New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-01
PUBLIC MEETINGS
CLEANING STREETS - INTERESTING O.,
TrSTICS

TISTICS. u
The Special Committee Cleaning Streets a. A.
Board of Councimen, held its last meeting On g.
day last, in the Chamber of the Board, COupe,,..
Jones and 0aarson being present. The objsc, Of a.
Committee was TO elicit facts in relsioa TO the a..
of clean streets improving the sanitary coadioo -
cities and the and Of cleaning other c..
the United States and Europe The principal stre., =,
Dr.. Wybne OF this city, formerly Of Baltimore. "A.
has given the subject much attention, and WHOSE H.,
mony was very full and satisfactory. After .luS,.
to the importance Of street cleaning a. bearing u,
the health Of cities, Dr.. yune testified az fuyor
Man is .urrounded by an immense qu.a.s.
Of organic matter, come Of which Is approur.
ed in the form of food. When organic u,s.,.
ceases 10 live, its tendency is Immediately 70 a.
ter into decay. In the shape Of animal an,
vegetable food immense quantities are broug,,
into cesa portion Of this IS appropriated 70 hsus
tensnce another very large proportion is cast aszyh
the shape Of refuse and is either carried out Of n.
town by means # carts, or deposited in the stsees
when DEPOSITED in this manner, and in the process "A
decay. II produces in decomposition an ehiayisn,
which is in The highest degree detrimental 70 liz.
In those portions of the city where accommodations. 4
fh of this kind occur disease is always present. ssi
fuuess Of particular localities by the amour. Of tkos,
refuse mat, rails which are not appropriated tr EEL
but which are cast forth and exposed 10 decay. II
this point Of view, street cleaning becomes a veryr
portant consideration, ard Is intimately assocASdEa
the public health.
ON the Continent Of Europe they have sysieGstt
street cleaning in operation which have been "a,
istence for considerable length OF time. In E1gAAi
within few years the whole system has undergunea
borough examination and revision. IL sas found
that the mortality in large towns had considerably in
creased and come 10 be an alarming matter. Tia
British Government when their attention was trst d.
rected t. this subject appointed town commission,
composed of some Of the nobest statesmen IN England
This commission cited before them men eompelen, %
Judge Of this matter and procured an immense amount
of valuable information which was mace the bass u
subsequent operations. Two reports have emAnatd
from this Committee, each OF which possesses greE
value In the second report, upon the state OF lars
towns or in an appendix TO II, Dr.. Lyon Piayfar e
ters into considerable detail in regard 10 scavengng
the towns Of Lancashire, IN which are lSxespSSl
and Manchester and Bolten, manufacturing iowa
Connected with this report IL lao!e ccn'
piled at the time this report was made
in 1874 from which We learn that IN the Town OF Law
erpool the scayeDging is placed under Committee Il
Town Council. Sixty-tve scavengers arc employed,
the streets are cleaned once week; the annual cot
of scayengpg is $2i l00 the amount Obtained by the
sale of manure is s. $50. The courts and alleys are
never eaned. Undedcated streets that IL streets
that DO not come within the puryiew, are not cleaned
or seldom and they have place of deposit for their
manure In Manchester II is likewise placed under
the charge of Committee OF the I-wn Council.
There are % scavengers employed; the streets ara
cleaned once a week; the amount received from the
sale of the manure 1000; alleys never cleaned
streets not within the puTview, seldom In Preston u
Is under the charge of the police there are nine scay'
eDgers Employed the streets are cleaned once week
cost 81 OBS. the manure sold for s9D. Neithsr
streets nor alleys not within the purvlew OF the Iowa
Council are Gle aned at ell, and there - but obe
place Of deposit for the manure. This, likewise give
some interesting facts in relation 10 the NUMBER OK
SQUARE wards contained in the streets-the superficial
square yards, and the amount which man - compe.
tent TO sweep in the course Of day. Mr.. hose 81
perntendent Of Scavecging OF Manehester Gays thss
the number of streets entered on the books u about
eco and the superficial square yards upward or
n eco lie says that all streets are cleaned once q
week Now il has been found that i ,W0 yards form
the amount which man can sweep IN one day. ooe
man must sweep 2,3cl DAILY, 10 do that well, OF In
other words do the work Of three men. The suppos-
iion therefore, was, that these men did not 90 i1sr
work well. In connection with this matter, there II
another table which shows the arrangements foT
scaYepging in the various towns of Scotland. In b
inbugh the scavengibg IL under the authority ds
police act. The number OF scevengers is ll5; ssnb
are swept every day cost s6O,OO; .prodaee5 Y
manure, $4,000; courts and alleys. AID undedics'd
streets cleaned two places Of deposit and % GERS
ore employed. In Glasgow, II Is Under the authority
ii the Town Commissioners; o. scavengers are ED
ana the Others three and 1--WE times and once week.
cost Sl3 SEQ and from the sale Of manure, $50 In
Aberdeen, there is local act under which TIE
scavengiDg performed 81 scayengers are omployedi
annual cost a. 600 the amount obtained by the sale
manure $40 O0O the courts and alleys are cleaned
each day the places of deposit are two, aud the nun
Der Of carts l6 These returns, which have been
confirmed by inquiries in other towns in Scot
land, show that scavensirg, when conduct.
ed properly and extensively, may be canied
fnil IN of
ultimate expense or perhaps with direct profit. The
frequency Of scavengiDg-and 70 this point i wsb
directly to call the attention Of the COmmittee-the
frequency Of scavengng tends TO diminish the expense
roads frequent scavenging proves direct economy OF
public money, and in the prevention OF disease,
indirect though no less public saving.
In these two reports IL a mass OF most valuable in
formation, ard would refer the Committee 10 them
for further information These reports produced de-
cided impression in England and the result has been
that entire modification in the scavengng Of towns
has taken place. and also in regard to other sanitary
measures, with the most favorable results, and has
been attended by very marked diminution 10 the
rates of mortality.
In regard to continental towns would state tina. the
City Of Paris Is swept each night by persons under tho
charge of those who take the contracts irom The city,
and pay bonus Tor those contracts IL costs the city
absolutely nothing for It's scayenging the contrary
il furnishes a source Of revenue. No refuse Of any
kind is permitted to be deposited in the streets Carts
pass each day at stated intervals and receive the rel
use from the houses. departure from these regals-
tons is promptly attended to BY the police, W.T. inys
rably iLfict the fine imposed in Ike cases.
In Hamburg, which with the suburbs Of y. George
and ST. PAUL contains population Of .0DVU inhaol-
tanis the streets swept twice each week by con.
tract and the refuse i. carried in wagons supplied
with close tops. Formerly it cost the city s2,oU or
g GOO TO perform this duty il i now small source Of
revenue. The environs around Hamburg are in high
state Of cultivation, ard great sientiCn " paid TO
Hsn Qgh Hn " fueaT n
of the wn,erhose and plugs under the direction OF the
police In Winter the snow is cared ~ the fields and
Ierlntted there 10 deposit its sediment.
In berlin the streets under the supefintendsnee