The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-03-14
The Street Sweeping Nine hines.

An agreement has been made by the Mayor with the
propr;etors of the street sweeping machines that
they shall have fair trial in the Second ward-one
week from yesterday being set apart for that purpose
The city will not incur any expense the owner the
machines doing the work free Of charge II found to
they viii be put in operation in every ward
in the city.
On Monday night, at twelve O'Clock, the machines
put in operation and by Eve in the morning they
removed sixty loads of DIRT from the principal streets
ths Second ward In letter to the editor the patentees
say
1t is intention should the weather permit to pro
gress steadily through the ward with force follow
ing up those streets cleaned, nightly, and we hope to
demonstrate in the course OF week, the fact that
we'll organised system OF scavengery clean and keep
clean the str cts Of New York. We do net rely,
have relied alone upon the machines, for the pur-
pose OF keeping clean they constitute right arm
but to c:esn and the filth that has Accumulated
Tbs IS Sss s hHys hoes and so%s
New York tor amusement, but with determination
anortiug their full assistance This throws the
whole responsibility upon shoulders, which Is very
gratifying % it also affords US every opportunity to
achieve success
We have also received the folio wing from inventor
We regret being unable to give the information
quired;-
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
ALBANY, March Ia, 1855.
Wishing for advice write to you for it, as know OF
no more capable Q. giving it, willing. Having
siclles Co prompts me to this course am the 10.
yentor and latentee OF machine which Claim will
sweep, pick up the dirt and water the street 1t IL
revolving broom and blower, combined in such manner
20 prevent the dirt dust from scattering, tue
blower acting draught from the broom passing the
dirt into an apartment the top of the machine Such
is my machine, which the difficulty which
you aeee belongs theirs, in not removing the DIRT
properly from an uneven surface viii rot enter into
means TO bring my machine before the public. You witt,
by this understand my neither money or nauen-
tial friends What am to do' By advising me, you
will obge. R. D.
CREDIT TO WHOM CREDIT is DUB
EDITOR HERALD
may not tie known to the readers of your valuable
paper that an American inventor was in advance Of
Whitworth in obtaining patent for street.sweepiug
machine which Issued TO the inventor by the then
Commissioner Of Patents the 2sth July, 1913. Proof
however, exists that the invention was made about
year preceding the Of the patent The model of
this machine stil be the Patent Office at
Washington which contains the revolving brushes in
cred plane and dirt box essential elements In Whit
worth % machine. have seen drawings and speci6ca
ton Of this machine in the ha nds Of the inventor who
this machine in Philadelphia. Baltimore ana New York;
but at that time 1t impossible to induce the author
ties IN either place to patronzs 1t. He subsequently,
made important improvements in its consru cton and
ovcroame nsuperab!e objections which attached to his
first machine, and which still belongs to the English
chine any similar to it, be made fully sue
cessful and especially cobbls stone pavements, of
which more than nipeteentwenteths OF the streets OF
New York paved, and which are always in the
drtiest state, and require the most sweeping.
He also nyen.ed watering machine, which was
calculated, in passing street once of night to
sprinkle the whole width Of street. which can also
be adapted 20 the Of railroads, and thoroughly
sprinkle them in their whole length and for ten or TWEEN
ty feet IL nee cssary, either side. The inventor had
woilirg model made OF this machine which performed
remarkably well He exhibited to NE q drawing OF il,
aid noticed that II had certificate attached to IT,
signed b. that eminent machnist, James Borgarius,
Esq Of this city, which follows
have examined the above plan Of sprnkug m &c hine
and have no doubt but that will work and answer the
JAMES BoRoARDUs
Owing to the great dust created by the Use Of the
strettsweeping machines none Of them Whatever
be successfully introduced without being preceded by
or accompanied with good sprinkler. should think
this valuable sprinAns rine could be used with great
adyaI tage and economy 10 keeping down the dust on
tie vide avenues up town. and especially the tracks
of the city ralioadp both in this city and In Brooklyn
Let have all the improvements which will add TO the
CLEANLINESS and comforts Of city life by which the public
health will lie better secured yNpEA