The New York herald., 1869-08-24

the average cost per ward for street cleaning WI
Ss2s per week through the year-aggreRattnGa an OK
twenty-five wards. Under the present contractor
| the force being somewhat reduced, $500 per weel
he utmost average tass Gan M % Sss os speGa M
| cleaning Of the twenty-five divisions. Multiplying
this aggregate average bv nftytwo, the yearly ex
pendltures Of the contractor may be arrived at-th
SUN being $34s. 200. the table stands a. follows
| Weekly expense per ward. .......... 500
Weekly expense for twenty-five wards. SEQ
DeductinS the latter sum from the amount
named in the proposals. the pront to the contractor
Yearly receipts as per contract. .S4os, 6ot
Yearly expenditure. e...................... 343, 2oS
PROFIT on contract. .S1s5, so(
This Is tie most favorable statement that can be
made aud yet under 81 t9s ne pr0a5 On On business o.
cent OF the whole amount expended by the con
tractsr and equal to twenty. y.eight per cent OF the
whole amount disbursed by the Comptroller for the
The profit scarcely ends here. however. The dis
count. COUNT The whole quantity Of refuse matter re-
moved averages 1000, 600 cubic yards per year, OF
1000 900 loads, load being estimated az cubic
to the city Of s2O.o9O, selling the same a. thirty
at an aggregate receipt Of ssO0.ooo, Of
which possibly 100000 Is to be deducted
places leaving annual profit Of $3.50, 600 provided
the whole waste is marketable Adding THIS amount
to the amount already developed the annual pront
to the contracting party found TO be the enormous
sum OF $S35, 200. The original contract was for ten
years, having i've years longer to run, during which
the contractor matters continuing as at present,
may be set down "a about to amass the moderate
fortune OF S1,676,000. Deduct from this amount the
odd sum OF Sl7eooo for o,fice expenses percentage
OF wear on implements and other 1ncldenfais and
there still remains round million and half as the
profit OF five years In the business OF scayengerlng
and round three millions as the proat OF the con
tract for ten years The contractor might still fur.
Their reduce the expense per ward by using larger
carts, carts holding couple OF cubic yards, aud
swell his accommodating fortune to still more colossal
COMPARISON OF NEW YORK WITH PARIS
proves the general correctness OF these mathemati
Cal deductions. Ten years stnce the CITY OF Paris was
swept by hand altogether. The general supervision
OF the work was under the control OF the Mayor
project OF the police. The sweeping was done at
The expense OF the proprletors where there were
shops. al the expense OF the owners thereof the
aversge annual tax being two dollars, and the re-
celot therefor coming from the prefect. Thus the
citizens were made 10 pay directly for the sweeping
OF the streets in front Of their dwellings places OF
The work was later done by contract at a cost
OF 100000 annually. fhe contractor carried
pits for certain length OF time, sold 1t for manuria
purposes at from three to Ave cents per cubic yard
total yearly receipts oon from this source aver
tendence beng connded to officers responsible
to the city government, the organization or the
the number OF scavengers employed was about
TWENTY-FIVE hundred. These were divided into four
leglons, comprising twelve battalions or thrty-sx
companies--rour sections to the company. The per-
sons employed IN this work were almost exclusively
Alsaclans and Germans--the men being paid twenty
sdults according 10 the work they were capaole OF
performing. The sweeps were accustomed to collect
at given points at four O'Clock IN the morning. In
companies Of from twenty to forty. Taking their
places in ranks two by Two, the roll was called and
the absent marked. AT four O'Clock they were all at
work, long handled brooms being used for the pur-
pose and the sweeping occupying about four hours
The work was usually finished before eight O'Clock
N the morning, and invariably &C eight O'Clock
the carts carried on the rubbish. No rubbish from
house or shop could be thrown into the street
after that hour: At eight O'Clock the foun.
tains were opened and the cutters filled for an hour
or more with pure running water-a measure re.
peated in the course Of the day according to the
wants OF the season; and all tins was accomplished
four hours IN the morning with all the regularity
OF clockworK-a result due wholly to careful Or
ganization OF the force and regular superlntend.
ence oiit. The streets of Paris all cleaned and irri
gated daily, were, therefore, always as clean as efl-
ciently superintended brooms could make them.
