New-York daily tribune., 1866-04-03
MAYORS OFFICE.
Meeting of the STRENGTHENING Coinms'
ners-CommunicatiOn from Mcssrs'
Brown, Eevce n Knapp.

Yesterday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, the Street.
Cleaning Commissioners met in the Mayors Ohce'
Mayor HOFFMAN in the chair.
After receiving the following communication from
the Cleaning Contractors the Commissioners I'D
journed until Wednesday:
To he Hon. JoHN T. HOFFMAN, Chairman q NE s"e"'
SIR We BEG TO submit for your consideration the following
with in the execution Of our work by the Board oi heAn
since the Board Of Health assumed active powers In this
city, their orders have harassed and annoyed ~ to cons
cradle extent in various ways but not until now has Tie mat
shape ca forth remembrance on
part OF the action 10 prevent US from dumping manure
dumpnggrounds we have informed yon since hsh
have been ordered to remove all the manure from ihe
dumping ground at foot Of Nestyst
This order il is impossible 20 execute, for the reason the
cannot be used for hiDgn purposes as art ana
garbage used and consequently we can hnd no place IN
Farmers whom has for years been furnished are not
at this early season Of the yeaI prepared to rseese It,
upon dup provided by the city In pursuance OF our con-
and respectfully insist that tins p'oyisono our con
cannot be ineheTed with by the Board Of Health inss
much in the creating there is an expressed provision
in these words: "But nothing herein conned sa be
Iued affecting contract heretofore made ~ Vue o.
said act" namely, Of 1855, auhorzing contracts
The order served upon iorbiddng Us to damp any more
any other material this island will have the r.
feet Of stopping oil work in the upper part OF the city and
to large extent in the LEVER part five should attempt to
We have tried our uirnos, Pea'e the Board Of Health
possible Last week at the paIiicnir request Of the fe
dent the Board that would try and get the mud away
had 70 bail IL aud carry IL In pals endeavoTed
TO do and the was tet number Of our cart
arrested for the that some Of the liquid
leaked the carts went through the streets, We have
found ourselves pretty much in the situation Of Baaa ass
the more enGeayor 70 please Tie more we are satisfied
that 1t is impossible TO DO so.
weather allowed as TO commence the removing oi
horses carts and men that could possibly work and what
have done you Judge om the statement we give be-
The fact h the and dirt have not yet been dry
enough this Spring 10 cart which the cause of the manure
hesps looking offensive During the mouth Of March we
we have ieighed lol scow each Of which contained he
300 loads and each Of these loads is at least onehir
IN the sree This s more, By 5000 lotd' than was ever
taken from the CITY before during the month OF March Al
;s s1fSvs S q Hf w %sTr snd dss e AID
. sSa % 4. the soi the as
To perform this work employ force Of D soorers and
so carts esdt & esdy fesp %bsa he
weather would not permit Our ahcars work daily wet oi
dry ard make iall time. we pay eoss sId a th our &
will bring expenses for the month Of March as high as
| $3225 per day for each days work.
Our pay rolls and expenses for carrying ont and performing
the work Of for and during the month Of March
So whh hsi more BY than we receive I cm the
city and continuously accused Of not doing our
From the time we were able to commence work have
worked day and night and have spared neither labor
and as thoroughy as pooe ana we are sashed ,nat the
city generally cleaner Of this OF the year
The principal much rubbish the present time
IA parts Of the city arises from the fact that the Board OF
Health have ordered people clean cellars yards and
other places OF which have been cleaned for
Der of years and the Of the removal Of oil OF
get along with the ordered will bs necessary
provide another dumping ground in the First Ward with
two boards for ashes and for manure board
raised and put in repair foot OF Laghts board
and tie raised and repaired Gansevoor
board and the slip dredged out at foot OF Twenty
~ r. The application for the lastnsmed already made
Above Twenty hts there Is board the north side.
We have disposed Of our rubbish by filling In lots the
done by the city before took the On the
east side win be necessary TO provide board
fs and repair the dock and board q. each Of
the dumps foot Of sIteenhst, Twenty thirdst and
Thirty St. T. r. and II VIII require places get
nd OF the material all the wsy mp the Island both sides
before these orders can be carried out.
We most snxionsy await your Instructions in reference 10
these matters as 10 what shall do concerning them.
Very respectfully yours, &C.,
BROWN, DEvoE KNAPP.