The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-02-01

the hands OF men who know their business and under
stood the Importance OF attending 70 our sanitary wants
and cessities In favor OF commission composed
Of medical men, In the roorgan zason OF that depart
nent; IN London the population three million,
there per year were twenty enc thsussDd 70 one mon
Ia city Of New York. according the showing OF the
80 90 in one yssrs daersncs Of 600 snsinss the
city Of New York, and this while the natural adyan-
Of this city are four 70 ave per cent over LONDON
II this system Of forming commission OF medical men
adopted. propose giving the street cleaning into
the hands Of the police the work BE- done BY contract
farther necessity for the City Inspectors Department
understand there Is bin before the Legislature on the
ensaes and other places that according 70 their know
edge there 10 more sickness In this CITY, and mas oeeh
for the last two years than there IN many other CIV,
lized city in the world The cause plaininattenuon
TO the sanitary wants and necessities OF the CITY.
When the Hackcy contract about to be taken rom
Of what thought could do the work for; called about
me a the street inspectors TO find out The number OF
men care n @sSur nv the list and also made an
estimate OF my own; presented them 70 Colonel Deia-
van and the estimate for all the work In cleaning the
streets offered by the inspectors was FOR $5z2OWi
INV own estimate was s27l 900, and was satisfied the
work could be FOR 5000 000 the manure should be
sold placed 70 the credit Of the department which
would pay for the expense o. caiDg away this report
was presented the present City Inspector when ne
came into odce but u was returned 70 me WIN ihe re.
marx that I was very visionary man; the duty
Of the health wardens Is 70 WISH the onciens
houses 70 examine into sgks, yaults &C., and 70 zee
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knlA. that these wsrdens do not and never have a.
tended their Duties and they cannot DO depended
cases OF infectious diseases reported and found
they would CO. and never knew an Instance wnerc
was successful In getting lhem 70 80.
into the workings OF the municipal affairs Of he city am
not connected with any OF the newspapers have wrlttea
two or three articles that published IN the Tmcsi
one Of those was in relation 70 the Of loads OF
din removed by the City Inspector, no one pays me Tor
any of the services am rendering, and u very costly
NIL, IN fha tttzone
Is newspaper called the Cuiien published IN this city
10 the favor the Association have written for the
drafting law be presented 70 the Legislature In re
laton 10 the examinations have made, that law was
based on the principles have advocated today y was
OF the dispensaries, making them health wArdens,
to place II, as general thing. 10 the hands OF
medical men II followed the report or Colonel Delsvsn
In 1891 10 the Common Council recommending the same
principle AFTER considerable controversy the witness
reluctantly acknowledged that be wrote the report for
Colonel Deayan) do not know why the Law WAS not
forwarded the Legislature TO be acted on did not IN
anything about abcshng the City Inspector ONCE
tenure TO Office depended on my fidelity told him that
Il might be unpleasant and unnecessary for him 10 keep
charge did oppose health bills that we're sent 10 the
Legislature to be acted on, the principal reason op
posed the bills because one OF the men was asking
for power great that # he received II would be
decided disadvantage TO the city; saw, or
thought ! saw, in the bill that the par,
answer their own individual purposes, have never op
posed any other bill My plan was TO endow the Police
Commissioners with the entire supervisory power over
sanitary affairs and the cleaning OF the streets OF the
city, the estimates made, including this commission
the police would cost the city far less than now costs
the City Inspectors Department, and the work would
be done; would have the commission appointed by the
Governor consisting Of four commssioners-threc Of
them medical men and one layman. they would form
sanitary bureau including the Mayors Of New York and
Brooklyn and tho Superintendent OF Police, making
|. them er-ct6cio members This board should act
only an o sasss Of s
the ez-o6cio members The four commissioners should
be literally paid being M men y
over thirteen health wardens al $1,000 year. and -four
labor required, and taking altogether, would cost
great deal less than the City Inspectors Department now
how the population 1854 would compare with that Of
1851 do know In what proportion the honser have
NE e
City Inspectors Department for six months IN 1863 y
would be found amount to $500 ooo under Colonel
tenaans Of sanitary Affairs; bu. under Mr. Bcois
had nothing whatever 70 do; he took from me al,
duties and gave them Others and allowed 70
see the payros they being put In room with patent
lock for the purpose Of keeping me away from them
still drew my salary my duties never required me 70 60
outside OF the once; wrote some for the newspapers
while the head Of the Sanitary Bureau; do not know Of
Mr. BODIES being away from his once for three months
Der Of twenty nne marked down confined 70 that
ward ordinance distributor for each ward would be
srsa many complaints mp S't against city
spector's Department while was in the depart.
ment; heard complaints against the efficiency
received q letter from Mr. Bodies chief clerk, Mr.
Dusenbury In which be spoke Of the cxtravagance going
on In the department Mr. Bodies ncfnccncy, and the
abuses that correction not know the duties Of
the bernges do not think they have any the respon
sbly Of having 50 dispropovtiona.e number Of street
sweepes and catmen entirely upon the Cy lnspec.
top wrote q sketch OF Mr. BooIe In the Neso Era;
wrote Il from instructions received from Mr. BODIES
Mr. BosIe knew OF the article and coseted with me
about Il; never told Mr. Brady that NJ. Boole knew
nothing Of the preparation Of this article
Re llrect-Thc article read by 10 Rev. Mr.
Booe before u published his brother present
at the time; he wanted il to elect him Mayor; II tho
Comptroller had responded 10 the resolution OF the Com
Council asking for the expenditures IN the City In
speciors Department should be able to make correct
know Why The Comptroller did not respond TO the reso
luton
recess was then taken when was understood tina,
Mr. Carr would again be put on the stand, but upon
assembling for the afternoon session, M Carr NOT
present. having been called away by the sudden illness
Of his vile
ArTERNooN SESSION.
The FIRST witness examined was George y. Blish. Hi
testimony was TO the effect that he resided In Ninth
street. near the Second avenue; that he had special
agreement with Mr. Gould for cleaning the Streets this
renewed from week 70 week the streets he was "a
clean we're, Fourth avenue 10 Thirty second street. F
avenue TO Forty second street, Sixth 10 Fifty
ninth street. Grand street, from Broadway 10 tho East
river Beecker street from Broadway % the Intersection
street and Park row, be did not know whether there
any competition against him In procuring the
contract; be cleaned the streets once and some
times twice and some them three times week; the
rst contract for this work continued three months by
this 70 clean them twice week; the whole OF my
pay al that time three hundred doarp week; In
this contract Blocker and Grand streets were omitted
that all the work had TIL the spring OF 1884, there
Increase Of the work and the pay afterwards
when Grand street and Blocker were added; sold the
manure the amount Of the manure sold was SIX hun
dred dollars up TO the fall Of 1862 and above the
expense Of removing H. most Of the manure collected on
these streets good manure; these streets were
selected for my contract because they were thorough
fares. and wanted be well cleaned; I swept them
BY machinery owned the machines myself; the wor
could have been done al any lower price, when tbs
riots occurred In July and broke my machinery had
the work done by hand, and cost me 3s75 week, but
swept the always according 10 the contract when
the contract changed got s. q night extra for
sweeping Fourth and $50 week each for Grand
and Beecker streets this made $3.50 week but was
afterwards raised 70 $500 week tho number Of times
for sweepng of the streets was chanpcd from