The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-10-06

How ,hc Wa.L !. ~. VwL :.
aud Who Pays for It-More Evidence for
tnc nc.oNersor-Ntil iio Call tho People
"'nesses'
ihroo nonths have now elapsed since The
otcot Cioanins Commission tho membeuR -
N"'n ato now on uih before the GovepeF- =
N"ueu = oonuaot TO hessr', Brown, Devos y
h"apr VINO agreed Tor the sum OF four HUNDREDS
anu hinev-eight thousand five hundred dollars
Pcr annuin' aud sundry other valuable consid-
e'alohS worth at least an additional hundnsd
thousand doars-to keep the streets Of this metrop-
o' cean' The terms of that contract may be briefly
summed up I" Follows broaduay, from the Battery.
was 10 Dc cleaned every night; Park Rov, Chatham ste
'"' no'cfy ana oth hVonue were to be swept hrss
'"'S "oek' during the night 9TH avenue 9Th
''uu', e""' " hltehaI wall, Courtlandt, Maiden
HaHo' 'shh anu "Iand streets were 70 be cleaned
'"'" IN each week and, under tho contract, all ths
o'"'' suees were to he swept once q week. The
AnsuNo ol the contract was strong enough 20 far 40
ucn"ns tS duties OF the contractors Ia concerned
eN"'r'V required the above-named streets and
'"oro"sniA's 10 te thoroughly cleaned and spept,
u "o'p'nts 10 pe immediately removed" &C.
"""ou' .uqu''lhs INTO 'h" binding force OF thae
'""'i"''' the a'sfnmon' of which Ia now causing -
'''u'' 'oun'e 10 tho mombers OF the Street Commits
soh' u" 'n'orcshss to ts'-payeu and citizens To-
u"'o"'
VIM" 'no'c senueihen hrst commenced their ops-
'A'o"'' ,he suee" "e.e delivered over 70 thom In
ienarASbV oieanly condition. Tho City Inspector
-" 'oo" "sp"rsns money At the rate OF tseivo
"'"u'u ''ous"hu uo'h's per ahnum' and II 10 rea-
o"'p'o 10 suppose that iafGo PORTION Of this sum
VIZ oipenuod Tor practical street cleaning purposes
c 'hiano' ronf' no doubt applied 70 the support Of
rs'or" hunured worthless unknown persons, who
unu'i."hu ne Hft oven known TO hanger-on 81 tho
wy NAM o' receiving biE salaries for looking Gu
""''o o'he'' p"r'ormed the labor or course, -
"."'n 'ioh'y exp .hued produced good results, ana
"' h'oe turned iho streets over 10 his successors In
a eond'hon that very Tow people did complain Of.
io' marry m"n'h Aes'E'' bro"n' Devos KNAPP
met win op'ohton iIom the lhboror and cartmsn
ioimoiy employed on the streets. and In oonso-
Pueh'e MN ana garbage accumulated 70 fearful
'N''n'' lheh matters Wero arranged, and n the
t uays "hhed on' cltizenS reoiced at tho prospect
oi Glenn sueets once more without followins mp
tho labofs Of the contractors from week to week.
sihe' they entered upon their duties;-and showing
nov this business has been done while the contract
ora have had II In charge our indcfstigable deter-
mined to survey the condition Of tho streets for tho
week ending September S0th, and here 10 tho re-uit
bernnins with Broadwar, that street has been.
rwept'' possibly cleaned" during nearly evory
nfht since the contract went into operation. In
stormy weather the e!cmenp were on duty In lieu
o. lhe men enp'oyed nv ho contractors. For tho
week ehdlns september JWh'broad"E was "swept'
every msht'
IuIton tt9'ot ana Maiden lane have been swept
only once thr contract calls Tor two times. Win tho
exc ptlon OF h'lhHle sWceping OF ChambeTs street.
'he other down town streets below Canal street-ers
not swept or clcan'ed during the week ending Sep
'ehbor "Wh Ihs IA probably the dirtiesta- ven s
the bu'e't portion OF the whole city and hundreds
oil people are ready TO ios1lf in reference to tho
hllhy e'hdition OF TINS part OF the metropolis.
East oi broldW.y' In Elizabeth Mulberry and
Mott streets, the evidence ID conflicting. Tho
streets have probably been svep, but visual and
oiActory testimony declares that they are not clean.
lhe odest inhAbiiRht remembers when the mud.
filth, aud garhaso wss more offensive than the same
elements Of di.easc have been for the week ending
September 30ih but nevertheless, those who nov
complain Of these things, declare that In many OF tho
streets on this side Of 'ho town betweon Canal and