New-York tribune., 1877-12-20
.nce Of public order as they exist upon the books and
THE COMMISSIONERS ANSWER.

A GREAT QUANTITY OF DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE 10
DIR sUBMIT1ED-THE POINTS or THK DEFENCE
The Police Commissioners held long private
.essions Yesterday i'm consultation with John l. Dayen-
port who acted counsel In preparing the answer 10
the Mayors charges which ID to be presented at tue
Mayors olcoat to-day. The Commissioners sad that
IL would embrace many statements which they h"d auo
in interviews already published in THE TRIBUNE Inc
charges will be with an extensive array OF doc-
menary evidence. and the commissioners cause VIII pc
presented by six well-known lawyers Judge Fullerton
will be prominent in rendering legal advice gehte
man who as good authority on the subject as ehh DO
found indicated evening the line OF defence oil the
Police Commissioners.
1t Will be denied that the action OF the Board mas
been spasmodic with reference to the enforcement
OF the Excise Law for it will he shown by the records oi
the board that the decision Of the Court OF Appeals
in March last instructions aiming az the eniOrcee VI
the law have been issued sometimes once In I'VE da'S'
and sometimes not frequently. hut IN the man reg"
lary and with reasonable frequency. When the Excise
Commissioners began TO issue receipts for license money
the liquor deaersi the police continued to make arrests
but it was a mere force because the Police Justices
discharged the quorsellers who could snow receplS'
This embarrassed the Board in s efforts to enforce the
law But no sooner had Judge Davis declared thai re-
cep could not be received in any sense the cquVa
lent OF license than the Board found Itself able 70 e
force the law with its original zeal whch IL DeSah' ANU
has continued 20 do.
Street Cleaning Department, the Commissioners VIII
bring documentary proof to show tnat during the past
year more les OF pavement have been swept and more
loads Of refuse matter and dirt removed
than ever before; also that this greater amount
of work has been done at less expense
than heretofore. It will be shown that between
30 900 and 900 loads Of sand have bccn removed y
the street Cleaning bureau. Ths sand dumped IN lhe
lie ten days before the street cleaning department car
IT, In the meantime IS blown ana 'csttereu
rfNt tg lfT r. a ID &
II Will he shown that the street CleaunE BuIt ha7
been crippled by existing laws ana py me i9au'9u@aSe % @
facilities FOR disposng of refuse matter, ana thai mas
neen i'ilrniS iliS diroi,t,oo ~ rrfuee matter 1, viii be
shown that ten days ago. Nayor BY. often inquuns
Ry,, M declared that the Police Commis solers ia the
matter OF street cleaning, seemed 10 nave dOe an t''
could be expected under existing laws and coIdtl"h9'
a. ~ thr rbarer That The Board of Health had re-
portcd that the condition OF the streets was danteouS
TO the public health, tht documents VIZ! De @ W
complants in tweny;Our months ana tat uc oi lhUSo
referred to single houses. speci}g Tor ielact' sio
pavement in front Of Siue' tenement Eolse' nv, lH.
reports Of the Health Inspectors Will he submitted snow
was, their Judgment lnuch better IMAM al 'ie same
| season during previous years ,, .,,. ,,.t ,r
the Influences, which they claim have been WORK or
rcuOyg al md lsO on he autnuiOl what ire
siOncrs have called personal newspaper attaCh'' in-A
viii show that they were charged with stealing nall OF
tc street cleaning appropriation ana th1t many months
answer lo the liOr suit which they began Ihet viii pro
duce thc records OF the Twenty Precinct To sO"
attacks on them in another quarter, NS ltkcl 10 tl
station house for drunkenness ANA disorder u"l We
kuockr,i down kicked officer AM cOmEittcu nict
get, OF violence unit 10 found necessary 10 conhne
/ him in cell night. They VIII then
submit testimony to show tnat nca>sant WARFARE mas
bcfu waved on The Board by ctrtun newspapers, ana
viii claim that the action of these newspapers hiS peeh
tne cause of most Of the feeling against ihr board WI'
they say may exist in c minds of citizens uuacqu!htd
with the real and the working, oI the department
MR. NICHOLs'S VIEW OF THE NATTER
Commissioner Nichols said. yesterday, that one rea-
son for the iutidncss the streets that when q
street had been repaired by the Department oi Public
Works tho Street Cleaning Department was required Dy
law to allow the sand used in paving to he on
/ the surface OF the street for ten DAYS after the
! work had been completed In many eases Cue
sand thus allowed TO lie newly required streets hnH
been blown about by high wind and nal been source
of much annoyance. During The summer, thr tomihi'
stone. stated many thousand loads O sand deposited ~
tho Department Oi Pjiic W0rAs has been removed ~
the Street Cleaning Bureau only last week 900 oids
of sand used repairs seventh ave- had 10 Oc cared
away.
Commissioner Nichols added that the time allowed by
Mayor Ely for preparing answer 10 the charges was
bcf That 1t would bc impossible 10 give satisfactory
q statement OF the street cleaning problem could De