New-York tribune., 1874-03-07
TIE STREET. CLEANING NINE.

HOW IT mas BEEN WORKED FOR FOURTEEN YEARS
STARTLING FIGuREs-A FEW FACTS FOR TIE
COMMITTEE on CITIES.
The Committee on Cities of the Assembly,
appointed 10 investigate the workings Of the street.
Cleaning Department, will meet again today at Tue
Fifth Avenue Hotel The Investigations OF the Commit
tee have up TO the present been conhned 10
the examination OF experts IN streetoleahing vi
Capt Thorne. the superintendent OF the Bnreau;
Police Commissioner Oliver Charlick, and few persons
who testified TO having paid certain sums for the pu-
chase OF street dirt the privilege OF filling IN vacant
lots. The testimony has shown that certain properly OF
Police Commissioner Oliver Charlick, at Hunter fon
near the Long Island Railroad depot has been hleu IN
free OF charge, and has consequently lncrcAsou
in value. IL has been testified ny one eN
pert also, that the streets OF NeT-York conl'
be well cleaned for oDe-quaTter less tnan
the amount allowed for street sweeping by the Board OF
ApporoDment for tho current year, aud for S2I''"o
less than what the sreetcleaning Bureau has ao"od
for last year. This streetcloaniug compact mas Gu
rious history. which the members OF the Cemmttee on
Cities have yet MANAGED to unr1vel. TRIBUNE
reporter sent to the Department OF Finance 70
make u careful summary from the Controllers books OF
the amounts expended street ceann. since tho work
was FIRST done under contract.
For years previous to 1865 the business OF street
cleaning controlled by the then city Sanitary In
spector Francis A. Booe. and up to that time tho ay
oils was $1,000 Under Mr.. Booze the street cleaning
contract fst let ont 70 Mr.. D'ayan ana, niler
him to Mr. Hackey, but the work Of both contractors
was under the direct supervision OF the ~ san
iary Inspector and his officers immediately aitai the
Legislature OF 1865 met bill was inroiucet INTO tnc
Assembly appointing Street Cleaning Commission, the
members OF which were TO have entire control OF
eting ont the work or having IL done IN any manner
that 10 seemed III. T1is bill became law ~ Few
days. ant under tho terms OF tie enactment the new
ssreeCeaning Commission had % consist Of the Mayor
aho & S % tar 9 In.ncctor rue entsmrn Who
GOD (nIum "A
Office were were Messra GODFREY GuntneT Mayori hla,-
thew 7. Brennan Controller; John j. Dev2, CORPORA
aTy Inspector. aud John T. Hoffman, he,
cOrder. inmeaiately giteL hc;e commissioner
leased 20 three men, john L. Brown, Francis Dayoe'
aud SHEPPARD Knapp. FROM lsG,. when & tne Street
approximation by the Legislature Tor strce'elean-
Viii represent the d rent anpunt- paid annually from
tue CITY treasury for cleaning the streets OF the metrop
oils:
In 70 the end of 1894 under Civ siuta ne,'or.... $13j00
iof 5G5. under S.res, OoiHng Conn saon, to
erS"u y = - tfy Ia, s1d ~ % % fo, .
ing and hing vao'n; 90On
a%olni pa f9r street Cesnne aadef Street Cianlnr Com
TSI e.oe-diuf Ganr wear ............. l7sOOO
im1Si S.s fs s,re]' cnas By cleaning con zoo on,
noan, rt1flei for lss manure 29ooo
4Sa, Sa .:fset @ e.1iSs under srecariug
i~oao; rarued f,r ss OF manure ...,,,,,..., 10000
To paid under comri''Ol for street cleaning for
s i Ipc ,gJt Commission for 1859 .. l9s 900
Returned TO tue City Treasury for sale Of manure hn oA oco
Total psi for street c.ang IN 1869 47soOO
Ia 1910 S2OGO extra was spVropHated IJi the
preparation of tile Sreet Contractor to s59s co.
bat really to S61s00 a. $4,000 adi0 be returned eVey
them 10 the Cty Treasury, for the privilege OF bng
vacant lots tho sale ot manure et Wnich ~ 70 that
aud had been made valuable 10 flrmers rom
Jersey and Long Island This extra appropriation
uIyfo sfgI fopo oraVe In
pox threatened the city, and tho Legislature passed
extra street. cleaning appFoprai.Jn OF yS0g0 WIN 70
direction of the Board OF Health The latter Board re-
iJrmance OF wncn ward foreman under tie pri-
y7te contractor John Brown was obliged to swear ne
fore notary public, before OclhG vad NhaV - cS4'e"
L. tne sprne u 1872 - Legislature voted the street
Cleaning Bureau te nanus Of the Police CO,nnis-
s.oners, together Wit she Erection inraau. silse
thcn. tie amounts paid ont Of the CITY Treasury by
cleaning. rs allowed ~ the Balsd OF AyIotuohnent,
have been ~ follows: ..a
From Nay 20 December SW no
SS5 ~ Caa,rot green ~ he rosG
OF Ds'tlnr', ~ 80
'fhs ronce Connis .ioler5 asked si1ejeJl u,is
year. but the newspapers grnnuled' ahd Con'f'her
Green cut DO "n Ihrlf es.ilhat2 ,S1''A, t, g., ,t
Ftr IsC2 isGi ia51 1865 AID 1863, u-ler CITY S,al
III hi or 1861 1866 1867. 1855 ,1l
leo5 olaef ,s',e o-la 0
B'ri oi Hsta ....... 5O3O0O
s:l:'' a5 5f: s5S y Y, Ys 100000
., bS az f aSaeo Co oss COO
st9'eI e-s ,51 is7i so.or-z - e,nits, pas.c
srssdy BY IN Boad q Apoor. 900 coo
IIls VIII De tnIJ the "a 'l cleaning Jll oi tne
Police Commissioners has nearly d11hod tat OF Tweed,
with extra appropriation 10 Iw,cd's days. IWeeI5
contractor made fortune b! ming vacant lots uu inc
E.s5 SIDE, from Eighty ninth to Ont-huudr- dand
tDh-,t since the Police Commissioners tn etIect
clcoH1g contract superintendent TDotne has returned
$500 Tor the sale Of rags and od bottles '1i'ccN Tor
lining harsh land in GOWanuB Bag.