New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-07

look drticr than before " was swept are tneio no CJ
ordinances prevent the tterng OF the sreetsi
Yes But The contractor has no power 70 ENFORCE theni
that is part OF ,le Hne5s Gt ne P1b s bey sS e
justices treat them farcicay Uutl the people can pe
ne PROMISES that while the contractor must cause tho
streets TO bo swept regularly and faithfully they muStcO
them in good condition, and that failure on their part T.
crime for which they may expect to be punisheut 10 lo
m eSeut OF the law i've never under the most per
,tc , ,,naratTev Good when there is no fear OF an
cudriuc let the police Stir IN the matter. let every ON
cor 10 ordered 10 watch rs carefully for VIOLATIONS
Of tins ordinance as he does in Winter Tor, Tor me me
sidewalks and a further Improvement in the con.
HAT which has recently taken place But although the
contractor fulfilled the conditions OF his agreement not
due Gcqee Of care, the existing STRENGTHENING con-
tract itseh has many imseetonS when md dn nc w
arrangement with the contractor. 4he people OF NGN
u pay All necessary eNpchses,ioW s 10 pa!
they have already proved on more than one OCCASION
c that tier money is spent Tor work done and wen
done, and used TO line the pockets OF ialy oas
ard no word Of dissent VIII be rseu even tnoE TIc
amount OF cleaning which street requires depends upon
E@S S g n9 and Rer social condition The compare
lively small number OF inhabitants 10 DOeh on SUI r
paved thoroughtare, insure "a degree OF nealnsSnS
even though the sweeping machine shOulu Ia. I"t
care and energy ON Tie part of the fOremen OF the street
sweepors would fail TO Keep In order inc srees w o
Eleventh aud Seventeenth Wards, crowded as teS arc
by foreign population, whom neither haDlt, ptle' i
education can induce 10 render INC contractor any
auce But according 20 the conditions OF tho present.
contract while Broadway, below Twenty sXrst, Is W
I've swept every night, Parkrow Chathamst tho BoMey
week at night. and fodrth whitehall, Wall and Court
landtsts Maidcnane, Fulton, Chambers, west ION
broadway Grand east from Broadway. and Canal west
from the thorOuglfare twice week, ueie n ~ no
provision for cleaning any others but once Weeh. ~,
The tidy housewife instruct her servant 10 SWEEP, u
and put IN order her parOr every morning anu lti .
that the kitchen be swept but once awceki mos rs
cure nc lOs t ~ tbc civ are cleaned and the
n fuse matter removed not be uninteIesung lJ'
S"H0Usn ana receive daily Visits from the ash
mem mem and nd" garbage collectors, very few Of nn-
derstand either The system OF iS w 0th,nSs; WITH
tue wards as formerly when ward and political organ
zatious mteiered with the foremeD ana by Dll9es OF
threats often Influenced them 10 neglect ther uues
and to rnend the labor in each district are detailed
more foremen, about 90 IN all 10 DO the work r
10 Geo men and this sweeps cleans and carts to he
dumping ground every week, oil lhe aift from Inoio ,
2OO 10 900 loads Of dirt ashes and garbage are removed
every day. EHch day the foreman OF dlstct 1r SUI IT.
