The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-10

-FOUR BRANCHES OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT
SHOWING HOW NOT TO REMOVE THEM-RE-
SUITS OF THE sscowpr1rvr pooR"

FOUR BRANCHES OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT
SHOWING HOW NOT TO REMOVE THEM-RE-
SUITS OF THE COMPLAINT BOOK"
We have received many complaints about street
encumbrances that personal inquiry directed 70
DO made at the Office OF the Superintendent Of Encum
ORANGES as to the Of this state OF things Mr..
Douglass, who exercises tho duties OF the occ said
that In every instance In which his attention had been
called 10 an obstruction by the HERALp's compliant
BOOK no had promptly removed II II no found u in
MS power TO do so. The very day on which tho
compliant Book" contained notice OF the two wagons
standing In Dey street, between Washington
anu West, the inspector had removed them.
Not all nuisanccs, however, could BIO easily rom
ed'ed Take Tor instance, said he the complaint about
Thurber X Co., In West Broadway. Here was hrm
doing business Of a million dollars year. The law
allowed them to back up their carts against the side
walk for the purpose unloading and II tho public
traIlic was necessarily nconvcncnced could not be
helped To keep tho sidewalks thoroughly clear at all
times oil goods and merchandise II would be necessary
to drive tho whole trade Of New York from this city
OTHERS TO BLAME.
MT Douglass thcn pointed TO the ordinance allowing
the backing up aud unloading oil carts aud trucks Tor
space Of time not 10 exceed i've minutes for each. and
showed that for other distractions OF petty nature.
such ~ stands &C, the Aldermen anu Tho Permit
bureau, who authorized them, were responsible. As
10 Barclay street, complained OF by Frequent SUI
erer" II would 10 great hardship 10 many deserving
people 10 drive the huckstcr stands there flourish
Ing during the morning and evening The complaint
oi property owner" about the box dealers IN West
broadway, IRON Canal TO Duane. was Justined, but
some sixty boxes han already been removed, and the
Bureau was dong all II could TO abatc Tho nuisance.
A FORMIDABLE "BrREAU. !"
"You sec this is the whole bureau" said Mr.
Douglass, with bitter irony, pointing at himself, his
clerk aud Inspector Inns
Continuing IN hrs examination OF tho ''Complaint
Book, Mr.. Douglass said in reply 10 Jersey CITY,
that he had no power To prevent tho unloading ana
loading OF IRON plpes even II hcd with grease, IN
Cortlandt street Every man had right Ia carry on
MS business, and could he load unload pipes
without having them carried ACROSS the sidewalk
IL viii thus be seen that Mr.. Douglass looks At tho
situation Ia calm. philosophical spirit When asked
how many more men bc would require 10 clear the
cry thoroughly Of all encumbranccs no said he DO.
icved ne could DO no more than ne was now dong II
he had ever so many more men al his command. He
promised, however, to look also In the future into
every complaint brought 70 his notice through the
HERALD.
THE ''Bgsr POLICE YoncK," &C.
Inspector Inns said that OF tho difficulty
was thc failure oi the police 10 arrest people who
created these obsiructons under thor worry noses In
the upper part OF the CITY, Tor instance tho streets
were commonly used dumping grounds for tho huge
powders that being excavatcd and to stop this
ana similar abuses all that was required OF tho police
was 10 promptly arrest tho Offending truckmen. Tho
police could easily stop nuisance ot tho box
West Broadway, they should also have arrested the
men who had INSTRUCTED Roosevelt square with two
huge boilers, weighing several tons each Tho police
could hardly arrest the persons now occupying the
whole block Of Goerck street, between Rivinston and
Delaney, IN the building OF A hugo tenement house,
In which both sidcs OF the street have boon Illegally
monopolized Inspector Inns added that %l4 70.
movals had been made within the last three months,
loo by the Bureau and the rest by sne parties them
selves upon notice
II would ihus Soon that less than four great
branches OF our city governments are TO blame for the
rubbish which dishgures our strectsths City Fathers
the Permit Bureau, the Bureau or Encumbrances and
the Police. What ~ that old adago about TOO many
cooks spelling the broth,