New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-04
CLEAN STREE rs.

Science measures all thiDgs-the weight OF the a.
mosphere, the speed Ct lightning the depth Of the
ocean ard has even condescondei lately to gauge
the powers Of mud No easy task, our readers will
agree with us, in q city lihe that OF Manchester
lEpeand0 where the dense coal smoke from ihou'
sand manufactures is constantly borne to the ground
by humid atmosphere, TO mix there with the clsyey
soil forced up from beneath the psyements by the con-
slant travel of heavy carts. Yet even there this
plague of modern cities ha', by tho aid of science,
been robbed Of it's .errors to dainty clean stockings
and long flowing hounces, and we do not see Why it
shoud not be here under the far more favorablen'
fuences of sky and climate we enjoy. True, move
mtn,-a wheeled movemont-has Just been mide-ln
auguratcd is the pet phrasein right directions but
by many honest people tho scope and capabilities OF
the street sweeping machines are little understood
and by macy intelligent voters are very naturally
dslbed.
We therefore propose TO lay before our readers
sketch OF the operations of these machines, as de-
scribed by the inventor and petentee Mr. JOSEPH
Whitsortb lone of the Commissioners from GeA
Britain to cur late Crystal Palace, before the Com
missiorers appointed by the House of Commons TO
in qure into the health of towns and whose interest
iro report /. now before us. This mode of operating
with the machine will, we trust before long become
scribe the apparatus a series Of brooms suspended
" from a lght frame of wrought iron, hung behind
"common cart the body of which is placed near the
ground for greater facility in loadiog As the cart
"wbeels royolve tho brooms successfully sweep the
"suiface Of the ground, and carry the coil no 40
"iuciined carrier pste at the top Of which il falls
" into the body Ct The cart" Thus 1t will be seen
that the three processes In cleaning SO nog prac.
ticed, viz sweeping, loaiiDg and carryiDgthe two
former absorbing large amount of human labor
ore performed simultaneously and not only this,
but" whereas by the present mode tho Dirt is first
swept rc the center to the rides Of the street. sod
"there collected into hesps, each particle moving
" through 20 feet Of space before the operation Of
loedir commences by the machine the dirt is
swep, and carried, by one and the same movement,
from the spot In which it lice. "The operation Of
"sweepng, in fact, merges in that Of losdiog, aud
"bob are performed without the intervention Of ha-
"msn labcr. While going at the rate of only two
" mile. per hour, with broons three feet wide, tbs
patent machine will c'ean nearly 60 superficial
"squsre yards per minute. This 10 about the aver.
"sge rate Of work dore by SO men that is, Man
chester men. We imagine our imported scayengen
would scorn 10 t.ke sueh name advantage Of tho
nud-the cratur. Thus, in quarter Of an hour. the
Many other ecllsteral advantages ere found thu,
the machine moving constantly and unintenaptedly,
the time and force wasted by continual s,opp,ges
are saved. The number Of carts and hor,es required
for given effect is found by practice to be reduced.
TIE perpleay Of adjusiiDg he number Of sweepen TO
the her and of 4rs thaihe loading may
immediately follow the sweeping, sadly neglected,
however in Gotham is entirely obyia,ed, as e.ch
l. .l,v
all the reccsssry accessores Thus the condition OF
humanity In The form OF our scavenger friend Pat IL
at once elevated be is sweeper loader and lrror,
all in oIe, ard be may comfortably carry an um-
br,s, while bis cart tail performs his work for him.
Besides the onnbuses NUT get on, of his way then.
Stu iuiher Every thrifty housewife kno vs. that
her hcuse once thoroughly ceaned, it EASILY kept
clean, and Ibis sxiom is no css true as regards clean
streets, ard the following table from Mr. whtworths
Report shows, beyond all casi that the streets be-
ing once cleaned, very little labor is required 10 keep
thenso:
No. Of yard, No Of io.ds Ave No Of
Town RTS r. ,,s, ; irS 'S ss,s yard; g'
TTsw1.flp Isa' Isi2..2l5oCco 2Sf2S s3
The portion syes, By
machines the Latter
yeafs..s..sss.ss.... D "a tJO LBS 1853
We have very little doubt ihzt years eeping
by the machines in New.York would show still more
striking resup than the above, as it is distinctly
stated that the hind Of surface does not make any
difference. 1t has been worked regularly on every
"knd Of street surfsce-the round and squsre set
stones, tic Mscadamized road and wooden pave
e" mtnt
Finslly- as to the eIper'e lei cur Common COuu-
Gil poie this, II they vhh 10 economic, and to hsys
the bengs Of citizens for clean streets during their
dynasty. Il and my partner Qoquitur Whitsorhl
have sgreed to sweep the streets twice oener than