The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-11-03
LOCAL NEWS.
SEw YORK AND THE VICINITY.

STREET CLEANING CoMMIssIoSEEs-MEI--
rso YEsTERDAY.-At eleven O'Clock yesterday moII.-
ing, the Street Cleaning Commissioner mot in tho
Chamber o. tho Board Of Aldermen, his Honor tho
Mayor In the chair. Seth G. Cawley, Chief Clerk %
tho Police Commissioners, reptesen cd that Board.
hessrs. Brown, Devoe and Knapp; tho Street Clean
Ing Contractors, were represented by A. J. Wander
pool. Esq The object for which the Commissioners
met investigate tho charges preferred by ths
police against tho Street Cleaning Conlractofs Tor
violation Of their contract in not cleaning cs'-
tain streets Of tho city for the week ending October
l4th.
MIR, Hswley said-Thors had been sons mi.sprr..
henson OF the Atutude OF tho Ponce Commissioners
In this cose. Under the "llackley Contract" ths
Commissioners had been requested by the Controller
TO institute police inspection OF tho actusl condition
tho contract had been carried out. This inspection
WIS Instituted unaer the former oontract and IN
operation under he pre- ent contract. II VAS melelF
tor the purposo oi informing those interested ths
uni staIe ol iActs Ia relation to the Carrying out
oi thu contract. Inc Commissioner Of fOilco woTN
OF the opinon that the aidAyts made In relation IN
tho non IoImsnot OF the contract sas sufficient n
establish p'tWd Jaod ease, and II iurthef lnioTma-
hoh was isquiea lhoy Hofe ready 10 produce ~.
zach OF the sueets complained OF as having not Leei
o.eaned, had Leen watched by thIoe men, one Of
which ~As alwsy. on duty. II was possible that
oil them had erred IN their reports.
Corporation Counsel Deviin sad-It would 10 yerv
desirable u tho Ponce department would irsue orders
TO aTesl all parties throw ng garbage IN the
MI, uAwley bAlu the lOuImlsaloLers could gpt q
legal opinion TO sustain them.
Recorder sad 1t would simplify matters II n con-
tractors would put Ia n sworn statement as to thn
days which each and every street had BE- IA
cleaned.
M VGndorpool, Of Counsel, raid a record had Ltru
kept OF the streets which had beer cleaned, except
the Of the tiith Ward. lie quoted the law c.a-
tive the violation OF tho city ordinances aud =.
the opinion that the police could arrest paTtiei for
throw ing garbage In the stIeetH As the contract
clean certain streets, he had Understood that so
o the streets lying between the 8d and 4h lyenur-,
had lHtn tlDp mis- DI ia
raid stieets cho.e TO do the work themselves.
kecOruer Holman said he though the contractors
should not DO allowed TO exercise any discretion
the matter, They should perform their contract ~
All events. Tho Complaint enlarged that certain ut ecs
had not hesn swept. Tho cOntlaclOis should put IN
their er anu II tLeJ admitted he met that ths
mad not heen CieHned then they rhould state
why the omission mad bt On made. II then renamed
Tor the COmniftioncIs OF ouret Cleaning 10 sAv
" ho ther the Iehs0n suihcient lhls woula bule
the Counsel tOT the contractors directed 10 lo an
AusN e. 70 the cunpIalut Of the Police Supe
eut, stating wulCA allegations thoy sal4IitLed, aLd
" lch hey oenIed. Ad,p eu.
lIs honor Lo Mayo sad he hoped the police
would continue then supervision OF tLe sIoels, AID
report The cUnuitlOn OF tIe came 70 this body.
kir hAuiuy SAID the gJlte SOuid 10 s0. The Com.
mission then ADJOURNED 10 Monday next ~ IL O'clock
AN
A WIFEs DEvoTIoS-ATTEaPr TO Con-.
NIT suIoDE IN A POLLOK CoUHr.-on Wednesday
last a singular suenpt made TO commit suicide
in tho Yorkvis Police Court In S7th street BY
woman named Margaret Case. On Saturday last her
husband vas arrested on . charge ofstealinx diamInt
tCsstmled % tho Las PsEs.l