New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-26
NEW YORK'S FILTHY STREETS.
Mt-DD SLTSH. THE ARTIST. At WORK.
nr r1rr.rs rnoN rnE srnErrcLEANING pE-

uE nIFFFES FROM THE sTREETCLENNlN" p''
P>rruFNT WHICH DOES NoT WORK
Nudd elnsh the artist. was In towering rag"
,,.-,,rd,y IFS application f9r membership In me
CIV improvement society Tas uuanm'uNN "ie''o"'
nt cour.c bc did not care 10 become q member. ana
allowed the use of his only 70 ohlir" III ir'hd''
,, IN. oufcomc WIS provoking. Mudd sluSh Is IA"
u.I known decorator II city streets TIC DIS NJ
-,ure work which h. ha, publicly exhibited during
The l,,, Few DAYS have ellcitcd much comn"it Ih'N
are not hung 50 high. either that roplo nave ~
mount s,epLadGcr, 10 got the effect Inc ATn'' mum"
nds city covef.i. a few day, ago, with ~ coat "a
nov utterly lacking I'm color and d"void of Ar'Suc
c,th uc had his Italian helpers Irapc of some "i
&, with their palette knives. and then Mudd SlnNh
logan +, docoric lie gave To the streets rlch
brown With a firm hand he laid th" color on S''-
crnl inches deep.
Many people .llp2od thc fresh colorin- y"St"r-
duy and arose With temp"rs OF madd'r uht anu
went on their way In brown stliy In MS "o'N
-, decoration and Improvement Mudl sinNh was
Greatly assisted by the city officials. The rich BACK
,r,upd upor which he laid his coors was not removed
hu, was permitted 10 cmh"liSh th" paVemch'' "l
disturbed by ,hovcs or brooins
The tomporature Of the air could rot hay" been
b.ticr suited 10 the purposes Of the artist M a. H.
Yesterday the mercury stood at 30 degree" ana before
night II had climbed 10 ~ degrees Io"arl "''ih"-
lot 81 troublesome snownakcS tried to spoil the even
a,,, ~ tho pon;er's work but the rich cooring was
mn, famed down a single shade. II was with satisfied
smile that the rrti,t looked down upon lifth ave ana
broadway Yesterday and at the junction OF iho'" TWO
thoronshfarc, wrote. " Mudd SlusI. fecit.
The action Of tho City Improvement society iaden
from nj, memory. and he retired to rest feeling Ike
decorating the town to-day with vcrmlllon instead Of
umbor.
-r1,. riv.rs vorn almost freed from IT," yesterday
ard trov.l hy f1rvbort was practically unmp'd"d.
n Mr. Croker /. really aS well satisfied with IA"
street Cleaning Department a' his recent iHuuh'"rN
remark, To Comml ,sioucr Brennan would lead peopi"
10 suppose the Tanmany chief oneht I" make
,horoql pcr,onnl inspection OF In" condition OF tn"
.vr and s. II he do", not find cau," to chang" his
,.,,d n nf all critical he wOud be- forced To admit
that never since be- first set foot In America. have
th. streets Of New Nor, been 50 shockngiy. uhspah
alIy filthy Even the street, bordering on th' 'l'y
Hail Park under "a" eyes oi tI" Mayor ana most ol
ii.. city officials. covered with ihlcA layers ol
.Iiuv -loppv dcicstafl" nasllncss. u reminder u
cil,ors and taxpayer, that the men who control Their
municipal affairs are Iat' ""' ''''S " N.Y. ~
io shame.
IN. eros incs especially. are next To impasNihl''
Mr. sroLcr would md the sanc oul ana "N"'p"ia'hg
conditions prevailing In greater OF l@' "'r''
;h,ouellnnt tl. city knowing that his attention i"u
,, cnlLd io these thinG>, people were asking rach
otner Yesterday "la 1t possible that Mr. Croker
means 10 de- nothing 10 aroiiN" the street toi'ai'"S
officials from their lcihatSy'
rb, only cAeusc which the department hah 10 o"er
,c,torduy Tor #, failure. In spit" oil lrr ihh'"Se
rc.o,rc,., at it, call. was the wcliworh aih'h'a'o"
,,,,, ,,. lnd weather and the want OF dumping
.cows Tn. weather could not hav" been better ioi
str,t- cleaning operations Yesterday, Dut niue r,ot
wn, made utlliz" IT. lhr mu'h ,dih'uo, , ,nn, n
.y.t.g hHs not yet emerged from the h'i HhpNN,"r"'
,tbir seem, to have hurled IL beyond r"cAiia'lon'
Enmor, were revived Yesterday thnt Nr. 'roker
and NaVor tiilrGy were discussing tle Necessity VI "
change Al the head of IN" street Cleaning D'p"Im'"'.
IL IS known that they both realize that some effort nt
meet cl .arirr become poNtlcal necessity WIN
Tummuny Hall. According to c9hulHtoh mnuc
t, a ~tr.ct engineer The department has been cleaI-
tn Streets al the rate of five or SIX miles naN or
IN the ncighhorhoOd OF forty hve miles Weeh, NJ
ms rute IL is estimated that IN" commissioning VIII
nav. The 900 miles OF streets In the city CLEANED
ON or about Nav provided no more snow laliN. IL
, r,lcr, ~ Vn-lork satisfied with tAiS outlook
they can hnvc little idea oi tn" temper Of the
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