
because the Pennsylvania Railroad has a
track to the sugar house aud the business
houses on the south side of it make free
use OF the street. The people are careless.
Washington, the street of the Post
office. of a leading hotel and a much fire.
QuenLed -thoroughfare, is very dirty.
Green street is worse and appears TO be