district cleans about one sK OF me seS9 S, u ~ ihS
charge. ard at night reports the DAYS work ooIH ~ W
Police station OF the Precinct ana az lne t
Office we'll An officer IS detailed 70 examine ,ue $500
md II the work found 10 be performed IN an uibis-
factory manner that fact reported at the POce STATION
and at tie contractors once; anu tnSIeulY o Inhr
man y ordered TO sweep such streeIs again. ~ to v
tho fact is recorded, anu Gt lhe thn Dsc 81
record Of the streets cleaned Is Kept 10y inc USE Vi
printed map kept for that purpose Ill. .,or,,ood
On Friday afternoon this map IL carefully examiner,
and all streets not cleaned are ordered TO be cleaned on
SIaais bank on Monday mornings is sometimes Che
case when the work IS interrupted by st0rm-an eX-
eNUnatCu rs entered the map and those streets are
the fret be cleaned on Monday morning Az the com
mtcemeut of each week every foreman reports NJ Inc
contractors Occ with written statement OF the amount
Of labor performed under his supervision during ne o
vjOs wee and the fOremens reports having been com
pared with tie map FOR that week, they are required 10
make affidavit that their reports are true IN every par
/ and lllqf lz "A
IN addition TO THIS special arc TnPo5 gu
inds report each day the number OF fun loads sent
there by each FOREMAN SO nearly perfect This system
that not only has Il become rare TO discover neggence
on The pan Of the foIcmen but there u constantly In
| cItashg activity aud compel lion among them 10 Keep
their several districts neat Not only are the cOndols
OF tire treecleauug contract faithfully PERFORMED bui
the ty spots in the city are by The public spirit
Harris IN his letter to the Board OF Health dated NV
ioes,ia NerTol that e,1n He eresIe,, ,sylng efn'e
last week AID h preceding s weeks are the FOURTH sh Iehlh
s sI can 5o1 a.. & result b., rot len rbo
gems Of ncoa from EaTe be would he Just q sH,isiy
he Ore tou Poland who're sho spuie lss gained deadly oo
sTeeping streets iy machinery Is comparatively new
| invention, and although Improvements have already
been made In the machines used IN New-York inventors
work O. better done than formerly seven machines are
used IN this y and all The main arteries OF The metro
be itrodetd n the place y be
use Couuaats are frequently made that certain
| have rot been swept Tor month. two months, ana
sometime for even a longer Time. Not many months
ago re1CB. Of the upper part OF the city wrote com
mllitatiOn 10 ore OF the morning newspapers saying
that street had rot been swept for more than Two
year.. a1d tal LG aecnm1iaIcd hl'9 ana oU1 t c",
reits made upon this charge, and Judge Nmtlngs
attention was moro than called TO H. 1t was fact.
lot only that tho had net been swept for more than
two ears but il never had been swept nor ever VIII be
The attention Of contractors has than once been
called to that clause OF the agreement which provides
that tie garbage shall be removed tight carts Ia New.
York, IN most other cities Of our country the cost OF
cleaning the street. has been increased iuy Onothld by
the eHphy men; OF snau ana dlAtNcaltd carts, Jew ol
which are either tight on covered PROVISION shond also
rule arc thrown into tie fuees TO putfey and poison
the air with their iOu odor. The curtis for conveying
away She ashes aud street dirt should not only be tight
but also covered ana e garbage Wagons shoHa po ar
tight The replacing the carts now used with those OF
present contractor, and already specimen wagons have
beer imported from Europe, which wih those patented
and garbage collectors ind no lees obstacles thrown
! in tho way of faithful performance Of their duty
than the SWEEP ers. Many persons fail 10 place their
ashes and garbage out until after the carts have passed
through the streets, aud hence the full boxes remain
the sidewalk until the next day, their contents be-
come scattered into the street Especially IL this the
in those sections Of tho city where the Jewish Gle
ment predominates. AS the Jewish sabbath does not
ClOsc until sunset Saturday afternoon they refuse to
put out tAer ashes gnd garbage until evening conse
thc drt remains, Obstructug The sidewalks until Monday.
Although the cartmen arc doubtless often negligent,
many tie complaints made against them absurd
they erolinde-s. That the streets Of New-York
are cleaner today than they have been before for years
must be apparent 10 every observing citizen, and that
they arc not M as good CONDITION as thcy ought 10 De-
the fault Of the system and u the people themselves the
facts here presented cOncusyey show Voluntary test
fnonals frOI0 influential citizens aud old residents OF all
parts Of the city almost daily received at the con.
tors Office, compmentuE him upon tho neaness Of
their respective localities aud speaking In the highest
OF the activity and efficiency Of the fOremen Of tho
streecleaners With twice the labor expended aud
at IN less than twice tho expense, with improved mp
psratus, and bct enforcement by the police OF all the
sanitary ordinances Of the city NcWYOTk might not only
be tls cleanet but the heathest city in the Union
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