The New York herald., 1877-02-11
THE DUMPING PROBLEM.
SCHEME FOR YILLINo IN THE LITTLE HE'LL
GATE cHASxEI-How THE STREET CLEANING
BUREAU DOES ITS woRK-oPPosIr1oS TO THE


BUREAU DOES IT'S woRK-oPPosIr1oS TO THE
MEASURE.
The important consideration growing out Of the
proposed nlling in Of the channel between Randas
and Wards islands, known Little He'll Gate. 10 the
manner in which the work would be conducted The
present meshods Of disposing OF street sweepings
ashes and garbage show more clearly than any prom
ses OF the Police Commissioners how the work s
likely 10 be DONE After the abuses occasoncd by the
filing In of the Harlem Aats had been fully exposed
and tho department. met by the great public ndig
nation consequent upon the rcprehensibe course Of
the Street Bureau, thorough reform vas promised
Householders instructed to put their ashes and
garbage separate rcceptaccs, and separate carts
were sent 10 remove IT, Inquiries IN different drec-
tions yesterday regard TO this rule were answered
by response as follows:-
.sOh, mol not now. That order lasted only few
days, and It never amounted to anything"
These responses followed up by an inquiry a.
Police Headquarters, and there the answer was ev-
IDENTIFY as truthful as II was iaconIc:-
''Oh that rules oesd letter."
ixoYPgxslvx IN WINTER
Ills the opinion OF tho Street Cleaning Bureau that
II il not necessary separate garbage from ashes in
the WINTER as there DO bad effects from mixing
them while cold weather lasts, aud so all the oia
Of city Is cartcd away 10 tho dumping places to
be icrmented the hot after the spring rains and
impregnate the atmosphere with pestilerous odors.
If the two sea walls between the islands which arc 10
connc the filings Of Little He'll Gate built
,air 70 assume little care would bc taken TO
assure the character OF the deposits Is now shown.
Not only are ashes and garbage and oiin OF every
description thrown INTO the same cart and carried
away together. but Tins work is done in the day time
even IN Broadway. In every direction all dav long
these offensive vehicles marked 'P II. =" may be seen
gong and coming Offending hc eyes ana tue nostrils
.nt.s,t IN fhn
allows because IS winter andthe rapors arising
from the onal are less noxious than they would bo IN
pIsposixc or KITCHEN ''sLors :"
The question Of disposng Of garbage aud kitchen
difficulty The authorities. II IS also matter OF
some anxiety 70 housckeepes, and the reporter IN his
inquiries yesterday elected some bits OF very odd in
"What do you do with your kitchen slopsY" he
asked Of boarding house keeper. i'm Fourteenth street.
"a man comes 10 the house every day anu takes
them away. Potato parings and things OF that kind,
make excellent TODD for pigs, and the man who comes
ssS 90 st EEu
"Do you pay him anything tor this service ~ asked
the reporter
vice In return Ho has an understanding with my
cook by which sho keeps the sops separate from the
ashcs cndcrs while he carries her ash barrel 10
the sidewalk TO be ready Tor the carts"
II will thus be seen that even slops arc valuable,
and II were not an exceedingly wastciu people
every kitchen in the city would contribute something
TO tho general wealth. lndecd tho wonder Is that the
gathering oiial Instead Of being constant annoy
ancc 10 the community and source Of mucn dii.
uculty to tho poilce Department, should be
ter OF actual In Paris contractors pay Tor the
privilege cleaning the Streets while here the work
OF removing The ashes and garbage cannot be done
satisfactorily even when ~ Is PAID for Thu ault may
no, be with the Police Department. but tho evil Is
which appears TO be irrcmcdabie. The New York
housckeeper seems to think that ashes and garbage
have a natural affinity Even when tho rule Of keeping
apart attempted to be carried out by the Police
Depart incnt II s found Impossible 10 enforce
obedience Few people Will sec TO 1t that their
wants do their duty IN tho matter. Even when they
are separated cartmen often dump bot ashes and gar
bago into the CART and refusing 10 do they
sometimes induced by petty brides 70 save lazy people
the trouble of Keeping them apart with such habits
on The part OF pubnc and ucicicncy tho street
Cleaning Bureau every new dumping ground is new
danger. II the filing III OF Little He'll Cato Is to DO a
repetition OF the Harlem flats experience II Is easy 10
predict tho result In cose proximity 20 our puolic
institutions, thore would bo a lever bed that could
scarcely fail TO produce epdcmcs among me inmates
vlded tho islands would 20 rendered peslhouses In
stead OF institutions OF charity.
LOOKING FOR A DUMPING GROUND.
There be no question that he selection Of a
suitable dumping ground IS one oil the most difficult
problems which the Police Department required 10
solve Nearly every place 10 the vicinity Of the
metropolis which seemed 10 offcr solution TO tho
quest has been tried and each IN turn has proved
onal outside OF tho Hook the Brooklyn authorities
up in arms and Tor a long time !iore was an i'm
e ~ ry Inc street Cleaning Bureau one Of tbs worst
evils which ever afflicted any part OF the city was
created Previously the marshes on tho Harlem
River gave iise offensive od0rs, but
no sooner had tho work of ung in ihe
flats begun than the whole district became
almost uninhabtable. The difficulty came from the
indiscrmlnalo dumping OF garblge and ashes. re-
0f the Is feared II the use OF Little
He'll Gate contemplated by Alderman Norris rcsou-
ton, is allowed On other grounds, however, does
there appear TO be valid objection 20 the proposed
use OF the channel General Newton, who represents
the interests OF tho general government in tho
channels and waters Of New York, has no fears
OF any evil effects upon navigation from
tho obliteration OF Little He'll Gate, ana he
will not oppose the wishes OF the Board Of
Aldermen ana the Police Commissioners IN tho
matter The trouble Is with tho Street Cleaning
Bureau and the want OF confidence III the way in which
1t does work. In tho upper part OF tie island tho
inhabitants are unanimously opposed to tho measure
their Harlem flats experiences predsposing them to
oppose any movement which threatens similar dan
ger they declare that this time at least they Will
have safeguards against ioul smells and injecting va
pors before they sgrce TO the OF clean ashes
In the Lit tie He'll Gate Channel
THE BOGUS CHECK.