The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-03-19

they do remember all this and In the face OF pub.
forward and con te tneir contempa contract
We lear tDat the editors Will DO held 10 be right IN
their conjecture. aud that We, rs a committees and
society, shall DO forced 10 indorse their verdict.
Meanwhile the bills reported by the Legislative
Commission sleep peacefully at Albany in the custody
oil the COMMITTEE on Citiee- Your own committee
mas drafted lie BILL printed u and taken u TO Albany
some four weeks ago by the HANDS OF their chairman
Tho Introduction OF that bill into the Assembly has
been delayed, not through any fault of your commit
lee, until March IA Ii reerreo TO the Commit
see 90 lilies ana we shall DC gwen hearing thereon
on thursday next You may rely upon our iong our
utmost 10 secure It's favorable report but the story
we tei you tonight warnsyou not to be too sanguns
oil our success. In all probability before the Gay for
our hearing shall come the contract oil the Polico
bonrd viii have been signed, sealed aud delivered and
have answered It's design OF hampering and emoar-
RAISING the Legislature In the adoption Of any new
plan.
Tue scheme has been cunningly devised and boldly
carried through II remains TO DC seen whether the
Legislature and the community Will quioty submit
this sharp practice on tue part OF their servants We
eau only answer Tor ourselves AS society, that II
teated here We shall not accept tho defeat hnaI
but shall try again and yet again until the ISSUE be
finally determined IN way that shall leave
Tor doubt
IL would not be proper 10 close this review OF the
work oi the past two months without some statement
Of the present condition OF the streets On saturday
morning last your committee, therefore, undertook
careful inspection OF the district described by them
on page vi their report o. January 1878. II Will
be remembered that this district extended from
Thirty street. tue North 10 the City Hall
on the SOUTH and from river 10 river on either sde In
all our Journey we did not see single street sweeper
~ work nor single cart engaged IN removing tue
ovcrhowing ashes garbage from tho barrels with
which the streets were llneu. We found tue princ-
pal avenues IN lar better condition than months
ago, indeed IN better condition than we have ever
seen them exhibit al this season OF the year, but IT ~
evident that no restraint Is exercised over
tho admxturo OF ashes and garbage, for
the barrels aud boxes awaiting removal Oh FIRST Sec
ond, Third and South Film avenues were loaded
down win the MIXTURE which in tho case Of south
Filth avenue encroacLed in frequent instances In
great p'les on the roadway. Many oil The uptown
cross streets lhey the RIVER showed heaps
OF garbage, ashes and art ON their surface, while
others looked fresh anu clean. Houston, Prince,
West. Macdougal Madison and Frankfort streets and
the New Bowery maintained their bad pre-emlnence
as receptaces ana exhibitors oil nth but taken ON
Inc WHOLE tho district, though far from being do
Gently clean, shows marked improvements since
December and q most marvellous change since this
Time last year For this condition OF affairs, though
not that which We as taxpayers entitled " demand
aua which we propose TO ultimately secure we should
be and are devouLiy thankful aud If IL ~ IN any way
attributable to our efforts 10 bring this subject
squarey before the public this society may feel mat
its labor has not been Ia
THATCHER Nj. ADAMS. c.,,,,..
JACKSON $. SChULTZ I o""in"'oo'
NEW York, March ~, 1873
SPEECH MR. SCHULTZ
Mr. Jackson s. Schultz said That the contract of the
Police Commissioners would be entered into to-mor.
row, and desirable that the society should know
its conditions. The person who entered into that
contract binds himself TO take all the plant and
teral at present cleaning purposes by
the Commissioners at upset price Of something like
$42 OOO-that was, the contractor could bid less
than that; and II anybody bid more he would have 10
pay more In addition to that the contractor must
deposit certified check, of less than per
OF tho whole amount OF the contract aud which would
likely not DO less than $50 000 This check must also
be upon bank which the city deposits held,
SO that the commissioners could controi IT, Hewoud
venture say that there gentleman present
who had heard OF contract under any gov.
eminent, State or national There were many other
phrases Of the contract that were equally OBJ.
jectionabe, and he certain that who
ever undertook II could not do II iairy
or honestly. That the Commissioners expected 10
give THIS contract TO u friend there manner Of
doubt. In other words there seemed to be no end Of
threatened litigation consequent GU this street clean
ing business. Probably the greatest absurdty Of the
contract clause that the amount paid the con-
tractor shall not any be- more than the unex-
pended balance Of the appropriation, and yet II any
seeking TO contractor asked what that amount
was he refused the Information
RESOLUTIONS
Mr. Whitney proposed tho following resolution,
which was unanimously Adopted
That 10 the Of this society that the Police
issoners acting wisely in issuing pro-
cleaning the Streets opinion 10
impossible them receive honest bid under these
conditions copy Of this resolution be The
Commissioners before nine O'Clock In the morning.