The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-17
Deeeee In the Common Council ON the Apprs.
peaasasn fos Cleaning the etrects-Remaras
Of COuncalmsn Hare

Deeese In the Common Council ON the APprs-
peiatasn fos Cleaning the streets-Reuaraxs
OF Councilman Hart.
Councilman HART said that the cleaning Of ths
streets had bee ONE theme Of conversation throuet
out the city. and be was happy TO say that he haA
the honor Of laying the foundation for all that hsA
been said In the Board concerning 1t. He was sur
prised to see gentleman in that Board adverse 70
what would be q public good 70 the city at larre.
and he also wondered to find other members Of 1t
80 awfuly angry with the press but more especially
they took on the subject He would like TO know
what this large community would be but for the
press. II was the mouthpiece Of the people. Il
helped them to expose what was wrong snd encou-
what they were doing in that Board bus for The
press. He hoped they should never zee the dav
when She press would be gagged, and for hsow.
par. ne did not see why any man should and nae
Justly ny sending his communication to that Boaw@
n order TO hurry them on with the business
wa. was o., OF 20 much importance to IL
clsef head Of all the departments, and he main
taised that in that capacity he had just righ
to do what he did He should therefore be sustain-
fit. N, further Mme must be lost in cleaning tho
public tAorUughfares They must not wait till June
TO render them passable. The streets were CON
tfacted ont last yeaS and contractors worked o.
no dirt, wish the exception OF lttle dust. When
there was anything really TO be done on the Streets
the contractors gave up the work. So the city had
topay twice for cleaning the Streets. and yet the
dance of able bodied men who were living in state
Of starvation, that one weeks labor would be great
benefit to. 1t would relieve their immediate wants,
and at the same time leave the city in clean con-
diti0n. If seventy five thousand dollars were spent
on this task, it would not increase the tax of tae
city more than fifty cents on each tax payer and a.
he had already said it wonld benefit thsoity in tive
ways. He hoped they would take these SActs int
consideration and pass the appropriation
ahe Long Island RaiIrsaai ond Its' saanass-
ment.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
I was never hostile to raNfoads-as such--bat
have always considered them useful infaciktating
trade and commerce. and In developing the resources
of country in times of peace well as indirectly
affording system of national defence in case Of
war. But the grasping, selfish ana mean prinoi-
pies which railroad corporations usually evince, TO-
gether with the monopolising and exclusive priv
leges which they ordinarily take upon Themselves
and enjoy whether guaranteed to them or net, are
matters of great discomfort, and are sincerely de-
plored by all disinterested and right minded oiti-
Zens.
l need not speak Of the almost total disregard
for the pecuniary interests and personal comforts Of
others, which such companies frequently manifest
when not governed by proper legal restrictions
and how seldom is this the Case--nor of the numor-
GUS valuable lives that have been sacrificed at tho
shrine OF their selfish ambition in their operations
on large scale, but will content myself at present.
with citing, by your permission, certain case il
connection with the Long Island Railroad, which
shows their conscientiousness in regard to what Is
right in even the smallest of their bust
ness transactions. On Saturday, February Z.
procured tickets for myself and family at the Office
Of the company in Brooklyn for Hampstead, of
which the following is the form:-