There were no relaxatlons-no experiments The
work was done with regular system from January
to January again, with the same daily efficiency ana
without complaint from any source. 1t was not re-
Garded as an extraordinary feat of adminlsua tion
and any inenicences Ia It's performance would have
been matter OF surprise.
Besides this morning cleaning, certain number
Of workmen called cantonniers were kept employed
during the day to scrape up accumulatlnR dirt and
rae Gaess & ar M Q. Gapts
niers. The sweeping OF the public squares aud gar
dens was done exclusively at the expense OF the city,
The removal OF the refuse was performed by con-
tractors the total receipt to them from this source
being about 500 900 per year Of which, after paying
all expenses about 100000 represented the net
profit. Compare these figures With those OF New
York pertinent to the same work.
Paris. with an area OF pavement to be swept Of
TO- 416 square yards, swept daily at an expense Of
$500, ,000
New York, with an area Of pavement to be swept
OF about eso ooo square yaras swept weekly at an ex
Paris swept by hand daily the cleanes, city In the
world, at a cost OF $500 900.
New York, swept by hand weekly, the drtiest city
In the world at an annual cost OF hall q million.
THIS comparison y representative OF Paris In 1859,
Weekly % sweeping Of about 6So,ooo square va Yards
while Paris paid $500, 900 for the daily sweeping OF
about LOCO. 600 square yards -
Cost per square Yard in Paris for 500
Cost per SQUARE yard in New York ror one
Cost per square yard In Paris ioaf af'ons One y "
II needs nothing more than this expose to demon.
srrate the profits OF the present contract to its
holder, Its inadeQuacy 10 the purpose being demon
strated sufficiently by the present condition Of the
city.
TUE HORSE BROOM
Is used TO al extent here, and Is very available in
G9anaSti6t With the Russ pavement and the wooden
and concrete pavements, 1t may be taken for
granted, therefore, that the contractor Is sensible
enough to use II whenever It is feasible, Which Is
upon an area OF nearly 25oo00 square yards Of the
whole $4,000 to be swept. The saving accomplished
by the implement y next TO be investigated. The
Dioonl used u Paris slnte 1905 and Introduced by
NJ. Taller Is Very simple In CONSTRUCTION, About sx
feet IN LENGTH t Is set oblquels TO tho aka OF the
Cart the one end being foot and fouf-hfths out
Of line with the osher and sweeping mud and dusF
% 6S the the SsS driver enables @ 3 Is Int tie S brSo Ft om t
ground at pleasure. A concal-toothed wheel fixed
on the axle Of the cart engages with smaller
toothed wheel fixed on an intermediate axis aud by
means OF other iron work engaging, as the cart
moves the broom reyolvcs. The toothed wheels can
be readily dlsengagea, enabling the cart to
mqye- Without settling the broom in fnotion,
Tue whde weight is thus dlstrbuted.--Wheels,
553 pounds; broom, 10 pounds; iron work. 244
pounds; cart and shafts, l,2I2 pounds-total, 21S4
pounds. Ihe band efficiently swept Is five feet per
passage, ana eight OF them have been known to
sweep 8s720 square y9rds ~ seventy mnutes--a
work which would have required 100 men for the
same length time. In general one OF these br0onA
VIII sweep coo square yards per hour at o cost Of
thirty cenis, or half cent minute while The work
by band would take thirteen men an hour az cost
OF eeVenyeeht cents 10 Is seen, therefore, that the
use OF the Taller broom reduces the expense Of
street sweeping IN Paris more than One-halL really
eXeCiy eiglt-thirteenths This cost Is thue dis