New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-02-28
PLANS For STREET CLEANING.

THE SMALL CONTRACT SYSTEM AND HE BLOCk
PLAN-REsUL1s OF TIE CONFERENCE.-THE
MUNICIPAL sOCIErY's BILL
Two plans for cleaning the streets of this
city considered at the recent strectccanng con
'erences and have been embodied the form OF bills,
ready for The acton Of the Legislature The plan most
favored by tie conferences is known the small con-
tract plan" and the other as the block plan"
The bill embracing the "small contract plan" pro-
ydes for the creation OF Bureau of Street Cleaning"
when shall be independent OF any other department Of
the city government the head OF the bureau shall be
superintendent appointed by the Mayor for six
salary Of $4,000; there shall be deputy appointed
by the superintendent at salary Of $4,000; number
% clerks and aggregate salaries shall
not exceed 1000. Tho superintendent shall prepare
contracts, in accordance with the bill. for the
removal Of garbage and the cleaning OF the
streets Contracts shall be awarded 10 the lowest
bidders shall provide for the Observance OF the
Sanitary Code and for The hours Of the day In which tbs
work may be done. No contractor for the removal of
garbage shall interested in any contract for sweeping
the streets, for tao removal OF ashes or sweepn&'
No such shall be interested in more than one
such contract No contractor for cleaning tho streets
shall be interested contracts for more than three OF
the twenty districts into which the city Is divided
by the Bill Contracts, not TO exceed four in
number, for the removal OF garbage be made by
tine superintendent for q period not cxceeGu. five
years, sucb removals To be made daily GARBAGE sall
be dumped into any waters OF this Siao e" where At
sla be swept often enough 10 keep them AT all times
cean. When the work Is int ruptcd 10y snow o. Ice
the CUTTERS and eros, wallis shall be- kept clean Nneh
ever street tbal lie found not clean, or the Cutters
and ciOs>walhs obstucod the contractor snail forfeit
Ashrs ana swee pings shall he removed in vessels in
which no garbage l. cIrred Employees OF contractors
snail houses winlQ the hours spcJn Il IN the con
Ssint r e!nn,cd MO tae clrts swecpnss snail not
be piled up tnc cjy limits, nor used TO III ioi-, except
undrr permits from the Board o. Heath Cion w1-
ten plant gs~aiy person the cup s.intcndeni small
serve a notice to contractor 10 remove the evil and
snail ave the contractor OPPORTUNITY 10 b. hrafl why
4 lne sDOuld nOt DC imposed. Nothlns IA ths - 70 Dc
construed limiting the authority OF thc Board
Hoaith. snow and ice snail be removed
iron tue streets 10y me car COMPANIES haV'ns
f.cl.os to lhe lein upon tue order OF the suieih-
icrdoD,, sha specify The amount 10 be removed ny
conn 'dIi,s suCn amount or proportion III Mluc
streets avenues rot TO exceed the amount falling
Oh a spic feet N width, in siugo track Is
used. twenty let III width in case of doybe rack
.trcots moi exec ding twenty ee ia "dLh, tLo "Eoie
company refused To obey the order of the sill
8UIendont tle Police Department snail stop The cars
No guUage. asnes, OF swecpmgs enai he swept into
a public sle.l any waters adjacent to The city bj
uv p., -un. IL chad be duty Ol Tie Ponce Depart
ient TO The equations Of ihr Srcc,-Ccanlng
bureau. aud complaint book ,ndl De % Il. each sia-
ton House winch complaints may be ehtcicd by rest
denis Oh inc precinct Inc Department Of Docha shall
- $500 oi1 d AVID 1t,lG M I"r NAV m ease
Of disl, between inns bdIcau ANA uuy drp"r
mem, can a convention, consisting no Mayor, Conn
M ,ioncr OF Pubic Works ANA tnc pies.ient o the
B.u of Health, who sha decide tine uatcr 10 dispute
A.y Oiat OF ms act shah be punished as Inisie-
ic..nor IN addition 10 tHe penalties therein nposcd
Ic 5oird Oh ArorIiournt shall IN each cstimaio
ma appropriate the amount necces"f! to carry on TINS
The DI embracing the ''hiock systcm" provides for
tn app,nu,nt ia addition 10 the oiicc" NAMED III ihe
h..i 81, palma-'cr ana -rSr"h oacn 40 10 PAD
DVa year. ana trty '>rciucu, eacn 10 a pad ~ 900
,cal One thousand nav" been employed III clean
t streets. ana twO hundred IN removing asnts ana
swceim.s men shali be unno.1n"' and numbered.
siail pdss an ~ animation before the su seoh VI VIC
b.r.aA. The superintendent snail designate certain
..-tricls -uch manncr that each ma" shall have
charge Oh ce'thh u-tIitl e"cn u"i Inc VI
g-ragc aud the removal OF The ashes and swtcpings
from The ciiy, amer they may Oc coItcled ~ the
uuOrDed 1o.cc, shtil DC done ~ contract Ia other
essential particulars II Is similar to the smai CONTRACT
pau.
PLAN OF THE MUNICIPAL SOCIETY.
The plan prepared by the New-YOrk Municipal Society
differs in some material points from each OF the above
bills II provides for board OF street cleaning TO CON
sist OF the Commissioner OF Public WORKS and the Presi
dents Of the Board of Police and the Board Of
Health This body viii have power TO rent
an Office. at $1,000 year. which shall also
be for the of The superintendent and his clerks
The board snail hold at least twenty meetings
vrr an executive officer, TO be known as the supcrln
grEs. one Of these at a salary Of $1,000 shall
eccIcry OF the board, the OtnCr bhtI receive 800
wear The supcrni endent shall he removed only Tor
cnsc Every oppOrlunity OF explanation shall be gwen
10 Inn Us daily snail DC to report neglect in the full
fment OF contracts. lie Will be required 10 Keep IN bis
Office a book for complaints OF citizens all OF which he
mast investigate Tie superintendent WIN aipo1ne i U
of $500 year. The district OF each inspector may oe
changed "A month These officers VIII report uaiS
10 superintendent VINO. III turn, sha report "eeAiJ
10 the board. ---... 800.
The board shall have power 10 enter into separate CON
tracts fOr keeping thOm oughy cleaned at all tlnes az
the Streets and for the removal OF Dirt fuDDisH, anu
ases. 1t shall also enter into separate contracts, Win
different people, Tor the removal OF garbage alone Inc
term the contracts shall be three years. and thcy snail
Inc gwen TO the lowest responsible bddcrs. IT
any contractor neglects his work, the board
wall have 1t done by some one else; the ex
peuse of this will be deducted from the price
stipulated paid the neglected contractor. Ali pay
nens VIII be made by the Controller his order being
duly countersigncd by the Mayor. The aggregate OF
motley 10 pad these contracts shall not exceed In
one year, 100000. The board Will have the power 10
make other contracts whose total expense shall not
coed $4,000 for the necessary removal OF snow ana