The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-20

and works harder than any two men, being at work
punctually at nine A. d. and seldom leaving before
i've six p. NJ He has pay from the bureau
Next is Captain Killolea Superintendent OF scows.
per day. lie saves his bureau So 900 "a year. as lie
draws pay only as police captain. Captain Yale
comes next He was Captain OF the deiunct Sanitary
Squad, aud no had to do something 50 they detailed
him as u general inspector of dumps He draws his
pay as captain from the cty and has nothing from tho
bureau. Next the list Is the Deputy Inspector,
John u. O'Brien, who Is second command TO Cap
tam Gunner. He is smart, active young man, and
earns his 81, 500 year. John b Green Chief Clerk,
has good deal OF brain work TO perform. for which
he So 900 year. william H. McCorklo Is the
Payroll Clerk. apd aixes his jurat 10 all ahdavs At
81 600 year. Then there Time Clerk
and Clerk to the Commissioners at 81, 500;
ono Map and one Record Clerk at sl.2oo;
81 200, and q clerk al 81, 500 put IN tho
present administration. There also two telegraph
whose duties numerous enough, and of such ma
ture that 81, 200 would hardly pay him. but he gets
only 81 per day.
There used 10 be good deal OF this done, and tho
money received supposed to he handed in Al head
quarters Messrs Foster and Holland the contractors
for cleaning sewers, pay twenty tive cents per load
Though their foreman says hey pay but htecnl for
dumping sewer DIRT The Department OF Public Works
now pay nothing and in return they charge water
tax 10 the Central ONCE The Department Of Parks do
not dump much but they pay nothing Tor the privilege
Tor the privilege OF dumping The offer made
through dump inspector 10 Mr. voorhs. but whether
accepted OF not tIauspiIe. AS no never pre-.
scnted any OF his tickets SO far as known It is pre-
sumcd the offer was not accepted
MONEY.
1t Is not intended to nsnuate that the Commission.
ers or any OF The higher officers make than their
salaries out certainly, # their own boastngs be
believed, some OF the lower officers do. In the early
pagt OF tfas article mention made OF a foreman
who d'd little in that way by using the hired carts
other who used 10 remove ashes from certain hotels
and received money for doing which he pocketcd.
In 1873 foreman, who wished 10 do some private
In thaiSv lPindtn th0 atSV inasa
TO permit him TO do 80, condition Of ''gong halves
The inspector reported him and he dismissed.
Owners OF carts have talked of what they have paid
monthly TO foremcn, and some forcmen have boosted
OF what they have received that way but Of course
backed up politically. Dump Inspectors also make
money, but they have to take too many IN their con-
ndence TO make u pay. A cartman who was removing
debris from fallen building was once heard TO say
that he dumped from forty to lity Ioads day, TOR
which he paid the Inspector ten cents per load Even
gangmen have been accused OF receiving their
"stakes" but II SO II might have In the shape OF
present from the forcmen Tor doing their work.
River thieves we're known TO haunt jackson street
and actually hoard their lgOtten gains thcro The
spect0r transferred but the who relieved him
would allow no unauthorized person 10 enter. VI
course he made enemies and, 0i course he suffered.
Ono night two fellows and offered personal vio
once because they would not be allowed TO sleep on
enough to hear alarm, and the scamps to their
heels There were politicians around who did not like
tho man. and he was sacrificed.
NIGHT WORK
"The night work Is demorazing" $50 says one who
speaks from experienced Men who may be some.
what afraid in the day. know they will have chance
10 escape by night, ana drunkenness common. Be.
Sides money 10 spent for OIL lanterns and gas,
and things may be hidden in ash barrels (such dead
infants, mentioned esewhcrcL which could not es.
cape notice by daylight"
SEPARATING Asmxs Ayp CARRIAGE
The order Of tho Board OF Health TO put ashes and
garbage into different never he carried out
IL may do in large houses occupied by the upper
but II cannot be done ip tenement houses where poor
people have but vessel and have to Keep that u
in their small close rooms. Many ways have been
tried to enforce this rule, 10 reporting those
houses where The mixture found; but all have
Jailed, and will fail 10 the end OF the chapter.
THE NEW
When Commissioner Nichols took tho craftsmanship
OF the Street Cleaning Committee every thought
going 10 do wonders, and certainly, he
we'll. large mound OF filth had lain four years
between Corleais and Jackson Streets South street
This was removed in night, extra having
been employed and some two hundred cartloads re.
moved to the jackson street He visited the
dumps In person twice. but not near them al
terward. To do the Commissioners justice the rules
very strict, aud II oremen, gangmcn and inspec
tors do their duty no doubt carmen cannot bring hal
empty carts 10 the dumps II was laughablo "a
hear a say, when found iault with Tor bring
ing IN IA bad load, 'Ah, thin; God be with the time
when worked for Bo0e. We had fifty cents 0
load, and oiton made from IS to IS day. used
to put TWO bags IN the bottom OF my cart and cover
them with straw, ana the tally man dump inspect or
would never notice It. All, them wor the tmcs!"
TRY THE AGAIN.
Thus has the writer cndeavored to present faithful
history Of street cleaning in New York city. With al
the expenditure and all the fuss and feathers ma d.
streets are far from clean Spasmodic attempts
and Then made TO clean favorie spots, as wal
| done on last Sunday merning, when gang sen
with picks &C.. to clean Twenty third street, alonI
Madison square Some parties say that IL would b,
better TO 20 back 10 primitive times and leave tn,
swine to do the work, ''and then say they, pleas
the pigs, VIC may have clean streets"