New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-23
MANHATTAN.
SATELLITE.
CLEANING THE STREETS.

WHAT WILL BE DONE WHEN THE SNOW MELTs.
A snowy visitation such as we have had during the
past week brings much merriment many eIjoyments
and makes the whole city alive with peasuable excite
ment But there IS unpleasant phase OF 1t which We
all know and Of which the contractor for cleaning tho
streets is required to take special notice heavy snow
like that which invests the city at tho present time Is
matter Of serious consideration 10 the contractor aior
SAID as II also s-n0re or less-to every person Wo
OBLIGED 10 practice pcdestransm within the metropolitan
limits II makes bad walking, threatens everybody with
slip up OF slip down, ana Is me dTect c4sse Oh
able matchmaking ana iau!CIlhdIs' II te
able mass could be Immediately remOycdwere that resui
possble-aud the sidewalks, and CobolestOhes ana BEL
san pavcmens more made visible, II certainly w0ud
be blessing to the city, if could be accomplished with.
ont delay But that can't be done IL Is one OF those
things which rank WIN tne lhlposs19lAllcs $500 a..
There one thing however, which the contractor for
fRe food Which such fail Of snow threatens 10 suJcrse
ne cellars ana other SWgr pgrcs OF te o Guy e,n s
the streets Is at present engaged IN o0lnS. All ds yss
terday and the day before army OF men equipped Win
n fn coIn element OF brooms, shoyel and hoes set
at work cleaning out the CUTTERS and open me sewers
SO that tie quiiicd could Of and be kept from
bcstowing cellars, yards, aud aley-ways baptism
The Immediate result OF the heavy snow fan was tbs
cessation Of the work of street cleaning, II being utterly
impossible to carry the work In anything Ike an en-
ashes and garbage could have been used the absence OF
the IN which the refuse Is taken from the city rom
ton Of the work impossible The absence Of these seoTs
rom those places was caused by the ice IN the river aud
the heavy wind which prevailed Tor TWO OF hlee uys.
on Monday put TO work in opening the sewers
aud cleaning off the crOsswalks BY night nearly every
sewer m the city was opened ana the water caused ~
the molten snow freely into them, preventing me
sidewalks rom being oyerfOwed and the middle OF TIC
streets from being immersed. Yesterday the work was
completed and the Head street Cleaner IS ready for the
thaw to commence operations at any moment
Under me contract for cleaning the streets tie
tractor Is required 10 Keep the streets "convementy
passahe for vehicles during the Winter and the cross
walks and all CUTTERS ntersecng the same must be kept
clear OF aud ice and the cuycrts Of the sewers ee
and clear that the water shall not be prevented from
flowing through them"
II Judge Whiting succeeds in fulfilling this part OF hi
contract with the city, 10 viii be the first Instance OF he
kind that has occurred FOR many years past. impossible
streets ana OVERLOADED crOsswalks have invariably
suited from heavy SHOWS ana u We are TO ne exempted
from them this Winter no one certainly VIII md any
faut with hat condition Of aifas. Yesterday the ash
men resumed the work OF removing the ashes and garb.
age and the dumping grounds ready 10 receive all
the refuse that could be brought 90 them These dumping
grounds Il in number and arc located as follows:
East Riyer-FOOt OF Roosevelt St, Sautons, Fnthstp
Slxteentl-st Twenty third-st,, Thirty third.st.
North EiNCr-Nesel St, lstlglt-St, GdhSeNOoft-stt
Twenty -firstst. Thirty -fourth-St, Fifty-siNth,st
the melts ana the rofuSe when cannot
bo reached by the ashmen settles 10 the pavement IN
extra force OF aborers will bc set 10 work. ard the city
speedily pnt into the best possible condition. AT the pres
pnt time All sWceuinR is necessarily Sspendcdthe ef
forts Of the Department being used 70 prevent the 1000
which, without necessary and ample precautions hs'
one complaint made by the contractor IS that many
persons viii persist In throwing garbage ana ashes IN e
hide the proof OF their acts As soon as the SNOW N.Y..
therefore this is discovered In abundance and ths
streets in tcat condition which the pubic deem nt "a
describe as horrible The police authorized 20 arrest
all persons found violating the city ordinance I'm that re
spcc but these persons careful not 10 peptas
the violations while the policeman Is around arrests ate
but few and far between. -,
The number Of scows in the employ OF the departments
nearly 100, each with carrying capacity OF $50 loads Inc
the charge of inspector. There il foreman IN eacn
Ward. under whose immediate direction the workmeu
perform thet IaDor Inc NUMBER Oh carls ~,
ployed in remQvng the garbage and ashes Is 5Oo nunOi
OF WOrGntn 500.