New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-07-17
])ort- Uaroen's Noiite.


Dig MiNfHoRsL ToMPKNs. PIssasn.
J. AuGs HERMAN Secretary.
Meeting OF the Street Cleaning Commission.
At II o'clock on Monday morning there was a meet
ing Of the Street Cleaning Commissioners held in the Mayors
Office; present bis Honor the Mayor Corporation Counsel
OGorman and jackson Schultz President OF the Board OF
Health The Commissioners after reading the following com
uncation from the Street Cleaning Contractors adjourned
NEW YORK July 10. 1863
To JACKSON SCHULTZ ESQ, President Of AToP0'a" H0a'd
s, Communication Of the 9th inst reached late
the afternoon Of the l0h when It was doubtless IN type of
publication in the daily papers 81 TIE IN 70 a rpsc,
ton Of your charges and the protection of tine puoc hea
and eneeruy coneeding that the ylgor and ,
played in your epIsll3s fully entue tueIu W appear Al pm"
we will al once reply TO your last ,.-
AS to the complaints which in the first c1use OF your lee
Won saw come TO your Office from your inspectors ana rom
citizens have only to answer that we lohg snee ~
writing requested yoa at once 70 in9Fm US o. a
in power and in the line OF our duty remedy OF remove
Psrnant 70 ks request you have since the Goth day Of
March last on nine occasions only communicated any com
plant respect TO the first class oil Omissions
We at once in every respectfully attended TO these
complaints and removed the cause where any ehs. 80
must however remind you that these nine were
communicated to in no case Immediately IN seSeroi o.
these many days aGr tsy Ccmpa Ss 70 other matters
have been communicated TO US, IN some cases tnttv
days after tie occurrence OF the matter 81 We
In every case we have Mt receipt OF the complaint
Md i6ouv AID where we could removed remeied the
e iSnd 10 erl,t In most cases the matter complained
Of had been already and corrected by ourselves
leave you the task Of explaining why IN matters
the public health these complaints should have Deen 20
10 us for remedy Why when complaints are before
YOU withhold them from rs for D ~ ana even " uJs
Would not the energy displayed in accusing us Dc more
wohiy engaged 10 anmting to the complaints Of c
PENS and enabling have ever been ready 70 20
TO remsve all Of complaint and do our utmost NJ Ae
line Of our duty TO preserve puolic he"'1lf
Your ausons to frequent personal interviews OF late we
do NOT understand No such interviews have beeh mao w
o o saa Ne have at eli times faithfully dolo fun duy
der contract You suggest mat INC boar w. t tbsy
Vii other Thugs enforce their code OF Health Ordl
arcss and thus cooperate With us preserving the
He You ~ SPECIFY in your letter the first class Of our omissions
70 regularly empty ne of Offensive
masr @ bS in mSnv naces the Board Of Health has per-
allow the tenants using them to cast into them NTH urine ana
Y code Of ordinances dated April CO. 1866 sDd signed by
Yourself expressly by the teh Section pTobDt hese saton
You there ordsin snds or ,Dv ppS
place longer than be needfa for the removal o tue COL"
Tie same code BY the 10th section. provides that the
garbage ashes. &c, may be delivered decty 70 the cary
mem but Is SI2ss anS IN the the
shall be drssd or RECEIVED during ,ee period
day without permit from this Board OK one OF It's
O officers"
respectfully suggest therefore that the Board OF Health
enforce m code and that instead Of charging on US the
most filthy condition Of garbage-ooxes which 1t has pro,
bted and punish the persons guilty OF
violation Of crees and that instead Of censurng Us
for removing offensive matter which 1t has prohibited
us rocrQ IL issue the permits and see TO the proper
removal Of this matter provided BIZ the Ot1 section OF lie
code. -, IL, +,
Notwithstanding the dscourlgement we have met with N
the neglect Board aid In these respects we have
caused all garbage boxes 20 be cleaned at least once In every
"a hours two or three times day But
you utter neglect 70 enforce the provisions OF me
9th section Health Code which requires the rubbish
garbage and ashes 20 be brought out before O'Clock ID tue
morning retained in the building I'll the proper carts come
20 take ud that after our men have thoroughly
cleaned these prohibited stationary boxes there frequently
without hndenee by Inspectors deposited IN them DY the
who them other garbage rubbish ashes
and filth compelling again to clean them
too much to ask that vested as yo1 are with such large powers
exercise authority the dehe OF ordinances
and direct the OF your inspectors to the punishment
OF these ofendersf
As TO the second class omissions which your
daily and giving notice by the ringing of bell
carts at each day and sometimes oener pass
through each bell provided for every ash cart
aud gave strict orders 70 all superintendens
and remen Immediately discharge any ashman who neg
ects 10 ring his bell On every occasion OF this offence we
strictly enforce tho rule We only ask from you authentic
instance OF s OMISSION and we VIII at orce discharge We
offender We however fail 70 observe that this Ike
the other charges of your letter is eouched In prudent gen
eralities.
plant made the improper removal In insufficient wagons
by agents authorized Unauthorized who enter dwell
ings few words will fully this In the fnhment OF
our contract II part Of duty TO enter dwellings, The
most cursory examination will enable you TO see that and on
the 18th OF employees
Of the Sreeeea Commission TO take any compensation
for the removal Of sweepngs ashes garbage or rubbish
But your in itself utterly groundless We have no
agents authorized unauthorized who collect garbage by
entering dwellings, We presume you refer 10 certain persons
who the request OF private citizens and under agreement
with them garbage from their houses at such times as
10 them most satisfactory. With these persons we have
nothing whatever to do and they way under
control We asked and do not desire. any toera'
for agents they transgress the law But these
contractors for private citizens do transgres why DON'T you
stop They unauthorized by u.s. how can we inter
II Isl new idea that are responsible for what you call
unauthorized agents. and you know do not use HagoHs
and have right 10 md n with US Tor the acts OF IN
authorized persons.
You next refer to using unsuitable conveyances for
garbage presume interpret this charge In the
light your declaration In the Commissioner meeting OF tho
10th in which you desired the ash and garbage carts and the
horses be rood looking We quote and leave sug
gestons with this remark onythat in place in the coan
better horses carts than we use employed Tor Ike
work The carts tight and good though not elegantly
painted and horses than before employed
Tor the purpose Many Of horses are worth from s75 TO
$500 apiece. -
As TO your statements Of complaints By residents Of Harlem
that you transmitted them 20 US for remedy
or complaints shared the fate Of those which you
sent 70 80 days after datef
judicious generality again marks this part OF your letter
could yod not have said where the zone place was rom
which those loads Of garbage and rubbish were remoVed
WAS IL NOT from back yard snnken lot IN which, by the
Of inspectors had been allowed 10 aecumu
late and you well know neither our right nor our
duty TO ener Certainly 1t not in the public streets,
which required to Clean
A TO yoG Question respecting garbage from factories and
stores and be thrown upon the docks &c. there
h no excuse for disappointing our position We have re
peaiedly stated il YOU but will here do SO again
Street cleaning Commission IN June expressly declared
that Il was no part duty ashes from factories
brick mortar earth debris from repairs or earth or
excavations but that these should be removed by
serving ESTABLISHMENTS and the like do not understand
be claimed that the waste and refuse their business should