The New York herald., 1878-02-28
STREET CLEANING.
Two New Bills Prepared by the
Legislative Commission.
IMPORTANT PROPOSITIONS.
The "Small Contract" and the
"Block" Plans.


and Commissioner Of Public Works Campbell, have
concluded their labors the matter OF preparing
suitable measures for consideration a. TO the best
methods OF cleaning the streets OF this city.
Two bills have been prepared, one oi which IL dssig
mated tho ''smsll contract plan" Both are
titled IAN act to provide TOR the clsan-
Ing Of streets ana removal Of garbage
and ashes In the city Of New York."
The first mentioned provides for bureau OF street
cleaning separate from any Of the oth6 city depart
mants to be presided over by superintendent who
shall be appointed by the Mayor for SIX ycnrs, at
salary Of $4,000 per annum, ana subject 10 removal
by that Official deputy superintendent is also pro-
vidcd for, with salary OF s3.ooo He is TO bs desg
mated by the superintendent Upon the organization
Of the bureau tho superintendent is authorized to
appoint so many clerks as may be required. whose
aggregate salaries shall exceed ST, 600 per annum;
and so many messengers as may be required, whose
aggregate saarcs shall exceed So 900 per annum,
and not more than twenty inspectors, whose salaries
shall be $1,000 each per annum.
AWARDING ruk CONTRACTS
1t Is made the duty of the superintendent to enter
otto different contracts TO be awarded to the lowest
hdder. Ample safeguards thrown around the
awarding OF the contracts and sufficient penalties pro-
vided Tor neglect, carelessness or nonperiormance
The contractor Is allowed have any interest in
his business obtain than one contract one or
contracts not 10 exceed four may mado by
superintendent, and made for longer pc.
riod than FIVE years
1t Is made incumbent upon the contractors to re-
move the garbage daily unless during the months Of
November, December, January, February and March,
when the superintendent empowered to grant per-
mts for less frequent removal The ashes and
garbage be removed separately Ia carts direct
from tho houses. he garbage carts will be covered.
materia transferred 10 some place outside OF the city,
rof purposes % Of removing ashes and street sweep,
into not less than twenty districts. separate
tract Tor each OF these districts is to be made Tor not
less than three years neglect Of duty makes the
each % and sy every such neglect. The s'0 stree. %
and vessels with the ashes Contractors under
this provision cannot remove any garbage bat must
with The terms OF their agreement The refuse must
be properly removed, SO as not TO create nuisance
and cannot be used for filling lots except under spe
olaf permits issued by the Board Of Health.
Sections 13 and IA the bill provide for the removal
OF snow and ice as f0liows:-
Snow and Ice in the oNew York all
Mu as W spss % u
the reauson or order them their agents BY the
IL
OF snS Ice a ns BY the car
prlstors IN But in shall the sup.rin-
streets Of arsstsr ot and ice than ihs be
sQuivalent 20 that whicn fell which covered
WEE ss
s:sa.ss twenty e, d Sa;a eafS Ss may
shall be aons by the said or
PIis.s.s q ne said lines x,sss sy
sompy with tue order the and shall
viasd IL this act aud eomplet.a work
spscsS IN M the ods. .sd Drop,s
York and on notice Of such failure from the
s
said company proprietor until SUCH
v9rk y Vs. coE psssd
assigned to tho car and In streets in when there
may in With the sppr"vs q ,hs
Mayor either msks special contracts for its removal he
DUMPING REFUSE xArrER.
Penalties are pfovided for the sweeping or dump
refuse OF any kind. II s The duty OF ibs Police
Department TO carry out the law relation
subjects, ana also to keep in their station houses
plants spscliyiug tho streets aud places The
worx OF stree. cleaning or removing garbage ashes Or
Tor dumping purposes are to % designatsd by the De-
The remainder Of the Dill 10 devoted 10 the manner
In which the Police Department shall transfer ns
street cieanipg powers 10 The new bureau, the
superintendent In making "propor regulations re-
sardng The collection ana separation Of garbage and
ear the entrance to buIldings"
TIE BLOCK PLAN.
The second Dill Is known AZ 'the block plan, " and
lso provides Tor separate street cleaning bureau,
nperintendent and deputy and also tue ollo wing
.One surgeon and one paymaster, whose salaries
Jerks may be required, whose aggregate salaries
,haii not exceed ~, 900 per many mes.
engers may be required. whose aggregate salaries
mall not exceed 81, 900 per snnum; in,rty iore-
men; .n whose aggregate salaries shall not exceed
1t is provided that "In tho work oil street sweeping
and cleaning no more than thousand men snail
be employed ana IN the coIIsc,ion and removal OF
~ a n dou doa-
gnated by the Superintendent Of Street Cleaning not
mofs tnan two hundred men, with suitable carts snd
horses, shaii be employed. All tho said mall DO
iue-podled, and shall have passed satisfactory med
ml examination by the surgeon Of the said
sureau. They shall also be uniformed ana
numbered, and the engaged in the
hherent kinds Of labor herein specned-viz.,
nreet sweeping and cleaning. ana The colec-
ion aud removal Of ashes street sweepiugsshail
separately nomofred ana distinguished ~ Uniform
,iisoces shall bs furnished py The men empioysa y,
heir own expense IN accordance with ths rules and
regulations OF tue said bureau and the provisions of
he act 10 be approved upon inspection W the officers
Ihcfeot as suitable und proper Tor the work. The
carts usea In The removal Of ashes and street sweep
lpgs snail be numbered aud distinguished IN COLOR"
ALLOTMENT DIsrRIcI5
Section 3 provides tnat, 1.-The superintendent OF
Street Cleaning snail designate and aiIot distrc,s
mAuuer that eacn man shall have one partic.
uiar district 10 which TO perform all tho work OF his
particular KIND daily or 50 oiten as DO may DO re.
CURED by Tho rules and regulations of the said
Bureau OF Street Cleaning. But nothing contained
In this section shall be construed to restrict or limit
the power and authority o the said superintendent
10 require the employees OF the said bureau
services and perform other and additional work out
hoc Of such allotted dis,rictsv -
Inc same provisions are made IN this bill a. In the
small CONTRACT plau us TO separating asnes and CUR
bags punishment for neglect duty notification rs 10
uncean ness, removal Of derelic oicais making. aud
numosr oi contracts, and prevention OF interest
IN the work by coutTactors, wnen the rel.
ass matter 10 10 bs removed. Dumping In
he streets, the bay or the vIcinity oil the city,
&c. The ony material difference 10 in tho matter OF
weeping the streets, which, III "tbs Ulock plan, q
odpsd with the SuperInteudent aud his 1000 uni.
orincd corps, anu IN the 'smai contract psns,
must DO gwen out by contract together with uii the
bther work. In fact both bills are almost toe same