The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-07
THE FILTHY STREETS.

An Important Session Of the Street Clean
ing mission-The Corporation Coun-
sel's Opinion Asked as to the Contract
The Police Recommended rs street
Cleaners by Judge Bosworth.
The Street Cleaning Commission met yester-
day In the Comptroller's office at ten O'Clock, the
Mayor in the chair The following members were
present Recorder Hackett, Comptroller Green,
Judge Bosworth, City Inspector, and Richard
O'Gorman, Corporation Counsel.
The meeting was called to consider subject
preached by the Recorder at the last meeting of the
Commission on Friday last-namely the right of
the Board to rescind the street cleaning contract
at present held by John L. Brown, If it should ap.
pear to the members OF the Street Cleaning Com
mission that he had substantially violated the
terms Of the contract. The Mayor, at the last
meeting, said that he in favor OF resembling the
contract but as the right OF the Commission was
doubtful the meet ting adjourned until yesterday
To set all doubts at rest the Comptroller offered
the following resolution =
Resolved That the Comptroller be and is hereby author.
lied TO submit to counsel the street cleaning contract and
snch facts relating to The performance thereof and the
" Of and 20 ii nan n a a NO
sion at the next meeting, at three O'Clock Thursday
reference said contract and the per-
Torrance OF the said work and that Mcssrs and
Porter be selected TO make such report
This resolution was put and carried unanimously.
A long discussion ensued as to the right OF the
Commission to enter into new contract should
Messrs. Porter and Strahan report that IL was
within the power OF the commissioners TO rescind
the contract.
The RECORDER was inclined TO think that the
Commissioners had such power, and had power to
rcscind the contract as long as ii was proved TO
their satisfaction that there was substantial v0-
iation of IL.
Mr. OGoRMAN here called for q copy OF the con.
tract and having read it over carefully, delivered
the following opinion - have never seen a con.
trac ham m vi ha
the contract was drawn up entirely in 9he interest
of the contracting parties
AGAINST TIE INTERESTS OF THE CITY"
He then pointed ont section OF the contract,
which provides that the contractor be notified OF
his violation of the contract ten days before any
action could be taken oy the Commission. If
THIS VIOLATION
was not made good within twenty-f0ur hours the
Commissioners had 1t only In their power to pu!
the contract in the hands OF the sureties of the
contractor and hold their bonds as guarantee for
the proper performance OF II. He said In c0nclu-
sion that he believed that II the contract was car
ried out to the letter that the city OF New York
would not be half cleaned. The contract provided
that the streets only be cleaned once week.
Judge BoswoRrH called the attention OF the
Board 10 the fact that there was now bill before
the Legislature which would put the street cleaning
into
TINE HANDS OF THE POLICE
Department. He said that II this bill were passed.
II any street was unceaned IL could at be tel
egraphed TO police headquarters and the abuse
would be Immediately corrected. He added that II
tne poice had the contract the Board OF Health
would be spared expense and could work in with
them. He said that neither Brown nor any other
man couia clean the streets as long as
THE CoBBLE PAVEMENT
III tno stree,s was allowed to remain in its present
cohuition. Inc money which should be expended
| on UNIFORM pavement had been sauandered or an.
| propriated to other objects. -
| The Comptroller, the Mayor and the Corporation
tract to the police Mr. 6Gorman sayns II thai an wa
| the province Of the policeman to detect and oh-
| serve the abuse. and that . policeman with club