New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-08-21
TEE STREET CLEANING CONTRACT

RUHORTD TRANSFER OF THE CONTRACT FOR CLEAN
ING THE sTREETs-BRowY, DEyOB KNAPP no
LONGER CoS1RACTORs-THE PURCHASER IN pos
SESSION MISUNDERSTANDING or THE PROyIs-
IONS OF THE CONTRACT.
The City Hall was in considerable excitement yes
erday over the rumcr Msssrs Brown DevOe Knapp
contractors for cleaning the had cold out and trans
fcrred their contract.
Upon inquiry being made il was asceTtained. from re-
sponsbe parties that the sale aud transfer took place at 10
o'clock yesterday morning. that the purchaser was e1Judge
Whiting and that he paid ranging from s25oOOo 10
s40 OO or the contracts that Mr. Whiting possession
OF the Office and books Of the ate CONTRACTOR and bad made
cOnsdern bic changes in the Office that assuming The Boa
OF Street Cleaning Commissioners would Tay the transfer
and sale Whiting had taken initiative seps for more
thorough cleaning Of our streets without this confirmation
part OF the Street Cleaning Commissioners the action 81
the Old contractors viii amount 10 nothing IL Is
understood that the COMMISSIONER viii meet IN Few dhys
when Gnal action viii be taken in the matter . $50 ,
The contract for cleaning the made on the 9th Of
June 1905 to continue in force for the term Of ten years
specifies that all the paved streets and avenues ana a ane
alleys cutters WhaTys piers and heads Of slips shall be swept
al each week unless prevented by rosI OF snow
AZ once removed that all ashes garbage rubbish and sweep
ngs every kind which be delivered 10 the contractors
rht carts every "a hours Sundays oIceped that the driver
each Ssh garbageeer shall eagse bell = be ung 70 give
Of his approach that snehdTyes ha receive oil ashes
garbage sweepngs and rubbish which SHAH be delivered 10
As@ 5ssPesyey or placed in .qliAl. vessels 9Poa i6e
that Park-row, thsthhu-St, the BowerY
Fithaye from WAyefey place % fiy.ninth st. and Broad
way from Twenty sIihst to Iiny nlnh-sL. shall also
be swept during the night Tuesdays Thursdays and Saiu
days: that Tourihhye TO Thirty second.st. sxthave
10 Forty secondst EiEhthaye 70 Forty ecoudst State
whitehall Wal Courtsndt aud FULTON ss Chamber west
FROM Chatham Grand nom Broadway and Canal west
from Broadway and Mhdonlane each shall be swept twice
each week unless prevcaed by frost that a
below Chambers eIe$t around the markets and
where stand (Which shall be cleaned daily In The
orenoou) sha be cleaned during the night between the
first of Nav and FIRST u October before the hour Of
On and between the first Of October aud tie first Of May be-
fore . "A. m -. q, -,
months payments or all DIRT garbage. ashes, rubbish aud
sveepngs which they shall collect and remove the same 20 be
removed az collected boats and scoes No deposit
of these materials allowed. The streets shall be kept con-
yenenty psssabe vehicles during the Winters the cross
walks and cutters free 81 aud Ice aud the oulyer=
sewers 60 that water shall not DO prevented from noTv
,ongh them The contract also specified that the streets
bn be sprnked In advance Of the sweepes from tho bs OF
NJ 40 ~, a,s. 81 Novsmber In each year and the gutter.
ahed ONT a, Omen as For the faithful perform
e ~ The agreeeu the contractors receive s9e 800 per
annn maid n monthly instalmeDts amer deducting 10
ue centum which retained until the end Of the
We have no doubt the truth Of the concerning tho
transfer and feel disposed TO congratulate our ct
lens upon the fact deem capable proof that the
tract bias never been fbfgy performed There are numerous
however for this apparent neglect and we presume
the contractors snned against than SHINING
The new contractors wpbc relieved OF much Of the burden
the wereompeed and from every point OF
view doubt all the parties interested VIII be benefited
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